Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26104528-20150716171702/@comment-26104528-20150729204738

CATSAI pinged with an answer: "Order Holy Writ, 3rd edition, chapter 2, verse 29: From the bosom of Remnant, the first of the Holy Beasts was born." Fritz looked at his scroll in confusion. It was a bit of a long shot from what he got out of the damaged comms unit, but it was better than nothing and CATSAI's algorithms were very, very thorough.

"Simple. You think Vale is worried about a rusty old sub from a minor kingdom floating near their shores? Probably not until someone tipped them off about the possible nukes. I wouldn't be surprised if the Order had an inside man or woman feeding them intel, hence why they got there first while the suits were still forming that fancy official commitee to investigate." Fritz replied. This is what he hated about federal governments; too much wind farming, red tape, and general inaction.

"Getting all this gear, easy enough. You get a ton of inside people stealing, smuggling, and embezzling a few insignificant things at a time. Throw in some front organizations, trips to the black market, and the occasional bribe/threat to keep folks wquiet and you have the deception machine that fuels the Order's cronies. And since they pay their taxes like law-abiding citizens, Auntie Vale or Uncle Atlas couldn't care less." Estellia added. No one was absolutely certain how long the Order of the Black Dawn had existed, but long enough to get insanely good at misappropriating goods and services. If one looked at thier first major attack, the amount of weaponry, ammo, people, and planning had to have taken years to prepare.