34th Vipers Comms: New Purpose

**Torchwick:** Hey, let me ask you something?

**Hannagan:** Shoot.

**Torchwick:** Say we win this thing. We somehow manage to beat Brooks. What happens to us then?

**Hannagan:** What do you mean?

**Torchwick:** The True Sons. You and I still believe in what we were founded on. Fighting for the common man. Working to rebuild the nation. We had a purpose. A good one. Whether you want to argue if it was Ridgeway or Brooks, at some point we lost that. But I think there's a lot of True Sons who aren't in for the "New America" or anything like that. They're like us, they want to serve the American people and rebuild this country.

**Hannagan:** Yeah. That was one of the hardest things about walking away. The way Blackburn and some of the others talk, you'd think all the True Sons were like Brooks or Deckard. And there are certainly a lot of zealots and true believers. But most of the regular soldiers? They just want to protect people, help them. Rebuilding bridges, providing medicine and food, securing settlements. Snow talked about it a lot. The JTF and Division clearly didn't have the resources or convictions to do any real good. But the True Sons? We have the numbers, resources, and skillsets to do some real good. I didn't see it then, but...after Castle...I sure as shit see it now.

**Torchwick:** When this war's over, I say we do just that. We pick up the pieces and rebuild the True Sons. Do away with this Social Darwinism and pseudo-religious bullshit. Use the resources and skills in our ranks and help finish rebuilding the country. Clear away the raiders and warlords. Get a cure made and out to the people. Rebuild the roads and bridges. That way when the government comes back one day, and they will, they can get straight into rebuilding the government. A lot of us True Sons were cops, firefighters, military. We can rebuild those same institutions overnight! We know how it all works, and it'd be a lot faster than spending months or years finding new recruits to train.

**Hannagan:** I agree that it's a good idea, but command would never allow it. I think they'd rather tear the True Sons down. They see them as all irredeemable zealots.

**Torchwick:** Well I say fuck that! There's plenty of regular True Sons who still have a lot to offer. They've just been misled. Look, I agree with the Vipers. Brooks is dangerous, and she needs to be stopped. But with her gone, we can mold the True Sons into a movement for good. Our cause, our original cause, is still noble. When this is over, if we win, you, me, Haynes, Vaughn, we put together a council. Like a Joint Chiefs. No more singular cult of personality. We arrest and fairly judge the war criminals. And then we focus on doing some real good.

**Hannagan:** You know, that does sound like a good idea. Prove to the Vipers and to the rest of the world that despite what they say, we're *not* beyond redemption. The True Sons can be remembered for the good they did, not the evils. Restoring cities. Providing aid to survivors. Set up a real system of courts and laws. Do what the JTF and Division never could. Bring about peace, not through war or bloodshed, but by being a protecting guardian to the people. Protecting them and their freedoms. Security and liberty aren't mutual exclusive. We can do both.

**Torchwick:** My thoughts exactly. Peace through protection?

**Hannagan:** Peace through protection. Long live the New Sons of Liberty.