<em>July 31, 2018. Tokyo Shatterdome.</em><br/><br/>Messy did not begin to describe the cantankerous mess of papers dominating Ooba's desk. Dozens of reports of shipments that were on time leaving his base, and shipments that were delayed scheduled to enter his base. The Marshall did not bother glancing for the two large parcels that had already vanished from the horizon. Echo Saber and Coyote Tango. Two massively magnificent brutes of machines that had loyally served Japan for year(s), now forced to part, grow up and learn that they can't sleep in the same room as their parents anymore. Or each other.<br/><br/>Coyote Tango because it had a severe case of nuclear radiation leakage. Ruining anyone's day that dared to utilize it. Echo Saber because well, she was sold off. He was sure that Tanaka and Yamada would be severely displeased once they learn of this. Actually, doubly displeased because Echo Saber's heroic sacrifice to the Sydney Shatterdome purchased two whole foreign, not-remotely-even-close-to Japanese Jaegers. 50% off. Two for one. Even if he was lobotomized, Oobayashi knew he had cut a good deal. There was just the one catch that he didn't give a flying **** about because it wouldn't land in his backyard.<br/><br/>Underneath the invoice for more parts for Immaculate Shogun, demands for activation, demands for it to count in inventory as something that's actually functional, demands for it to stop occupying a whole hangar & demands for it to be transferred to America (with her mother) was the reason for the Marshall's recent scramble. The photo lazily stapled to a an unnecessary lengthy report explaining the circumstances and the reason for the image's existence.<br/><br/>(http://i.imgur.com/IqkQYsw.jpg)<br/><br/>It was a bad fight. A month now and a sizable chunk of Shibuya still haven't started on reconstruction in anticipation of moving the wreckage back to the Shatterdome. It could always be worse. The Rangers could have died instead of retiring nicely. On the bright side, he will no longer accidentally confuse Bushido Dawn's female pilot for Tacit Ronin's. Speaking of which.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Minutes later, the intercom system called for Daigo Tanaka, Kaori Yamada and Jun Saotome to the Marshall's office. No reasons were given yet.