The Business of War

Scissor Army War Journals 3


Captain Quint's War Journal : PREPAIRING THE PLANK

A few days after Good Ideas

The General didn’t want to hear my excuses. I’m sure that, had the previous fight ended a bit better for me, he would’ve done so, but he used a single, yet effective argument for his own speech : Pain. Lots of it.

But he didn’t end here. Once he considered I learnt enough, he sent me to the general repair bays, instead of sending special Medics to our private areas at the Marauder. Undergoing full repairs under the mocking eyes of every single Officer in the SA was a really strong humiliation, and it paved the way for a lesson I taught to myself : Never let this happen again. Be ready even to the unexpected.

After I was fully repaired, I headed to my quarters in the Marauder, in order to compile every information about the defeat in Madrid.

Protoman was still on the loose, apparently, but with the damages he suffered, he musn’t be that far. Shadowman’s terrifying enhancements were a keystone in the debacle, but it’s safe to assume they’ll be removed. He didn’t even think of turning my systems off when he attacked Snakeman. So, I wasn't guilty of eavesdropping, isn't it ?

Topman, apparently, was in Berlin, but wasting Scissor Joes to go after an errand Robot Master wouldn’t help me to go higher in the General’s esteem.

And finally ... Yeah, he who caused all of this...

I plugged my left hand into a specially-design cavity on the side of my keyboard. I felt some tickles in my whole arm as the scanners were checking it was Captain Quint, and not someone who had cut off the hand and used it. The screen flickered, and I finally got access to what was my greatest secret : a whole database on every Robot Master currently roaming the surface of Earth.

It was a hard work to collect every bit of information, month after month, and collecting every report from the other Officers without getting suspicious. Only a handful of people knew of it : my fellow Mercs, the General and Mesmerman. I consider letting some other reliable Officers to know of it...

I typed in every part about Protoman, Shadowman and Topman, before heading to a page I thought I’d never have to edit.

Magnus.

I already had considered strategies in order to bring down every Merc if needed, and it was time to put some of them in use.

Of course, with him captured by the RPD, he would be stripped down from his upgrades out of security, but his wind powers were still a force to reckon with.

“Set ALLIEGANCE to : RPD.”

“Set DANGER LEVEL to : A.”

“Set PRIORITY to : Maximal.”

I actually admit I felt some remorse before carrying on. Magnus was a Merc and a comrade, but he betrayed his teammates and the SA. Besides, he still had to recieve discipline from the General for letting Protoman escape.

No one is above the law.

Then, I typed and sent a high priority message it to every Officer and Scissor Joe :

“To the Scissor Army,

A day of shame has happened upon us, as one of our most loyal Officers, designated as Hyper Storm Hog, has been captured and reformatted by the RPD.

Your orders, if you were to meet him on the battlefield, are to neutralize him and bring him back to Elysium, preferably alive and in a single piece. Note that this is merely a preference : do anything to accomplish your mission.

Elysium awaits,

Captain Quint.”

With all of this completed, I shut my computer down, and stood beside the large windows of my quarters, staring at the stars.

“Even if I have to destroy the Earth, I will bring you back here, Magnus. I don’t care how long it will take, how much I have to destroy, or how far I will have to travel. You’re a Merc.
Pray it is not us who find you first, Magnus, or you will wish you were never born to begin with.

Je te trouverai, Magnus, et te ramènerai pieds et poings liés devant le Général.

Ton heure viendra…
"

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