CHAPTER 10: Reforging
The dawn rises. It's a brand new day, and I'm going to start it well.
I woke up early to meet the shipment of new supplies. These weapons will be vital in combating the aliens. We lost a lot of equipment back in Beijing.
A scientist came in this morning.
: Sir, we've done it.
: I assume you are referring to the Radar dishes, Mr...
: Wibble, sir. And yes, I am. We should be able to pick up movement as far as Northern Europe now.
: Very good, dismissed.
With that I began to work on interviewing the newest batch of recruits.
: I AM HERE TO SERVE.
: Indeed. So, you have decent skills. But do you have anything else worth mentioning? Free will, perhaps?
: MORE FREE THAN YOU, BUREAUCRATIC SLOTH.
: ...Fair enough. Welcome to X-COM.
: What do you know, Greg's back.
: Yes Mr. Kar-Man, Greg back and better than ever!
: How exactly are you better?
: Body Greg steal?
Woman.
: I-I-wha?..
: You look familiar.
: I'm Codecimal! Remember me?
: Oh, I see. Where's your rifle now?
: What? Me, use a rifle? Never! I'm all about the fire, baby!
: Well in that case, we're out of fire weapons, so here's your pistol.
: Wait, huh?
: Get out of my office.
: Greetings, Commisar! I am the BROWNCOAT!
: Oh, sweet! Hey, I was just wondering, is River's actress as crazy as her character??
: I... huh? What are you talking about, comrade?
: Well, you said you're the Browncoat, right? You're Nathan Fillion?
: Er...
: ...and that's how I killed the last wooly mammoth. Pretty sweet, eh? You know you want me in this organization.
: You're damn right I want you. That big mouth of yours will catch every bullet that comes our way in its endless void.
With the recruitment drive over for the moment, I turned to the moment I dreaded the most. Our monthly evaluation.
*SLAM*
: You BASTARDS! You're reducing our funding?!
: Director Ikari, your negligence to protect your investors is the only reason we have done so. We have lost an entire district of Beijing to these invaders, because your men were unable to stop them.
: Unable to--? If your military forces had gotten off their asses and helped, we could have pushed back those aliens! None of my men or your citizens had to die!
: That is not the job of our soldiers, Ikari. It is yours. If you perform more admirably in the future, perhaps we shall return your funding to its original state. Otherwise, you should be prepared to cut the luxuries that you have been drifting by on.
: You call the shithole you've stuck us in a "luxury"? If I ever get my hands on you ambassador, I swear I'll--
: Ending transmission. *Zzrp*
And there it was. It was only then I realized how dysfunctional the governments of this world were. Almost as bad as the ones back home. We had to get by on even less now. I planned on taking a break, only to find that the alarms had sounded. A UFO was making its way across Northern Europe. I launched an Interceptor to bring it down.
It was time to show the Ambassador why X-COM was their best shot at survival.
--To be continued, in CHAPTER 10 Part 2
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