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[fingersandteeth]

So. Given that the number of transplant Rockets currently stands at eight, I think it's time we got organized. Which means that beginning today, I'll be posting on the 'gear at the start of each month with topics we need to discuss. You may have noticed that I am doing this in text format. There is a reason for that and a reason why I'd ask the rest of you to reply in text format too. But first,

1. Welcome Lydia and Tyler! Lydia is nearly done with Mandatory Training Hell. Tyler is unfortunately just starting his. Rest assured that while training is stupid, tedious, and seems never-ending, it does, in fact, end eventually, and you'll be free to travel anywhere as long as you turn in your quota. If you decide after this that that you want a job with a Rocket-owned company instead, contact Jack. As our resident Alpha, he has connections to get you where you need to be.

2. This brings me to the reason we're doing this in text format: Tyler is deaf and not a lip-reader. We are looking into disability accommodations for him, but until those are established, I'd like it if we could include text components when we post on the 'gear as much as possible. I also think it would be a good idea if we *all* learned at least *some* sign language so that we can communicate with him in the field--and possibly also use said sign language to pass secret messages between ourselves as well.

3. Dirk's fossil heist last week went astoundingly well for our first outing as a crew and while a large part of it was due to his masterful planning, *everyone* who participated did their part to make the job go smoothly. We shouldn't just stop there. We need to build on that success with another and then another. I think we ought to try to pull off something impressive on a monthly basis if possible. This would be a good time to start discussing what we do next.

4. I've already asked this of Lydia, but I'd like it if everyone who has abilities they've lost in coming here could contact me or Jack with a broad summary of those, so we can start thinking if we want to do anything special on the next weird weekend that happens to take advantage of being un-nerfed. You absolutely do not need to provide that summary here if you don't want to, however. A private call or meeting is more than fine.

5. Jack and I have been talking about devising a cover for meeting each other outside of HQ if we need to, either privately with him and I or together in a large group. While I have a built-in excuse for regularly being in Jack's company, due to our relationship, most of you do not. *However*, as some of you may already know, Jack's public source of income is a company he runs that creates, among other things, inspirational posters and general cute pokemon goods and we *all* ought to have at least one pokemon that is photogenic. Thus, the cover will be that Jack is paying each of you a modeling fee to use our pokemon on his posters--and there will be photoshoots to lend credence to that cover. Any larger meetings will be covered by the excuse of 'group photoshoot'--as well as any long-term travel we might end up doing. Team Rocket will be billed for your 'modeling fees.'

6. Speaking of covers, Steve P is discussing the, ah, *special* fossils we received from 'C. Liss' during the Pewter job on the public channel now. People can feel free to talk about their own Frankenstein creatures there as well, but our story is that C. Liss approached us all individually at various locations, before shoving the muddy pokeballs in our hands and running, and that this is the first time we're learning about other people she's done that to. Given that this is very close to what actually happened, except that we were all together at the time and in the process of grand larceny, I *think* we can all stick to this very simple cover.

For the moment, I *think* those are the most important things to consider. If something comes up before April that needs to be addressed by the group, I'll make a new post to the channel.

[A couple hours later, Steven pins a reply to the top of the post.]