Hello and welcome to revolutions.

Episode 11.5, The New Protocols.

We left off last time with the election of 2244, which saw a complete turnover of Omnicor's

board of directors. It was the end of an era, and no matter what, this would have been a momentous

turning point in the history of the company. Vernon Bird and his geriatric board had been in power

for nearly 90 years, and now suddenly they weren't.

So whatever happened next, Omnicor would be moving in a new direction. But it is a really super

momentous turning point in the history of Omnacor, and the history of humanity generally,

because it just so happened that this new direction led directly to the Martian Revolution.

Now, the first thing the new board of directors did was select a new CEO.

If you will recall from last time, after the death of Vernon Bird, the board of directors,

or more precisely the aides and secretaries who were actually running the show,

announced that Karen Killingsworth would

replace the late bird on March 8, 2244. Her tenure as CEO wound up lasting just over nine

months, because on December the 12th, 2244, the new board of directors convened for the first time,

and their first order of business, was electing a new CEO. Maybe, I don't know, somebody

under the age of like 75. There were several contenders for the job, high-ranking Omnicor

executives who commanded enough support among the new members of the board to consider

themselves viable candidates. And though obviously we know who's actually going to win,

there are two names I want to throw out there because both of them will come back. One was Jin Wong, who had risen to become

head of the legal division in the late 2230s. The other was Kamal Singh, who was head of personnel.

Both were powerful and influential executives, especially given the autonomous

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