Thanks, Bruce, to you AND your entire team. Please extend our gratitude throughout.
No doubt you know but, sometimes, it's nice to hear someone say it and, I think, at this time, and on this issue, this is a good place to do so.
We know you're busy. We know it wasn't easy. We expected you were doing your best and, ultimately, we knew you wouldn't let us down.
Thank you for being a shining example, much like the miners' beloved Pulse Wave Analyzer, and helping become a bright spot in such a dark space. Though 2020 will be remembered for a long time as a year of much deeper darkness, people showing up, even if it's just to open the doors, make a pot of coffee, roll up their sleeves and get to work, have proven that, truly, where there is a will there is a way and no task is a small task when it means so much to so many. It may be just a game but, for so very many of us, we love it so much and share it, together, so often, that it's impact on our lives is, in reality, often quite understated, if not completely unmentioned. Being "imprisoned" at home, prisoners of war in this exhausting battle against COVID-19, has made us all long for an escape and a respite that can heal our broken hearts and assuage our burdened minds. For thousands and thousands of people, all over the world, this game has become that favorite café, it has become that local bar, it has become the Commons where, for an hour or an afternoon, the world isn't so confining and small, so frightening, and so overwhelming. Despite the massive expanse that outer space is, for a time, we aren't far apart. We aren't so suspicious and untrusting. We aren't worried about our friends and families, and we aren't wearing masks (maybe an occasional Remlok helmet.) Like kids with a favorite toy that broke barely a week after Christmas, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you, Bruce, and ALL your coworkers. It means the worlds to us.
-CMDR Deckard King-