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2021-07-15 // day precision

Two hundred thousand units are ready; logistics starts crying

Posted by Dan Cary

Original source text

OCS-ish and stolen
Star Wars announces 200,000 units ready and a million more on the way, followed by a crying office worker labeled Republic logistics officer.
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Editorial interpretation

A Star Wars troop-production line is paired with an overwhelmed logistics officer. Dan’s caption explicitly signals a repost; Dan is the group poster, not a verified creator of this image. The reply connects the joke to customers expecting contracting to handle physical delivery. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments 2021-07-16 — Ben Ackerman: Customer with a flatbed, forklift, and lots of Airmen, taking to Contracting: What do you mean you aren't going to pick up and deliver all of those pallets of the supplies we asked for?!? Coverage: One displayed comment captured. Thread grouping follows source thread-root links; unknown immediate reply parents are not inferred. Dates preserve the displayed day, with timezone unknown. The heading, alt text and opening historical explanation are AI-assisted editorial interpretation. The original caption, preserved image renditions and transcribed discussion are source material. Public images are metadata-stripped display derivatives of Facebook-served files; the original upload files and edit history were not established.

Topics: Early Years, July 2021, OCS, logistics, mission-partners, early-years