User blog:Spikewitwicky/November 12, 2019 - Spike's Journal Entry



I'm officially no longer an EDC commander. Carly had her first meeting with Mayday this morning. A few months ago, that meeting would have been done by Marissa and myself. I'm due to go to Cybertron soon, again to work with Fortress Maximus. But today, I'm here for support. Carly is crazy busy, so I'll be showing Mayday around - where the repair bay is, where the diplomats hang out. Show them around the EDC 'war room.'

It's weird - I logged in - just to test the security. And the Joes are on it. I got a few "You do not have access" messages, which I didn't get last week. So, it's official. And to be honest, I am a bit relieved. I loved working with Marissa with EDC, but I feel that maybe EDC wasn't entirely for me. Although I don't think "Titan Commander" exactly sums me up either. That said, I didn't think I would be a diplomat either, but I really like that job now. Although there is still so much to learn, even 7 years into it.

Mayday - she visited Autobot City as part of a junior ROTC program. Right now, I see her as very much being a successor to Duke and Hawk when the time comes. But right now, I think she's the perfect fit for EDC. We ran out of time last night, but I'm really curious where she wants to see EDC go. She said if any of those three words mean the most, it's "Defense." Carly is more aligned with my view for EDC, which means focus on relationship-building, diplomacy, and the "winning hearts and minds" campaign, because there are some on Earth who still are vehemently against the Autobots (more anti-Cybertronian than anti-Autobot). Mayday knows my time allocation is kind of weird - I'm pretty much here for whatever the Autobots need that I can do. Repair bay shift, helping Crosscut, or working with Fort Max. That said, I can be expecting my first set of orders from her today.

I'm looking forward to this next chapter of EDC. I'm proud of what Marissa and I have accomplished. We built EDC during the time when our relationship with the Joes was just getting established. We were still trying to figure one another out, and to be honest, there were trust issues to overcome. But now, EDC is its own entity. It's in Phase 2. And I cannot wait to see what Carly and Mayday do with it.