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motto about Corps Justice.
     
    BRIAN : So
is this Corps Justice like a company credo or something?
     
    CAL : Kind
of. It’s more of an overarching guidance for SSI employees for when
they encounter gray areas.
     
    BRIAN : Is
it written somewhere?
     
    CAL : For
obvious reasons we can’t publish it.
    Cal paused and reached for his wallet. He pulled out
what looked like a business card on tattered paper. He handed it to
Brian.
     
    CAL : I got
that from my Dad when I went off to college.
     
    Brian looked down at the card:
     
    Corps Justice
    1. We will protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States.
    2. We will protect the weak and punish the
wicked.
    3. When the laws of this nation hinder the
completion of these duties, our moral compass will guide us to see
the mission through.
     
    Brian looked up at Cal.
     
    BRIAN : Cal,
to me this looks like you can do whatever you want as long as you
think it’s right.
     
    CAL : I know
that’s how it seems but you have to remember that my Dad’s moral
compass wouldn’t allow us to conduct acts of undue aggression.
Besides, only the top management within SSI can green light those
kinds of jobs. Dad handpicked that leadership.
     
    BRIAN : Does
this come up a lot?
     
    CAL : I
don’t think so. Keep in mind that most of the work SSI does is
consulting and training. Yes, we do have security teams and quick
reaction forces, but most of the missions they undertake are cut
and dry. There’s typically a clear bad guy and that’s who we’re
sent in to take care of.
     
    BRIAN : It
sounds more like the gigs you take on are government
sanctioned.
     
    CAL : Keep
in mind that I don’t know everything. I don’t work here. But you’re
right. The federal government is our biggest customer, but we have
a lot of divisions that trump even that big account.
     
    BRIAN :
Really? Like what?
     
    CAL : We do
a lot of R&D work and either sell the final product or retain
the rights. There’s a lot of money in that kind of
stuff.
     
    BRIAN : I’ll
bet. Are you gonna run the company?
     
    CAL : Nope.
Trav is better at it than I would be. I’ll probably be involved
somehow but he’s a much better schmoozer than I am. Plus I’ve still
got some things to take care of.
     
    Cal gazed out the expansive windows. Brian
looked at his new friend trying to comprehend the immense pain in
the man’s eyes. He decided to prod Cal on.
     
    BRIAN : So
tell me how the hell you went into the Marine Corps instead of
working here?
    Cal maintained his gaze then turned to Brian.
     
    CAL : I
started my first year of college at the University of Virginia in
1998. My parents were excited about the high caliber of The
University but they still wanted me close. By that time, the
company was doing a lot more work with the feds. Dad had
anticipated the rise of terrorism, and built the company to combat
those threats with the ability to augment the American military. He
was even doing some work for our allies like the U.K. and
Germany.
     
    He paused and shifted his weight trying to
find the right words.
     
    CAL : Like I
said, my parents were really happy about me going to U.Va but still
wanted to see me. I wanted the same thing. We’d been through a lot
together. The great thing about money is that there’s not much you
can’t do when you have it. At that point, SSI was probably a tenth
of what it is now but Mom and Dad had more money than they could
ever spend. Well, on one of their trips to Charlottesville to watch
a U.Va football game and visit me, Dad went house shopping. I
thought he was just looking for a condo or something they could
stay in for weekend trips in. Dad didn’t come from much money but
always loved the idea of owning land. He always told me that land
was one thing you could never reproduce or take away from a man. In
Albemarle County, Virginia there’s a lot of land. You know
Monticello, right?
     
    BRIAN :
Yeah, that was Thomas Jefferson, right?
     
    CAL : Yep.
Founded U.Va too.