Sitting at the table, O’Keefe looks back to the telecom. Modern Merc fades from the screen, replaced by a view of a troop of six-wheeled armored scout vehicles rolling through the hilly country of southeast Turkey, raising dust along some unimproved dirt road. The man standing before the road, looking right out of the screen, in urban gray camo no less, is Duke Baader, formerly a ranking commander with Germany’s MET 2000 mercenary corp. This is the man who derailed the Russian offensive on Fortress Berlin back in 2032, and who later orchestrated the lightning assault on Castle Sofia. Now he hosts trideo shows for the Arms and Armor Network. O’Keefe resists a sigh.