User blog:Lieutenant General Richard Venables/Another from the Lord Marshal

From the Desk of the Honourable Lord Marshal, Sir Richard Venables
Greetings all!

So, so theres been an increase in activity on the wiki which i've been glad to see, and we have updated and spruced up the pages to give plenty of visual information as well as the large ammount of information already available. We have had some tough times and I appreciate that some difficult dicisions have had to be made. We have seen old friends and old foes unite to bring the EITC back into glory, yes, I am not proud enough to say we are greater then we were during the Golden Era under my predecessor, Lord Harrington, but we can make our own new golden era, but let us always remember the past and the Golden Era, because that is what gives us our honour and tradition.

It was an honour to be appointed the Lord Marshal, just as it is the honour of everyman, who has been blessed to serve the EITC, in whatever way, shape or form. I can only do my best, and myself and Sir Joseph are nothing without the loyalty of men and women like you! You, who are the arms and legs that help the head get where it needs to go, for without the arms and legs what is the point of a head? I want to thank each and everyone of you for your loyalty and your service, we fight so that Britain can be great and so that tea can reach the masses, and we do this because of you!

In the EITC First Division we have two mottos, one our main one is of course: "Honour, Duty, Respect"

But the other one is of vital importance to the Division, it is one I have taken from my own Cadet Squadron in real life, it is simple but states exactly what we want to see in the First Division, this is it: "100% Effort plus Personal Pride" and this my friends is what we should strive for, not only in the EITC but in our personal lives.

I am proud to serve and fight beside such men.

'''For they shall be my finest warriors, these men who give themselves to me. Like clay I shall mould them and in the furnace of war I shall forge them. They will be of iron will and steely muscle. In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest gun shall they be armed. They will be untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them. They will have tactics, strategies and machines such that no foe will best them in battle. They are my bulwark against the terror. They are the defenders of the East India Trading Company. They are my First Division... ...and they shall know no fear.'''

Regards,