I'm working through them, slowly. Most of my time since the drop has been allocated to camp necessary tasks and getting in some training, all the while I've been actively meeting other recruits.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org Anything on the officers or the ship but that goes without saying. Recommend familiarizing yourself with all the team leads. Here's a list.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org As far as I know, the recent line up is only the second change to the leads. There was an old program called L1 before I got here, but that was scrapped around the same time I dropped in.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org Can't tell you anything about promotion requirements and I doubt anyone but an instructor could. It seems mostly random.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org Some. Looks like most leads hold onto their position once they get it, but there have been some changes from transfers, demotions etc. There's only a handful of the latter though the reasoning behind demotions seems to be as irregular.
[Or 'need to know.' However you want to put it.]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org New recruit drops have been steady since day 1, but there's no 90 day rotation or anything. Three drops during the 60 odd days of Ajna, one while on the ship. You're part of the first new blood we've had on Macha.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org Before you ask: no one here has served on any previous crews except the officers. Not that they can remember anyway.
We'll have a better idea once they roll out some of the demolition gear. Keep an eye open for CTDS and transceivers. On Ajna we have to rig up that system a few weeks before demo.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
The officers have served elsewhere but everyone in the crew is fresh. But we transfer a lot of people out so either something happens between point a and b or no one wants to slum it with us.
[As if the transfers have any option where they go and when.]
CTDS and transceivers, got it. How difficult are they to rig?
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
So it's possible that someone recruited right before the rescue mission was simply transferred to another crew? Why would working with us be considered 'slumming it?'
Not technically difficult but time consuming. And if something gets put together wrong they apparently blow up.
[Luckily no one has first hand experience with that one.]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
That's right. We see a lot of people on recruitment missions but they don't always end up with us. re: slumming it - rumor is the Captain isn't liked by someone(s) in the brass. I get the sense the Neheda is a career killer commission.
[Literally, knowing the CDC's sense of humor. Who didn't know of a rumor of a captain who'd done something someone hadn't really liked and gotten a crap detail running patrol on mining colonies until they got bored enough to retire?]
Well that's good to know. Do you know the radius of damage that would occur given that outcome?
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
Got to love military and governmental politics. And the games people with obscene amounts of money and power play. So they're pushing for retirement?
[That way, there's no severance package. Though she doesn't think of the CDC as a type of corporation to offer such benefits. Literal severance may be more to their tune.]
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
You mean what's not on my file?
[She already knows the answer to that, but it'll give her time to come up with a thoughtful answer.]
Well. It's not much of a story relative to some of the other ones here. The file does a good enough job describing that.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
I work with a UN financed global organization called the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) as a Special Operations Agent with the West Africa Branch.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
The point of the BSAA is to combat, prevent, and exterminate all bioterrorism, which is exactly like it sounds: using Bio-Organic Weapons (BOWs) in acts of terrorism.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
A BOW is a creature that's intentionally created or genetically modified using a type of mutagen to become killing machines.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
Anyways, I was in the middle of an outbreak in Kijuju when my partner and I discovered a plot to globally release a new supervirus that would likely wipe out humanity as we knew it.
Good. Knowing the kind of people we get on average he probably needs all the help he can get
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Speaking of if you're looking to teach/really bored/enjoy psychologically abusing (mostly) children the training program here on the ground could use a few more leads
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I heard you're, and I quote, "crazy, efficient AND badass" and that I needed to contact you.
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That's a hell of a resume.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
What can I do for you?
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Blame Tali. She sent me this way.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
Name's Sheva Alomar and I'm a new recruit. Figured I should start networking as soon as possible. Hit the ground running so to speak.
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Smart. Congratulations.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
You're reading the files too, right?
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I didn't know logic was a commendable action.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
I'm working through them, slowly. Most of my time since the drop has been allocated to camp necessary tasks and getting in some training, all the while I've been actively meeting other recruits.
[She's been busy.]
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
Any files you'd recommend off hand?
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You'd be surprised.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Anything on the officers or the ship but that goes without saying. Recommend familiarizing yourself with all the team leads. Here's a list.
[attachment: tul.epxs]
[Can she get a hell yeah for offline copies of comm data?]
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I'm still getting used to the idea of magic and aliens. I've met my surprise quota for a while.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
In theory.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
How often do team leads change? And what are the requirements for promotion? Does it vary between units?
[She can, but even Sheva's wary about keeping her own, personal notes on anything but pen and paper. Even then, that would be risky.]
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As far as I know, the recent line up is only the second change to the leads. There was an old program called L1 before I got here, but that was scrapped around the same time I dropped in.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Can't tell you anything about promotion requirements and I doubt anyone but an instructor could. It seems mostly random.
[Thinking about you, cell point Shinji Ikari.]
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Good to know. So there is some consistency with leadership? Are recruits are arriving with some regularity?
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
There's always a reason, even if we aren't privy to it. Have any been demoted after promotion?
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Some. Looks like most leads hold onto their position once they get it, but there have been some changes from transfers, demotions etc. There's only a handful of the latter though the reasoning behind demotions seems to be as irregular.
[Or 'need to know.' However you want to put it.]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
New recruit drops have been steady since day 1, but there's no 90 day rotation or anything. Three drops during the 60 odd days of Ajna, one while on the ship. You're part of the first new blood we've had on Macha.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Before you ask: no one here has served on any previous crews except the officers. Not that they can remember anyway.
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Managing others isn't everyone's cup of tea either. I'll do some homework and try and satiate my curiosity on some of that.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
Anja, the ship, and then Matcha then. How much longer would you presume to estimate we have left on this planet?
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
So everyone has only been with Neheda?
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We'll have a better idea once they roll out some of the demolition gear. Keep an eye open for CTDS and transceivers. On Ajna we have to rig up that system a few weeks before demo.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
The officers have served elsewhere but everyone in the crew is fresh. But we transfer a lot of people out so either something happens between point a and b or no one wants to slum it with us.
[As if the transfers have any option where they go and when.]
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CTDS and transceivers, got it. How difficult are they to rig?
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
So it's possible that someone recruited right before the rescue mission was simply transferred to another crew? Why would working with us be considered 'slumming it?'
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Not technically difficult but time consuming. And if something gets put together wrong they apparently blow up.
[Luckily no one has first hand experience with that one.]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
That's right. We see a lot of people on recruitment missions but they don't always end up with us. re: slumming it - rumor is the Captain isn't liked by someone(s) in the brass. I get the sense the Neheda is a career killer commission.
[Literally, knowing the CDC's sense of humor. Who didn't know of a rumor of a captain who'd done something someone hadn't really liked and gotten a crap detail running patrol on mining colonies until they got bored enough to retire?]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
What's your story Alomar?
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Well that's good to know. Do you know the radius of damage that would occur given that outcome?
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
Got to love military and governmental politics. And the games people with obscene amounts of money and power play. So they're pushing for retirement?
[That way, there's no severance package. Though she doesn't think of the CDC as a type of corporation to offer such benefits. Literal severance may be more to their tune.]
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
You mean what's not on my file?
[She already knows the answer to that, but it'll give her time to come up with a thoughtful answer.]
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that's the popular idea
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
And yes. Got it in one Alomar
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Oh politics.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
Well. It's not much of a story relative to some of the other ones here. The file does a good enough job describing that.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
I work with a UN financed global organization called the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) as a Special Operations Agent with the West Africa Branch.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
The point of the BSAA is to combat, prevent, and exterminate all bioterrorism, which is exactly like it sounds: using Bio-Organic Weapons (BOWs) in acts of terrorism.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
A BOW is a creature that's intentionally created or genetically modified using a type of mutagen to become killing machines.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
Anyways, I was in the middle of an outbreak in Kijuju when my partner and I discovered a plot to globally release a new supervirus that would likely wipe out humanity as we knew it.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
Any questions?
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FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
What year was this?
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Earth 2009.
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Woof. Vintage
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Well... Vintage is better then 'grams' at least.
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So I’m guessing I’m not the only one to ask
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It started with ‘ma.’
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
Joke’s on him though, I’m going to whip his ass into shape.
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Good. Knowing the kind of people we get on average he probably needs all the help he can get
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Speaking of if you're looking to teach/really bored/enjoy psychologically abusing (mostly) children the training program here on the ground could use a few more leads
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He’s on orange with me too, so you better believe I’ll make it happen.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
He calls himself Joker, but he’s not very funny. Most of the time.
FROM: alomar.sheva@cdc.org
Define ‘(mostly) children.’ Are we talking children because they whine or children because of their actual age?
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