SCMR Chpt 37

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==Chapter 37 - Self Configuring Modular Robot==
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""...by the time I got there, those two had General Kassler-Stebbins at..."
...parade-rest, along with most of his staff, the brigade, battalion, and Company commanders, and a selection of NCOs." Hanse chuckled, "Kommandant Grady was leading the rest of the Sophomore Class in counting discrepancies and comparing them to paperwork."
"and they found what I expected?" General of the Armies Natasha Kerensky asked.
"More than you expected." Hanse turned serious. "Maintenance records going back years, procurement and signing documents too. Where did you get the idea?"
"Outreach." Natasha said blandly, "After you gave Outreach to the Dragoons, we audited the planetary militia. On Paper they were fit for service when we took over, it took about twenty minutes to figure out that what was on paper wasn't what was sitting in the storage bunkers or the motor pools, or the personal equipment. Detailing a third-line militia to provide support for the Cadet Cadre on this exercise was a blind shot-I expected to hear about a few discrepancies, maybe make some prominent examples for supporting the reforms. I did not expect to find an ongoing corruption problem this deep, this close to the Capital, in the presence of LCAF's premier units."
Melissa Steiner-Davion was silent at her husband's side as they walked through the vehicle pool. Provost officers swarming over equipment.
"Yeah, that's...disturbing on all kinds of levels." Hanse commented.
"It's a DISGRACE." Her Highness the Archon spat. "Disgraceful..." her lips were tight, marring her still-prettier-than-most face.
"It's good training." Hanse commented. "We have to root out the rot now, while we still can."
"It is here, it will be worse in the provinces." Melissa growled, and Natasha nodded agreement.
"You know how you conquer the Galaxy, Highness?" Natasha suggested.
"How?" Melissa asked
"You start where you stand, and move forward from there." she said
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