Mr. Cade's Office
Walking into the office, Bill immediately noticed two things. The first was the smashed monitor on the floor, and a joke about how it was the year 2211, and Windows still didn't work, but under the circumstances he decided not to mention it. The second thing he noticed was the obvious contempt with which Mr. Cade regarded him, before gesturing for him to take a seat, and allowing his own chair to swivel towards the window. Adopting a "Let's just get this over with" attitude towards the situation, The Sergeant Major sat down wordlessly.
"Before you speak, let me make something abundantly clear. I did not ask you here, and I do not want you here. Your presence is merely a formality to put my superiors at ease. I do not want you grunts loitering about my streets and scaring my citizens. You are to patrol around my city, investigate the colonies surrounding us, and then report back that you have found nothing. Am I understood?"
Oh god, it was going to be one of these. William sighed and put his fingertips to his temples. Typical Weyland-Yutani denial. So much for his plan of getting this over with quickly and easily.
"Looks like we need to clear some things up. Firstly, our presence here is far from a formality. Your citizens are still disappearing, and a Xenomorph hive was confirmed to be present on the planet, even if it is supposedly destroyed now. Secondly, my men will likely not step foot in this city unless necessary. Even if they do, they are unlikely to scare your citizens any more than the fact that you're willing to bet their lives just to satisfy your own sense of pride. Thirdly, I will report whatever it is that I find, which I believe will probably not be nothing. Finally, while you may be the proprietor of this city, you, and your superiors for that matter, are still a civilian. As such, you have no real authority over this operation. All the same, I do understand, and I hope that you do as well."
Well, they should have known better than to send a man with the nickname Pestilence on a diplomatic mission anyway.