Professor Nicole Hunter's holographic projection emerged at the end of the table directly opposite of Professor Moriarty's chair. She made a silent nod to the senior professor and the professor in spe Goro Yoshida. While her emergence captured attention of all participants of the meeting, Nicole raised her hand slightly and while gesticulating she enabled several large holographic projections one after another. Suddenly a dimm room became alight with over a dozen graphs, reports, designs and charts floating over the long table.
- Dear Hackers! You can certainly be proud of our achievements this year. With Mactan and Spyglass Networks reaching their full potential, combat deployment of Vindicator very heavy fighter, almost 29% rise in the number of recruits this year and over 88% increased presence we can safely say that the Lane Hackers are stronger than ever.
To illustrate professor's words a series of graphs showing increase of recruitment results, three-dimensional design of the new fighter craft and reports on completion of several new modules in the software infrastructure of the organization emerged enlarged from the pile of holograms floating over the table.
- However long, the list of our achievements should not make us blind to the challenges still lying ahead of us, one of which is our outdated fleet.
A series of failed designs and prototypes of modernized gunships and bombers quickly swimmed over the table.
- However, the greatest challenge that we are facing now lies strictly within ourselves. The pleasant era of indolence that plagued our enemies within Liberty in the times after Admiral Hale's resignation has come to an end almost a year ago. The reemergence of the traitorous Hellfire Legion as stronger than ever, successful reforming of the Bounty Hunters Guild as competent mercenaries and unexpected strengthening of the Liberty Navy has once again raised the difficulty of our operations to the level unseen for years. The holidays are over.
A series of reports concerning failed operations, causalities, lost ships and equipment, intelligence notes and threat assessments replaced previous images.
- Our enemies onslaught paired with the most important side effect of our recruitment drive - the percentage of our senior operatives got as low as 31% - easily explains the significant overall decrease of efficiency of our organization and almost tripled worth of lost ships and equipment in the last three months. Which brings me to the main question...
Nicole Hunter's paused and her holographic projection looked around going from one Lane Hacker to another one by one. Holographic charts, reports, notes and designs disappeared magnifying the effect of the silence. Only when it became unbearable professor addressed the young Hackers in the chamber.
- Do... you... have... what it takes to complete your training and become unstoppable or will you fail like so many before?
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