Neither, really. Wasn’t about you at all. Or, to be honest, a fair chunk of Trigger Happy. Kendarr wanted to try his hand at running an alliance, after years of running a SIG, and he went forth with the rest of the Directorate’s blessings and well-wishes. Now that other concerns have sidelined him, and penifSMASH has moved in… well, there’s been a bunch of folks coming home, from what I’ve heard.
Not all that surprising, either. After all, penif is one of the raging douches that basically destroys whatever alliance he joins, unless there are strong enough personalities to keep him in check. Grath and Elise could do that. Hedliner couldn’t. Nobody in Snuff could. Much as I respect the work Mark did over the years with EG and SV, he doesn’t have the charisma, and Pitts—whom I still have a fond regard for—for all his solid stuff with the Incursion squad…
He’s exactly the kind of guy penif likes to put out in front, then undercut. Real supportive to his face, but keep an eye out for the trickle of ‘important’ people moving into Elitist Ops. And if anyone calls him on his poisonous crap, it’s ‘just a joke’. But he won’t be, because he’s smart, and he states behind the scenes.
The Locustfleet hit in Fountain? Classic penif move, but look at all the people clamoring to take credit. Olmecca Gold? Seriously? She doesn’t have the dreads for it. Pitts, for all his crowing, wasn’t anywhere near it. He just convinced the Karmafleet spy to get burned over a single drop that had us laughing as much as them[1]. But that’s penif: likes to make sure he’s got people between himself and the bright lights. Passes rumors to Killah he knows aren’t true as ‘a joke’ because he knows Killah’s tenure on the CSM means he’s contractually obligated to report them back to CONCORD, and it’ll cause problems for Brisc.
Wasn’t about you. But there’s snakes in your nest, now. Watch your ankles.
1. In fact, I was laughing with Pitts about it in a convo I opened up before it had even ended. Pitts is a great guy to hang around with.