Captain's Log

Post date: Apr 06, 2008 7:6:38 PM

Captain's Log, Johnny Crockett here.

Ha! I'm just jerking your chain. Gorram it, I ain't no captain. I am an enlisted man thru and thru. All those shiny bars and stars do is give the snipers an easier target. I know this because I was a sniper during the war. I could put a hole in a plat from 1000 yards back in the war. Good times that war was. Good times. Except for all the bad times when we had to eat Jimmy's shoes 'cause we had no ruttin' food.

So back to the matter at hand, I'm stickin' this up here 'cause I wanted to clear the air a bit. Now our Captain is a pretty good folk mind you. Better than that fe fe pi gao of a Lnt. that tried to lead us in the battle of Notthing Hill. I'd swear he was a gorram Fed spy if I didn't know for a fact that he was indeed dumber than a post. Oh sure he could spout off high faluting things that would impress some scrawny boned, air-brained Core collegiate types, but this was a frickin' war zone. All that crap don't mean a ruttin' thing once the lead starts flying. If he hadn't taken one in the head I'm sure he would've taken one in the back. Better him than me or one of my squad.

Anyways, back to the capt'n. Good folk, but a little short when it comes to real good sense. The man won't even carry a ruttin' gun. And no, that little four-banger doesn't count. There is something wrong with a man who won't carry a real gun in the black. I appreciate him trying to be all freindly like, but you also gotta show these types of people that you are ready for trouble. Not that the cap'n knows what to do in a fight. But he has some smarts and hired Jimmy and me to watch his back. I wouldn't say Jimmy has no discipline. And he is a little jumpy. But when we are trying to protect the Capn's backside it seems like he'd be a bit more appreciative. If someone is drawing on you then you got a right to defend yourself. And if someone rolls up to your home packing alot of hardware then you have a right to defend your home. I ain't got no problem if a town wants to be all peaceful-like and not allow guns. But they best be returning the favor and if some thugs to roll up to my house with a gun you are sure as shootin' knowin' that Jimmy and I are gonna meet them with the like.

I think the town got what they deserved. They asked us to be peacable-like and we was. The townsfolk are the ones who came up to us brandishin' steel and tryin' to be all intimidatin' like. And when one of them threatens us and tries to draw he got what he deserved. He's just lucky that Jimmy was being kind and only winged him. I would've had no problems with Jimmy putting one between his eyes. And I know that Jimmy is more than capable on completin' that type of deal. I could see some normal folk wanting to know why one of there tonsfolk got shot, but there was no question of Jimmy's innocence. If they wanted him to pay a fine or sumthin' then we woulda grumbled, but paid up and been on our way. But throwin' a man in jail over such a minor offense and demandin' the death penalty was downright tyrannical. That's when I knew they was Fed sympathisers and were looking down at ol' Jimmy because he was a Browncoat. That's why I had no problem blowing up half the town. Nobody was hurt, but they will remember not to mess with Jimmy or me. In fact they were lucky. I wasn't above plugging one of those gao fe peng deputies if they followed us into the woods. They were lucky the patrol boats showed up if you ask me.