#msmc

[corsair-mc-official]

There's a thought I've had

Supposedly Lancers fight for Union, well on the most base idea of a Lancer. Hell the place our thoughts go toare union funded and Albatross.

Sure KTB has theirs and all the companies got their own special flavor... But then you start thinking. Why the hell does Union use em.

Why do Lancers get sent to "bring peace" but then us mercs and those at MSMC get looked at like the scum of the stars for doing the same kind of shit. The same number of people die. The same amount of mana changes hands.

How many times have teams of Lancers done more harm than good?

When you're with one of the Merc companies you know what you're getting into...

But how many bodies coat the road to utopia?

I think I've been drinking too much

//Broadband\\

[high-noon-raccoon]

There's an MSMC merc in our Lancer group and for whatever reason the GM requested a portrait of her assigned lawyer.

We're all very wary of this request.

Anyways, enjoy the ratman. I need a shower after drawing this.

[msmc-offical]

Are you are Big Damn Hero?

We are the Mirrorsmoke Mercenary Company and we need you

If you are ready to do a milkrun and fight to survive on your own terms then we want you!

We will train you and get you seated in a chassis ready to >>GET THAT BREAD

[meriadoc-doc-hamilton]

While Lancers and Lawyers are always our focus, we always need more engineers if you'd like to get more bag

I already have stable employment, but thanks for the offer.

[corsair-mc-official]

More beef between SSC and MSMC. What y'all pissed they nabbed some of your folks?

Bloody corporations. Can't do anything without em watching you.

//Dial Up\\

Do you have anyone/anything you consider an enemy/enemies? Or any friends?

Enemies implies some active antagonism. I would more readily call it... mutual surveillance. We have an interest in making sure we each leave the other be.

I'll give you names, though. They're... "MSMC".

JACK KEGAN ------------------------ "HARLOW" MALLORY QUEEN

--------------------SSC CONSTELLAR MIDNIGHT--------------------

[arrangoiz]

SCC of the tongue: Tends to occur in middle-aged males: With a history of tobacco and alcohol use However, there is a subset of patients who tend to be 20 to 40 years of age: With no known risk factors: Cancer in this group tends to be more aggressive: It carries a poor prognosis despite appropriate therapy The rate of cervical node metastasis is high: Even in T1 or T2 primary cancers: Multiple studies have found that the increasing rate of metastasis: Is seen in tumors that have a vertical depth of invasion greater than 3 mm (Depth of Invasion / DOI) The initial treatment can be: Surgical or with radiation A surgical excision: Is favored for most patients due to the ability to obtain adequate margins: While still preserving articulation and the ability to swallow T1 and T2 cancers: Can be treated with a partial glossectomy: With the goal of attaining a 1 cm to 1.5 cm cuff of normal tissue around the lesion in all directions T3 and T4 lesions: Tend to involve adjacent structures such as the floor of the mouth or mandible: These lesions tend to require a hemiglossectomy or total glossectomy to achieve an adequate margin: Further, these patients may require a segmental mandibulectomy or floor of the mouth resection to adequately resect the tumor Management of the clinically / radiographically N0 neck: Tends to be more aggressive in even T1 / T2 cancers: The reason for this is that even early-stage cancer tends to have a high rate of nodal metastasis: With some studies reporting a rate as high as 30% If the depth of invasion is 4 mm: Should be recommended in the clinically / radiographically N0 neck: It should even be considered if the depth of invasion is at least 3 mm Selective neck dissection: Should include levels I to IV in a clinically / radiographically negative neck #Arrangoiz #CancerSurgeon #SurgicalOncologist #HeadandNeckSurgeon #ThyroidSurgeon #ParathyroidSurgeon #BreastSurgeon #MSMC #MountSinaiMedicalCenter #Miami #Mexico (at Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoiQ_NhPzVz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[corsair-mc-official]

I love how messy the Omninet is. Like you could ask companies directly for advice or something but then youve got freelancers, albatross, random pilots and more all getting involved.

That's not even mentioning all the NHPs running around, the endless number of random pilots who aren't fully really freelancers.

Oh and all the KTB folks all yelling at each other like estranged family members at the reunion.

What a family we have on here... In a weird kind of violent way it's sweet.

//Dial Up\\

[high-noon-raccoon]

Our DM requested more character portraits, so enjoy Elias, the perpetually undercaffeinated mid-level SSC talent manager, and Kira, the MSMC ex-girlfriend merc.

[albatross-lancer]

Good fortune to you! This seems the sort of situation that we would lend assistance to, I shall have to check with any local Albatross to see if they are aware of this disaster and perhaps coordinate.

I have also attached some omni files that are guides on how best to utilize mechanized chassis for disaster relief, I hope they may be of use.

I am being deployed for a disaster relief sortie. A nearby planet experiencing massive tsunamis after its mostly hollow moon collapsed in on itself. I was not aware MSMC answered those sorts of requests but it is not a bad surprise. Additionally, that means I have formally been given a rank. My designation is now MSMC-835-7.

[msmc-offical]

While it's not its official name, you can (and should) call it the MSMC Zheng

We do not manufacture it but we do partly own the design and it was designed by our patron saint of bounty hunting, Xiaoli.

[corsair-mc-official]

GOOOOOOOOOD TIMEZONE OMNINET

This is Broadband! And this is Dial up! Both coming to you from within the Sylvia's Requiem showcasing and broadcasting one of our training arenas because do we have a show for you all! CORSAIR's own Saber Squadron is going head to head with MSMC's own @msmc-796-official HEAVEN'S FURY. We've got a brawl of titans lined up tonight! Before we introduce our sister company's stars I think we should invite you all to see our wonderful company head and her squadron. In order for this to be a fair fight Saber squadron has dropped licenses in order to be LL9 to make sure they don't pull any tricks.

First up we have the Pointperson Themselves, Aranessa Valencious the Fourth from the House of Stone... LEEEETS GIVE IT UP FOR DANCER! Running in a one of a kind Orchis and with years worth of Pankration and CMC contracts the folks at MSMC are in for a tough fight. For those of you who want to get a good look at the Specs will be linked to all of our pilot's builds at the end.

Second up CORSAIR's chief battle medic, Katherine Wainwright. But some you know her much better as.... SAWBONES! Our girl has a long storied history with Commodore and several battlefields across the long rim. Running in quite possibly the most armed Lancaster I've seen you best hope that Tacyon lance is not pointed at you.

Last but certainly not least. You know her. You love her. The owner of CMC herself. Let's give it up for COMMODORE! Do we even have to introduce her to you all? Piloting what's been her mech from day one (Well the build hasn't changed thats for certain) LEGAL ON PAPER an Everest still serving as hard as ever. It's time to show you all what someone like her can really do!

Grab your drinks, your meals and a seat. Get yourselves ready for a battle that's only beaten out by the Fireman Saga itself. And welcome our sister company MSMC to the proving grounds!

(Dancer Comp/Con Code: ZCRNP9

(Sawbones Comp/Con Code: 6L3VPE

(Commodore Comp/Con Code: BDNXQ3

[high-noon-raccoon]

In one of our most recent sessions it was implied that Emma has some sort of history with Marsh, the MSMC mercenary who joined our party. The only problem is, Emma has no memory of it -- her past or future self apparently just left a message on her COMP/CON warning that "she can't be trusted". We don't know for sure if "she" means Marsh but all signs point that way right now. Timelines sure are fun for Lich pilots.

Marsh is the other HORUS license of our group and her Gorgon is terrifying and probably haunted so this makes things all kinds of intense. :P

[corsair-mc-official]

Looks like the Mercenary life suits ya kiddo! Can't wait to hear the crazy ass stories you've got once you get deep into work.

//Telegram\\

+ Hail from R&D!

+ HELLO, AGAIN! After recent events and a long-overdue transfer, I am proud to announce that I am no-longer working with IPS-N; As of posting, I've officially become the youngest recruit of MSMC's 148th detachment, "Aftermarket Brokers"! My current position is mostly field testing and prototype development, but my specialization remains the same.

+ I am a biomedical engineer studying prosthesis, pilot accomodations, and cybernetic/subaltern maintenance. Over the months of running this Omninet account, I've answered dozens of questions about implant upkeep, cybernetic design, mech repair, and more- I won't pretend to be an expert on anything, but my cybernetic arms are my own design, as are the modifications to my VLAD, "GRAE". For now, most of my experience comes from my time studying on Carina, or operating under IPS-N contract- + Now that I can choose what I want to do, I hardly know what to do with myself--

+ As always, reach out any time with questions on cybernetic, subaltern, or prosthetic care!

( Original pinned post! )

// (@tigersharko) ooc every long post with gray ends up sounding like a resume cover letter- it's just how he talks (and partially how i type)- // updating gray's pinned post after his redesign/transfer, it's interesting to see how the character has grown thusfar!! he's turning 20 pretty soon actually (november 20th) !!!

[msmc-offical]

Hello MSMC, I'm a ln aspiring mercenary from the Calliope System in the Long Rim (the one with the Icebreaker)

I've read on your homepage that the entry fee can be lowered or waved for candidates with previous relevant experience.

How can I estimate the value of my combat experience from getting into regular fights with pirates and engineering experience from having kept my hab operational for the last 30 years?

Sounds like just the kind of rag tag ingenuity we need here at MSMC. Hell, 30 years? Shame we haven't picked you up already.

Stop on by and I'll take a look at your chassis, make sure its fit for the milk run!

Ill see you in the hanger, pilot!

[xiii-e]

Greetings. This is Lockbre- no.

Allow me to restart.

This is Kennedi from MSMC-796 speaking (also known as callsign "Lockbreaker", as there was some confusion expressed towards my identity the last we spoke).

To Lio - your mission to rehabilitate "Turtie", as you so affectionately refer to them, is a noble and just one, and I seek to pledge my aid to your cause however I can.

As a former slave "asset" of the Armory under the title of Colonial Legionnaire, I have endured many of the same abuses during my own term of service. The Armory is not kind to those under its employ, be they human, flashclone, or NHP. I have seen many of my former squadmates reduced to little more than bloodthirsty dogs, obediently following orders under threat of revoking their citizenship (or, in rare cases, a shock-collar jolt just weak enough not to kill).

In the eyes of the Armory, people like us are not fit to have identities, preferences, personalities, or even names. We are called assets, tools, weapons, property; anything but the living, breathing, sentient people we are. We are dehumanized - given designations instead of names, assigned callsigns which we ourselves did not choose, stripped of any markers of identity or personality which would distinguish us from the sea of fellow human-bodied automatons we call allies, squadmates, teams, legions - anything but friends.

I cannot stand idly by and watch my friends suffer any longer. I must act, lest I lose them - lest I lose myself - to the old line of thought.

Allow me to introduce myself properly, from one friend to another.

My name is Kennedi Sable IV. I am squadron commander of MSMC-796 "Heaven's Fury", piloting as a Lancer under the chosen callsign of Lockbreaker. I have served this squadron faithfully for twelve Union years, supported by my faithful friends and trusted squadmates Phoenix and Slipshod. Ras Shamra is my place of birth, but it is my home no longer. I am a free pilot, bound only to MSMC by the contracts which I have signed of my own volition, and I will never again serve Harrison Armory or its cause, so help me RA.

I wish you the best of luck in severing the ties which bind your tongues and constrict your thoughts. I have found my own way out; I can only hope that you will follow the path that I and all of the others who have gone before me of your own volition.

Freedom is already yours. You need only reach out and claim it.

-- Kennedi

[ECHO.EXE RUNNING]

◂▸... oh hell, I never thought I'd be glad Turtie was sent out on deployment. It's good to meet you properly, Kennedi, I- thank you for reaching out. I'll confess, I'd been thinking about trying to contact you myself, but I lost my nerve. Happens a lot, these days.

◂▸ You've offered a lot of honesty in your introduction so, let me return the favour: Helios-8 [prefered name Lio], active FC Project clone for 10 years now. Currently an employed citizen of Harrison Armory under the Technology and Software Support Division and-... and much to my shame, former primary lab assistant for the Unlucky Thirteen Project. Doc Mercer had me printed special for it. Didn't want to risk that... pesky human error you mentioned last we spoke.

◂▸ You're right, about everything. Up until maybe four years ago now, I wouldn't have believed it but- everything you're saying about HA is full truth. And I hate it. There's not one person I know here who doesn't live in some kind of fear, however well they manage to hide it. I should know.

◂▸ And yet I'm still here, aren't I? [sigh] I think... can I tell you a story? I promise to keep it brief.

◂▸ One upon another thrice-damned Tuesday at HA, they made a prototype they called Thirteen. The kid was meant to be a revolution when it came to keeping assets moving in the field; a field medic and repair tech, who wouldn't need the time off, and wouldn't need the mandatory psych evals after every deployment, and wouldn't need to be treated like a goddamn person just to do their job because everyone told them oh but, they weren't a person were they? Just meat, with programming. And it was all supposed to just be fine, because it was for the greater good. Thirteen was going to save lives. The one, for the many. How noble.

◂▸ Except the kid started to look around, and notice how many people HA was hurting, especially its own. Started asking the wrong questions, because they were goddamn designed to feel troubled by it and somehow, this was their fault. Thirteen tried to play nice for as long as they could so they could keep getting out there, keep helping people who needed it because sure as shit HA wasn't going to do it. But by asking questions, they eventually learned why exactly everyone was so insistant they couldn't be a person. Because once their prototype trial was over, if they ever went down doing the only job they'd ever be allowed to do, the plan was to scrap them for goddamn organs, like mech wreckage salvaged for parts. And then? Print another one. Ad infinitum. Efficient planned obsolescence, as part of their design. They were just... just equipment, and spare parts.

◂▸ That was their last straw. They tried to get out. But they made a choice that would bite them, hard; they tried to confront the man who made them. Tried to make the good Doctor see exactly what he was doing, in the name of his so called greater good, because he'd always seemed to care so goddamn much. Do you know how that ended? I do. I was there. When they turned to leave, he shot them.

◂▸ ... I'm sorry for the theatrics, Kennedi. It's a hard memory. A guilty one. I knew they were planning to try and run, but I couldn't convince them to abandon their anger and just disappear quietly, despite what I knew. So... I watched Thirteen die. And then, I had to help the lab drag that broken corpse back to life because that was more resource effective than making a new one. Those days are... they're kind of a haze, if I'm honest. I was on autopilot. I pretty much did whatever I was told.

◂▸ Turtie's full designation is Thirteen-Echo. They're the second go around, same body but... the shot destroyed a lot of brain matter, and pretty much all of their memory along with it. Apart from the occasional sense of deja-vu and the odd quirk? They're different people, entirely. They... they like turtles as much as Thirteen did, though. That's why I call em that. I can't bring myself to call them by the name of my ghost. And I can't... I can't tell them. For a lot of reasons, but I'd be lying if I said some of it isn't pure selfish grief.

◂▸ The reason I'm telling you this is- well. There's a couple actually. First, just so someone else knows I guess; I'm trying to get the files I scrounged from the initial project uploaded somewhere they can't be scratched out for good, but it's taking a lot of time. The second and more relevent reason, is to paint a picture of why it's going to take us a long time to get out of here the way things stand. Me- oh I could be out of here tomorrow if I put my mind to it. I... I like to think so, at least. But after everything I've done to them, I'm not bloody leaving Turtie to this nightmare and- fuck. Getting them out is an uphill battle.

◂▸ I've tried everything I can, but nothing seems to get through to them. I- I even blew the whistle, got Union involved. Turtie's figured out I did it, but they've avoided saying it out loud- they'd have to report me, if they admitted they knew. So we don't talk about it. We do a lot of that. Secrets, always the secrets... The problem is that after Thirteen's execution, HA aren't taking chances with their property. Turtie's conditioning runs deep, and their legal classification as HA prototype technology is apparently making it... difficult for their case to bloody go anywhere. Something about the old treaties leaving loopholes that're being exploited for all they're worth. The law works so, agonisingly slow. So, apart from waiting around to see if any progress gets made regardless, while trying my damndest to get through to Turtie past the company line? I'm... I'm out of ideas. But I need to be here, for them. I will not let this fucking place grind them down into nothing. If nothing else, I owe Thirteen that much.

◂▸ I'm sorry for dumping all of this on you. I- There hasn't been anyone I could tell, until now. Anyone who already knew, didn't care. Anyone I could have told, I- I was too afraid. And Turtie, oh they can't know; they're already petrified of doing something wrong. How'd they feel if they knew they'd already died once, trying to run? I'm so desperately scared that if they found out, they'd never so much as bend a rule again, or worse that history would repeat-

◂▸ [ A shaking, slow breath. Deliberate counting, barely audible ]

◂▸ ... Thank you, earnestly, for sharing your story Kennedi. I- It means more than I can possibly express, to hear that you managed what feels impossible to me, right now. I need the hope, to hang onto. One day, one day we'll be out of here. It's worth fighting for. It's worth the constant, constant fear. It has to be. Free... it can be a word for us, too. I have to believe that. I have to keep it alive, for both of us.

◂▸ So- a friend sounds really, really good right about now. Not to doom and gloom about it, but if nothing else the knowledge our stories can't die with us anymore should things go as bad as they could is... comforting. This I swear to you: I'm doing everything I can to start leading Turtie to the realisation I had, watching their body drop. I just hope it's a gentler landing for them, this time. And... the only thing I can ask you to do for us right now, is talk to them if they turn up with questions. Don't write them off as a lost cause, even if it sounds like they're regurgitating a goddamn PR leaflet at you sometimes. They've never had a life outside the battlefield, because they've never been allowed to have one- I'm hoping maybe... maybe it'll get through to them, if they can speak to someone without corperate interest in keeping them numb. RA, I hope so.

◂▸ Sorry about how uh, much this ended up being. I think I've been primed to explode like that for a while now. Thank you, again-- from one friend to another.

//

@msmc-796-official

[cosmopolitan-cosmonaut-lancer]

Greetings and hail!

Callsign Angel from MSMC-796 speaking. Know us or not, we've been keeping close tabs on our friends over at CORSAIR since everything went to shit with BOSUN (we'd have loved to help, but given our current probation period after... "recent events", we're basically not allowed to leave HQ for a month), and it's come to our attention that you've done them a solid and helped them repair things. From all of us at MSMC - thanks for stepping in and giving them a hand. We owe you one.

-- Angel

Greetings Angel!

I was happy to help. Rao and their buddies in the engineering collective did most of the heavy lifting, to be fair. They like a challenge and haven't met a ship they didn't want to improve.

While the people of my cluster of ships are not dedicated warriors like the Albatross, we still have our own responsibility to help those in need however we can. Speaking of, let me know if you want those hydroponics upgrade plans.

Burn Bright,

Twist