Quote:“[Lieutenant] Adelaide Genevive Zurie, while extremely intelligent, and an exceptional soldier, is a loose cannon. While [she] is more then capable of soldiering, and commanding, she lacks the interpersonal skills, and the “big picture” when it comes to squad efficiency.

While [Lieutenant] Zurie did receive outstanding marks at the academy, it was also made evidently clear then, as it has been now, that [Lieutenant] Zurie is unfit for any command duties at this time. After an [extremely] heated debriefing in [my] ready room, I was forced to relieve [Lieutenant] Zurie of active duty, and place her on standby for her own good.

The predominant reasoning behind this disciplinary action against [Lieutenant] Zurie is due to the overwhelming interpersonal issues it is having on the rest of the special operations units, currently assigned to my command. [Lieutenant] Zurie's squad mates protest, while wholly immaterial in my decision, was compounded upon by the after action reports, and formal complaints filed by several of her superiors within special operations. My final decision however was made, after [Lieutenant] Zurie knocked out [her] platoon leader, over a heated discussion regarding battlefield strategy.”

Quote:“I'm not quite sure what The Deaths Head is doing in my AO, but after speaking with General Alexandre Grey, this crossing of paths if it were provides me with a unique opportunity to pass the grief, problems, and lack of sleep that having command of [Lieutenant] Zurie seems to bring with such abundance.

As of 2200 hours tonight, [Lieutenant] Zurie will officially be the responsibility of one unlucky [Major] Tereus Drake Mitchell. I've read Major Mitchell's OMPF, kindly shared by General Grey, and I must admit that I see great potential in this man. While it is evidently clear that [Major]Mitchell bears a unfathomable burden after the training incident at the academy, it is also very clear that [Major] Mitchell has an unwavering resolve. Such atrocities have destroyed men, far greater then him...”

Quote:“General Grey has informed me that The Deaths Head will be welcoming the arrival of a [Lieutenant] Adelaide Genevive Zurie at 2200 hours today, and that this officer is to be placed under my command. As I have not met [Lieutenant] Adelaide in person I cannot accurately speak on her character, demeanor, or qualifications. From reading the provided OMPF however, my initial reaction was that General Grey was testing me, for the hell and grief I caused him as a young lieutenant. I sincerely hope that is not the case here, while I always welcome a challenge, I'm concerned it may be bad for unit morale since the death of REDACTED.”

Quote:“The operation was a success, and my unit successfully exfiltrated a Doctor REDACTED, and his staff. My initial concern, after reading [Lieutenant] Zurie's OMPF, was ill warranted. I must say that today's mission would have been a complete disaster if it weren't for [her].

After seeing her in action today, I have come to my own conclusion that it is the command style of [Lieutenant] Zurie's former superiors that has led to the exaggeration of her “faults”. I am stating this here and now in this AAR, in hopes of having on official record, my observations.

It isn't that [Lieutenant] Zurie was particularly problematic, or brazen. The issue in question is that [Lieutenant] Zurie, as a new officer, exudes the need for perfectionism. While that may come across to most as narcissistic, the truth of the matter is that [Lieutenant] Zurie is afraid of failure, and the consquences that could potentially come with that failure. Furthermore, the facade of perfectionism, is actually a cleverly hidden lack of self-confidence. While in many ways I question the competence of [Lieutenant] Zurie's previous Commanding Officers, such matters are in the past.

I am officially promoting [Lieutenant] Adelaide Genevive Zurie to the rank of Captain. I have already cleared it with General Grey, and, while he was slightly amused at my request, I think the General was more amused at the ruckus it created when he informed command of the promotion...”

Quote:Log Entry: 804 A.S. - REDACTED Training Facility
Entered By: Commander Faustin – Commandant of REDACTED

Cadet Aiglentina and Cadet Mitchell have continued to ignore the subtle, and not so subtle hints command has been giving them regarding this “relationship”. While it is clearly, and solely, the fault of Cadet Mitchell, extensive disciplinary action taken thus far has had no effect on the “couple”.

As all disciplinary action, and authoritative intervention has dismaly failed, it is the decision of this commandant, after much deliberation with the highest echelons within our “program”, that a more permanent, and lasting action needs to be taken. This “need” has been amplified by the rapidly approaching graduation date for this set of “Delta's”.

In preparation for this more permanent solution, a specific set of briefings has been created for both Cadet Aiglentina and Cadet Mitchell. While there has been adamant protest by several of the drill instructors, Commands, and my, decision stands.

It is the opinion of both command and this commandant, that a training accident, in which one, or both cadet's is injured by the other, will have a positive affect, and naturally resolve this case of “summer love”, in such a way that both cadets will become clear headed and focused...

Quote:Emergency Log Entry: 804 A.S. - REDACTED Training Facility
Entered By: Commander Faustin – Commandant of REDACTED

I am making this emergency, unscheduled log entry to apprise all command members involved in the final decision to “punish” Cadets Aiglentina and Mitchell, has gone horribly awry. I am not fully aware of all the particulars myself at this moment, but it has been confirmed that Cadet Aerith Adelin Aiglentina is dead.

I am currently enroute to the place of incident now. Will update as events unfold...

Quote:Emergency Log Entry: 804 A.S. - REDACTED Training Facility
Entered By: Commander Faustin – Commandant of REDACTED

I am updating my previous log entry. Before I start, I know that Cadet Aiglentina's death weighs heavy on not just my conscience, but I feel a physical ache about me. I was transported to the scene of the incident, and while command is well aware that I served in the frontlines, and death is nothing new, this particular situation can be described as nothing short of a horrific tragedy, which I myself helped to put into motion.

Upon arrival at the scene of the accident, most of the involved cadets had been whisked to the medical wing of the training facility for psychological attending. As I entered the mock up of the command center, I must admit, I felt a bit squeamish. The once beautiful and youthful face of Cadet Aiglentina was a tangled mess of shattered bone, blood, and burnt disfigurement. Her brain matter had splattered on the command and control relay, as well as the equipment and walls behind her, up to approximately five meters of her position. Mats of bloody hair, intertwined with bits of bone, and hamburgered flesh were strewn everywhere.

However, that is not what weighs so heavily on my conscience, no, instead its the scene, as I remember it as it plays back in my mind, of Cadet Mitchell, on his knees, holding the broken, disfigured, and disembodied corpse of Cadet Aiglentina, and the emotionless stare on his face, as he glared into her lifeless eyes...

Quote:Log Entry: 804 A.S. - REDACTED Training Facility
Entered By: Commander Faustin – Commandant of REDACTED

The untimely end of Cadet Aerith Adelin Aiglentina is both unfortunate, and a shock to not only myself, but to the members of command who also approved of implementing such a harsh measure of necessity. This shock, and regret, is due to the unforeseeable happenstane of several cadet's using “live” ammunition in the training exercise, rather then the standard issued simunitions.

In the days directly following this tragic event, it has been my duty to address not only the facility, but also SGM Command, that Cadet Aerith Adelin Aiglentina was killed, while participating in this final, simulated manuever. Furthermore, it is with great dismay that I must report that this tragedy has had a negative affect on not only all staff members involved, including myself, but on the involved cadets on both sides of the manuever, with exception to Cadet Mitchell.

Cadet REDACTED, REDACTED, REDACTED, REDACTED, REDACTED, REDACTED, REDACTED, REDACTED, and REDACTED, while showing exceptional promise prior to this unfortunate set of events, have now completely shutdown, locked into their nightmare, and reliving the horrific event over and over. On top of this several of my senior staff, in particular Senior Drill Instructor REDACTED, Lieutenant REDACTED, and Chief Psychologist REDACTED, have all put in their resignations, and are clearing their offices as we speak...

Quote:Log Entry: 804 A.S. - REDACTED Training Facility
Entered By: Commander Faustin – Commandant of REDACTED

We are in the final month before graduation, and I must, once again convey my sincere concern regarding Cadet Mitchell. While it has been well over two months since Cadet Aglentina's grisly, and horrific death, Cadet Mitchell has shown no sign of emotion, and is once again as focused, if not more focused then the day he arrived.

While that was the intended result we had planned, considering the circumstances, I must again protest that this is anything but normal. While I know it is not my place to show such, feeling, or responsibility for a “tank”, as I do feel, and as you should feel, that this result is “our” fault, I cannot in good conscience approve his application for special operations and training, for the following reasons:

1. Cadet Mitchell at this point in time is, essentially, for all intents and purposes, a sociopath, waiting to unleash his inner psychopath. With good reason, I'm sure you all reviewed the Holorecording from the day of the incident, and it has a feral grime to it that has surely stained Cadet Mitchell's soul.
2. Cadet Mitchell has been receiving mandatory therapy, as per my direct orders. Nevertheless his emotionless, surgical demeanor while talking about the event in question, only cements my first objection.
3. While he has continued to excel over the past two months since the incident, he has shown a completely amoral disposition. Nothing effects him emotionally, and while I'm sure our Batch Handler's are rejoicing at this moment, it is almost as if he has become the living embodiement of war itself. While, on paper, we have diligently labored to attain this, in reality, Cadet Mitchell scares the living hell out of everyone here, including the other tanks, and myself.

I know that in these last days, my final request as the Commandant of this training facility has fallen upon deaf ears, and that Cadet Mitchell is being assigned to special operations anyway, under one Colonel Alexandre Grey, but I feel, that as my last act as the Commandant here, that I must, in some way, redeem myself, in hopes of finding some semblance of peace...