Editing Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation/Romeo

===Romeo Interview===

''{[[Kojo Agu|Romeo]] enters the room}''

'''[[Edward Buck|Buck]]''': Did you get lost Corporal? Have a seat. Under the table. Marker on your right temple, please.

''{Romeo sits down, puts the [[Neural Marker]] on}''

'''Buck''': Let me get a baseline image. Think of a flower.

''{Romeo's thoughts: An image of a flower tattooed on a woman's breast.}''

'''Buck''': That's nice. What is your name and rank?

'''Romeo''': I usually know who I'm talking to before I start getting friendly.

'''Buck''': Your superior officer.

'''Romeo''': The magic words.

'''Buck''': The magic words, what?

'''Romeo''': The magic words - sir. [[Lance Corporal]] Kojo Agu. Service number: 14606-85099-KA.

''{Romeo's thoughts: A hand writing the service number on a whiteboard.}''

'''Romeo''': Now, maybe you want to tell me why I'm here, sir?

'''Buck''': Actually, Corporal, you're going to tell me. I know you volunteered for this mission - doesn't mean you'll get it. I need to know I've got the right men for this job, that my people are mission-effective. So, why are you here? Why are you ODST?

'''Romeo''': I guess I just had enthusiastic support from the right people.

'''Buck''': Meaning?

'''Romeo''': Meaning I was fast-tracked.

''{Romeo's thoughts: a woman and a man standing outdoors, talking to each other}''

'''Romeo''': The [[Governor]] of the colony at [[Castra]] knew a [[Colonel]] somewhere who knew somebody else and boom, I'm at ODST training a couple days later.

'''Buck''': You can not pull favors to get into ODST training.

''{Romeo's thoughts: In bed with a woman. Is pulled away from the bed.}''

'''Romeo''': Apparently you can when the governor wants to keep you away from his wife. Before that, I thought I only had one great talent.

'''Buck''': So, you a born killer, corporal?

''{Romeo's thoughts: View through [[Sniper Rifle System 99D-S2 Anti-Matériel|sniper rifle]] scope: Shooting [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]]. Brief flashes of ODSTs.}''

'''Romeo''': If I wasn't born to do this, I don't know who is.

'''Buck''': I'm not looking for cocky. I'm looking for talent.

'''Romeo''': Lucky for you, you landed both, sir.

'''Buck''': Do you know the difference between a mission that you can make up stories about when you're chasing tail in a bar, and a mission where there are no stories. One you carry out and you never mention again?

'''Romeo''': What kind?

''{Romeo's thoughts: Going into position in an industrial complex, observes two men wearing suits, through sniper rifle scope. A woman with a child is present, child runs to other man, who Romeo presumably assassinates.}''

'''Buck''': Kind of mission that you don't get to ask questions about.

'''Romeo''': Yeah, I think I can handle that, sir. But what does this have to do with the mission? A drop to a [[Solemn Penance|Covenant ship]] isn't exactly top secret.

''{Romeo's thoughts: Brief flash of a woman.}''

'''Buck''': Just a few more questions, corporal. And I'll ask them.

''{Classified clip}''

'''Buck''': From looking over your records. I see you've been part of a covert extraction.

'''Romeo''': Yeah, I guess you could say that. I know gettin' in and out without anybody seeing you is a special talent. I can get you a few more references at once without it necessary, sir.

'''Buck''': [[Coral]].

'''Romeo''': Yeah.

'''Buck''': [[Mamore]].

'''Romeo''': Mm-hm.

'''Buck''': [[New Jerusalem]].

'''Romeo''': Heh. Yeah.

'''Buck''': [[Beta Gabriel]]. ''{Pause}'' That's a lot of action. And a hundred-percent kill rate. How'd you manage that, corporal?

'''Romeo''': Well... When you love what you do, it's easy. The real question, sir, is why are we talking covert extraction for a sting-to-ship infiltration mission.

'''Buck''': I told you. I'll ask the questions. 

''{Classified clip end}''

'''Romeo''': Depends on what you mean, sir.

''{Romeo's thoughts: Flash of Earth, then from surface of another planet}''

'''Buck''': I mean, have you ever been to your home planet or are you just one of those colony kid who doesn't know where they came from?

''{Romeo's thoughts: A desert with a sandstorm and some buildings. Flashes in the distance.}''

'''Romeo''': I have a [[Madrigal|home planet]], sir, and [[Earth]] isn't it. I know where I came from. I am a colony kid and the only Earth experience I ever needed was seeing it through a transport window, and that was more than enough. ''{Pause}'' There's a reason people moved off that rock, sir.

'''Buck''': Colonial pride notwithstanding, I think you know what we're fighting for. There are some things we can't afford to lose.

''{Romeo's thoughts: Flash of a woman wearing a dress}''

'''Romeo''': Maybe. But to me, it's just another place with wind variants, gravitational pull and things to kill, sir.

'''Buck''': Last slot on this team is going to be filled by [[The Rookie|a rookie]]. Before we make drop, I need to know if you have a problem with that.

'''Romeo''': He or she?

'''Buck''': He.

'''Romeo''': He a sniper?

'''Buck''': No.

'''Romeo''': Then what the hell do I care, sir?

'''Buck''': Don't be late next time.

'''Romeo''': Sir.

'''Buck''': You're dismissed.

''{Romeo takes the marker off his temple, gets off his chair, stops to the door}''

'''Buck''': Corporal. Nice flower.

'''Romeo''': Thank you, sir.

''{Romeo leaves the room}''