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((ooh this is fun.)) CEO Morgan, You're going to hear this from me a lot, but I don't trust Deidre. She's not a particularly violent woman, but given that the ecosystem is actively hostile to us if the entire 'worms' incident is any indication... She probably isn't going to be understanding when we start burning and destroying the fungus in an attempt to not have our brains eaten alive like some bad sci-fi movie. She may be friendly now, but resources are not infinite. The fact of the matter is that even typically non-aggressive people like her are going to expand their military to fight off those that are. And when that military is big enough, they'll see no reason to not enforce their ideals on others. That being said, I say we exploit this temporary treaty. We're still capable of creating more colonies, we should cut her avenues of expansion off so that she can't grow without violating the very treaty she proposed. If I'm wrong and she does intend to coexist in peace, that's great. But we can't count on it. Far more likely that once she figures out she doesn't have to play nice she'll try to make us play her way. And I'd rather work for the man who actually pays his goddamn soldiers. You want military advice? Have a bloody military. My sympathies to Rat Patrol, but this recent attack shows that we CANNOT leave our colony pods unguarded. They will need escorts through the fungus if we try to expand that way. In addition, I recommend more forces to sweep for the pod's transponder signals. While it led to the worm incident, it also led to these 'monoliths' which provide most of our resources at the moment. As many pieces the Unity is in, I would not be surprised to find supplies from the ship all over the place. Supplies that I would rather we put to use than say Deidre. She'd probably make a flower garden out of it or some poo poo when we could use it to set up infrastructure to feed people. We need our research, we need our supplies. But we need to take the land so we can exploit it's resources to achieve any of this. We get boxed in while someone tries to research how to burn things better, and we'll be figuring out better flamethrowers only after the entire colony has been eaten alive and loving Yang or someone is carpet bombing us. Lt Ezekiel Carson, Head of Corporate Security Drakenel fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Jan 20, 2015 |
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No see, it's the morgan double. The one for public appearance. (And the bait for assassination attempts)
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Datalinks forum: Organic Superlube Whichever one of you asshats thought it'd be funny to imply this stuff was for 'recreational' use needs to gently caress off and die to a brain worm. This crap is all over the barracks for the fourth time in the past six months. The security detail are already janitors to whatever hosed up stuff our research staff cook up, and now they're literal janitors with extra slippery mops. -Carson ((I know superlube is nowhere near researched yet. Just a fun ribbing))
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berryjon posted:CEO Morgan: Finally someone who speaks sense. A man/woman after my own heart.
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Veloxyll posted:For her pleasure? The rotating gears and machinery do not identify as a particular gender. When we get sentient machines I'll ask one if it was. Drakenel fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Jan 20, 2015 |
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brb on fire posted:Allow it to be known that I second this sentiment. Until we know what form the 'psychic' (I use quotes for our Chief Xenobiologist's sake) attacks take, the best we can do is reinforce our soldiers' wills against the threat as well as we are able. In fact, I would propose when the coast is clear doing the same for our synthmetal equipped guard forces. Just so it's sure to be put in practice, I'll echo this. The only reason rat patrol returned because a few of them had their poo poo together enough to actually shoot the drat things. The reason there were so many casualties was troops flipping out. I doubt this 'psionic' reasoning is it, but as thick as the atmosphere is, it's possible some hallucinogens or illusions are being perpetrated. Perhaps it got through the filters or the seals aren't secure enough for the environment. I'll double check our equipment now and require rigorous checks on all outgoing assets. With your permission, CEO, I'll go ahead and move our training grounds to the monolith site. Although maybe Mr Gartner would like to study it a bit more before we put any security forces through it, Any long term effects are preferrable to being paralyzed or terrorized by these worms and eaten. -Ezekiel Carson
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:
Honestly, were this any other situation, I'd ask you to stop weighing our troops down with crap we don't need for poo poo that you can go find out yourself... But at this point, for all of our guessing and theories we ARE dealing with a rather large unknown here, in both opposition and terrain. I'd be happy for anything that'll help more of our boys and girls come back in the future. And the kit is bulky enough already, Ideally, this scanning equipment would work better on scouting units like the Rat Catchers, with kill teams at the ready to engage. Enough for maybe one or two squads. Assuming we haven't burned through everything just getting drat roofs over our heads... You think you can requisition enough for at least two squads, Reilly? Three'd be nice, but I'll take what I can get. -Lt. Ezekiel Carson, Head of Corporate Security.
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Marcus Li, Normally, i'd chew you out for running. But all things considered, I can't blame you for not wanting to go back to scouting after first contact with the natives. I should just be thankful you aren't one of the members that have committed suicide over the whole scenario. And to be honest? I've been telling Morgan that garrisoning the colonies should be something the governors are expected to handle. If you're willing to deal with protecting our colonies and formers though, that'd take a load off my plate and let me focus on scouting and offensive operations. I'll tell you what, get Morgan's go ahead and I'll get you in touch with our logistics head. Best one we've had in years, poo poo actually shows up when it's relevant for once. You'd probably still have to pay for most of it, since you are your own private organization now. (Talon? Really?) Most of it is still owned by the big man himself. Fight off a few raiders and I might even have to respect you. For a moment. -Lt. Ezekiel Carson, Head of Corporate Security P.S. Pay your loving tab. The bar owner seems to think I'm somehow responsible for you and your friend's blackout episodes.
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berryjon posted:Lt. Carson: MLSS Rep. Reilly I've yet to hear anything on whether Mr. Morgan is willing to allow this through. Trust me when I say I'm not going to pop surprises on your doorstep like that. I may be an grouch teetering on the hill, but I'm not out to make your job harder. Yeesh, take a compliment, you do your job and you do it well. You've no idea the kind of dumb poo poo that we got hung up on back at Santiago's little camp on earth. We'd get necessary supplies after the engagement was already over. Because requisitions had a stick up their rear end about forms long enough that would make Morgan blush. He didn't last long, to be fair. And yes, since I'm sure other people are reading this. (Come on LoveLace, up your security) I used to be in Corazon's little band of boonie hat wearing goons. I didn't appreciate being paid in 'you may live for now' and Morgan made an excellent offer. I know this is going to make me the one to maintain diplomatic contact, even if she'd shoot me through the vidscreen if she could. Anyway, Reilly. I'm sure you can handle the extra interest. God forbid if you make a bit of extra money. -HCS Ezekiel Carson. CEO Morgan Till you hire someone as a diplomatic adviser, I'll do the job I'm payed for. Skye is setting a dangerous precedent here in her recent dealing. Sure, in the end thanks to your quick bargaining skills we got tech, but she did lead by trying to manipulate you into getting something for nothing. We do not have a good read on her forces at this time, but I am strongly of the opinion she would love to push the issue. Perhaps not a Vendetta right away, but I can confidently say this will not be the last time she tries to pull this. I know, I know. Military adviser suggesting more military. But at the very least, we should be ready for early aggression. Obviously we need at least one squad of defenders at each outpost and colony, but may I suggest two? Should Deidre come in force, it'd behoove us to be able to fend her off till we can get our standing forces to counter. To that end, I would also suggest investing in naval technology. No, Ms. Valdez did not bribe me to say that. Aside from the general idea that we could ferry troops to assault less defended colonies in the back, Most pods that were jettisoned are buoyant. Being able to claim those would also be a great boon to our corporation. My boys will not stop making 'pew pew' noises in the training ground thanks to the recent lasers we were able to discover thanks to the last pod. In short, beware of Deidre. I'm going to hope against hope that she was just testing you, but I'm going to prepare our forces for the worst from her. Get Talon in on this if you wish, I wouldn't say no to more volunteers. HCS Ezekiel Carson Drakenel fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Jan 20, 2015 |
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Yeah, my lovely roleplaying aside, I'm looking forward to reminiscing about all the cool poo poo that is elaborated on in the tech advances. It's been years and things that flew over my younger head is so much more interesting now.
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CEO Morgan First off, thank you for the assistance in getting our training grounds moved near the monolith. The troops are congratulating themselves thanks to the new equipment, but I am convinced the extra training is what really saved their asses in the second mindworm encounter. The mental effects of the monolith has allowed them greater focus and discipline before they were shipped off to Tellus. Reviewing the logs and video, the weapons were honestly no more effective at killing them than before. The deciding factor was that far fewer of them succumbed to the mind worm's 'mental' attack. More troops still in the fight, meant more weapons gunning the little monsters down. And fewer of their own allies turning and firing wildly at their own troops. I understand you seek to expand to the east. Reviewing the terrain, it could very easily be a productive manufacturing colony. There is also a good deal of fungus though, combined with the unmapped location, I am willing to spend some of my capital and shares to make a base happen, and see it be a gateway to our main territory. You might be asking what I might be making that we don't already have? Well, it's actually kind of embarrassing to admit, but I believe now that the mindworms do deserve their name. The 'scientific' means of explaining away how they can perform 'psychic' attacks have been shown to be unhelpful in that last encounter. My own guess of some kind of spores is untrue, as I ensured the seals on their equipment myself. Nothing got in. The 'electromagnetic' theory is nice, but NONE of the extra scanning equipment picked up anything of the sort. The weapons we had killed them just as fast as the old assault rifles did. Sad to say, they may very well have some mental ability. Maybe not individually, but the mass itself working together? Get the xenobiology department to stop trolling the forums for a moment to think on that. Long story short, Talking to others in my department, we need someone to mentally prepare both soldier and civilian for life here and encounters with the 'locals'. The new church is nice, but it doesn't help us survive. Humanity does have some dormant capability, and I feel the fungus worms are exploiting it. To that end, I'd like to announce to you the formation of the Xenos Defense Initiative. Dedicated to the exploration, understanding, and if need be purging of the wilds of Chiron. The XDI will of course lend ourselves to defense of our colonies against others like Deidre, but I feel we are still woefully unprepared for the native life here which could be far more dangerous than anyone is giving credit for. We will happily work together with our other departments, but we'll be doing a lot of the grunt work out there. We are NOT going to sit with our thumbs up our asses for something bigger than the small masses of mindworms to come and eradicate one of our squads. We'll observe, study, and defend. And with your permission, we'll make the colony a thriving center of research and manufacturing. (the latter of which we'd be happy to sell to MLSS for a reasonable exchange) HCS, Head of XDI, Ezekiel Carson.
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How big is Hal's beard and how will he prepare it for consumption?  nweismuller posted:Mr. Carson, RE:XDI CEO Morgan I understand your point, though my hope was more hoping to secure the eastern border on the narrow strip of land connecting our primary bases with the unexplored landmass, and ensuring that the nearby resources are utilized. As for Capital, that is not really a concern, as I've considerable shares myself and am willing to invest to see this happen. I'm in direct contact with the majority of the advance teams that encounter the fungus, seeing as how I was coordinating their movements. The secondary hope was that with aquatic expanses on either side of the proposed base location, I would be able to study the fungus lurking away from the shore as well. And I'm sure Valdez would appreciate a wider range of places to take samples from. Regardless, I understand your reluctance, and if the manufacturing capabilities of the colony is not something you're willing to invest with at this time, It is alright. I'm sure there are plenty of opportunities on the unexplored landmass to our east. Incidentally, In case you hadn't already heard, we have been developing means to capture and contain some of the worms. Only one or two at a time, as we are not willing to risk the kind of damage the boils do. I'd like to invite you and the others to partake in some observational tests. I can't confirm or deny the raid on illegal (And dangerous) attempts to hold worms in... glass. Let me assure you, every precaution is taken to contain these worms, and the movie trope of keeping dangerous things and people in glass prisons will NOT be emulated. I don't care how careful civilians are. Our hope is to narrow down the possible means of attack that this life form can display. The lunch will be afterwords, as I'm not going to have people upchuck all over the observation terminal because it ate a rat or something. XDI HCS, Ezekiel Carson. To: Maria Valdez, Hal Kimberly, AJ Kusisitiza, Marcus Li, Asa Wright, "Reily", Fred M. Sloniker This is an invitation to the many varied departments and businesses that I believe have an interest in the new equipment that's been designed. At our current lab at Morgan industries, we've developed holding cells for the local 'mindworms', should they be controlled and captured. Our only samples are unfortunately taken because they were contained after burrowing in a soldier. Their sacrifice should not be in vain though, as this has allowed us to get a pair of live specimens. With these worms contained in as secure as possible cell, we are able to run tests now and develop reliable means of capturing worms separated from their boils, by means of incineration or otherwise. I invite you all to Morgan Industries to observe these tests alongside us. I know many of you disagree on their means of attack and what abilities they may or may not have, but our hope is that our range of testing with both stimulus reaction and live 'bait' (No it's not people yet) will help answer some of these questions. I'll provide lunch with some of Valdez's recent catch served as well after the tests. Partake as you wish. This is a week from now. (Using Chiron's night and day cycle, not the old earth one.) You will have to provide your own accommodations, but none of you are so poor to not manage a hotel room. The XDI HQ is currently residing in Gray district 3. Your datataps will give you directions, don't worry. If you are unable to make it for whatever reason, I am more than willing to provide the recorded footage we will make that day. XDI HCS, Ezekiel Carson Drakenel fucked around with this message at 08:36 on Jan 23, 2015 |
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FredMSloniker posted:From: Fred Sloniker <ceo@dreamlandgames.com> I honestly don't actually know why I included you on that.  Names ugh.
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To those who attended, Thank you for coming to the XDI HQ, I pray the data we have gathered will allow us greater insight not just to the mindworms, but the native life on Chiron in general. The live tests with rats shows that their 'terror' attacks are not limited to humankind, and the scans show that the means are not chemical in nature. This would explain why our troops are still effected even in full EVA suits. The results will be copied and sent to each of you shortly, with proprietary data upon request. The specimens almost determined attempts to gather into a minor boil was of particular interest, hopefully we will be able to experiment more with that at a later date. If any of you hope to hold specimens of your own, I pray the security scare will prove the necessity of every step we took. The mindworms eating through the primary containment should be all the justification we need for the multiple layers of containment around each specimen. Not so excessive now, is it? With the data acquired though, I'm happy to note that even though their biology is resilient, they are still susceptible to shock. With all of this, I am forwarding design specs to our manufacturing department and hope to bring tested prototypes for capture equipment to Reilly by the end of the year. I'd also like to thank Ms. Valdez for bringing her contribution to the lunch. Though I pray she will forgive me for scanning and putting it through decontamination after the mindworms attempted to break out. Just being cautious. With any luck, We'll have the means to tame this land and the fungus that infests it before too long. XDI HCS, Ezekiel Carson. To CEO Morgan Subject: GodDAMNit. Was it too much to hope that Santiago's pod landed in the ocean or got eaten by mindworms? I am not thrilled to have her around. If you wish, I could act as a liason seeing as how I once took orders from her. But If I don't have to listen to her describe all the ways she wants to murder me for turning away from her crazy on the Unity, that'd be great. Better yet, just don't let her find out I'm here, thanks. Needless to say, she's got a drat good landmass to base herself at. She could become a serious threat given time, which with the sea barriers she easily could. and her daddy never taught her to share. I won't tire you with the same rhetoric on what to do, just... Don't let her push you around either. You cave in and she'll see it as weak. She may still call vendetta over it, but if you bloody her nose at that point she'll respect you enough to back off. Good luck, we're surrounded by crazy women. XDI HCS Ezekiel Carson
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To: Maria Valdez Subject: Research With the extra capital being garnered through the hard data we gathered with last week's tests, I'd like to propose a... cooperative venture. The specimens we have are as fascinating as ever, but we're well aware the fungus is perfectly adapted to aquatic environments. To that end, I'd like to provide you with the materials to construct a water-based holding area for specimens. While we technically have access to the sea to do so ourselves, I feel that it'd be beneficial to acquire your expertise on these studies. And Kimberly still has no spine for real research, so that leaves me with you. (No offense intended) I appreciate your participation in the studies, and hope that sharing our research will garner more discoveries. ...On a personal note, I still feel weird going from a commander of our armed forces to the research initiatives here. I'm a bit out of my element, but I understand you're facing challenges with people unconcerned with the wealth of resources and possible dangers from the sea. I, for one, am not so blind. I'm used to not being taken seriously out here myself though. The 'unfavored' should stick together, hm? Here's to hoping our investors see the light before we face a seaborne invasion. XDI HCS Ezekiel Carson Oh, 4 ECON, 5 LABS and 1 PSYCH
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Cythereal posted:To: HCS Ezekiel Carson To Dr. Maria Valdez From XDI HCS Ezekiel Carson Subject: Re:Re: Research That's actually good news, as it means you're well on task for what I intended anyway. If you have any need of additional materials or acquisition teams, We at XDI would be happy to oblige. To be honest? I feel like loving around with the fungus is like poking a sleeping bear to the point where Deidre almost sounds like a good idea up until you get into philosophy with her. I don't disagree with you, but it is as you say. Who the hell is going to try and rock Mr' Morgan's cruise liner? Best we can do is manage the risk and learn what we can. To that end, I wish you luck, and support should you desire it. On a personal note, The seafood you prepared at the lunch was, as one of the senior researchers put it, 'fukkin delicious.'. I would not say no to those kinds of lunches more often, I'll have to make a trip to purchase some in bulk, hopefully I can practice my cooking again, for how long it's been since I've had the chance. If you'd be willing to show me the kind of catches your boys are making, I'd appreciate it. Good luck with Project Cipatli. XDI HCS Ezekiel Carson berryjon posted:Carson; To: MLSS Rep. Reilly From: HCS Ezekiel Carson. Subject: NO Shut up shut up shut UP. Miriam is NOT still kicking and I refuse to believe otherwise. If you loving jinx us and she shows up on our border I am assigning the entirety of the blame to you. gently caress. On a more serious note, if you're done trying to give a bald man gray hairs, The design for the containment units and capture tools for the mindworms just passed prototyping. I've made the basic design public domain, but the details I am sending to you. It's not going to help us kill the things sadly, but I'll be damned if our boys and girls die for nothing out there. Do some good with it. And make some money, of course. With warm regards, unless Miriam appears in the next year, XDI HCS Ezekiel Carson
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Jesus you guys, I go to work and everyone makes deals and forms new companies within an afternoon. I get my RP isn't that great but I can hardly keep up.
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Ugh. As much as I enjoy the rp. I think I'm just going to fade away on this one. Every half a day there's 40+ posts. I don't know how the rest of you keep up, but I certainly can't. Not to mention within every 40+ posts there's a new company taking what small niche I tried to fill (That everyone makes deals with immediately). Oh well. This is still a good LP and I'll be happy to read along.
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Jimmy4400nav posted:To: Ezekiel Carson, Head of Corporate Security (You are a good person. I like you.) To: Marcus Li From: XDI HCS Ezekiel Carson. Subject: RE: Job Offering Cats can be reliably bribed with a bit of catnip or some shiny strings. This group of stubborn asses feel so secure in their HQ's. I'm going to admit that I've been tempted once or twice to let a few worms loose in their office just to scare them into taking this seriously. Really, Reilly is just about the only one that gets it. You should definitely work closely with her. As for me? Well, even though the recent attacks would be the perfect springboard to push the issue for XDI... The fact is, you've managed to corner the 'protection' market well enough. Oh sure, Morgan is thanking me and giving assurances, but the fact of the matter is, if you're willing to listen to me about how bad this can all get really fast... I'd rather combine our resources. Everyone is throwing money and ideas at companies that are only giving passing attention to how the mindworms work and how to counter them, as opposed to the group that was made specifically for this The Morgan Industries is a great place to live if you enjoy the simpler things in life. But the other colony pods and the planet itself is NOT going to leave us be. Give me a position with a bit of autonomy, and I'll ensure that your men and women are as prepared for the threats of Chiron as I can possibly make them. I might drive them hard, but it's better they grumble about the hard work than having to write letters to their widows. You want me to oversee patrols? Done. Rather I ensure our gear is ready and research more prototypes to send to Reilly? I'll do it. Morgan IS my home, and I can't sit back and watch everyone waste time ignoring the threats knocking on our doors... Make me a fair offer, and I'll bring everyone that's stuck with me through this. You're my best bet on our survival right now. -XDI HCS Ezekiel Carson PS. The deal better include as much coffee as I drat well please. And the good stuff, not this light decaf blend the loving gaians are pushing as being 'kinder to planet'. Let me poison my body how I want. Drakenel fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Jan 30, 2015 |
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Jimmy4400nav posted:P.S-Don't worry, we have plenty of the good kind of coffee, none of that decaffeinated crap here. To: Marcus Li From: Ezekiel Carson Subject: Re:Re:Re: Job Offer Hrm... deal. Gotta admit, when you grabbed a chunk of rat patrol and ran off to make your own company, I kind of thought you'd flounder on the first step and be laughed off by the other departments. Guess I should've had more faith In Morgan seeing worth in you. Glad you proved me wrong. I'll talk to who still works here at XDI, and see if we can't convert the ownership and security keys to you. No sense in wasting a perfectly good lab and containment facility, eh? Hate to say this, but with how aggressive gaian and spartan... 'diplomacy' has been, I would not be surprised at all if we have a couple moles. Can't do anything about outgoing comms at the moment since that's handled by their own business, but I am going to start cracking down on security protocols. You may want to get in touch with LoveLace about tightening that up for interdepartmental comms. In the meantime, I'll organize our squads to have a bit more backup and warning. We should push to have the formers set up sensors around the bases so we can plan for approaching worm boils and pull off better coordinated attacks. If you're expanding like I think you are, We're going to need more equipment. If Reilly complains about how much we're asking again, just tell her not to complain about getting business and throw in some line about "Oh we have the utmost confidence in your capabilities to make it happen" Should work. Storm is coming, Marcus. God help us if all of them decide to hit us at once. -Ezekiel Carson PS. You may technically be my boss now, but you're still green to me. If you get complaints that I'm pushing their training too hard, just remember that my drills saved your rear end on the first mindworm attack from just curling up into a ball and dying. Drakenel fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Jan 30, 2015 |
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To: Nwabudike Morgan From: Lt. Ezekiel Carson Subject: Congratulations! Congrats on finding someone to share your life with. I have to admit, since I've known you before the unity, I never figured you'd marry again. But good on you. I'll definitely come wish you well. I owe you far more than that, at the very least. If you'd like, I have some great wine that I've been saving from old earth. This'd be a sufficient occasion to celebrate, no? I'll bring you and your betrothed a bottle to commemorate your new lives together. To a happy and fertile marriage for you, Morgan. I'll see you soon. -Lt Ezekiel Carson To: Marcus Li From: Lt. Ezekiel Carson Subject: Goddamnit I think it's pretty obvious by now that no amount of fancy armor or guns is going to give us an edge against worms, as demonstrated by the recent losses. We need a direct counter to their... gently caress it, I'm calling a horse a horse, 'Psionic' attacks or this is going to keep happening. The old XDI lab started us on the right track, I feel... but we're going to need to push our biology neighbors to keep at their discoveries into the workings of these things. God help us they're wrapped up in their own pet projects like we didn't just have a bunch of horrific deaths. The boys and girls down here are scared, Li. They should be. I'm not really good with the whole bedside manner thing. Let em hate me for the hard drills that keep them alive, you should say something to them. You're heading this as a business, but lets face it, we are what passes for a military in this place. They need someone to look up to. This poo poo is going to kill me before the rejuv treatment next week, I swear. -Lt. Ezekiel Carson PS: No really, I am going to take the plunge and get rejuv treatment. I'm old enough to be on dialysis now, and my doc has no idea how I'm still alive with how much I drink at this age. I hear they're testing on not setting you back to your teens, so I'll be trying that out, as hilarious as it is to see the high and mighty 'senior personnel' whine about suddenly having a sex drive again. It'll be before the wedding though so this'll be fun to mess with security about verifying my identity.
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To: Marcus Li, Talon Security From: Lt. Ezekiel Carson Subject: Expansion Well halle-loving-lujiah. We finally have a real base. It's still small, but it'll grow fast with the available resources. Best thing? It won't even look like a base when it's all done. People will have relatively normal lives here but they'll be goddamn safe for once. We've got fungus right on the borders though. Once the garrison buckles down we should get formers on that. Last thing we need is for the base to be overrun by a worm's sneak attack. That'd just be embarrassing. On a more personal note, rejuv loving rocks. I'm in my physical 20's and It felt satisfying as hell to be limber and strong enough again to break private Dickie's leg like a twig. His dignity is in the infirmary with him. Maybe I'm being a bit harsh, but he has a lot worse coming to him for all the poo poo he's broken. On that note, thank god we've strengthened our garrisons. With the Federation pushing the gaian's back, we'll be next on the menu if it keeps going at that rate. Cross your fingers and pray that our supply of hard liquor makes it to Reilly's office, yeah? ...Which reminds me, I'm putting our arriving seafood through the scans and decontamination protocols twice ever since Valdez has decided to share every hosed up sexual tragedy that goes on in her base. Ugh. I'd chew her out for letting her security be totally loving useless with hazardous chemicals and proper storage, but I'm afraid to find out just how lazy their guards really are. Anyway, you're moving up kid. Good luck to us all out here. -Lt. Ezekiel Carson
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Night10194 posted:[Talon Security Solutions Disciplinary Report #49182] [Talon Secuirty Solutions Corporate Mail] Congratulations on the promotion, You are now who everyone hates for long shifts and overtime. Though in reality that's still my job to assign those, you just get to be the scapegoat. Have fun with that. All kidding aside, you've done good work for us and we're hoping you'll take to your responsibilities well. You're also now free to join Marcus and I every friday evening for drinks. You'd be amazed how much planning gets done while shitfaced. And how many bad ideas we have to go through the next morning. Did you know that whiskey was going to be a part of the ration packs at some point? Marcus thought that would be too unprofessional of us. Also Dickie is well 'taken care' of. Don't you worry about that. -Ezekiel Carson
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[Talon Security Services Internal Mail] To: Marcus Li, All LTs with security clearance 3 or lower. I'll preface this by admitting I laughed my rear end off through the whole interview. For starters, we're Talon SECURITY Services. We're not a PMC. If anything we're more akin to Japanese defense forces post World War 2. We are not designed or trained to wage an offensive war, not even 'opportunistic' wars. We defend our colonies and our people. That's it. Not that we won't push back if we're attacked, but that's not our purpose. Second, whatever the hell they think they can do, they forget that we are technically our own company. Just cause they say to go shoot someone doesn't mean we have to. We are well within our rights to tell them to go gently caress themselves if it's a stupid idea. I hate politicians. I almost want them to come waddling by and make them go through basic training and do a fungal patrol. Then we'll see how 'low quality' our 'mercs' are. -Ezekiel Carson
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Feb 4, 2015 13:59
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Carson's response is one long 'I TOLD YOU SO'.
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Feb 5, 2015 04:46
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Jimmy4400nav posted:TO ALL TALON PERSONAL Marcus: This is Carson, I'm taking the fastest transport we have to get to the border colonies. I know you want me on administrative help, but I have a couple surprises cooked up for this, I need to oversee it. If they knock on our doors, I'm not going to sit in the back for this one. As much as I want to tell everyone I told them so, It'll have to wait till this incursion is stopped. Most of our security came to defend against worms, not people. Their morale is going to flag fast without someone there to keep them focused. Wish me luck. Get Hendrikson to organize mobile units. If we do nothing but sit behind our walls, they'll trash all of the hard work our formers have been doing.
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Feb 5, 2015 08:27
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-Personal Log of Ezekiel Carson- Of course it's the Gaians. These brainless shits are out for blood, and our people, good men and women who wanted nothing more than to keep their homes and families safe from mindworms, are being killed. Oh, sure we're making them pay three-fold for every loss we take, but we're still slaughtering each other for literally no loving reason, as Deidre proved that her rhetoric about 'for planet!' is a bold faced lie with her BURNING THE loving FOREST DOWN. To make matters worse, she controls the goddamn worms. Not all of them, but she's figured it out. These goddamn things now have a bit of the cunning of humankind insofar as placement and timing. We're still winning, but goddamn it... At least Hendrikson pulled through with the rovers. Good man, I may have to respect him now. Hrm... But this hardly matters. I'm here sitting in the drat infirmary. Oh, not for long, mind. Medical science has progressed so far that I won't be here for longer than a couple days, probably. I took two shots to my shoulder during the fighting. Why? Cause some troops froze up. I don't even remember their names, but those two were still coming to grips with killing another person when the first shots were being fired. Throwing them to the ground worked, but I payed for it. It's not going to lose me an arm or anything... so it's still far better than those poor kids losing their lives. Better than how my body looked Pre-rejuv. Back when I actually did run a PMC, I'd accumulated so many bullet scars and had a good section of my neck and chest covered in burn scars. Santiago always did throw me into the more vicious fights. I guess because she knew I could handle it... What the hell changed with her? We used to be able to sit down and drink together. Laugh. Even... be friends. As impossible as that sounds now. The unity apparently changed all that. *Sigh* At least I still know a couple people over there. Poor Marcus... he's losing so much to this same old bullshit. I'm going to call in the last favors I had for him. It's the least I can do at this point. ((Any of the people posting soldier logs are free to be the soldiers he got shot for. I do love collaboration)) To: Marcus Li From: Lt. Ezekiel Carson Subject: War Hey, Mark. Listen, I'm messaging you from the infirmary right now. I'm attaching the full report of our encounters, all conveniently organized for you to review. We took some losses, but we've made the Gaians bleed for every step they took. All our hard work and training payed off. This could have gone a lot worse. As it is, we hold a clear advantage in troop quality. As for myself, I'll be out of here in a few days and back out there coordinating our local defenses. This isn't over, but Deidre is learning what a mistake she made here. I... also am aware of your losses. I am sorry to hear this. You... are a good man. Really. As such, I DO know a couple people in Santiago's camp. It isn't much, but I'm calling in what they still owe me and your mother's belongings and effects are being smuggled out. They'll arrive to you hopefully within the year. I can't do anything about the body, unfortunately as there isn't... well you know. Trust me, the Spartans will get theirs in due time. The Gaians are about to realize what they've started. It won't end well for her. If I have any say... well, remember nerve stapling? Maybe we can make an exception on the ban for one particular person. Hold strong, we're all making you proud out here. -LT Ezekiel Carson. Drakenel fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Feb 6, 2015 |
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To: Talon Security Personnel Clearance level B and above. From: Ezekiel Carson See, THIS is why I insisted on weapon locks on our troops guns. "Why the hell would you ever need to lock a soldier's weapon?" "That's like holding a gun to our heads if we don't follow orders!" No, gently caress you, what happened at our base is why. If I hadn't hit the drat command for some of our garrison, we'd be digging a lot more graves for our own men and women getting torched by allied flame guns instead of just them being locked down in the infirmary temporarily from terror attacks. That was way too drat close. I'm going to give some drat awards to the formers crews that picked up the guns and drove off the last boil. A lot of our personnel is out of commission, and while recruiting is still going steady, I'd like to get some people to help our squads get a hold of their minds soon. If they stay or leave is up to them, but we kind of owe it to them to get all the help they need. Thank gently caress for command centers though. Being able to drill some discipline is saving so many lives. -Ezekiel Carson
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Honestly? Put trance on garrison units stationed in our border colonies, where the threat of mindworm attacks are greatest. It's purely a defensive upgrade, so putting it on our mobile troops would be pointless, since the point is to attack first. I'll make an IC post sometime later.
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