Preparations for... what?

[abugslife]

[1] [After the latest battle, Hetepheres watches as her insectoid underlings are taking care of Scaraber. The core unit wasn't hit too badly, but the Scarab Frame lost its two additional arms and will need them fixed. She's also checking the post-battle report on a tablet.]

That was the first time I have seen Aerogaters use humanoid machines. Curious... And it still leaves as many questions about their nature as before, if not more. Fortunately, thanks to the Knights' help and early evacuation, the number of casualties was minimized, possibly even completely reduced to nothing.

All circumstances considered, that was a good battle.

[2 - announcement]
It is time for me to reaveal the Pro-Earthling Party's plan. Listen well.

Many members of the High Council are still undecided about whether our races should fight, or cooperate. During the Grand Vote, the fate of the whole Gebian species shall be decided. At that time, we must be absolutely certain that the majority of the council members will support the Pro-Earthling Party. And we shall earn their support by showing them the amazing advances of Earth's civilizations!

Our Minister of Health, Acenith, will pay a visit to Earth in around 2 weeks. She is obsessed with sports - not professional ones, but amateur sports, as a way to spread healthy living and spirit of competition and cooperation among the people. To show her that the spirit of sportsmanship is strong within Earthlings, we shall organize games for her to watch. And I ask you to be the participants.

Skills do not matter - it is not about ability, but healthy enthusiasm! The Ministry of Health is influential - show your spirit to Acenith, and many other council members, not just her, will support cooperation! Take your time to prepare, and think what disciplines you would like to perform. I shall not force anyone to participate; but the bigger the games are, the better our chances of success.

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[ugyuuya]

So we're supposed to prepare teams for sporting events to entertain a minister from your high council so we can try to persuade more of your people to cancel the invasion of our world and instead approach us diplomatically as an equal?

I blame everything else that's happened so far with this outfit for me not being surprised by this.

So did you have a particular type of sport or venue in mind? Is it just going to be UG personnel or did you want to involve more civilians now that your people aren't so much a secret anymore? In the first case I guess we could get a soccer team together or something. I didn't have much time playing sports as a kid but I was passable in that, maybe check with the others and see if we could swing something else like baseball, softball, or Volleyball accordingly.

[abugslife]

It is less about entertainment and more about showing this particular aspect of your noble spirit and civilization, but other than that your summary is pretty accurate. Perhaps you see now why I consider myself a soldier, not a politician.

In any case, most of the participants should belong to Unity Group or other trusted organizations, for safety reasons. At the same time, the involvement of civilians is fine as long as they are amateurs, not professionals. Pick any sports discipline you prefer, or more than one - variety will be a positive here. As long as it is something you can put effort into, something you care about, anything will do.

[ugyuuya]

Well just give us a more exact time as soon as you get one, I've been hearing rumors of environmental tests in more tropical climates and I'm willing to help as long as the two don't overlap.

[abugslife]

As soon as the date is set, you shall know.

What might those environmental tests be?

[ugyuuya]

They're looking at testing in a tropical setting. High humidity, heat, and large amounts of foliage and water. TSFs aren't typically bothered by environmental hazards but it's better to be safe than sorry when testing. I think this is supposed to be a joint exercise with the Russians out of the Yukon test facility so it will be the first time to see the scarlet twins in some time.

I just hope that their demeanor improved somewhat from the last time we met.

[abugslife]

Ah. That sounds just like home. Perhaps I should pay a visit and see how the testing goes on at some point, purely for nostalgia value.