Re: REC DEC #35
Shadow sat at his table , watching those who had to do the Tunnel run while the 'Scramle exercise' went on. Becuase of that, Shadow decided he would not run the tunnels tomorrow, the pilots who ran for the 1 hour plus , how long it took he to get to the Tunnels would ahve those pilots extra sore.
he was fiddling with the Flight Rosters.. when Howe came and sat down..LC..... What are you doing?
Kray looked up, took a bite of burger and went back to his Vidboard we are,,,as a whole.. from the Admiral down to the civies who clean the barns, are supposed to be the Best there is..not just the Fleet, but the whole of The Black. With those Paint scheme we have, the Hermes Wing stands out, when the enemies see us.. especially , when we fight in Atmo and the troops, on both sides, see us,
but...we aren't the Best any longer,, we are getting cast offs from most places, and we try to turn them into Hermite Pilots...the sad thing is, we have Vets who have lost their way and don't care? Pilots going AWOL? that would have never happened a year ago... pilot who turned coat, Like Harry and her sister? and that w weird perv pilot that i crash landed and those spiderthings ate him? So? we need to be the best again, because if we are the best...in our own minds.. no one else will perceive us as such, It used to be a common thing that our enemies would Challenge me, or the whole of the Hermies wing, as a way to pump up their won people..but? we have always won, and it worked against them.. if we continue on the path that we are on now...one day, we will not win...
Howe sat back and looked around , sipping his soda, a slow nod. I can see that... what can we do?
First, discipline . Not the 'yes sir, no sir kind. But the kind that keeps your head in the game, People use SIMs more,,peopel hit the range,,,and gods be damned, PT! That woman... that...girl we lost in the city?.. The AI and the troopers couldn't get to her.. i mean? they could have, but it would have been too late, those Angels wanted her.. i came down, gave her directions and tried to cover her.. she lost her life..what? 100...maybe 150 yards from our troops, and all i could do is come down a bit lower and chew up those people who killed her..She was new here? but she was disciplined? she was scared out of her mind, but she followed orders and if her former commander had her in shape.. she would have made that 100 yards... he life ws ended, ebcaus eof..1? maybe 2 seconds?
Howe nodded, its like that when we fly.. one second? maybe a heart beat?
aye>... but we are in our aircraft, our...armed coffins...when we are flying , its comes down to how good the aircraft are, and how good the Pilots is....but? you get downed.. there is no aircraft, its you and whatever your skills have to try to resists and get recovered. or? you die?
Howe stood Up, whacked Shadow's left shoulder.good enough , LC.. we though you might be needed to take a 'war Bond" break or something.
Shadow chuckled,not me? there are lots of other 'heroes ' out there who can do that. They want me to shill for them, it will have to be when we are on station.
Howe chuckled and Moved off.