Jeremy Elbertson XII was part of a long line of entertainers stretching back to 21st-century Terra. Between the UMS takeover of the Federal territory of Nevada and its eventual restoration to the NUSA, the Elbertson line shifted focus from basic synchnet entertainment to UMS-approved morale exercises.
Even after the Restoration, the Elbertsons continued to find greater success streaming from combat zones rather than virtual entertainment programs. Regardless of format, be it on the synchnet or in a warzone, the Elbertsons have always had one rule:
Don't listen to chat.
Elbertson XII was used to this exchange. It was the same dance that his father performed, and his father's father, and so on into Terran antiquity. The observers would be permitted, indeed encouraged to comment on his performance in the field, and he would respond to their comments in a kind of conversation with the gestalt. At current there were ~16 million observers, each permitted one message per day free of charge.
