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Nov. 12th, 2012 10:30 pmWe had a bit of a meet-up yesterday, as Tonks was coming in for training, and John and Davidson had mentioned wanting to discuss the Ireland incident further, as well as the recent activities in Manchester, so we invited them over for dinner and had a long sit-down after.
I'm not nearly as good at taking notes as Remus is, but I'll do my best.
Present:
Arabella, Stephen, Victor, John, Davidson, Tonks, Mac, Caradoc, Fu, Dorcas, Kingsley, Frank, Alice
We first listened to Kingsley, Dorcas, and Frank's report on the Ireland incident, which led to a rather long-ranging discussion about what we could possibly do to prevent large-scale killings if such a need ever arose again, as well as whether we'd ever attempt a similar uprising to begin with, and if we were, what we could do to not suffer the same mistakes, and if that was even what we were aiming towards in the first place. We also talked a bit more about coming up with alternative plans should MLE's attention be so thoroughly diverted again, so that we would have something in place and ready to go.
After dithering around about that for a bit, we got back on track. Here are the main things from what I could recall.
First: Frank, Tonks, and Kingsley confirmed that they would continue to build networks in all of the camps by either talking to Ridley's people as an initial contact, and meeting with parents of Moddey children to gain introductions to muggleborn and muggle camp leaders. Likewise, Tonks talked about our continued relationship with Beth and her network, and how that was going. The goal is right now to establish a network, and also to work on coming up with a method of communication with said network. A few options were discussed in light of the methods used in Ireland; MLE used two-way mirrors to coordinate and communicate quickly, and IMA used short-wave radio. Fu mentioned he'd add radio to his list of things to work on, and Davidson cautioned that one of the dangers with radio involved the potential for unwanted people to listen in, so to proceed with caution.
What we're going to do with said network is another matter entirely, and we spent some time talking about whether we'd have it in place solely to get people out of country, or whether it could potentially be used to eventually coordinate our own uprising, and what that might look like, and it's fairly obvious that needed a lot of further conversation, but at the very least, we all saw the value in continuing to build connections in the camps in a more deliberate way.
Second: We talked about the next solstice trip, and what that would look like. We've already got ten people from Manchester, so we should have a full boat this time around, but one of the things we discussed was whether we ought to try for even more come Spring -- say twice that number -- in two boats instead of the one, or in a larger vessel. Kingsley talked about the increased security risk, but that it's worth bringing up to see what everyone else thinks.
Third: Fu gave a presentation on his latest research on non-lethal devices and muggle defensive materials, and how they worked in the field during the train robbery. He's been testing out his armour, which has stood up rather well to most of the hexes we can think of to chuck at it -- it's a thin metal plate infused with threads of iron and protective runes, and he's looking into making more of them. The noise device worked rather well -- when we set it off, it gave everyone on the train a smashing headache, which prevented people from Apparating away immediately.
We also talked a bit about what would be in store next for Moody, now that he probably should stay clear of Ireland for a while. One of the possibilities he mentioned was something Dumbledore talked about in our meeting this past summer, which was trying to do some concentrated work on the Sleepers, and sorting out how to reverse the spell they're under. Mac mentioned he might be interested in helping out on that end of things too.
We concluded the meeting with a toast to our fallen comrades, and as our Tonks had to take off for her night shift, we called it an evening.
I'm not nearly as good at taking notes as Remus is, but I'll do my best.
Present:
Arabella, Stephen, Victor, John, Davidson, Tonks, Mac, Caradoc, Fu, Dorcas, Kingsley, Frank, Alice
We first listened to Kingsley, Dorcas, and Frank's report on the Ireland incident, which led to a rather long-ranging discussion about what we could possibly do to prevent large-scale killings if such a need ever arose again, as well as whether we'd ever attempt a similar uprising to begin with, and if we were, what we could do to not suffer the same mistakes, and if that was even what we were aiming towards in the first place. We also talked a bit more about coming up with alternative plans should MLE's attention be so thoroughly diverted again, so that we would have something in place and ready to go.
After dithering around about that for a bit, we got back on track. Here are the main things from what I could recall.
First: Frank, Tonks, and Kingsley confirmed that they would continue to build networks in all of the camps by either talking to Ridley's people as an initial contact, and meeting with parents of Moddey children to gain introductions to muggleborn and muggle camp leaders. Likewise, Tonks talked about our continued relationship with Beth and her network, and how that was going. The goal is right now to establish a network, and also to work on coming up with a method of communication with said network. A few options were discussed in light of the methods used in Ireland; MLE used two-way mirrors to coordinate and communicate quickly, and IMA used short-wave radio. Fu mentioned he'd add radio to his list of things to work on, and Davidson cautioned that one of the dangers with radio involved the potential for unwanted people to listen in, so to proceed with caution.
What we're going to do with said network is another matter entirely, and we spent some time talking about whether we'd have it in place solely to get people out of country, or whether it could potentially be used to eventually coordinate our own uprising, and what that might look like, and it's fairly obvious that needed a lot of further conversation, but at the very least, we all saw the value in continuing to build connections in the camps in a more deliberate way.
Second: We talked about the next solstice trip, and what that would look like. We've already got ten people from Manchester, so we should have a full boat this time around, but one of the things we discussed was whether we ought to try for even more come Spring -- say twice that number -- in two boats instead of the one, or in a larger vessel. Kingsley talked about the increased security risk, but that it's worth bringing up to see what everyone else thinks.
Third: Fu gave a presentation on his latest research on non-lethal devices and muggle defensive materials, and how they worked in the field during the train robbery. He's been testing out his armour, which has stood up rather well to most of the hexes we can think of to chuck at it -- it's a thin metal plate infused with threads of iron and protective runes, and he's looking into making more of them. The noise device worked rather well -- when we set it off, it gave everyone on the train a smashing headache, which prevented people from Apparating away immediately.
We also talked a bit about what would be in store next for Moody, now that he probably should stay clear of Ireland for a while. One of the possibilities he mentioned was something Dumbledore talked about in our meeting this past summer, which was trying to do some concentrated work on the Sleepers, and sorting out how to reverse the spell they're under. Mac mentioned he might be interested in helping out on that end of things too.
We concluded the meeting with a toast to our fallen comrades, and as our Tonks had to take off for her night shift, we called it an evening.
