Alright, now look, I am a mecha mechanic. Hygiene ain't exactly one of my highest priorities, but come on! First of all, it's just plain nasty. Second of all, have some mercy on the rest of us that have to go in there after you're done. But, most of all, when your actions risk your life, the life of your team mates, and even more importantly, the value of a 15 billion credit mecha, then I got to say something!
When you leave objects lying around the cockpit, you run some serious risks. Once the rounds start flying, so do all those loose items in your cabin!
Example; last week, Pat Willis, was fighting one of those mercenaries from over in the victor quadrant, that signed up to fight for those completely mental German clones. Well, he's fighting this guy, when suddenly his opponents mecha stopped dead cold, did a back flip, then punched itself in the driver's compartment, killing the mecha pilot and emotionally traumatizing Pat for life. Apparently the pilot had been leaving the remains of his lunches laying around the place, and when he deployed out he just shoved them out of his way and left them on the floor. A banana peal slid under his foot actuators, causing them to leap uncontrollably and a beer bottle smashed into his arm sling and sent the fist smashing right into his big fat puss!
Lesson learned. Clean up your shit or you just might wind up on the slab down at county general. Pick it up or pack it up, this ain't the Hilton and I ain't your maid! Cheers!
Submitted by Ron Frye#879655