The Science Council

[doc-richards.livejournal.com]

The Baxter Building appears to have become the seat of the World Government - the top several floors are reserved as living quarters, laboratories, and meeting space for the Science Council that governs, with the affirmed consent of the people.

SHIELD fliers bring the Exiles to the top of the building in the light of day - the city of New York shining and clean below. President Reed Richards waits on the roof to greet them, dressed in plain business attire, along with a labcoat.

"Ben! Peter! So glad you could make it. I'm very eager to meet our guests - this is the first time we've had a whole group of transdimensional visitors."

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[spidey2099.livejournal.com]

Miguel has a sudden flash to a story he heard when he was a boy... something about the leaders of a doomed planet ignoring all warnings of the threat, leaving the one man who saw the end coming to launch his infant son into space in hopes of sparing his life.

Watching Sarah speak so eloquently and beyond her years... he knows who he'd choose to save if only one of them could survive.

[wwii-hero.livejournal.com]

If Bucky had to make the same choice, he would... even before he heard her speak. Instead, he's just impressed.

His only thought is, Steve would be so proud.

[doc-richards.livejournal.com]

"I appreciate your concerns, and I believe your intentions are good. However - it sounds like your asking us to break into this entity's home, steal from him, and use the stolen weapon to enforce a threat - all before we even talk to him."

Reed sighs.

"It sounds rash, frankly. We haven't gotten to where we are today by acting impulsively.."

[uranian-mind.livejournal.com]

Bob nods. "Agreed. I'm sure that we can communicate easily enough with this figure. I'm sure that our intelligence will be sufficient to reach out to this being."

[rogue-starsr.livejournal.com]

She considers that for a moment. If she hadn't been born and raised in the shadow of the near-doom Galactus brought to her world, it might sound reasonable to her. She keeps her voice even, despite her desperation to find a way to make them understand... some way to prove Richards the great man she always heard of, and keep at least one Doctor Doom under lock and key.

"No sir. I'm suggesting that you continue your efforts to communicate. Make every attempt to resolve this peacefully. And if you succeed and prove me wrong, I'll be glad... believe me, you wouldn't believe how happy it would make me to be proven wrong... but meanwhile, evacuate the region where he'll land, prepare for a disaster on a level you can barely comprehend, and be ready to go after the Ultimate Nullifier... isn't it better to be prepared for the worst and be proven wrong than to hope for the best and have it go all wrong?"

[webslingah.livejournal.com]

"We have sophisticated emergency protocols in place, to allow us to evacuate whatever area he's going to land in, swiftly."

Parker leans forward onto the council table, peering at Sarah.

"However, gathering the kind of information on his ship to plan a smash and grab is going to require significant probing with a wide variety of sensors. How do we know that the probes won't provoke a hostile response?"

[rogue-starsr.livejournal.com]

"Admittedly, you don't. But first, the Taa will be immune to any type of sensors you have, regardless how advanced. Indeed, if Galactus cared in the least about your response, you wouldn't have even detected his ship until it blacked out the sky over most of a hemisphere. Second, when the Fantastic Four stole the Ultimate Nullifier, it was going in blind, and yet they succeeded."
She pauses, looking for any sign of comprehension or a real sense of awareness of the danger they're in among those on the council.
"Simply put, I hope I'm wrong... desperately. But we don't get sent to realities where everything will be alright. By the fact that we've been sent here, I'm very certain this is the Galactus I'm familiar with. By all means, try and communicate... but when that fails, be prepared to send a team after the Nullifier."

[proteus-maximus.livejournal.com]

"What about Uatu? On my world, the FF had a little help from the Watcher.."

[rogue-starsr.livejournal.com]

Sarah nods. "That seems to be a common theme. He was also the one who warned my parents and their teammates not to return to Earth. I have to wonder if the Watcher even exists here, at least in this sector though... maybe that's why we're here, to serve as warning in his place." she offers back, mostly to her teammates.

[doc-richards.livejournal.com]

"We'll take this information under consideration, of course. We have much to discuss about this. In the meantime, Ben, if you could make arrangements for our guests' comfort, I'd appreciate that."