Dec 10, 2025 9:16 pm
Tsoukfaeks listens to the questions, gives a single measured nod, and answers the group as a whole—crisp, direct, and without unnecessary elaboration."First, the team before you went through the same selection process. Their failure was not due to inadequate screening, but to inadequate discipline. Ironhand corrected that issue, and it will not be repeated.
Second, the individuals standing here are your team. There are no more personnel inbound. Ironhand requires that teams be capable of internal leadership development, and therefore you will select your own team leader. Once you decide who that is, I will coordinate assignments, scheduling, and operational tasking through that individual.
Your routine contact with IISS personnel will primarily involve Commander Mervik, Senior Administrator Halsson, and on occasion Group Administrator Dalen Huxwright. Those are the individuals who will either issue tasking, receive your reports, or move with you during operations. You will also receive a scheduled Joint Coordination Center orientation brief—this serves as your formal introduction to the TRC–IISS working environment and outlines how joint operations flow within the facility. Expectations going forward will be communicated to your chosen team leader during that cycle.
Regarding communications channels, the IISS point of contact remains Scout Kayla Lin. The TRC does not assign an equivalent single liaison. TRC coordination flows through the JCC and then to the IISS. The reason for the Joint Coordination center is to exchange information. If the TRC requires IISS expertise, then we work together. You have to remember, we are visiting and surveying and updating what we find and share that information. They do the same but have a threat they also are concerned with.
Now, your readiness posture. For the next twenty-four hours, you are on controlled standby while your orientation is completed. After that period, your alert requirements are as follows:
You will receive your first formal tasking after the twenty-four-hour orientation period concludes. Until that time, you remain available, reachable, and within the compound. This ensures accountability and allows us to confirm that all administrative, medical, and logistical requirements have been met before operations begin.
As for your statement, Ruiha: yes. You are expected to be ready to move and ready to perform from this point forward. Orientation completes quickly, but readiness begins now."
She scans the room once more.
"If there are further questions, ask them now. Clarity at this stage prevents avoidable failures later."
OOC:
Everyone should have picked up on the fact that Tsoukfaeks was burned really badly by the actions of the previous team, not only with Ironhand, but the IISS. This might explain why she is so strict at the moment. Her (and Ironhand's) only saving grace is the Tetra Team not repeating the same misconduct and being very professional. So the general theme is you are being held to a higher standard because the previous team actions. Second, the individuals standing here are your team. There are no more personnel inbound. Ironhand requires that teams be capable of internal leadership development, and therefore you will select your own team leader. Once you decide who that is, I will coordinate assignments, scheduling, and operational tasking through that individual.
Your routine contact with IISS personnel will primarily involve Commander Mervik, Senior Administrator Halsson, and on occasion Group Administrator Dalen Huxwright. Those are the individuals who will either issue tasking, receive your reports, or move with you during operations. You will also receive a scheduled Joint Coordination Center orientation brief—this serves as your formal introduction to the TRC–IISS working environment and outlines how joint operations flow within the facility. Expectations going forward will be communicated to your chosen team leader during that cycle.
Regarding communications channels, the IISS point of contact remains Scout Kayla Lin. The TRC does not assign an equivalent single liaison. TRC coordination flows through the JCC and then to the IISS. The reason for the Joint Coordination center is to exchange information. If the TRC requires IISS expertise, then we work together. You have to remember, we are visiting and surveying and updating what we find and share that information. They do the same but have a threat they also are concerned with.
Now, your readiness posture. For the next twenty-four hours, you are on controlled standby while your orientation is completed. After that period, your alert requirements are as follows:
- Standard readiness: one hour to muster, receive the mission briefing, and prepare for launch according to the parameters issued.
- Ready alert: fifteen minutes to muster, equipped for immediate launch within an additional fifteen minutes.
- High alert: five-minute muster, followed by immediate brief and deployment. This condition has never occurred during Ironhand’s tenure here, but it remains part of the doctrine.
You will receive your first formal tasking after the twenty-four-hour orientation period concludes. Until that time, you remain available, reachable, and within the compound. This ensures accountability and allows us to confirm that all administrative, medical, and logistical requirements have been met before operations begin.
As for your statement, Ruiha: yes. You are expected to be ready to move and ready to perform from this point forward. Orientation completes quickly, but readiness begins now."
She scans the room once more.
"If there are further questions, ask them now. Clarity at this stage prevents avoidable failures later."
