Trade

Trade
17 November 2019
PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT, PPDC Marshals' weekly conference call, xx December 2019.
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[Nguyen; Sydney]: I hate to lose him, but I need to get Gottlieb out of here.
[Arriola; Panama City]: Why? He is finally getting good with those emergence predictions.
[Nguyen]: And the Jaeger software upgrades have never gone faster or smoother. And the Science Division is getting its best results ever. But it's him or the Jones boys and I can't afford to lose any more Rangers.
[Xiong; Hong Kong]: Oh?
[Nguyen]: Jackson threw Gottlieb up against a wall and was going to beat him senseless after the Triton fiasco. Would've done it, too, if Hansen the Third hadn't shown up. As it was, Gottlieb was out of action for three days.
[Pentecost]: You've investigated and reprimanded Jones.
[Nguyen]: Of course. If it weren't for the high emotions at the time, I'd have dragged him in front of a court-martial.
[Xiong]: You needn't have gone /that far.
[Souma; Tokyo]: While we're talking about K-Science transfers, my year with Geiszler is up. Who wants him?
[Peláez; Lima]: I've already had him. I can't take Gottlieb, either. We all know when the budget cuts come, Lima will go first. I'm cutting my entire science staff to keep the JTech side running full-strength as long as possible.
[Nguyen]: I don't think Geiszler would last long on station with Hansen and the Joneses. I don't want to deal with that sort of paperwork.
[Kozlov; Vladivostok]: I no longer have a Biology Division. Apologies.
[Xiong]: I'll take both of them.
[silence]
[Souma]: You've finally gone mad. 
[Xiong]: I /do run the Madhouse, Minami >Hong Kong is my house and I named it myself, Minami or I am head resident of the Madhouse, Minami<
[Souma]: You want Geiszler?
[Nguyen]: And Gottlieb? That's like nitroglycerin and a blasting cap.
[Xiong]: I want both of them.
[Pentecost]: You sure about this, Xiong?
[Xiong]: Yes. I have a plan.
[Souma]: Keep them as far apart as physically possible?
[Xiong]: They'll share a single workspace.
[silence]
[Souma]: You're not mad. You're suicidal.
[Xiong]: Have any of you seen or heard of Geiszler taking a step back from anyone?
[Kozlov]: He went toe-to-toe with Lieutenant Kaidanovskaya and would be dead had Lieutenant Kaidanovsky not defused the situation.
[Xiong]: I watched Gottlieb argue him into a literal corner and force him to concede a point.
[Souma]: [low whistle] I guess anyone who can handle Chuck Hansen should be able to deal with Geiszler.
[Pentecost]: Any objections to sending both Gottlieb and Geiszler to Hong Kong?
[silence]
[Pentecost]: Write up the orders, Marshals. What's next on our agenda?
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