Mark_McKinney
Who I am, and what I do is my own business. You want to know me? Talk with me. Conversation is the best way to get to know someone.
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Mark_McKinney12hCommentedSmart. He can now say that he was acting in his capacity as a liaison by consulting for a market perspective of his charges. He wasn't playing around.
"Sure." As an insider in the Bentheim mech industry, she knew almost all of the larger players. "The KNG has a rich mech catalog in both spaceborn mechs and frontline mechs. Kadar specializes in designing spaceborn mechs while Neyvis excels in designing frontline mechs. The KNG therefore has a strong presence in the lower end of the mech market. They have a strong cross-border presence as well, but they still derive most of their sales from the domestic market."- Mark_McKinney1dCommented
Admit it, Ves. After all your grousing about missing all the action, this is precisely the challenge you are looking for.
If Ves knew that his complaints led to this result, then he would have kept his head down! After spending the bulk of his time in the war on the Aeon Corona Mission, he was more than tired of dangerous missions! - Mark_McKinney1dCommentedWhat the hell?! Ves wanted this banquet to end as soon as possible!
- Mark_McKinney1dCommentedAfter the obligatory salutes and other trivial ceremonies, Captain Orfan personally stepped forward and handed over the lockbox to a security captain, who immediately placed it into an even larger and sturdier lockbox.
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Ves, the center of the universe...
Even so, that didn't prevent Major Verle and some of the officers to pay a visit to the Omen of Misfortune in order to express their thanks and perhaps offer some promises of payback. Ves didn't ask to accompany the delegation, as with his luck something eventful might happen due to his presence. - Mark_McKinney1dCommented"So." The commanding officer stared at Ves like he was an experimental specimen. "That happened."
- Mark_McKinney2dCommented"The Slick Hairs fancy themselves as sophisticated thugs. They're known for how much time they spend on grooming their slick dyed black hair."
- Mark_McKinney2dReplied to NAJ_P_JacksonCh 956 Dead Drop Accounts
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Hang ranking...
Did the security officers receive orders to monitor every cadre aboard the ship for reasons other than protection? Were they afraid that mid and hang-ranking Vandals would be plotting a mutiny behind everyone's backs? - Mark_McKinney2dCommented
Well, now. Since all's forgiven, nothing more needs to be said!
"I will make sure you'll be pleased with the new agreement I'm about to forgive, sir." Ves bowed. - Mark_McKinney2dReplied to Balthy
Given the copious amount of errors, I think we did that long ago...
"I will make sure you'll be pleased with the new agreement I'm about to forgive, sir." Ves bowed. - Mark_McKinney3dCommented
I'm thinking tiers more like Maslow's hierarchy of needs... or this.
All four survivors practically broke into tiers when the shuttle came close enough to see the battle-scarred carrier ships and their tired but unflinching mech escorts. - Mark_McKinney3dCommented
The vault is full of cats.
Meanwhile, in realspace, Flagrant Swordmaidens and the Vesians fought over the vault which they believed stored a batch of high-grade life prolonging serum and other valuables. - Mark_McKinney3dCommentedThe implications of the two secret projects and his own role in facilitating their handoff to Miss Calabast and her employers gnawed at his conscience, or at least what little of it still remained.
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It's fine. Ves's plot armor is unusually thick.
Of course, Ves bore all the risks, but the overall risks of each treatment was quite low due to how standard and routine they were in the CFA. - Mark_McKinney3dCommented
Brains? (How many?)
The virtual exobiologist shook his head. [Not after we adjusted the treatments to your unique conditions. They mainly work by improving your baseline human genes, ignoring everything that is either non-human or already augmented. However, I do admit that your case is a little more troublesome than other human officers. Besides your alien hybridization, your body and especially your brains are already heavily augmented. In fact, there are hardly any aspects about your brains that the gene optimization treatments can improve!] - Mark_McKinney4dCommented
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Amplified The Wisdom of God 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness [absurd and illogical] to those who are perishing and spiritually dead [because they reject it], but to us who are being saved [by God’s grace] it is [the manifestation of] the power of God. 19 For it is written and forever remains written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise [the philosophy of the philosophers], And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.” 20 Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom? 21 For since the world through all its [earthly] wisdom failed to recognize God, God in His wisdom was well-pleased through the [c]foolishness of the message preached [regarding salvation] to save those who believe [in Christ and welcome Him as Savior]. 22 For Jews demand signs (attesting miracles), and Greeks pursue [worldly] wisdom and philosophy, 23 but we preach Christ crucified, [a message which is] to Jews a stumbling block [that provokes their opposition], and to Gentiles foolishness [just utter nonsense], 24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles), Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 [This is] because the foolishness of God [is not foolishness at all and] is wiser than men [far beyond human comprehension], and the weakness of God is stronger than men [far beyond the limits of human effort]. 26 Just look at your own calling, believers; not many [of you were considered] wise according to human standards, not many powerful or influential, not many of high and noble birth. 27 But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty]. 28 God has selected [for His purpose] the insignificant (base) things of the world, and the things that are despised and treated with contempt, [even] the things that are nothing, so that He might reduce to nothing the things that are, 29 so that no one may [be able to] boast in the presence of God. 30 But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God [revealing His plan of salvation], and righteousness [making us acceptable to God], and sanctification [making us holy and setting us apart for God], and redemption [providing our ransom from the penalty for sin], 31 so then, as it is written [in Scripture], “He who boasts and glories, let him boast and glory in the Lord.”
Too many stories like this throughout humanity's rise spoiled a significant portion of humany against organized religion. The intellectuals and elites often regarded it as the stimulant of the masses. - Mark_McKinney4dCommented
Best answer under the circumstances, and it doesn't create any suspicion.
"To tell you the truth, admiral, I am indeed holding an object that I believe to be the Metal Scroll. However, I inherited it from my parents, who told me nothing about its true status." - Mark_McKinney4dCommented"Think of it as an investment." Ves grinned as he crossed his arms. "I'm sure that if I offered up my gear for study to the armories, they'll certainly bid a lot of merits for the opportunity. If you don't want this chance to slip through your virtual fingers, you better
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"frigid"
It became abundantly clear that the survivors of the CFA engaged in a very frigid conflict at some point in time.