Set up and Rules are in the
A few weeks before start of Games
The large meeting hall held one table, which seated three, and rows of benches along the wall. In these benches sat foreign commanders and military leaders, mixed in with the JVP Military also there for the same reason. The draft.
In the middle, at the three person table, sat General Chiara Knight Over Lord of both the Order of the Penguin and the Valkyrie Sisterhood. Next to her sat Knight Commander MaryAnne, the second highest ranking member of the Order of the Penguin. To her right, and looking as if he had better things to do, was Knight Admiral Son, who led forward and tapped on the mic at the table.
"Testing, testing, 1, 5, 3." He looked around the room. "I would like to welcome everyone to Foal Penguin Current year. We'll be starting the draft here pretty soon. But let me start off by telling you the commanders of each side." He got to his feet and took the Mic with him, as he walked over to Chiara.
"Knight Commander of her Majesty's Order of the Penguin, Chiara Ra'il, along with First Sister of the Order Valkyrie Sister Mother Chiara." Son looked around the room. "Yeah. Titles are long. But for the ease of these Games, you need only address her as General Chiara. She will be heading the Valkyrie team. They won the games last year, and will be picking second."
Next Son walked over to the Knight seating at his table. "This is Lord Knight of the Penguin Order, Jewel of the eye, MaryAnne. She will go by General MaryAnne, and will be in charge of the Penguins." He paused. "They lost last year, and the two years before that. They will pick first."
Son walked over to the large screen at the end of the room. "I forgot to tell you who I am." He looked around. "Are you ready to find out?" He watched as MaryAnne crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "I'm Knight Admiral Favine, First Knight of Princess Heir Gemma, second of his name, Hero of the Yellow sea conflict. He who stands on the top." He laughed. "That last part is made up. But please, just call me Admiral Son." He looked at MaryAnne. "I'm the reason the Valkyries have won the past two years. But for fairness, and since I'm a member of the order now. I must fight on the Penguin side." He pointed to a large Banner that showed a picture of him kneeling, as a Penguin blesses him.
"Son, when did you put that up." Came the Voice of MaryAnne, her olive skin now a little flush.
"Yes." son replied. "We should start with the draft." He walked on the stage, as the screen showed the two sides, and a timer. All the JVP assets in the games had already been split. "Alright when your unit is called, please make your way to the stage for photos." Son now got a loud clicking noise from Chiara. "Or not. Anyways, with the first pick of the Foal Penguin Current year. The Penguins select." He paused for dramatic effect, as MaryAnne whispered to Chiara that it was a bad idea to let Son do this.
"4 Tessarapouli Commando Regiment UPC, to be on the Joseon Front." Son then reached under the desk and pulled out an American football Jersey that was in the colors of the Penguin Order, with a Number ! on the back. "We'll just have this sent to your unit." Son said watching as MaryAnne put her hands into her head.
"OK for the first pick of the Valkyries. Drum roll please." He said, looking off to the side were someone set behind a drum. "3rd corps, 9th Brigade. Stallenbourg, Joseon Front." He pulled out a Jersey in the Valkyrie colors with a number 1 on it, and it was Chiaras turn to roll her eyes.
"The Penguins select Milinow Light Infantry, Ameria, Luar front." Penguin Jersey, number 2.
"Valkyries select... 2nd Archangel Commando UPC, Brolen front." Valkyrie Jersey, Numer 2.
"Penguins passed on the 3rd round picks, to get a 5th round and 6th round pick. So the Valkyries could select the whole of the Federation of Northern Peoples forces, seeing as they wished to not be split up." Son reached under the table. "You guys still only get one Jersey, so your units will have to share it. Sorry."
"In the fourth round the Penguins select Standing Maritime Group One Ameria. This is a naval unit. The Valkyries select the Stallenbourg task force 17 and 23 of the 4th fleet, a 6 six ship group." Son looked at the note card, and smiled.
"In the Fifth round the Penguins select all the UPC Air assets. Like naval, Air will be stationed in a week."
"In the Six the Penguins select Leipförde Rifles (Airborne) Ameria, Joseon Front, along with the 1st Tetho̱rakisméni̱ Division Canons of the Holy Keys UPC, Luar Front" He looked over his cards. "Man, we really should have just done this in a more easier way." Son smiled as the glares from both Chiara and MaryAnne, burned holes through him.
"Lets see. Valkyries want the UPC Naval units, Penguins will take the Air units from Stallenbourg. Brooke Christensen to the Penguins, MGEN Gabriel li Logico to Valkyries, Julia Weiss to Valkyries also, and BGEN Ronel Ranalas to Penguins." As Son named off these units and key personnel, he still pulled out a Jersey for each, and all the well each unit or person called would have their logo or image shown on the screen and then placed on their respective sides.
"The ends the Draft. Vegas orders this year favor the underdog Penguins, 35:5 odds, Also side bets have been made. Please talk with your bookies after we are done." Son looked around the room one last time. "A dinner will be held for this, and I kindly ask that you only sit with members from your team. In a few weeks it's an us versus them type deal, so take this time to mingle and get to know your other commanders. After the games we'll host a party to were you can talk with members of the other side." He looked back to his cards.
"Please brief your units on a few ground rules. Drinking will be allowed during the first week, but not during week two. We did not include them, but we kind ask that you bring along some MP units to police your troops. They will not be a part of the games, but will play a major role in week one as they look to keep troops from doing troop things." He flipped to a new card. "SEX. Please tell your troops to practice safe Sex. Condoms, pills whatever. These games are only two weeks long, but it only takes one night to make a baby. We can't stop them from doing it, but we can at least make them do it safely."
Son took a sip of water before moving on. "Saluting. JVP forces will be briefed on officer rankings of other nations. We'll provide the proper level of respect, we ask the same. But we do not expect your troops to address our Knights in the JVP way. To your troops, brief them that Knights are to be called Sir. Please respect the JVP Culture as we will respect your culture. JVP forces are allowed to be openly gay, please respect this, if this is going to be an issue, please let it be known now. We are here to train and we are here to learn from each other. Let's keep that at the forefront of our minds." Son put his cards away. "That will conclude the brief, and we'll just move along to the dinner cause I'm hungry."