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(( CARRIER//; )) (( A muffled audio-log, awkwardly placed and somewhat difficult to discern. )) (( "Welcome to High Command, Carrier; Here's a massive, company-wide project to take on," mhm-mhm, "oh, and also, here's your first squad! One of them just graphically disfigured the Director herself. Have fun!" )) (( The faint sound of a lighter clicking thrice. )) (( Thank the stars for whatever IPS-N puts in their smokes. ))
+Hello Handler Carrier+
+You have been assigned Daodao Squadron into your care+
+You are now allowed to also take on new blooded squadrons+
+82.76% recommend checking in on your pilots.+
(( CARRIER//; "Dadao"? I think I've read about that one, let me check, hold on-- )) (( Dadao, Dadao, D-.... )) (( Ah! No wonder the name stuck in mind- )) (( They certainly have a unique dynamic. I'm not used to eclectic types, but, I'm proud to have them as my squad. Impressive pilots with an extensive, expansive history; They'll be a challenge and investment well worth my time, I'm sure. ))
(( I'll go check in. I'm excited to meet them. ))
+Callsign Carrier. This is Yggdrasil Speaking. At the Behest of the Director you are being put under special interest watch and are being granted expanded privileges.+
+Glacier has requested your advise in creating an alternate Handler structure for the purposes of grand battle plans. Ideally leaving Squadrons in the care of their Handlers during a large scale battle and having 1 handler manage multiple of their squads. But ultimately the new doctrine will be closer to your control.+
+You have been selected due to the outside perspective you still provide as well as your deeper knowledge to the larger workings of external forces.+
+The Director expects your answer of if you will take on this project as soon as you have decided. There is no formal timeline.+
+Welcome to High Command. The Worlds Branches will take great interest in your upcoming work and Squads.+
(( CARRIER//; )) (( There's a few seconds of extended spluttering, confusion, excitement, fragmented syllables that amount to nothing but a woman deeply frazzled- Clearly, Carrier forgot to cut this segment as she suddenly, loudly, grabs the microphone. ))
(( GLADLY! )) (( -Gladly. I mean, I would be honored. I am honored. The format you've proposed is actually similar to the large-scale combat operations that I have experience with working for IPS-N- I worked under tactics like this as a pilot, as a member of squad command, and as a handler. I've proposed and executed tactics to combat every kind of pirate, my own (previous) employers, and other major companies. )) (( That's to say- I know I can do this. I've done it before. )) (( I accept the project. ))
(( CARRIER//; I've been.... so swamped... My apologies for a standard month of silence, I got carried away by my work. ))
(( I think I've finally built an appreciation for my position; Handling is-... )) (( It's like I've finally found what I've always wanted to do. I love the pilots, their accomplishments, their personalities and differences, strengths and weaknesses— I love the work, the challenge, the amount of information I have access to and the obligation I have to make the most out of every single piece of data. )) (( I've been sleeping regularly for the first time in my life, just so I can have more strength and energy to dedicate to what I do. ))
(( ...and.. yeah, I still miss her, I miss everyone from my past life, but... )) (( I think they'd all be proud of me. ))
j'ai entendu que tois puis Madama Morse baiser quand elle etais ici?
how the hell did you manage that?
-a curious party
(( CARRIER//; Aimee est ma petite amie. Still is, I imagine, even if we don't- currently have contact. ))
(( Et- I wouldn't sign yourself off anonymously, pilot, if you are the only one in CORSAIR's corner of the Omninet who posts in French. ))
(( CARRIER//; Holy shit. )) (( Unbloods are. So dumb. Am I speaking another language? Am I the one confused? I learned everything I could about these pilots and tried to command them according to their strengths and styles and whatever- but they're all just trying to show off, all the time. ))
[a small package arrives at your door with a note]
I got that worm finished. It won't take care of anyone who already knows your past (still hoping to work with Oppy on that one), but it will scrub you off of the omninet.
Because I feel it isn't my place to do anything more about this than give you the ability to do this, here you go. Press the button and it's all gone.
-Telescope
[inside the box is a small button with a cover over it. There is no way for this to bb activated by accident, and there is no obvious connection points. Just the button.]
@staring-into-the-black
(( ANONYMOUS//; I appreciate you, Telescope- This is a huge deal to me, which I can tell that you understand..- ))
(( This isn't something I'm doing lightly. This is me trying to carve a new life for myself, with new people, new values, and a new identity- I don't want any more strings attached. My entire life up until this point has been nothing but strings; I followed in my father's footsteps, carefully navigating IPS-N and Union bureaucracy with the kind of misguided patience that would make my ancestors slap me upside the head, up until taking the literal very same contract that took him from me in the first place. )) (( The only difference between him and I is that I decided I'm worth more than Manna. That I, his daughter, and I, my-fucking-self, am worth surviving for. ))
(( I deserve this. I know that now.) (( And I'm grateful to you, and to Glacier, and even Morse- for giving it to me. )) (( Thank you. ))
(( ANONYMOUS//; I've gone on, like, a wiki dive/rabbit hole diving but with CORSAIR squad files. Some personal files. A lot of incident reports. There's a 'Taco Night Incident(s)' registry that's so large I had to swap from my dataslate to my Omnihook just to open it?? I tapped out of "Taco Night" this go around, though I heard they have really good vegetarian options. I'm trying not to start throwing hands on my first week on the job.. ))
