[quote=@BingTheWing]
[@vietmyke] Wait, I'm not really feeling the urgency here. If an RIC unit is trapped behind enemy lines, we wouldn't be feeling the spirit of a death-defying adventure, because if we 'died' we'd just go 'oh crap, there goes a few billion dollars', and we wouldn't sustain any bodily injuries. 

Also, what year are we in?
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There is plot devices to put that sense of urgency in place, not to worry. There's gonna be an 'Oh shit' moment, when the typically invincible and cavalier operators realize that they're kinda fucked. 

I kinda want to leave it a surprise, but since the book synopsis is fairly readily available, I don't mind mentioning it if people truly want to know. 

And as far as year goes... I hadn't really come up with a concrete date. Lets call it 2042