Plus We Have a Motorcade [Thursday, March 6, 2014, 1st period]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Right, so if you've been watching the news out of Ukraine--and if you haven't, fix that--you might have noticed that all guys who are presidents aren't exactly created equally. For example if either of the guys I worked for went to Congress and asked for, well, anything at all, really, they would have had a six month fight about it, not given him a big ol' rubber stamp to march on into another sovereign nation."

He arched up an eyebrow. "If any of this is news to you, click off of TMZ for fifteen minutes and read some real stuff, okay? Today I want you to tell me how the president in your country--reality...whatever...thing works. Is he more of a Putin or an Obama?"

He paused. "And if he's a Putin in terms of wandering around shirtless on top of horses a lot, you can just skip telling me that, okay? I want to keep down my breakfast."

Comments

Re: Tell Josh about your president!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

That was a lot of information but Josh was stuck at: "Humans aren't on the important council?"

Mmmm, self-involvement.

Re: Tell Josh about your president!

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I know, it sucks. But this isn't Galaxy Quest, dude -- we only burst onto the scene a few ago. Give us some time. We'll be running the place inside of a century, you'll see."

Re: Tell Josh about your president!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Damn right we will," Josh proclaimed. "We're--" wicked annoying, "--go-getters like that."

Re: Tell Josh about your president!

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"Well, we are," Joker agreed. "It pisses people off, but that's just because they're jealous. Also, we're grabbing vast amounts of unclaimed territory, licking it, and calling 'mine!'.'

Re: Tell Josh about your president!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Do we also have a flag?" Josh checked. "It's important to have a flag."

Re: Tell Josh about your president!

[fly-so-serious.livejournal.com]

"Of course we have a flag!" Joker replied, incredulous. "Everybody has a flag!" He tapped around a bit on his omnitool and pulled up an image of the Systems Alliance flag, which started as a flat rectangle and then began flapping in an imaginary wind, in glowing translucent 3D.

[Note: I don't think we ever actually see a flag in the game, but this (http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120402213924/masseffect/images/1/15/Systems_Alliance_Codex_Image.jpg) is the Alliance's logo/seal. So... maybe that on a solid field, in UN blue & white?]

Re: Tell Josh about your president!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Oooh, shiny," Josh said approvingly.