Sunday, November 6, 2016

The Times, They Are A Changin’ By Kenneth Hicks ID# 846092

Scott Abbott sat in his command ship in orbit over Srixin. That was one of the most intensive, weirdest, and difficult invasions that the Mercenary Clans have ever had to endure. It was like you were going into combat with the Bizarro World versions of themselves only they had most definitely been tweeking the mechs.

Now that hostilities have been sufficiently contained, you’d think it would be time for a little R&R, licking of the wounds and rebuilding the fleets, check out ESPN to see if Chris Zimmer is looking to take another KotM.

But no. Nope, that would be too easy. That would have made this whole blasted thing bearable!
Instead, the Home Office of Clan War Broadcasting had to send a memo down the line. One…Memo…

The memo too which Scott was brooding was a General Rule Change with the next Clan War. For the next war, clans will have a minimum of 5 or a maximum of 7 members.

One…Memo…

So instead of having some pleasant downtime, Scott has been awake for the last three cycles, running troops through exercises, taking in data, wins, loses, improvements, activity level, and frequency of bathroom breaks. Pilots and ground crew have been on 18/4 sleep cycles, keeping everyone on edge, always working.
Clan Leaders and cadre have all learned, if Cmdr. Abbott is awake then so are they. Running drills, collecting notes, strategy sessions, keeping the troops moving, making the work pay out in stronger clan structures.

One…Memo…

Clan Wars Administrative Division
Novum Dolorum
Marketing Department


Stan Jennings was just finishing up work with a skip in his step, and a smirk on his face. It’s been a great day!

Apparently Mr. Shapiro really liked his Holovid campaign idea. Why not just double the number of clans, ensuring customers will have to buy the “Clan War Package Deal” to ensure that they’re able to see all the matches. They’ll rake it in! IT Analytics are already projecting a rise of 21% profits for the quarter because of it!

Then there was that tasty bonus they gave me hitting the account at lunch time. With that kind of money, he can take Jane and the kids to Disney World, just like they’ve always wanted!

Yep, life is good.