Allanea
14-06-2007, 11:49
Somewhere in Allanea
"Give me the phone, you idiot." – the Fieldmarshal growls. – "You know what I love about my job? Really? I love the unlimited purchasing authority. When you consider that the Army has a funding of twenty trillion dollars per year, and that the Navy and Air Force between them cost Allanea about five trillion dollars per year… this still leaves me six point something trill per year to fool around with – six trillion years per year to buy guns, sponsor development to make more bigger guns, and… buy more guns. What more could a freeman want?"
"Anyway, give me the phone, I need to talk to the people in DREAD and the Air Force."
Air Force Chief Procurement Office, some hours later
"EuroCorp? Hi. This is Mike Jorris, from the United States Air Force. Yes, yes, Allanea. No, I don't know what they're going to do about the entire Graves thing. I'm an atheist and I don't give a damn, frankly. Anyway, Sir. I would like to arrange for a small order… say, a dozen Vuurhaags. You're allowed to export them, right? We need some for testing. Possibly we'll adapt a whole bunch of them. Also about the drones…"
United States Navy Chief Procurement Office
"Hi. Sorry if you can't hear me, it's an international call. Aye, from Allanea. Now, look, I'm from the Navy. You can see that the thing checks out. I would like to negotiate the purchase of, say, two Ondeugd battleships. Possibly more after you complete those – I understand your facilities cannot maintain as much of an effort as, say, the Kriegzimmer ones. But we kind of need those ships."
* * *
Other similar calls were placed to industrial companies throughout Knootoss. The Allanean military – due to the tensions between Allanea and Doomingsland and the recent reforms in Allanea's army – was in dire need of various weapons and supplies.
Apart from weapons, the Allaneans required several dozen thousand hardened laptops, millions of shoes, thousands of trucks, and incredible amounts of canned foods.
It was the canned food, amazingly enough, that made the largest item on the list. Why, nobody knew and Allaneans refused to tell.
"Give me the phone, you idiot." – the Fieldmarshal growls. – "You know what I love about my job? Really? I love the unlimited purchasing authority. When you consider that the Army has a funding of twenty trillion dollars per year, and that the Navy and Air Force between them cost Allanea about five trillion dollars per year… this still leaves me six point something trill per year to fool around with – six trillion years per year to buy guns, sponsor development to make more bigger guns, and… buy more guns. What more could a freeman want?"
"Anyway, give me the phone, I need to talk to the people in DREAD and the Air Force."
Air Force Chief Procurement Office, some hours later
"EuroCorp? Hi. This is Mike Jorris, from the United States Air Force. Yes, yes, Allanea. No, I don't know what they're going to do about the entire Graves thing. I'm an atheist and I don't give a damn, frankly. Anyway, Sir. I would like to arrange for a small order… say, a dozen Vuurhaags. You're allowed to export them, right? We need some for testing. Possibly we'll adapt a whole bunch of them. Also about the drones…"
United States Navy Chief Procurement Office
"Hi. Sorry if you can't hear me, it's an international call. Aye, from Allanea. Now, look, I'm from the Navy. You can see that the thing checks out. I would like to negotiate the purchase of, say, two Ondeugd battleships. Possibly more after you complete those – I understand your facilities cannot maintain as much of an effort as, say, the Kriegzimmer ones. But we kind of need those ships."
* * *
Other similar calls were placed to industrial companies throughout Knootoss. The Allanean military – due to the tensions between Allanea and Doomingsland and the recent reforms in Allanea's army – was in dire need of various weapons and supplies.
Apart from weapons, the Allaneans required several dozen thousand hardened laptops, millions of shoes, thousands of trucks, and incredible amounts of canned foods.
It was the canned food, amazingly enough, that made the largest item on the list. Why, nobody knew and Allaneans refused to tell.