"Ghazghk!" Liu Zhipeng called again.
"Big Boss! I'm here! My ears are all perked up!" Technical Director Ghazghk crawled out from beneath a pile of parts.
"How are preparations for the Big Boss's Justice Enforcer coming along?"
"Reporting, Big Boss!" Ghazghk puffed out his chest, his face brimming with pride. "Fully charged! Every wire's humming, itching to deliver justice! Our pilot, Madeye-the craziest, most death-defying ace we've got-hasn't slept in three days. He's just waiting for your order!"
"Good." Liu Zhipeng nodded in satisfaction. "Tell Madeye his mission isn't to kill the enemy. It's to put on a show! He needs to charge into the Ork lines in the flashiest, craziest, most reckless way possible and draw everyone's attention! He needs to show the T'au Empire that even if our Gretchin technology is backward, we've got guts! We're willing to sacrifice ourselves! Load that mech with every last explosive in our stockpile. Then, when all eyes are on him, blow it up! The louder, the better! The more spectacular, the better! Understood? This is a grand fireworks show dedicated to the 'greater good'!"
"Understood! We'll make that explosion a work of art! A masterpiece! We'll move those Blue-skinned Sprouts to tears!" Ghazghk hurried off with his orders, already itching to cram a few more tons of explosives into the mech.
"Snot!" Liu Zhipeng called last.
"H-here, Big Boss." Intelligence Officer Snot adjusted his bottle-bottom glasses.
"Have your propaganda team point every loudspeaker at the battlefield! When the Justice Enforcer moves out, build up the atmosphere! I want all of Jade VII to hear our Gretchin's tragic, heroic battle song! Use the lyrics I wrote yesterday: 'The Burning Wrench'!"
With the string of orders delivered, Liu Zhipeng settled back onto the Throne and raised his Skull Goblet.
A perfect plan took