He paused, then chuckled quietly, the deep baritone laugh beginning to echo as he finally let go of all the tension and stress of the last few days on-planet in a massive, gutsy belly laugh that rattled small objects, and completely changed his demeanour. "Oh, I needed that. Look; for the most part, the main issue is that of trust; the only people I've worked with in the last five years that are currently part of the company are Alroy, Maho, and Walt, and Walt's going to be about as useful as tits on a bull as long as his brains are scrambled."<br/><br/>Leaning against the bulkhead, he looked at Yamina. "Simple fact is, there's a total of Two people out of Nine that I can trust to be a known quantity. Now, I'll take your comments under consideration, but, until cool heads prevail, I'm going to be forced to crack down on the company, as a whole, and individually. Once the initial upheavels and stress from repair work is over, then thic company can be built up into a proper force. You don't bake a cake with the eggs still in the chicken, after all; have to work to get all the ingredients together, first."<br/><br/>He paused, then smiled slightly. "Consider this; that encounter was your first with infantry trained to destroy 'mechs, correct? The primary failing that all of us veterans in the company had was assuming that the collective 'you' of the newcomers had prior experience of fighting infantry that didn't involve a Firestarter and Riot control. So, taking the time to drill everyone properly in how to react to infantry assaults, with individual coaching for each, will iron out the problems sooner rather than not. I will, however, have to break up the duel challenges at stupid-o-clock this morning."<br/><br/>He smirked faintly. "Long and short of it is this; to mold everyone into a proper team, I'm going to have to be harsh, for a time. But, once everyone is comfortable and can trust one another, regardless of planet of origin, ideology, or whatever, then I can stop feeling like I need to break everyone's eggs to make a decent omlet out of you lot."