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[isyourmechrunning]

>>Oh no I attracted corporate uh

>>I mean that’s really all there is!!! I’m just talking to her and it seems like she’s taking it well because she let me put a bunch of nanite food in a big metal tray and give it to her and now she’s just munching on that and letting me work perfectly fine!!! The last time I worked on sapient graywash too the nanite food seemed to fill them up for a bit because they just went back in the chassis and hung out while I worked. Graywash doesn’t really seem like it likes eating me a lot either.

>>And before you ask, I have no clue what the nanite food is or where it’s coming from I just have it. I have so much of it.

>>I dunno why people say Nightjaws are difficult to handle. Like, I know it’s sapient graywash with completely insatiable hunger and all but I’m just nice to her and also feed her whatever this nanite food that I keep finding in my workshop is.

[isyourmechrunning]

>>I dunno why people say Nightjaws are difficult to handle. Like, I know it’s sapient graywash with completely insatiable hunger and all but I’m just nice to her and also feed her whatever this nanite food that I keep finding in my workshop is.

[isyourmechrunning]

>>I'm not a CORSAIR mercenary but HI!!!!! IM HERE TOO!!!!!

>>CALLSIGN GAMBIT CHECKING IN!!!!!!!!

5017U

From all of us adrift in the stars. We made it.

One more year. A new face but we made it!

This is Handler Morse.

ALL CALLSIGNS CHECK IN!

[isyourmechrunning]

>>HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!! 5017u WOOOOOOOOOOOOO :3

[isyourmechrunning]

>>Hey guys can a mech be alive without like an NHP or a COMP/CON or anything in it? Like, Empty Threat has a Nightjaw in it, but Sleep to the Freezing just kinda... doesn't?

>>I like her a lot :3 I think she's watching me right now though

[isyourmechrunning]

Howdy. Glad to know I'm not the only one who got unwillingly caught up all this HORUS nonsense. Hope you've got it better than I do. -Mothman

>>Oh hi!!!! :3

>>Yeah, unwillingly getting caught up in HORUS shit is weird, and the USB quarantine isn’t exactly fun even though it’s not really that strict, but I’ve got it better than most people. Weird paracausal stuff keeps showing up in my workshop but other than that I’m not actually involved with any HORUS stuff, the most it affects me is that my hardsuit is, like, smart now and people keep calling me a pilot about it.

>>So sorry for your accidental HORUS entrapment!!! Here’s a little keychain with a button that calls Albatross to your location on it.

[isyourmechrunning]

◊ Hello again, Darling! Apologies for the delay, transit was a touch more eventful than I had anticipated. However, myself and my dear travelling companions are now within a few hours of your doorstep. I rather thought it would be polite to knock, so to speak.

◊ You mentioned you were under some form of quarentine, no? It sounded rather dreadfully dull, so I thought I would aquire some creature comforts as a token of grattitude for your willingness to teach me to better care for my dear Sleep to the Freezing. I was unsure what you might enjoy regarding some reading material, so I picked up a handful of magazines. Files, and physical darling- I thought perhaps the paper would be novel. Or good for keeping the floors clean while working, at least.

◊ Hm what else... ah, yes. A nice selection of cheeses, some accoutrements to go with them, I was fortunate to find fresh grapes as well. Some cookies, I believe? I don't quite remember all of what I packed into this basket if I'm quite honest. Perhaps the surprise will add to the enjoyment. Oh, yes speaking of surprises- I do hope you don't mind dear, but I am not here alone. My dear partner Zero agreed to accompany me, in my journey here. I'm sure you'll get along swimmingly. Certainlly, I think you will be delighted to meet his darling Ashanna; I have taken the liberty of procuring some scrap metal on our journey, to keep her hunger at bay during our visit.

◊ We should arrive posthaste, so do inform me if there are any precautions we should take on approach. Both myself and my dear partner are capable of subtlety, should the need arise. Oh yes, and- should you wish to know anything in detail of my darling To the Freezing, please don't hesitate to ask.

◊ Ciao. I will see you soon ✧

[ Khione // @umbrasnow ]

>>OH HI!!!! Hi Mx. Khione I’m SO excited to actually get to work on your mech I’ve never worked on a Banshee PG before but it’s gonna be SO fun I’ve been reading up as much as I can with these more exotic pattern groups and I haven’t found but BUT!!! I’m really good with HORUS stuff so it’ll be great it’ll be awesome.

>>Oh gifts!!! Ohhhh this is so sweet thank you so much!!!! I’ve kinda been going crazy here since all I have to do is tinker and stuff but surprise surprise I actually have hobbies other than being a mechanic. This is so so so sweet I’m gonna give you a discount for bringing gifts and also because you’re nice and I don’t actually need the money all that much. Your friend too because I think his Omninet beef is really funny and I think Paole frames are really cool.

>>You might need to be just a liiiittle quiet getting in here since technically I’m not supposed to have visitors BUT!!! I’m not monitored very closely and you won’t show up on the cameras because I’m cracked at the craft and USB can’t keep up with me. Just make sure none of the guards question you and you’ll be fine. I’ve read up on your guys’ records I’m sure that literally won’t be a problem for you.

>>One more thing!!! So, I’m really very skilled in something I like call duct tape maintenance, but also I know that some people like their repairs to be all fancy and seamless. The outside will be as nice and pristine as always!!! But inside on any more major repairs I might use materials like duct tape and stuff to patch things up. I’m also just a pretty good mechanic in general so I can also do neater repairs with all the fancy special-made materials and make it look pretty on the inside too, but functionally it’ll work all the same way and it’s just a cosmetic choice really. Doing it with all the special-made materials will cost more since those are really hard to find for HORUS PGs and C-GW mechs just straight up don’t have them, but I totally get it if you wanna treat your babies more nicely!!!

>>I’m so so excited for when you guys get here I also have drinks if you guys want. I’ve also got the printer running in case there’s parts I need!!! Door’s open, don’t be afraid to just walk in!!!

[isyourmechrunning]

Hey, one goblin pilot to another, I’ve got a balor pilot who’s balor turned into fucking slag, and my usual guy is also dead, from something unrelated. I’m in need of a new Balor some time soon, if you know anyone near the Dawline shore who can hook us up?

//Windvale\\

>>UH!!!!! I'm not actually a HORUS cell member so I don't have ready access to any sort of Balor PGs, BUT!!! I think I might be able to scrounge something up...

>>Hm, uh so I don't know exactly what's on this flash drive, it still uses old school USB 3.0 so you're gonna have to find an adapter or something, BUT I found it in a bag of something called "nanite food" and it has like a terabyte of data on it. I'm sure there's something useful in here even if it's not exactly a Balor. I'll send the nanite food too since I've heard some glowing reviews of it, it's basically just a bag of metal shavings but they hurt to look at and the geometry seems, like, hostile, so I'm sure they do something.

[isyourmechrunning]

So, your stuck in a medical quarantine too huh? What landed you there? Med bed to med bed

//Ashlyn II

>>HI!!!! QUARANTINE BUDDIES!!!!!

>>So!!! My quarantine is a little different, I'm not bedridden and mostly it's just that I have to submit to studies and tests and no one's allowed to come near me without PPE because they're worried I might be contagious or hazardous or something.

>>So, my freighter kinda might've found its way into a metavault, and that metavault kinda might've changed us like ontologically into something not really human. We look and act the same but like I don't sleep or eat or feel pain anymore and I don't really bleed since my blood is different now and my wounds heal like crazy fast and I can interact with legionspace even though I'm just kinda a human and it's a whole thing. Union's worried that I might spread it or like lose my mind and cascade or that RA might get on them about me being a violation of the First Contact Accords but I think it's fine.

>>BUT!!!!! Hold on I gotta give you a gift out of my workshop, let me go see what I've got...

[Comically loud banging and crashing noises steadily getting further away from the microphone]

>>HERE WE GO!!! Here, I've got three screws, a couple rusted-through rivets, and... uhhh ok this looks like a Perpetual Momentum Drive, but looking at it kinda hurts and it's a slightly different shape every time I blink and it's vibrating in a way it shouldn't, but I'm like 80% sure it'll work the same way if not better if you ever need a new one.

[isyourmechrunning]

>>IM CRACKED AT THE FUCKING CRAFT

[isyourmechrunning]

[Breaking quarantine for the delivery of baked goods? It's more likely than you think.]

[Inside is a small wrapped box of brownies and a small box of fresh spices, and a very nice cooking pan]

> here you go comrade, enjoy the brownies, and I threw in some non 'reactor core' pepper, if you ever run out. Hope it makes that quarantine more bearable.

>>OHHHH VETA YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD RIGHT NOW I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT BEING HUNGRY IM EATING THIS WHOLE BOX RIGHT NOW.

>>Oooh and spices!!!! I can't get out right now to go to the store and I haven't been able to cook anything half decent in like three weeks I'm THRIVING right now :3

[isyourmechrunning]

A Merry Mechmas (a late one) from CORSAIR

[Inside a massive cargo container sits the wrecked frame of a G-GW Tolkien]

"Enjoy picking it apart or whatever you want to do with it I know you like weird shit so have fun!"

>>OOHHHHHH OH THIS IS SO COOL. OH I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS IS. OH HOLY SHIT THIS IS COOL.

>>Ive only ever worked on one other C-GW mech this is AWESOME!!!!! Ohhhh there might be some cool shit in here I can put on Bughouse Brawl!!! Ohhh oh this is the best mechmas gift EVER!!!!!

[isyourmechrunning]

personally i prefer having a little cherenkov on my food. send some over here if you can.

(PO box enclosed.)

>>HELL YES!!!! Hold on hold on I'm gonna send over some lasagna, I used a bunch of reactor core pepper in it and I think there might be some graphite in here because my kitchen is also in my workshop and it's just kinda a jury-rigged situation HOWEVER!!!! It's really really good I'll send you a tray

[isyourmechrunning]

Hail, Vissily.

I reach out for best practices on recovery after overworking the prosthetic-body connection points. I... may have gotten slightly overwhelmed with my latest bout. I am also incidentally writing this from the floor of my home.

Any advice, I beg of tha.

-Kane

>>Hi!!!! Okokok SO!!!

>>Gray is probably better to ask for this!!! I have a prosthetic arm but it’s not connected like yours are connected (wired directly into the muscle) and I don’t feel pain (long story) HOWEVER I am disabled so I have some experience with these kinds of things.

>>First thing I would suggest is heat therapy. Low, diffuse heat to avoid damaging the connection points but heat will ease the muscle tension and let your body heal. If there’s swelling, ice it down to ease the swelling before applying heat. A massager can also help a lot, but be gentle with yourself!!! You can pretty easily make it worse like that if you don’t listen to your body there.

>>Most of all, please rest!!! Stay on the floor if it helps, maybe move to a bed if you’re able to. This is a time where having someone to help you out or at least an assistance subaltern is really really nice. If you don’t, be prepared to stock up with tons of snacks, water, and entertainment in one run to keep in arms reach for the rest of the day so you only have to get up once.

[isyourmechrunning]

I think I'm coming down with burnout. which sucks, because there's projects I really want to get around too! But everything feels numb. So I'm just stuck like this until I dig myself out of the rut.

And as if my white elephant in the hangar didn't cause enough of a headache, I was contacted by the museum. Apparently some more tech got lifted from the bunker Gutterman was retrieved from - some old encrypted operational documents. I told them they were useless, and that even if a key was in the mech's computers it'd probably be corrupted, but I don't exactly have anything else to do...so, if anyone with better computer knowledge than me wants to chip in, just give me a shout.

[isyourmechrunning]

Ok, so. I don't know who to talk to about this, and I want to preface this: I do not have access to the resources to do this. I just need someone else to comment on it:

What if you flash cloned people and then loaded them into Manticores to carpet bomb a battlefield with them. This would be morally reprehensible, and needlessly expensive when compared to, y'know, a missile. But like

Would it work? Do you have comment?

>>HEY. HEY IM A MECHANIC. HEY IM NOT A PILOT. HEY I DONT LIKE MANTICORES. HEY I DONT LIKE KILLING PEOPLE. HEY IVE SHOT A GUN ONCE IN MY LIFE. HEY YOU KNOW FLASH CLONES ARE LIKE WHOLE PEOPLE RIGHT.

[isyourmechrunning]

>>Why is everyone on the Omninet more insane than me today...........

>>Awesome!!! Let me know how your liver and kidneys are doing in a few weeks!!!!

[A rather large package has arrived on the farm, wrapped in expensive-looking patterned paper and a comically large ribbon tied into a bow. Flowery cursive writing declares that the package is meant for one Ricky "Macguyver" Graves-Innes.] [The moment the package is opened, an obscene amount of fine glitter explodes out of the box, completely coating every surface within 10 feet of the glitter bomb. The glitter seems to be coated with some sort of adhesive to make it even more difficult to clean up. There is a note at the bottom of the box, sealed in an envelope to protect it from the glitter.] A peace offering from me to you, my darling Macguyver. I do hope you enjoy my gift <3

ZERO~

MY WELDING MASK

-Mac