Caleb swift walked into Jack Tar's office on Ouray. The older man was attempting to get some paperwork done. Xeno work was getting expensive, and the admin associated with keeping track of the money was falling to him. Jack hated paperwork.
Eager to find distraction he leapt up to greet Caleb.
"Well well, if it dun' be ol' Caleb. I's be mighty happy to see you, I bin comin' up with an idea fer a nice little bashin' on dem lawdawgs..."
Jack started to enthuse about his plan, however Caleb interupted him.
"Jack, as amazing as that sounds.. I've been thinking."
Heh, You's always a thinkin' man ain't ya... Go on den Imma listin' "
"The XG is in a bit of a fix, what with increased LN, LPI, and even LSF patrols and whatnot.
Turning into one big brawl after another, with us, unfortunately, on the outnumbered side,
Eagles not exactly working right, if you catch my drift..."
"So you's all wantin' some more money? Cus I's jus' been doin' tha accountin fer...."
"Not exactly Jack.We need more ships and people, mostly. See, just so happens each fight we go into, we're outnumbered, oh, at -least- five to one. I'd like to see that drop to say more like... four to one..."
Jack's face relaxed as he realised this was actualy going to make accounting easier, he thought for a little while and said
"Haw haw, an' havin' o'l Jack aroun' certainly helps reducin' dem numbers a bit.
You boys wan' t' be a-workin' more closely with us ol' XA then yeh? Well I thinks we can come to some arrangemen'. "
"That would help a ton." Said Caleb with a slightly relieved tone in his voice.
"Well we got's men a-plenty, so hows 'bout this. You boy keeps flyin' under your own XG banner,
but we all co-ordi-whatsit a bit better between us-selves."
"Coordinate, Jack. Coordinate." Caleb smiled as the older man's command of the english language disintergrated over one word. Many had assumed he was stupid, but far from it, Jack had a sharp mind, but the education and demeanor of his farmer father. He was a well respected commander and the Xenos knew it, however the found themselves permenantly amused by his poor english.
"Haw haw... dun he be right... Anyways, hows about I gives yer boys an honourary position in tha XA. Y'all does yer own recruitin' remember if I dun likes 'em, dem dun get in...
I bin doin' this since a fair ol' year ago now, an' I dun want men an women under ma command I dun wanna be workin wid."
"This sounds great Jack, could work just fine."
"Now, I gota a lot o' respect fer yer work ol' caleb... I wants to give ya somethin'... how's 'bout I give you da position o' wing leader, dat give you command over all but ma best folks. Only me, ol' Cobra, and Falcon got's command over you. Dat aught to gives ya tha respect out in spacve to get yer work dun."
"Wow, Jack, thats... Well... better than I could have ever hoped for."
"Hell I's all excited now, I'mma gunna go tell dem boys y'alls wid us now"
Jack wandered off to the bar to tell the rest of the XA who were enjoying a post raid drinking session.
"HEY FOLKS! I GOTS ME AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE!"
The bar quietened.
"DEM XG BOY... oh y'all be quiet now... Dem XG boys is part o' us now!"
The bar erupted in cheers and laugher and the booze started to flow freely.
"Dun' you be thankin' me. I's jus' doin' whats best fer us Zeeners."
//basically, the XA and XG are the same faction now.