Lieutenant Bruno
Kazan, Liberty City Royals: Fine by me, sweet cheeks. These things get boring
fast anyway.
Cruz: Kazan, we
want to know why your unit turned on its employers. We want to know if you are
in league with the rebels and, if so, how they made contact with you.
Kazan: Well let
me see, babe. First up, I think it’s kind of obvious why we switched sides.
We wanted to be onto a winning thing, and you Elises aren’t
exactly it at the moment. You nearly lost Hesperus. You nearly lost Tharkad and
you still have two clans in spitting distance of it.
Cruz: That's not
exactly relevant
Kazan: Tell you
what, why don't you move the capitol back to Arcturus? Oh wait, you lost that
too.
Cruz: So what?
You see a single world rebellion as being more viable then the entire Lyran
State?
Kazan: Right now
I see most things as more viable then the Lyran state, toots.
Cruz: Regardless,
your unit's actions would be seen as criminal-
Kazan: And who’s
going to do anything about it? The MRBC's got nothing left to it. It can't even
act tough any more. After all, it lets scum like us keep going [laughs]. And
besides, it’s not like you Lyrans have any friends at the moment after all
the horse [expletive] you pulled in the last few years.
Cruz: Regardless,
the Commonwealth is still a legitimate state, which is more then can be said
for this rebellion.
Kazan: Legitimate
or not, you guys have a bad reputation at the moment. Just ask the Light
Horse... oh wait, you can't, they're dead thanks to you.
Cruz: So what is
this, sort sort of petty act of revenge?
Kazan:
[expletive] no! I thought they were a bunch of self-important [expletive]. But
even then they didn't deserve to be [expletive] over by you guys. But that’s
got nothing to do with this at all.
Cruz: So why did
you do it? Why turn on the Commonwealth? Why pout your lives and reputations on
the line and risk losing everything?
Kazan: Now you're
well over my head, babe. See, I may be a MechWarrior and king of all that, but
I am but a humble lieutenant, a mid-sized cog in the machine. You know who you
should ask instead?
Cruz: Who?
Kazan: Big Dick
Ruttle. Now there's a right [expletive] for you. I mean, an infantry captain
who actually thinks he's important? That's good for a laugh. You should ask him
since he was in charge of rounding everyone up.
Cruz: Captain Ruttle
was killed in the battle.
Kazan: Funny how that
works out. In that case, what about Mark Gabby? He may be a tanker who
graduated from selling dope to college kids, but he's our second, if you can
buy that
Cruz: Captain Gabby
was also killed in the battle
Kazan: Amazing. And I
can guess that I'm the next highest-ranked person you actually got alive. Which
means that I'm suddenly super-valuable to you too.
Cruz: So tell me why
you did it.
Kazan: See, that’s the thing, sugartits. All I
did was follow orders like a good little soldier after they were handed down to
me. Didn't want to stir up [expletive] or anything like that.
Cruz: Weren’t you worried about the effects
that this would have? Being branded a criminal and a renegade is just the start
of it.
Kazan: Lady, after
what I’ve been through, none of
that worries me. Besides, we were given incentives in the form of the one thing
mercenaries everywhere really like.
Cruz: So the rebels
bought you off. It must have been quite an offer to make you switch sides
Kazan: They offered us
primo salvage on the Irregulars, for starters. And a huge payout on top of
that. Even sent us some samples to how that they were on the level. It was good
[expletive] too.
Cruz: So that was it.
Kazan: Of course, if
you want the full story, you probably want to speak to Major Royale himself.
That is, if you don't kill him first.
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