Reading my great-great grandmother's journals were rather
helpful to me when I unexpectedly inherited command of the Irregulars. In some
ways, her situation mirrored mine, and she was likely even less ready to lead
than I was. However, in reading them, two other things also became apparent to
me. The first was just how vain and self important Sel could be at times, and
yet how well she did in spite of it.
The second was just how much trouble her men would manage to
get into, and how difficult they could make her life. Even when the unit was on
a quiet, low-key contract they could still cause trouble. Looking back at it,
I'm beginning to wonder if the feud with the Roughnecks wasn't caused by some
of them picking a fight or inadvertently insulting someone else.
Today's events reminded me a lot
of some of her stories.
For reasons best known only to
himself, Randy R. Georges took it upon himself to head to city hall. Once
there, he tried to get an appointment to see governor Zaydid for reasons known
only to himself. Now bearing in mind that as one of the mercenaries who were
responsible for the capture of the QLF's leader, he could have had multiple
legitimate ways to arrange such a meeting.
Instead, he makes up some story
about an expired dog license that the city has failed to renew or the like.
While I'm still piecing together the full story, he apparently managed to
strong-arm his way through any official channels with irrational demands and an
ever increasingly convoluted story until he actually made it to the Governor's
secretary. This proved to be an insurmountable obstacle, so he made an
appointment to see the governor at a later date, adding that what he had to say
would "blow them away"
Which in a city that has been at
war with a domestic terrorist group for a decade was about the worst thing he
could say while standing in the governor's office.
To her credit, the secretary
stayed calm and sounded the alarms, and Randy was arrested when he tried to
leave the building. However, any efforts he might have made at pleading
innocence and a misunderstanding were hampered by the fact that the contact
details he had provided were false which set off all their red flags. And he
didn't even own a dog.
He eventually produced his MRBC
registration to prove his identity, which saw the governor's office contact me
to verify his identity. In turn I sent Takahashi to collect him. I can imagine
that he was not amused, even by stony-faced Drac standards.
Randy's timing is, of course,
impeccable. I have been invited to a celebration of sorts of our apparent
victory, one which both Commander Zaryos (they cannot pay that woman enough in
my opinion) and governor Zaydid will be present. He also wants to meet the
brave heroes who apparently defeated the QLF. After today, I doubt that would
go over well.
Addendum:
Observations after last night:
The QLF are a bigger threat and
better organised then I had thought
Takahashi has many talents; sawing
someone in half with a vibrokatana is but one of them.
Randy may actually be on to
something
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