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[RedTracer7]

uhdnrt wrote...

RedTracer7 wrote...

uhdnrt wrote...

RedTracer7 signature...
"The devil's grin does not make him
trustworthy.  It makes him useful."

A rebuttal.
"I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone." -Camille Claudel

"The devil is, and always will be, a gentleman." 
~Diane LeVay

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil. James A. Garfield

That Levay quote is from the co-founder of the Church of Satan.  I don't think I can get any lower to rebut your quote.

You win this time, uhdnrt!

[RedTracer7]

 I too am heading off to bed.  Nite, y'all!

I live my life free of compromise, and step into the shadows without complaint or regret...

[SpatFieya]

RedTracer7 wrote...
You win this time, uhdnrt!

Screen capped.

*Returns to slumber*

[RedTracer7]

SpatFieya wrote...

RedTracer7 wrote...
You win this time, uhdnrt!

Screen capped.

*Returns to slumber*

Oh noes...

[uhdnrt]

Saw this, loved it, needed to post it.

[uhdnrt]

Dead thread is dead.

[Someone With Mass]

Ten pages in four hours? Well, I guess that's something.

[Leftnt Sharpe]

Last post one hour ago? The thread really is comatose, anyone here to tell me if I missed anything interesting?

[uhdnrt]

You missed a little bit here and there. And this (Repostan!)
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Control Breached
Prompted by Nytefyre410
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I'll be damned to hell for the second time if I let this happen, Shepard thought to himself as he listened to the admirals over the speaker as he and Tali returned to the fleet. Sharing a glance with his companions, he sped up and punched the interface on the door.

Not waiting for it to open completely, he stormed into the meeting square. The quarians near the door who saw his entrance murmured to each other and a path quickly opened. None would stand before him; the commander's biotic field was flickering around him erratically as he rushed to the admiralty board.

Tali and Garrus shared a glance. It was unusual for Shepard to get this worked up. They reached the square, and Shepard stalked up to the podium. Tali matched his stride and walked with him up to the podium as Garrus took a seat on the stairs to watch the fireworks.

"Sorry we're late...."
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"Have you seen him this worked up before?" She asked the turian after the trial. Shepard was up in the cockpit of the shuttle, discussing something with Miranda as they returned to the Normandy.

Garrus nodded. "Once or twice. Remember when you got knocked unconscious by a pirate sniper on Klensal? When we were approaching the pirate base?"

"Yes, I remember getting hit, then waking up in the infirmary."

"Well, you missed all of the fun on the ground," he stated with more than a touch of sarcasm. "Shepard evac'd you, then brought me and Wrex back down to the planet. During the drop, his biotics were flickering like that."

Garrus paused, before continuing, "When we got to the base, he used the Mako to take out the towers. Then, he blew the doors to the base open." Tali's eyes widened; that was overkill, and something she couldn't picture her commander doing. The turian wasn't done with his story though.

"Shepard told me to snip anyone that was disabled," Garrus said with a chuckle. "Then he and Wrex ran in, and used their biotics to lift or knock down every single mercenary they saw. It was a shooting gallery for me."

Tali shook her head. "That was reckless."

"You have no idea," the turian agreed. "Shepard just stood there, out in the open. It was surreal; I think the pirates were actually more afraid of him than they were of the krogan. He didn't calm down until all the merc's were dead."

"After we got back, he checked on you after setting a course for the other location that human on the Citadel told him about. Once Chakwas told him you were ok, he calmed down," Garrus finished.

"Really?" She asked. The turian nodded. "I remember I was surprised when he took Ashley and Wrex with him instead of anyone else."

"Well, I was exhausted," Garrus replied. "That, and he told me to keep an eye on you." He nodded an affirmation when the quarian just stared at him.

Her gaze turned to the cockpit speculatively. He cared that much, even back then? she thought to herself. I should tell him...no, stop being selfish, she reprimanded herself. It was just the same concern he gave everyone...

But try as she might, a small flicker of warmth erupted in her chest. Her commander cared; truly cared. It might have been an unrealistic dream, but Tali spent the rest of the trip thinking on her commander, and everything she longed to tell him but did not dare speak.

If only...
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[Someone With Mass]

Hah. Shepard's badassery level just went up a notch.

[Death of Seph]

The time for lurking has come to an end. Tali rules.

[Thelacan]

I'm back, thread!

Uhdnrt, you still around?

[uhdnrt]

I live, for now. What's up Thel?

[Thelacan]

 Uhdnrt, you ever heard of a band Suburban Tribe? 

[nitefyre410]

uhdnrt wrote...

You missed a little bit here and there. And this (Repostan!)
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Control Breached
Prompted by Nytefyre410
-----------------------
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I'll be damned to hell for the second time if I let this happen, Shepard thought to himself as he listened to the admirals over the speaker as he and Tali returned to the fleet. Sharing a glance with his companions, he sped up and punched the interface on the door.

Not waiting for it to open completely, he stormed into the meeting square. The quarians near the door who saw his entrance murmured to each other and a path quickly opened. None would stand before him; the commander's biotic field was flickering around him erratically as he rushed to the admiralty board.

Tali and Garrus shared a glance. It was unusual for Shepard to get this worked up. They reached the square, and Shepard stalked up to the podium. Tali matched his stride and walked with him up to the podium as Garrus took a seat on the stairs to watch the fireworks.

"Sorry we're late...."
-----------

"Have you seen him this worked up before?" She asked the turian after the trial. Shepard was up in the cockpit of the shuttle, discussing something with Miranda as they returned to the Normandy.

Garrus nodded. "Once or twice. Remember when you got knocked unconscious by a pirate sniper on Klensal? When we were approaching the pirate base?"

"Yes, I remember getting hit, then waking up in the infirmary."

"Well, you missed all of the fun on the ground," he stated with more than a touch of sarcasm. "Shepard evac'd you, then brought me and Wrex back down to the planet. During the drop, his biotics were flickering like that."

Garrus paused, before continuing, "When we got to the base, he used the Mako to take out the towers. Then, he blew the doors to the base open." Tali's eyes widened; that was overkill, and something she couldn't picture her commander doing. The turian wasn't done with his story though.

"Shepard told me to snip anyone that was disabled," Garrus said with a chuckle. "Then he and Wrex ran in, and used their biotics to lift or knock down every single mercenary they saw. It was a shooting gallery for me."

Tali shook her head. "That was reckless."

"You have no idea," the turian agreed. "Shepard just stood there, out in the open. It was surreal; I think the pirates were actually more afraid of him than they were of the krogan. He didn't calm down until all the merc's were dead."

"After we got back, he checked on you after setting a course for the other location that human on the Citadel told him about. Once Chakwas told him you were ok, he calmed down," Garrus finished.

"Really?" She asked. The turian nodded. "I remember I was surprised when he took Ashley and Wrex with him instead of anyone else."

"Well, I was exhausted," Garrus replied. "That, and he told me to keep an eye on you." He nodded an affirmation when the quarian just stared at him.

Her gaze turned to the cockpit speculatively. He cared that much, even back then? she thought to herself. I should tell him...no, stop being selfish, she reprimanded herself. It was just the same concern he gave everyone...

But try as she might, a small flicker of warmth erupted in her chest. Her commander cared; truly cared. It might have been an unrealistic dream, but Tali spent the rest of the trip thinking on her commander, and everything she longed to tell him but did not dare speak.

If only...
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my Ego:REJOICE TALI THREAD YOUR SOURCE OF ENDLESS INSPIRATION HAVE RETURNED.  


*Punches own ego in the face*  

Shuddup ... Oh excuse me ... whats up guys...  

That was well a lively discussion last night 

My Ego: I... ack  

you hush... um sorry about the ego its can get of control

[Thelacan]

uhdnrt wrote...

But anyway, let's look at known Cerberus actions:

3.) Attempt 1 to make a better biotic human (Subject Zero). Partial Success, but process not repeatable. Unusable
4.) Attempt 2 to make a better biotic human (Novel: Ascension). Project was promising, but process not repeatable and results in open hostilities between Cerberus/quarians. Failure.

7.) Attempt to merge an AI with a human to provide a bridge and means of control over the geth. Failed - merger with only viable test subject is unreliable at best. Also unlikely to be able to reproduce experiment.

8.) Recreation of the Normandy, adding an AI to it as well as making theoretical improvements to it. Partial Success. Project repeatable, but costly. However, AI not controllable depending on circumstances.
9.) Attempts to study Inactive Reaper for understanding of tech, location of IFF. Partial success; IFF located, but entire team was lost to indoctrination. Reaper lost.
10.) Project Lazarus. Success, but not repeatable/subject unpredictable.

This is what I could remember off of the top of my head. The only two of these projects that had anything resembling success were the new Normandy and Project Lazarus. And dozens of people died during the Lazarus project, not to mention the hundreds lost/sacrificed to the other known projects.

And we are supposed to be sympathetic to this group?
 

Cerberus operations tend to fail, when Shepard is involved into it in some way. Coincidence?

3.) Not sure how TIM wanted to get more powerful biotics, but we know that his subordinants acted without his permission on it.
4.) Project Ascencion was a success. It created a powerful biotic, young child capable of to forming a singularity. The betrayal of Golo and Pel was something that couldn't not be foreseen, or at least on Pel's sake.
Without getting Jiro caught in it, Cerberus could have injected more of the children with the unknown drug, thus creating more powerful biotics. It could have been repeatable. This one is actually where TIM is openly acknowledging the consecuenses, giving his blessings to it. Attack on the flotilla unfortunate.

7.) TIM was ready to shut down the project because there were no progress. Archer panicked and forced his brother to merge with the VI. Partial success, as the knowledge they can learn from David is tremendous.
8.) Success, total.
9.) Reaper lost because of Shepard's actions. Unfortunately it wasn't something which could have been avoided. Instead, gained Legion, acquired IFF, lots of other info about Reapers. Cerberus apparently still holds the massive MA-weapon that was used to knock it out.
10.) Only time will tell. 

Edit: Also, the deaths on Lazarus station wasn't Cerberus' fault, but Wilson's.

So, maybe at least a little bit. Or not at the group, but clearly TIM isn't that big of a monster. Most of the cruel experiments have gotten out of his hands, he didn't have any control or knowledge about them.

Modifié par Thelacan, 12 juillet 2010 - 11:00 .

[uhdnrt]

Thelacan wrote...

 Uhdnrt, you ever heard of a band Suburban Tribe? 

I have now.  Too tired to write or see if the muse bites, sadly.  On waking, this gets my full attention.  I am feeling a slight pull to my word processor from the muse, but hs ei s exhausted (got a good chunk of the new This and That chapter done, as well as some other work).  Expect a further comment tomorrow.

[Someone With Mass]

Eh...why are we defending/hating Cerberus again? Is there something that I missed? They are a bunch of incompetent idiots with a big wallet and they've done things they must answer for. "Anything at any price" is not an excuse for what Cerberus did.
That's all we need to know.

Modifié par Someone With Mass, 12 juillet 2010 - 11:15 .

[Hicrodonma]

Hello all I'm but a couple hours away from being on my way to the states and it is a glorious feeling. I would say almost as glorious as when I found out Tali and I could be together in two but that would be a lie. How ever they're both up there.

[Thelacan]

Hicrodonma wrote...

Hello all I'm but a couple hours away from being on my way to the states and it is a glorious feeling. I would say almost as glorious as when I found out Tali and I could be together in two but that would be a lie. How ever they're both up there.

Nice! Have a good and safe trip! 

[Thelacan]

uhdnrt wrote...
I have now.  Too tired to write or see if the muse bites, sadly.  

No worries, just wanted to share that with you 

[Thelacan]

Someone With Mass wrote...

Eh...why are we defending/hating Cerberus again? Is there something that I missed?

No. I just wanted to give my fair shot at it.

So, Tali? I'm in the mood so give me an idea to write about 

[Someone With Mass]

Thelacan wrote...

No. I just wanted to give my fair shot at it.

So, Tali? I'm in the mood so give me an idea to write about 

Alright.

The squad is stranded on a unpopulated planet for a month. It's a green planet with lots of plants and all that.

You can give it a shot if you want. 

Maybe not the best, but I can barely think in this heat.