<div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9a/Tony_Leung.jpg)<br/>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5e/Sarna_reserves_kamakura_s_hussars_spider_by_viereth-d585zvf.jpg)</div><strong>Hiro Kagekaze (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=207352.msg10171354#msg10171354)</strong><br/><strong>On the tarmac at the airfield</strong><br/><strong>Tagged: Kari Moreno (Defiance), Moshe Dayan (S'hot), Allia Rowe (Gheistwulf), Damian Harper (Charybdis), Samson O’Haggen (The Bear), all others mentioned</strong><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Santa Prisca Desert, Librios<br/>Deneb Algedi, Benjamin District<br/>Draconis Combine<br/>1 January 3145</strong><br/><br/>Damian didn't look at the data pad I had in my hand, but he still responded to my concerns.<br/><br/><em>"We're on a schedule. The villagers can see to the minor damage themselves."</em><br/><br/>As much as I wanted to address him, Moshe showed up.  More proof of blood and gore was still on<em>S'hot</em>.  I took a deep breath through my nose, shaking my head.  I grabbed Moshe by his collar and pulled him up to his feet, then dragged him closer to the group.  Along the way, I saw Samson checking out his mech.<br/><br/>"Let's go, Samson.  Company meeting now."<br/><br/>Back with the Kari, Allia and Damian, I noticed that most of the company was missing.<br/><br/>Of Strike Lance, only our lieutenant, Allia was present along with me.  I invited Samson and Everett headed up into the dropship.<br/><br/>Of Command Lance, Kari and Damien were there, but Marco and and Angeline weren't.<br/><br/>And all of Recon Lance was absent except for Moshe.<br/><br/>While I talked to our number crunching Clanner, I was really talking to everyone.<br/><br/>"Damian, this wasn't minor damage.  This was an entire block full of houses set ablaze, along with a bloody mech in the middle of their streets.<br/><br/>"Now, if we can't do much more, physically, at least we can help the villages out financially.  I'm from the Draconis Combine, but I have no attachment to it civilians or its military.  I'm talking strictly in terms of how everything affects our merc group, specifically and only.<br/><br/>"When it comes to unnecessary usage of force against combatants, like Moshe here did, and damaging civilian population centers, again like Moshe here did - these show us as being undisciplined.<br/><br/>"If that's our rep, then we don't get the big money contracts from more legitimate organizations.  We end up getting stuck with nickel and dime stuff from less trustworthy groups.<br/><br/>"There's no point in being on a schedule if no one's going to hire us because of stuff he does."<br/><br/>I pointed at Moshe.<br/><br/>"If we're going to act this way even a little bit, we might as well go all in - ignoring surrender flags of enemies and using surrender flags for ambushes - in order to get us going in the short-term... but to spell out our doom long-term.<br/><br/>"We have to get Moshe's act together or get rid of him, and then we have to help that village to fix our rep so we get more get contracts."<br/><br/>I looked right at Damian for the next word I spoke.<br/><br/>"Quiaff?"<br/><br/>I turned to Kari and Allia.<br/><br/>"My suggestion is to put Moshe in Strike Lance.  His skill set and his mech fit it better than my skills and my mech do.  As long as Moshe has someone like Allia constantly telling him what to do and making sure he doesn't do anything else that hurts us, he should be fine.  I can take his spot in Recon Lance since I can keep up with them better."<br/><br/>