Try to what? Oh, we’ll find out. But that’s what Major Rucker gets for missing the moment. Man, there aren’t enough dollars to give me one for every time I’ve done that. But nevertheless, we move on.
Interestingly, this is the first week I’ve shown Dr. Haakman in his medical branch BDUs, which I designed but never used before. He has a basic service uniform he wears in the Hospital with his lab coat, but elsewhere in the base he wears his UNA Naval utility uniform with the white shoulderpad, since he’s the only one of the senior staff who’s a naval officer. Actually, a Senior Chief Petty Officer, but he’s serving out-of-rank as Acting Chief Medical Officer for 6-Commando. It happens more often than fiction would lead us to believe. And you can’t really see it but he also has his medical brassard as well. It’s of little consequence to the story, but 6-Commando’s hospital in Command Post Alpha is commanded by the Royal Dutch Navy, with a field surgical staff from Cuba and Russia (Royalists) and a nursing unit from Haiti. Well, details.
This week was a killer, work-wise. I’m on one deadline after another these days, but I’ll make it somehow. Fortunately, the hurricane that was bearing on us earlier in the week seems to have turned out to sea, and New England is cooling down beautifully for the Autumn. My favorite season.
Anyhow, until next week, all the best, folks!
Try what, Major, try what?
all a part of my master plan, I assure you.
Noooo, you are not interrupting at all.
This soldier probably learned how to sneak secretely into an enemy camp without getting noticed, but he did not learn when not to interrupt a personal chat. ^^
Oy vey! Well, he is a good listener, I guess…
Reds would say he’s the kind of man you can let out a secret onto.
Wow, the doctor did a good job walking in without ether of them noticing. Any relation to Dr McNinja?.
No relation. But consider this: do you want a five panel sequence of the good doctor opening a door and maneuvering around a conference room? Because I could do it that way if you want. 😉
Some people just think every motion must be shown or it is mythical. Silly really. Should just automatically go with it. Nothing fancy or time consuming about opening doors or going to the bathroom. Doesn’t always need to be shown.
Nah, I just though it was funny the Doctor walked into the middle of the room without ether of the Majors noticing 🙂
I now our Rucker and Bronniford just happen to be two deep in their own thoughts to notice the doctor (maybe why he felt the need to ‘flop’ his papers in the middle of the table before saying good morning) but that only makes it a little funnier.
Sorry my post is hard to read, in need of sleep.
Ya know, if Sarah had been half as stealthy as Dr. Haakman was just now, none of them would be in this mess. Just say’n! 🙂
Rough, man. But what can I say? When you’re right…
Well, flying tanks are not to stealthy so I can’t really hold that against her.
I tried to help them, but no one listens to
ZathrasCrazyman. 🙂Is that pronounced “Zathras,” or “Zathras?”
– No, no. We *have* met.
– Oh, no, no, no. You did not meet “Zathras”. You met “Zathras”.
– ?!
One of my many favorite scenes. 😉
That Nietzsche book, “Thus Spake Zathras” wasn’t it?!!!
Kidding.
“You are finite, Zathras/ is finite, this…is wrong tool.” 🙂
Also just so you know Doctor its opposite day!
At least they still have coffee in the base.
true plus they have the South Americans to be distilled into more coffee
A Senior Chief Petty Officer is the highest enlisted position in a given command. If this guy is a Doctor, and not just a corpsman then he is a full Officer of the Line. Or at least a Chief Warrant Officer if he isn’t command track.
I’ve allowed a grey area in this universe, since there’s a manpower shortage in the UNA. He’s a highly experienced field medic (specializing in field triage – which you’ll see is mainly what he does in the story) who’s been doing more than his share, but was never given officer rank. I recognize that that’s taking a liberty with the chain of command, but in working it this way I was just playing out my own feeling that many career enlisted and NCOs end up knowing much more about their work than officers who command them. In this situation he is NOT the ranking officer of the medical staff – as you say, he’s not an officer, actually. But he is the effective acting chief of the Hospital and the most experienced NCO left in the base.
I just love details, it is what makes the universe. No, really. Details like a decimal place could destroy a rocket launch. (It has.)
Dealing with paperwork during a briefing seems to be out of place.
It’s the details which make the overall story interesting…much appreciated!
Also, am curious where the Dutch government in exile is located at? I know you have gave us the rundown on the four Western European nuclear powers…am thinking Cuba or Mexico would be a good pick, although South Africa is also a likely choice.
The Dutch government is in exile in Suriname.
In Suriname? Isn’t this quite a risk, with the Socialist French Guiana right next to it? Or is French Guiana in your newer maps part of UNA and not the Reds?
Technically, French Guiana is part of the FSR bloc, but there are strong pro-UNA sympathies there, and both it and Suriname are heavily fortified.
And Suriname is part of the South American Coalition, interesting.
How does that work with what seems to be more direct actions by the government-in-exile?
Since Suriname was a Dutch dependency, it would be logical to relocate the royal family and govt there.