Originally Posted by pmaddock

Maybe its time to come out and reveal the great conspiracy:

Every night Steenland hosts a big party as a morale booster for all the unhappy GA's and FA's. The highlight of the evening is the "Great Elite Shoot'em-up". All of the Elites with upgrade potential appear on various video game screens as Vultures trying to scoop up their upgrade candy from the gound and each FA or GA is given a joystick and trigger trying to shoot them down. The game moves pretty fast and they've had some beer so many elites escape with thier candy but many 'hoo-yas' are heard as the GAs and FAs kill our hopes with great delight.

Of course all those denied upgrades turn into battlefield upgrades with Elites begging at the gate, making the GA's mad enough to return for another round that night.