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Scorpion451
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22nd May, 2022 12:12:17 PM
Disappointing Promotion, subverted in the latter case.
First might also be Reassigned to Antarctica if upsetting someone in authority or a similar screwup in training was a factor in their assignment there.
Someone is given a mission or assigned to a unit that they aren't too thrilled about.