Transmit to: All Revolutionaries
Comm ID: Grand Admiral McIntosh
My Brothers, you've done well, and for that, you shall be rewarded. Captain Zehn, I hereby promote you to Commodore Zehn, Commandant of the Fighter Corps. You are now the ranking fighter pilot of the Revolution. If you try to turn this down, I'll shoot you, so shut up and get your new uniform.
Captain Ares, you are now the XO of the Fighter Corps, second in rank only to one. I am also bestowing upon you the Red Star of Loyalty, for your proven and re-proven dedication to the Coalition Cause, despite the cowardly actions of your own race. Wear it with pride. Show it to your mama, when we march back onto Crete with out heads held high.
To Lt. Commander Ivan Voronov and Lt. Commander Sonja Kerensky, my humblest congratulations. Your union is an encouragement to us all that
For the rest of you: Continue to rearm and reship, the Revolution will no longer be shackled by reliance on that band of ragged survivors. Gunboat Commanders, proceed to Classified and park your ships, you'll be ferried back to HQ and can get some R&R before we acquire new vessels for you. I intend to venture into negotiations with the Colonial Remmanent to purchase IMG Gunboats as replacements for the old 'handbags'. Judging by reports, they're speedy and heavily armed, exactly what we need.
As to the Corsairs: I have assurances from the Benitez clan that they'll not fire on us, regardless of the actions of our brethren. Independent Corsairs and the decrepit Brotherhood have yet to profess intentions of peace, although there appears to be some strife within their ranks over whether or not committing suicide is a good idea...
We shall wait, comrades. Although I'm not known for waiting, I feel that this conflict will be one that, if started, can only result in the destruction of the Corsairs as a race. Remember Comrades, our goals are to convert the capitalists and the unbelievers through education and force, not to burn them to the ground and erase any record of their existence. The Revolution is a constant, living thing; it must have enemies to lead as an example of the unbeliever, lest faith among the masses flag due to a lack of example. The Corsairs, many of them, have proven themselves to be willing and able revolutionaries. Their people flock to our banners, the Army swells with recruits bearing the marks of Crete. Many of them welcome us as their saviours from the Domination of the Clans, and seek The Coalition's Banner flying Crete!
If they call us, we shall not fail them!
Comrades, we shall wait. Let the Brotherhood factionalize and argue. We shall wait. The Revolution shall not come quickly, but it shall come, come with a vengeance. We shall lead it, and others shall continue to flock to our banner.
Comrades, I speak not as your leader, but as a Believer: YOU are the Revolution, its heart and soul. YOU shall lead it to the masses, and free them from their bonds. YOU are the reason that the Coalition has stood proud for a Thousand Years!
And you, my brothers, shall not falter, because the Revolution beats in your veins, and the Revolution shall never falter.
Jack Handey Wrote:I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
