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"Papa, Actual, Papa, Actual. Or how about Delta Actual Delta? Or Foxtrot Actual Tango Hotel Echo Romeo?"

The ICAO phonetic alphabet (also known as NATO phonetic alphabet) has "Alpha" as the first letter.

"Actual" isn't for a letter, but a designation for whomever is currently in command of a unit. It starts being the unit commander's handle, who may have another handle that would only be used for addressing communications to him personally instead of the commander persona. The second-in command has his own handle, but if the something happens to the commander, he becomes "Actual". And so forth, until the last sergeant gets killed, and a corporal or private gets the "Actual" handle.

"You do not sneer at, or command, one who can make your legs and arms fly in different directions, and have your guts mix with the dirt wherever they fall, but I'll show you my face." Amadou lifts the visor, "but you're right. My people has killed gods, but I am just a junior officer. That makes no difference to the orders I am here to carry out, though, or to what we can do to your village."

((They fire napalm; what they light up stays lit.))
((I was writing, but there were 6 posts in the meanwhile.))

"We are the spearhead of the forces of the people who has killed gods, in our own universe and in others. We of the Megacorporation Akras have taken this world for ourselves, and all that exists herein.

How powerful are we? WE KILL GODS! The holy relics of the empire? They're naught but the pikes our foot soldiers use; those are the weapons of our lost scouts.

We have no need for slaves, but we want your allegiance.

Surrender and we'll bring you wonders beyond your imagining. A war machine flying you saw already, and we have means to destroy this village and the entire area in less than a blink of an eye; but we can also bring perfect health, plentiful food, hot running water in every house and lights in every room that can be turned on or off. We can make machines to till the fields and weave the cloth, and improve your life in all ways.
Or you can refuse. Then we kill you and be done with a bunch of rebels.

Before you decide, do you want to see how powerful we are?"

Move to F6, forage for mushrooms and Yggdrasil branches. Reserve the branches to make a hoe. Keep researching the carpentry tool.

"No, that's only if this doesn't work.

All riight, if you can do it quickly, otherwise don't bother. Our course of action will be settled in a few moments.

Right now I want you all to take defensive positions, protect the VTOL, and eliminate anyone who pose a threat the VTOL or to us in the envoy party. Don't open fire unless it's an emergency or I expressly tell you to do so."

((Both? Can't you also use enthropy?))
((Can Danh drive a motorcycle? Or who was it? The post with the characters' list is outdated.))

Amadou waits for everybody to debark and form up outside as planned, and drives the trike out to affix the flags.

"Guys, focus please. You're all nervous, some are flying for the first time, we 're about to deploy and everyone's on the edge. This really isn't a good moment for this kind of thing.
If you still have a problem with each other after the mission is over, I'll reserve the ring for you to punch it out and buy the booze for the make-up party afterwards, but for now please save it for fighting actual enemies."

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"...Stop grinning, Danh, or I'll make you fight with an arm and a leg anaesthetised. You can afford to give a handicap."