So I passed phase 12 a couple days ago. Yeah. Thrills. No more kidding myself about being young. At least Queiba Command ordered an overhaul of CENT-COM, our newly named central computer network. Hopefully they'll add progress indicators. But I seriously doubt it, what with the levels of incompetency going around these days. Maybe I'll just pick up a rock tablet and etch everything into it. It would be so much less hassle.
So my command was pulled. Again. They said it was temporary pending investigation of my alleged insubordinate altitude. Bah. Never got it back. Went back home, wrote a replacement CENT-COM server package for my own benefit, read every book in my library, and finally called up Command. Apparently my C.O. completely forgot that I existed. See if I ever work from home again. In the mean-time, they had the Qlaque shifted to control of a new Commander. Rumors say that it's Vurr, Command's new up-and-coming star officer. Without a ship to command, I've been reassigned to a development station to develop new software. Apparently my computer has been bugged and some bigwig caught wind of CENT-COM-ng. I give whoever pulled that off some points for skill; my kernel must have been patched because there were no rogue processes, and system checksums came back OK.
Bah. Being a ship Commander was getting boring anyway. Still, I'm not a formally trained software engineer; it was just a hobby. I hope I still get to fly.
-(Former) Commander Nemulo
Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Sunday, December 3, 2006
"Incident" Reported
Ok, that "Incident" finally got reported.
It was quite a ride. It should have been simple. I send a report into Queiba Command. I testify. Case closed. Well, what actually happened was the following:
Day 1: Report incident
Day 2: Incident gets misrouted and is sent to the press department
Day 3: I get court-marshaled by Queiba Command for releasing classified information
Day 4: I testify (At the court-marshal, not the incident hearing)
Day 5: I am acquitted on the grounds that I had absolutely nothing to do with the mix-up
Day 6: I re-send incident
Day 7: Incident gets bounced on the grounds that it's spam
Day 8: I deliver the incident in person
Day 9: Phase 1 of incident processing begins
Day 10: Incident report gets bounced on the grounds that I forgot to fill out the "verify ID" box
Day 11: I correct incident report and bribe secretory to "accidentally" drop the report on the unit commander's desk.
Day 12: I testify, Government overreacts and sends grade-5 fleet to site
Day 13: I am released from hearing; incident is verified.
Day 14: My ship is confiscated for evidence
So much for someone else taking care of it...
Forever hating bureaucracy,
-Commander Nemulo of the Qlaque
It was quite a ride. It should have been simple. I send a report into Queiba Command. I testify. Case closed. Well, what actually happened was the following:
Day 1: Report incident
Day 2: Incident gets misrouted and is sent to the press department
Day 3: I get court-marshaled by Queiba Command for releasing classified information
Day 4: I testify (At the court-marshal, not the incident hearing)
Day 5: I am acquitted on the grounds that I had absolutely nothing to do with the mix-up
Day 6: I re-send incident
Day 7: Incident gets bounced on the grounds that it's spam
Day 8: I deliver the incident in person
Day 9: Phase 1 of incident processing begins
Day 10: Incident report gets bounced on the grounds that I forgot to fill out the "verify ID" box
Day 11: I correct incident report and bribe secretory to "accidentally" drop the report on the unit commander's desk.
Day 12: I testify, Government overreacts and sends grade-5 fleet to site
Day 13: I am released from hearing; incident is verified.
Day 14: My ship is confiscated for evidence
So much for someone else taking care of it...
Forever hating bureaucracy,
-Commander Nemulo of the Qlaque
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)