From: Col. Mal Fnord, USSRAF (23@globalfrequency.fen)
To: nttp://fen.current-events.disc
Bcc: smof-politics@smofcon.fen
Subject: re: Politics, Government, Drugs, Really Wild Things.
Date Posted: May 18th, 2013
Ladies and gentlefen.
I wish to address this point made by our friendly neighborhood Company man:
* And what they're doing with it is -scary-. Tanks, planes, guns, mercenaries...
* and the logistical support to operate all of same; it's all being bought up and
* vanishing from the face of the Earth. I know a lot of y'all at the sharp end are
* feeling like you're trying to hold back the tide, but, much's I hate to say it:
* It's worse than that. Even at the most conservative numbers for this side of
* their operations, the Reavers' spaceside troops can't represent more than a third
* of their overall numbers.
My own analysis of the pattern suggests that there are two tracks here. The first track is mostly low-level stuff; Jesse James wannabes running around trying to knock over mining stations, minor piracy, the sort of thing that's tragic on an individual level but to the overall picture... well, that's life on the frontier for you. The other track is something completely different: large, well-coordinated attacks on major fen installations or well-defended spacecraft. The attacks on Hidden Asteroid and SSX patrols just before SOS-Con, the big raids on Hogwarts and the Browncoat farming domes on Callisto, the destruction of Crystal Osaka. These things are not part of the background, they're something else. And yet, those of us working OGJ are spending more time busting individual zwilniks than we are trying to locate and eliminate the spider at the center of this web.
In short: We're being played. And I am *beyond* pissed about it.
We need to split our efforts, create an *actual* Patrol that can handle the minor zwilniks and the small-time operators found on any frontier so the big guns like Katz, Geek, Corcoran and I can openly pursue the Boskonians without having to try and play "take a bite out of crime." Instead of bringing down hellfire on every dumb bastard that crosses our sights, we need to be able to measured response to situations; what we've got going on in OGJ right now ain't that.
Which brings me to the subject of leadership. Wiregeek would like three instances of Comrade Suzumiya's tactical decisions where they went wrong. On 17 July 2012, again on 23 July 2012 and again on 06 August 2012, the Comrade Supreme Commander sent my ship to hit targets in the Jovian and Saturnian Trojans, with no forward intelligence on the target or on defenses, and without sufficient... actually, without *any* fire support from our forward bases in the Main Belt. In all three instances, the targets escaped without damage, and my crew and I barely escaped from squadron-strength ambushes laid in by Boskone. Since 06 Aug 12 the Soviet Air Force has not obeyed any direct combat order coming from HQ; not without subjecting it to our own internal analysis. I no longer trust Comrade Suzumiya's judgement when it comes to tactical decisions, and will continue not to trust her judgement as long as she remains safely hidden away on Stellvia surrounded by her sycophants. I honestly don't care if her intelligence comes straight from Almighty God and all the saints; I will *not* put my people at needless risk just to satisfy her vicarious need for mayhem.
If she doesn't like that, she can come out to the lines and *learn.*
--Not Nathan Fillion
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Fen of the Solar System, unite!
The Soviet Air Force is now hiring Pilot-Cosmonauts and support crew:
http://www.sovietairforce.fen/
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
To: nttp://fen.current-events.disc
Bcc: smof-politics@smofcon.fen
Subject: re: Politics, Government, Drugs, Really Wild Things.
Date Posted: May 18th, 2013
Ladies and gentlefen.
I wish to address this point made by our friendly neighborhood Company man:
* And what they're doing with it is -scary-. Tanks, planes, guns, mercenaries...
* and the logistical support to operate all of same; it's all being bought up and
* vanishing from the face of the Earth. I know a lot of y'all at the sharp end are
* feeling like you're trying to hold back the tide, but, much's I hate to say it:
* It's worse than that. Even at the most conservative numbers for this side of
* their operations, the Reavers' spaceside troops can't represent more than a third
* of their overall numbers.
My own analysis of the pattern suggests that there are two tracks here. The first track is mostly low-level stuff; Jesse James wannabes running around trying to knock over mining stations, minor piracy, the sort of thing that's tragic on an individual level but to the overall picture... well, that's life on the frontier for you. The other track is something completely different: large, well-coordinated attacks on major fen installations or well-defended spacecraft. The attacks on Hidden Asteroid and SSX patrols just before SOS-Con, the big raids on Hogwarts and the Browncoat farming domes on Callisto, the destruction of Crystal Osaka. These things are not part of the background, they're something else. And yet, those of us working OGJ are spending more time busting individual zwilniks than we are trying to locate and eliminate the spider at the center of this web.
In short: We're being played. And I am *beyond* pissed about it.
We need to split our efforts, create an *actual* Patrol that can handle the minor zwilniks and the small-time operators found on any frontier so the big guns like Katz, Geek, Corcoran and I can openly pursue the Boskonians without having to try and play "take a bite out of crime." Instead of bringing down hellfire on every dumb bastard that crosses our sights, we need to be able to measured response to situations; what we've got going on in OGJ right now ain't that.
Which brings me to the subject of leadership. Wiregeek would like three instances of Comrade Suzumiya's tactical decisions where they went wrong. On 17 July 2012, again on 23 July 2012 and again on 06 August 2012, the Comrade Supreme Commander sent my ship to hit targets in the Jovian and Saturnian Trojans, with no forward intelligence on the target or on defenses, and without sufficient... actually, without *any* fire support from our forward bases in the Main Belt. In all three instances, the targets escaped without damage, and my crew and I barely escaped from squadron-strength ambushes laid in by Boskone. Since 06 Aug 12 the Soviet Air Force has not obeyed any direct combat order coming from HQ; not without subjecting it to our own internal analysis. I no longer trust Comrade Suzumiya's judgement when it comes to tactical decisions, and will continue not to trust her judgement as long as she remains safely hidden away on Stellvia surrounded by her sycophants. I honestly don't care if her intelligence comes straight from Almighty God and all the saints; I will *not* put my people at needless risk just to satisfy her vicarious need for mayhem.
If she doesn't like that, she can come out to the lines and *learn.*
--Not Nathan Fillion
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Fen of the Solar System, unite!
The Soviet Air Force is now hiring Pilot-Cosmonauts and support crew:
http://www.sovietairforce.fen/
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"