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Snowball the Dinosaur , the eUSA (Deputy) Secretary of Defense! Highlights of this interview include a look behind the curtains during yesterday's very intense battle for New South Wales, government budgets and funding, and instructions directly from the eUSA Department of Defense on how each and every citizen can do their part in making this country truly into a force to be reckoned with. Read on!
LotB: I'd like to thank you for joining me here, Pike, and for giving such a great opportunity to quiz one of our nation's top military officials! First off, I know you're the Deputy Secretary of Defense, but what exactly does that mean? What's a typical day on the job like?
Pike:
You are correct. Well, I am not sure what it should actually mean, but I can tell you what I do. FilthyRich will also tell you that I should be the SoD, and him the dSoD, but pretty much I do all the grunt work for him. For example, I am now the US Army Military Unit leader. I have the Army MU commune set up and I supply the US Army Commune workers. I also attempt to organize events like today's mass-attack, for NSW, and distribute weapons/food/moving tickets from the Department of Defense Org. If totally necessary I can produce the DoD orders from the DoD Org. So my day of eSim usually consists of a lot of checking and supplying.
LotB: I'm glad you mentioned today's battle for New South Wales; can you let us in on any behind-the-scenes work you were involved with? How far in advance did we plan this, or was it just a spur of the moment thing? And how did the President and his other staff feel about it afterwards?
Pike:
I was in the DoD org for about 2 hours getting supplies to people, and shouting for people to join the IRC room to get supplies. I planned it with about 00:02 left in Round 13 of NSW, I don't know when Liquid Homicide decided we should do it. So for me it was similar to jumping on a horse and haulin' butt after an enemy. Obviously, it was pretty disappointing that we were unable to help Australia out, but I think it was a good thing that we were there in case they needed us, and our citizens got to see what IRC is like. Having said that, we were ecstatic about the victory!
LotB: Sounds like a job well done! Is there anything the average US citizen can do to better contribute to our country's effectiveness in war?
Pike:
Read and follow the DoD Orders , and know who to listen to. Some citizens think they know best and will tell you to do something that counteracts what we have planned. If you want to know where to go with something, PM someone in the cabinet, and if you get the wrong person we will direct you to the right person. Also when I, in my capacity as dSoD, tell you to get on IRC for supplies, get yourself on IRC for supplies!In case you don't know who's in the cabinet that you can contact, here's a list for you:
PotUS: Liquid Homicide vPotUS: Leroy Combs Chief of Staff: Feefaroni MoForeign Affairs: Vladimir SoDefense: Filthy Rich dSoDefense: Pikezh638 SoTreasury: Lars Thunderfist SoInterior: Wreckbeard SoEducation: Feefaroni Press Secretary: Alf Landon
In case you don't know who's in the cabinet that you can contact, here's a list for you:
LotB: You mentioned handing out weapons and food to soldiers, can you tell us what kind of budget DoD has? Is that likely to go up, now that we have a peg helping to bring in more government revenue?
Pike:
Well as for as I know we don't have one. We are just now getting things in line for doing these kinds of things. I think we are looking at doing a weekly strike, starting sometime soon, but nothing has been confirmed yet.
LotB: If you don't have a budget, where is the money coming from for all these weapons and food that you're handing out? Surely our Most Divine Leader isn't forcing you to pay for it out of pocket?!
Pike:
Not having money and not having a budget are two different things
LotB: How very patriotic! Now I feel bad for putting all my money into the best dang MU in the country. Well, to wrap this up, do you have anything you'd like to say to anyone who happens to read this interview in the news?
Pike:
If you are interested in joining a MU (Military Unit) talk to its leader; we know having to pay an entry fee sucks, but remember, we had to do it too! US Army has a few open slots at a discounted rate, if you want to sign up!
LotB: That's a very good point; being a member of a MU not only gives you bonus damage each fight, which helps you rank up faster, it also increases the efficiency and response capability of the eUSA's fighting forces!
With that, I'll let you get back to work, Pike. I know you're a busy man. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day for this interview!
Pike:
No problem at all. Keep up the good work.
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USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
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The international war.
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