Cog Knocker

April 17, 2008

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TTY31201.04.17

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When I first showed up it was an interview and sorting process. They wanted to know everything: strengths, weaknesses, skills and knowledge. If you didn't know what you wanted to do already they chose for you based on that information. I had the skills to be a long rifle or an engineer thanks to years of hunting and growing up in a do-it-yourself family. They were running low on mechanical minded people so engineering it was.

They told me to report for duty at the Foreas Base Garage, to Base Mechanic Pike. That was the cozy job, mechanic, got to stay inside the base all the time... She did have to deal with the Mech Pilots though, that has to be rough.

She gave me the basic rundown of everything, I was astonished at how everything had a nickname to these guys. Garage was the "Engine Room", Engineers were "Cog Knockers" and the list goes on. Not sure how I felt about being called a Cog Knocker. After she was through telling me the purpose and name of everything she sent me over to Engineer Trainer Scott for my field training.

Scott was a good guy, gave me a more in depth look at the field engineer. I'll tell you something, those polarity guns, those are mean. He dropped some more terminology on me that I'll have to figure out later and laid out the job of a field engineer plain and simple, we are there to give our soldiers the edge they need to win against these constantly overwhelming odds.

Sounds easy enough...

Michael Eris Septumus
~Umbral Seraphim~