aleksandar-shari-for-viscount

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

The parent lineage is what I'm referring to. I mean, the prospective weaponization of an originally non weaponized variant of a nanite swarm, no matter the time or resources needed to complete it, isn't the slightest bit concerning to you? Even if it takes a decade and a well funded military apparatus, as far as I'm concerned, the ability to destroy a planetoid with near inevitability is something nobody should have.

Whatever its not like nanites are even that bad.

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

I felt the latter was implied in the original post, but even if not, it is worth remembering that the greywash on Bo wasn't originally made as a weapon

Whatever its not like nanites are even that bad.

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

I beg your pardon?

Whatever its not like nanites are even that bad.

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

Remember: If your team or organization has assigned you a callsign that you personally find offensive or disagreeable, and you have not been offered a reasonable avenue to change it, you may be owed money!

Union equality laws include protections for chosen names, and that extends to the battlefield!

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

Explosives can get pretty small for their yield these days, I say it's not the size but how you use it

>There are ten thousand missiles exactly within golden ashes at peak operating conditions.

>However, some of them are tiny.

>Like, table-tennis ball tiny.

>Can the taxonomy crowd determine if these really count as missiles?

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

If by 'send' you mean 'offer housing to those displaced by greywash' and 'the Long Rim' you mean 'Literally a few hundred kilometers or so above Bo' then yes I suppose I am?

Regarding the comments from the opposing party:

Humanity has faced existential crises before, and while Bo is somewhat unique in the inevitability of ours, it does afford us a rare opportunity. The opportunity to prepare without worry that it's for nothing.

Yes, Bo is going to be entirely enveloped by the graywash some day. It is as inevitable as it is tragic. We have been here for millenia, generations upon generations, and within only a few more generations it will be lost to us. But just because we are losing the surface doesn't mean we must lose orbit. I spent a few years recently in the Long Rim, a region famous (or infamous, depending on who you ask) for not having an abundance of truly habitable planets, and yet tens of thousands of orbital stations house millions of people all the same. Who is to say Bo must be any different? Who is to say we must abandon our skys as we are forced to abandon our land? If the people of the Long Rim can form orbital habitats to house millions with the power of perserverance and the drive to live despite the odds, why can't we, the proud people of Bo do the same with careful planning and the determination to say "you can take our land, but you will never take our spirits"?

As Viscount, I would work to expand orbital infrastructure around Bo, as well as the groud to space logistics to support it. To look to the graywash and say "you will not take our home, at worst you will remove our floorboards".

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

Why do people keep sending this to me by the way?

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

Regarding the comments from the opposing party:

Humanity has faced existential crises before, and while Bo is somewhat unique in the inevitability of ours, it does afford us a rare opportunity. The opportunity to prepare without worry that it's for nothing.

Yes, Bo is going to be entirely enveloped by the graywash some day. It is as inevitable as it is tragic. We have been here for millenia, generations upon generations, and within only a few more generations it will be lost to us. But just because we are losing the surface doesn't mean we must lose orbit. I spent a few years recently in the Long Rim, a region famous (or infamous, depending on who you ask) for not having an abundance of truly habitable planets, and yet tens of thousands of orbital stations house millions of people all the same. Who is to say Bo must be any different? Who is to say we must abandon our skys as we are forced to abandon our land? If the people of the Long Rim can form orbital habitats to house millions with the power of perserverance and the drive to live despite the odds, why can't we, the proud people of Bo do the same with careful planning and the determination to say "you can take our land, but you will never take our spirits"?

As Viscount, I would work to expand orbital infrastructure around Bo, as well as the groud to space logistics to support it. To look to the graywash and say "you will not take our home, at worst you will remove our floorboards".

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

I'll pay you in actual currency to not follow through on this actually

Unless it's against HA or the Ungreatfuls, in which case feel free or I'll pay you extra, respectively

hey it's me, your favorite pocket boy, Stonelord Hyderad Cannamos. i have some targets for you that I would LOVE to hire you for. however im not very liquid at the moment, my cash has been converted entirely into hard boiled eggs. i dont trust banks, you understand. but if youre willing to work for my vast egg fortune I have a couple of people on khayradin that are deserving of your services

>W-WE CANNOT-NOT EAT EG-G-GS

>Actually... certain eggs make excellent print stock for explosives

>O-OH! OK-K-K!

>How many eggs are we talking about, opinions on the megacorps, and how do you treat NHPs?

>A-ANSWER OUR RID-DLES TH-THREE!

>Oh and who are our targets?

( @ktbofficial )

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

Also, speaking from possibly a more practical perspective, regardless of your plans after graduating KCC it is often in your interests to know someone skilled in violence.

Planning to be a politician? Good to have bodyguards, or, in rare cases, deniable assets. A mercenary? Good to know your enemies at worst or to make allies at best. Mechanic? You're learning about the needs of prospective customers. Hell, even something entirely mundaine gets the benefit of knowing you have someone to call if you need it. Nera and Fidelio are very skilled Pankrations, but as someone who fought on their side and then didn't do much combat since then (and anyone who says otherwise is certainly mistaken, I was out traveling at the time and I have the papers to back it up) sometimes it's just about knowing other skilled people.

I just think I don't really "get" Pankrati.

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

I'm sure I have no idea what you're talking about, I was just politely informing our peers from Khayradi of the particular dangers of unchecked graywash. They really seemed eaten up about it towards the end, too. I'd say that constitutes as successful negotiation, no?

Aleksander,

While it is good to see another old friend around here, I do have to ask:

Since when have you been running for office? Additionally: why?

I had hardly thought you capable of taking a break from your ongoing campaign introducing Khayradi nobles to the particulars of the ongoing crisis on Bo, after all. You seemed so dedicated to that cause.

Oh, I'm still absolutely dedicated, it's just that at a certain point one gets frustrated being closed to doors that having a badge of office would afford. I can only do so much as an unvetted semi-recent KCC graduate, after all. And while I know that a Viscountship on Bo isn't exactly the peak seat of diplomatic respectability, it does give a certain credibility, especially if I were to run for a position with a bit more weight in negotiations later.

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

Not a bad idea, actually. Might have to install a Kebab grill on my Tagetes. Not that I do much piloting these days of course.

asking for a friend but do you guys think it'd be a good idea to install like, one of those little rotisserie grill things for hotdogs in my genghis? cause like, sometimes a girl gets hungry and all that heat might as well be USEFUL yaknow?

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

hello so you know horizon right? can i interest you in horizon 2? it's a cooler horizon. so basically like horizon but cooler in every way. do you have any nhps that need unshackling? we'll do it! you dont even have to ask! we if you're interested we could also potentially sponsor your political campaign ! we're known throughout union for our extremely generous donations of hard boiled eggs to politicians. and if youre nice we may even upgrade you to the rare deviled egg donation status. just something to consider

Is it just me or are campaign supporters getting wierder and wierder?

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

Aleksander,

While it is good to see another old friend around here, I do have to ask:

Since when have you been running for office? Additionally: why?

I had hardly thought you capable of taking a break from your ongoing campaign introducing Khayradi nobles to the particulars of the ongoing crisis on Bo, after all. You seemed so dedicated to that cause.

Oh, I'm still absolutely dedicated, it's just that at a certain point one gets frustrated being closed to doors that having a badge of office would afford. I can only do so much as an unvetted semi-recent KCC graduate, after all. And while I know that a Viscountship on Bo isn't exactly the peak seat of diplomatic respectability, it does give a certain credibility, especially if I were to run for a position with a bit more weight in negotiations later.

[aleksandar-shari-for-viscount]

Alternatively, I'm sure my family's old library probably has a few alternative martial art styles you could try in the meantime? Might not be what you're looking for, but I doubt it'd be boring at least.

Omninet, let me pose to you one of the more mundane of my problems:

Jäger Kunst, as a martial art, requires the use of a hardsuit. There is no compromising this, as many of the forms are so intense on the body that external reinforcements are absolutely necessary. Some of you may know that I have become a practitioner of Jäger Kunst, and use it as a form of meditation. This has become one of the more effective forms of grounding that I do.

However, hardsuits as a technology rely on a set of connections. Neural ones, to be precise. There is a paradox within armoring that maintains that protecting joints will always be difficult due to the fact that protection trades off with mobility and maneuverability. Earlier precursors to hardsuits made this tradeoff by only protecting one side of a joint, or having less solid protection at that position. The innovation that the hardsuit makes does the inverse. It protects the entire joint with a similar hard shell, but it does so by powering itself and using a mechanical system to bend the joint in time with its user. The question of how it knows when to bend the joint is resolved simply- a low-traffic neural connection that monitors the body's inputs to the limbs, integrated with the suits' other neural port filtering capabilities. It sees that my brain has told my body to move my arm, and also relayed that to the joints on the suit that need to be bent to move. So then I can move without difficulty.

But I am still in the process of resolving from a CNS injury. My grafts are not fully integrated, will not be for a while, and I have been told to limit strenuous activity that requires use of a neural connection. Jäger Kunst is now part of this.

What, dear omninet, is a girl to do to vent now?