Now that they were leaving, it was time for me to go back to my clan building. I sad goodbye to Marion, Nancy and Terrance right there. There was not much they could do if I was not going to be fighting them. They also wanted to go back to see their friends and family. Resting was something that they needed to do after that life or death struggle. I did not blame them. I felt the same way. Once I got back to the clan building, I found a cot that was not being used in the PEA lab. That was pretty lucky with all of the cyborgs here. I laid down on the cot and rested. I was looking up at the high ceiling. The PEA units gave me my space. I was thankful for that. When I was summoned to the main hall, I groaned. My body had gotten pretty stiff. Stretching was the only thing to do for something like that. I dragged myself to the elevator. I saw that Paul and Brett were here. They left around the same time that I did. Apparently this was time to debrief all the people in the clan. Paul and Brett went first. They had a lot of success outside. Beau and his friends were dead. Water Clan was destroyed too.
Their transmission hub was flipped to the Researcher faction. We were in the prime position right now. We now had five transmission hubs in out faction. The Advocates and Conquerors both had four hubs. We had the plurality of the hubs for the first time of the game. The Conquerors were no longer the strongest faction. In order to get to nine hubs, we could join a coalition with either faction. It would be best for the humans if we did it with Advocates and sought peace. The cyborgs of the world would all be better served if we had a coalition with the Conquerors. Paul, Brett and I were all humans in real life. There was no reason to screw ourselves over. We then called up the Cold Clan. We asked them to get in touch with the main Researcher clans. It was time to form a coalition with the Advocates. The new Toxic Clan still needed to be formed. It was too soon with all of the government attention. The PEP units still in the area could not get anywhere close to the bank. That did not matter to us as long as the Conquerors did not regain control. They said they would consider it. We called them.
It was a bit of a dick move, but we needed to push the initiative here. Erosion Clan and Magnetic Clan both owed a massive debt to PBJ Clan. Because of this, we could ask them for something. Our payment was to vote for the clans to form a coalition with the Advocates. I turned out that after a couple of days of deliberation, Cold Clan did not agree. They wanted a coalition with the Conquerors instead. Too bad for them, but they were out voted by the others. It was a pivotal vote. With the results being as they were, they had no choice but to accept the terms. Now we had to bring the offer to the Advocate clans. If they all accepted, that would be that. If not, the plan would fail at the very beginning. I did not want that to happen. We were not extremely close with Sonic Clan. When we told them the terms that we came up with. They were happy to agree. They still needed to join at some point and talk about all the pros and cons of joining us. I got in front of the others and gave a pep talk. "We are the best on the continent. Nobody can simply become us by trying hard. We're elite." I said.
