Mech Pilot who has to tell the new pilot that they can't salvage and refit enemy weapons to their own mech.
"Look, kid, I know the FedCom forces are using those shiny new 25mm duplex autocannons straight out of the New Kasha Works, but our supply chains don't have any compatible ammo for them yet. You can't just go ripping them off downed machines."
"Awwww... but..."
"Yeah. I know. I want one as well, but Logistics won't OK anything that isn't triple-stamped."
"Besides, tearing it off the mounting by the barrels? That totally jacks up the alignment. If you're gonna field-salvage, at least call the techs so we can do it properly."
- overheard in the mess hall of the UES Indolent Child
ed- author's note: in this excerpt there are three speakers, the pattern going A-B-A-C, if it wasn't obvious. also all 'overheard in the mess hall of the xyz' entries will be tagged because why not.