June Rocket Memo (Text)

[fingersandteeth]

Right. I never did one of these for May, but we're on a new month now. That said:

1. We've got two new members of the crew, London Tipton and Garak, who've just started their week of Mandatory Training Hell. I've already talked to both of them in person, but I'd like to extend a formal welcome anyway. Don't worry--once the Mandatory Training is over, you won't have to do it again.

2. We've had a few promotions last month. Dirk Strider is now our resident Beta and Steve Palchuk, Tyler Huang, and Lydia will be joining Carly and I as Privates. And even though my rank within the Team remains the same, I *did* manage to move from the receptions area to the newsroom at the Radio Tower. Congratulations to everyone!

3. I managed to earn a Fly HM of my own by beating Chuck last month. If anyone wants their Pokemon to learn that move, contact me and I'll bring it over. Like Surf, it can come very much in handy for transportation purposes outside of battle, but you need to be licensed to use it that way. Luckily, Falkner in Violet is a fairly easy Gym Leader to beat. (Unfortunately, I don't have a Surf of my own to lend yet, but should I beat Janine or Jasmine I'll let people know.)

4. If people are interested in learning more about the previous history of Team Rocket, prior to our arrival, a pre-recorded fifteen minute segment detailing The Incident With The Slowpoke Well will be airing on the radio news channel later this month.

And that should be all, I think.

Comments

[fingersandteeth]

I don't know how you and Connie do it sometimes--it's one thing to be a Rocket and hold down a job in Goldenrod. It's another to be a Rocket and go on the whole Pokemon Journey thing.

[insidescoop]

Heheheeee it's easier than you'd think~ No one asks where the pokemon come from, and unless you're going back through Cherrygrove and Violet and such? A lot of the pokemon in the area are going to be over the required quota level!

It was tricky starting out sure- It's uh, a little obvious what's going on if you hand in a bug the same week you hit the National Park and all that- but after a while of focusing on catching whatever I saw...well.

Now it's easy to scramble the quota turn-ins! Heck, I have enough in backlog that I can enjoy a vacation with Jolyne after we're done up here!

(Which is really nice because I'm thinking of going for a more permanent-location type job, if you catch my drift...)

[fingersandteeth]

Huh. That *would* be true. I've had an easier time with *my* quota ever since I've gotten those later Johto warps. Here in Goldenrod only half the Pokemon are over quota level, but from Ecruteak onward they all are.

[insidescoop]

Exactly~! As soon as you have even three teleports, you can get some good stock...

[fingersandteeth]

I suppose, really, we ought to stress how important getting their Ecruteak warp is to all our new recruits, then.

[insidescoop]

And Violet for that matter! You wouldn't think it, but that city is practically a geographical keystone with those crossroads!

Honestly, both badges are pretty good too. Jack might be able to get transport fine enough, but most of the folks down on the rung...mmmm. Well, better to have Surf and Fly usable as fast as possible really.

[fingersandteeth]

Oh, I agree. I got my Fly license in Celadon and my Surf in Cerulean since I had the warps from the festival and Prom respectively and it's easy enough to borrow the HMs, but being cleared for Flying and Surfing really is essential and those are the closest places.

[insidescoop]

Oh yeah I completely forgot about how easy it is to access half of kanto once you take the train to Saffron...

Maybe we should just make a full list of options...some kind of beginner's map, that sort of deal.

[fingersandteeth]

Carly, that sounds like an amazing idea. When you're done with the Elite Four, you should come over some night and we'll work on it together.

[insidescoop]

Hoooo, maybe a little longer than after the Elite Four...ah, I've got some uh...plans with Jolyne...

But definitely~

[fingersandteeth]

Oh. Right. Of course.

But eventually, yes.

[insidescoop]

Of course!!!