<div class="floatright">(https://image.spreadshirtmedia.com/image-server/v1/compositions/105366373/views/1,width=280,height=280,appearanceId=1,version=1439463983.png.webp)</div><strong>April 3rd, 3025, 12:35 local time</strong><br/><strong>Aragon System, Aragon, Salvador province, Salvador City, Parade Grounds<br/><strong>Translated from Spanish</strong></strong><hr/><br/>Principe Montes and the other officers are enraptured by the stories as they are told over the next several minutes.<strong>"We have elite warriors from the Inner Sphere among us,"</strong>Montes mused aloud at last, quite satisfied with Sebastian's tale as the closer.<strong>"Truly, we are blessed with expertise beyond measure."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"'Mechball,' they call it,"</strong>the Commandante mumbled again.  He had been deeply incredulous at Mhàiri-Rose's story, and almost demanded details on how the game was played before he was satisfied.<strong>"How wealthy these distant lords must be, to be able to have their warriors play <em>games</em> with such weapons?"</strong><br/><br/>Principe Montes laughed, clapping his friend on the shoulder again before looking back to the mercenaries.<strong>"Their loss, my friend, and our gain.  Your Victor seems like quite the scoundrel, my friends -- but a reliable scoundrel, I think, to have such storied warriors bear his name.  I am satisfied in this.  But -- all of this wealth in the Inner Sphere where 'ro-nen' rogues can <em>steal</em> enough Mechs to be dangerous!  Where they can afford to spend Mechs on fighting contests, rather than to bring glory to the King!  If our friends in the Hanseatic League had not made it clear to us that it was taboo, asking a mercenary <em>why</em> they are seeking work, I would ask what would bring a mercenary so far from the great Inner Sphere!"</strong><br/><br/>He slaps the table to punctuate the comment and immediately continues.<strong>"But thankfully for all of us, we do not need to broach such a topic, because there are already stories of what mercenaries might be tempted to do in order to avenge their honor.  I already have half a dozen ideas to test your skill.  It will be necessary, to prove to my many hot-blooded young nobles that they do not know everything they think they know... and to provide a proper reward for those who have learned something despite themselves."</strong>