"John how good of a mechanic are you?"
"well I wouldn't say I could beat your mechanic but all Red Hall members have to at least be level one mechanics in case of field repairs being needed on your ship or vehicle"
"OK Maria why didn't you tell us that?"
"two reasons, a you didn't ask me and b our mechanic is much better, when John says field repairs he means field repairs, level one mechanics for us means trying to do a
patch job that'll last until you get the vehicle to a real mechanic, and even then we sometimes can't even do that if the problem is serious enough"
"she's right Jody, I can't tell you how many times I've done a patch job and it didn't last long enough to get to a mechanic"
"you can't be serious"
"oh we're dead serious Jody, the only thing that we can fix without a doubt is radios because that's our only means of calling for help if it's needed"
"Maria?"
"it's true Jody, who do you think has been maintaining the radio lately?"
"all right you've made your point, now my point is that right now I don't think you two should be split up"
"you mean..."
"exactly if I can get it approved by the boss I'll get you on my team, I'll even pay for mechanic school so you can learn and help out much more then just patch jobs"
"Maria?"
"you can go for it John, let's face it now that the clan is dead the Red Halls no longer has any mechanics which we'll need"
"you don't mean?..."
"yes John I do, once you've finished school we're going back to the planet and getting what Red Halls equipment we can salvage to use for our new job"
she thinks for a few minutes and then adds something else
"but in the meantime, before we can salvage our equipment and you go to mechanic school I have a mission for you should you accept, but be warning it's a time critical mission"
John immediately stands at attention
"your mission is to head to earth and destroy our newest base before it can be discovered by the Mesanic Brothers"
"understood how much time do I have?"
"three days John, we'll be back on earth in three days"
"should I inform those that left the Red Halls that we'll need them back to fight the Mesanic Brothers?"
"no, normally we would inform them of their return and ask if they want to help but they should not be put at risk this time"
"but why? you know the laws regarding this situation"
"and as leader of the clan I'm calling that specific law null and void as of this moment"
"why?"
(sighs) "John listen to me real closely, I travel a bit more then you do as an F-Zero racer right?"
"yes it's sort of required of you"
"right now then a few weeks ago right after a race I was sent to a special meeting where samurai clans meet and talk about trouble in the galaxy and other things like what we should do if a member of another clan accidentally stumbles onto another clans property, or if one finds a fellow samurai in trouble. Now then I know all of the people who have
left the Red Halls to start up their own little group and I didn't see them so I asked around. Turns out that during their own meeting to discuss if they should return to the clan or stay separate there was an attack. John the main reason why I've declared that specific law null and void is because of the fact that everyone is dead, I just found out the day before I reported in that the last one died in the hospital from their injuries"
"so we truly are the last of the Red Halls?"
"yes John we are"
"what about the other Samurai clans?"
"hm the meeting isn't again for another year..."
now then the rest of the team didn't quite follow what was going on with clan meetings and what not but they did know that Samurai clans were typically mercenaries that worked with the police more often then not for free, mainly because of certain meetings that established that code, though the police weren't aware of it. The only time they asked for money was if they needed it and the police knew ahead of time because the clan would mention it before helping the police, either that or if the police knew they were part of a clan and they looked like they were having a bit of trouble at the time they would hire the Samurai for money. So Jody speaks up solving the problem, mainly
because both John and Maria had forgotten that little fact because of everything else currently going on in their lives
"hey guys I'll just inform my boss to inform the next Samurai that works with us to spread the word about the Mesanic Brothers"
both John and Maria look at Jody strangely for a minute and then remember the code that had been established
"that works, OK John do you accept your mission of destroying our earth base?"
"mission accepted, mainly because since it's the newest it wouldn't be wired to remote detonate yet would it?"
"nope that happens a month after it's fully established"
"right oh by the way I already remote detonated all our other bases"
"perfect then earth is indeed the last one"
and with that John leaves while Jody informs her boss that the Samurai clans would need to be informed about the Mesanic Brothers and the fact that the Red Halls was now defunct with only two members still alive
"understood Jody, how long until you guys are back on earth?"
"since this planet has a double race weekend we're staying until tomorrow, if there's trouble we'll stay longer but of course I'll inform you of that"
"right"
and with that communications were cut. Three hours later on earth Jody's boss heard that someone wanted to speak with him in private
"send them in"
and so the person walks in and takes off their cloak to reveal a member of the Kralsh clan, it was one of the smaller Samurai clans that helped the police but that was because they mostly worked in undercover operations, aka infiltration