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

[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!!!