Quote To: Outlander

From: Maj. Pierce



I'd like to issue a complaint about your Alliance. You impressed me with your heroics against the Republic and spoke of taking the fight to the Eternal Empire, and I believed you. And you might be doing that. And don't think I don't appreciate that when I arrived at your base you had a present waiting, a pack of survival gear, and believe me, that's what I call a bonus! You must have seen that I liked it a lot because you gave me a second one, in case something happened to the first, that was thoughtful.



Six thousand more, though, was getting to be a little excessive. I've now had to divert a substantial portion of my military pension to pay for a warehouse where I keep these survival packs. But I appreciate the thought, commander.



Which brings me to my main point. As a decorated soldier and former black projects operative I had assumed I'd be involved in planning military operations or carrying out covert operations. Instead all I do is make bonded components, then I take the bonded components apart, then I make more bonded components, then I take them apart again. Every once in a while though, instead of taking them apart, I take the bonded components and the bits of bonded component remnants to make an augment kit, then I place it on a stack of them. Then someone takes the stack and sells it. Lana said Koth fat-fingered one of the surplus orders, so the money raised is used to pay down our massive bill for Survival Gear R Us.



I used to work for the Emperor's Wrath before it all went to hell. We'd talk regularly, I'd reminisce about the old days and plans to bring the team back together to run covert ops, and even while being harassed by a Dark Council member the Wrath still took time to discuss and approve these things and to confer with me and the rest of the team on matters of their own. I was a part of a team. The only conversation I had this week was Lana telling me to use the bonded components I made to make you a new pair of gloves.



I hope as you wear them you'll think of things you can have me do that are more productive, like a daring mission behind enemy lines. I can even supply my own survival gear.



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