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| name = Office Politics<br />
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| author = [[Ben H. Rome]]<br />
| pub_date = 15 January 2008<br />
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| type = Short story<br />
| publisher = [[BattleCorps]]<br />
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| pages = 12<br />
| era = [[Jihad era]]<br />
| startdate = 13 March [[3068]]<br />
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'''''Office Politics''''' is a short story by [[Ben H. Rome]] that was first published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 15 January 2008. It was later republished in print in the fifth BattleCorps anthology, ''[[Counterattack]]'', in 2014.<br />
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== Teaser Text ==<br />
{{quote|''Sebastian learns that war in the corporate halls can be more vicious than on the battlefield. Out there, you know who your allies are...''}}<br />
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== Plot Summary ==<br />
With [[Case White (event)|Case WHITE]] underway, [[ComStar]] moles on [[Terra]] including Sebastian Reginald, [[Bowie Industries]]' Director of Transportation, and Brent Rothschild, VP of Logistics, take up their clandestine work. However, office politics get in the way as Rothschild had been spied upon by a subordinate, which has revealed his secrets and compromises his and Reginald's plans. As a result, they are both killed and ComStar [[DropShip]]s descending on Bowie's test flight facility find the air defense system fully operational in what should have been a secure landing zone.<br />
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== Featured Characters ==<br />
* [[Sebastian Reginal]]<br />
* [[Brent Rothschild]]<br />
* [[Noreen McGrady]]<br />
* Cody<br />
* [[Anastasius Focht]] (mentioned)<br />
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== Featured Places ==<br />
* [[Terra]]<br />
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