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OdinYggd

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Scotty is actually an engineer, at least by sci-fi standards. Doubt a mere maintenance man could reverse the polarity of the flux capacitors to accomplish whatever needs to happen.

Just got done doing exactly that. Had to swap the phasing order of the stage cooler because when the new wiring was installed it ended up running backwards.

The ability to do engineering and maintenance simultaneously is what separates a really good maintenance man from a common lightbulb changer. So although I am just a maintenance man on paper, I could definitely keep up with Scotty once I got familiar with the technology he uses.

Plus I redesigned some of the plumbing on this machine to make it operate at a higher pressure, and last week I repositioned its modules in the work cell into an improved arrangement that will make it easier to work with and safer to use.

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Honestly, I'd be more worried over the murricans and NATO conscripts you'd be with than those poor insurgents. :( They're the worst in the world at following things like the Geneva convention. I'll just sit here and desperately hope you get out of that occupation alive. :(

You'll hear things about soldiers doing unspeakable things, sure. It's a sad truth, but nowhere near as prominent as some would have you believe. Either way, I'm not the kind of person that would just stand by and watch as others violated the GC. I'd report them straight off.

Corruption is everywhere. We just need to help control it.

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You'll hear things about soldiers doing unspeakable things, sure. It's a sad truth, but nowhere near as prominent as some would have you believe. Either way, I'm not the kind of person that would just stand by and watch as others violated the GC. I'd report them straight off.

Corruption is everywhere. We just need to help control it.

If I could rep you for that, I would.

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No, combat medics are still just medics, except deployed into combat situations. We would be given rifles, but only for self-defense in very dire situations. Anyway, all medics, including combat deployed, are protected under chapter 4, article 25 of the Geneva Convention. Provided we're doing our duty, we can't be shot.

Sadly, insurgents don't often respect the Geneva convention, making us just as much a target.

Pretty sure in an actual shootout, Geneva is more of a guideline than any kind of actual rule.

Lotta insurgents just detonate their IEDs without really caring who is the target- they just want as many people to die as fast as possible.

Honestly, I'd be more worried over the murricans and NATO conscripts you'd be with than those poor insurgents. :( They're the worst in the world at following things like the Geneva convention. I'll just sit here and desperately hope you get out of that occupation alive. :(

Only behind closed doors at least. Publicly they'd never violate it. Alas we really can't discuss this kind of thing any further without invoking the forbidden topic of politics.

And I really badly want to post TF2 images involving the medic. Because that's exactly the kind of role you're headed for. Medics can hold their ground, and when forced to they are definately a threat. But most of the time a TF2 medic should lock onto a teammate and heal them as needed.

I run engi in TF2 for the record, doing in-game what I do quite often in real life- smashing a machine with a wrench until it behaves itself.

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The Omega Seal is cuter! It kills you with THE MOST CUTENESS IN EXISTENCE!

I have a amalgamation of a seal and a cat! It is the cutest thing ever! Simply looking at her will make you AWWWWWWW to death. I actually have her for a cat, she looks so much like a seal.

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Probably, now that I think about it.
Ok, then that was the episode Tapestry. The guy you called "God" isn't (SOOO ISN'T), he's an omnipotent alien called Q. He enjoys messing with Starfleet officers. Bald guy is Captain Picard, second-best captain in the franchise. He has an artifical heart as a result of a bar fight.

Now, In this episode, said heart malfunctions, and Q pulls him into a near-death hallucination thingy, and gives him a chance to see what would have happened if young Picard had avoided the bar fight. No artificial heart, but not drive for success either. Instead of captianing the Fleet's flagship, he's a Lieutenant in the Science department (not that Sciences are bad, they're just not command track.) This lesson learned, that sometimes you've got to take risks, Q send Picard back to his body to find the repair of the artificial heart a success.

I like this episode. It has Q and I'm something of a Q fangirl. Ask Chobit. :)

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The fact that they commit war crimes in the first place is bad enough, but they barely receive any punishment whatsoever after the fact, and when someone with some morals reports it to the media he gets thrown into an illegal prison and bullied to suicide, and all of it because the area has natural resources that the west wishes to consume. Disgusting.

With some luck, you'll make a difference down there, and save as many lives as possible.

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Pretty sure in an actual shootout, Geneva is more of a guideline than any kind of actual rule.

Lotta insurgents just detonate their IEDs without really caring who is the target- they just want as many people to die as fast as possible.

No, Geneva is a rule, at least in organised warfare. Most if not all violations of the Geneva Conventions are considered war crimes, and will be served with severe punishment.

Which is the problem with insurgents, non-organised warfare. They don't care. They'll do it in front of the whole world, just to prove their point. "We will kill you."

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The fact that they commit war crimes in the first place is bad enough, but they barely receive any punishment whatsoever after the fact, and when someone with some morals reports it to the media he gets thrown into an illegal prison and bullied to suicide, and all of it because the area has natural resources that the west wishes to consume. Disgusting.

With some luck, you'll make a difference down there, and save as many lives as possible.

I'm sorry? I'd quickly change the subject away from this route if I were you.

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Ok, then that was the episode Tapestry. The guy you called "God" isn't (SOOO ISN'T), he's an omnipotent alien called Q. He enjoys messing with Starfleet officers. Bald guy is Captain Picard, second-best captain in the franchise. He has an artifical heart as a result of a bar fight.

Now, In this episode, said heart malfunctions, and Q pulls him into a near-death hallucination thingy, and gives him a chance to see what would have happened if young Picard had avoided the bar fight. No artificial heart, but not drive for success either. Instead of captianing the Fleet's flagship, he's a Lieutenant in the Science department (not that Sciences are bad, they're just not command track.) This lesson learned, that sometimes you've got to take risks, Q send Picard back to his body to find the repair of the artificial heart a success.

I like this episode. It has Q and I'm something of a Q fangirl. Ask Chobit. :)

Is it wrong to like all of Q's antics? There're just so much fun to watch. I wonder what it would be like if he did exist...

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I don't get how cats became such a big topic.

And are we discussing the middle east now? I haven't actually heard much about it in a long time to my own surprise.

On a whole other note, my dog just walked in here and stared at me,

i looked at her and was like "what?" she then proceeded to fart and walk out.. wtf?

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Mercy

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The fact that they commit war crimes in the first place is bad enough, but they barely receive any punishment whatsoever after the fact, and when someone with some morals reports it to the media he gets thrown into an illegal prison and bullied to suicide, and all of it because the area has natural resources that the west wishes to consume. Disgusting.

With some luck, you'll make a difference down there, and save as many lives as possible.

Well,when you say they barely receive any punishment, that's in rare cases, which are exposed to the public. Most GC violations are dealt with internally and never declassified. Doesn't make it any less worse that some people do get off with it, however.

And thank you for the sentiment. I'll try.

Anyway, that's almost 3 years away. Let's go back to cats.

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Ok, then that was the episode Tapestry. The guy you called "God" isn't (SOOO ISN'T), he's an omnipotent alien called Q. He enjoys messing with Starfleet officers. Bald guy is Captain Picard, second-best captain in the franchise. He has an artifical heart as a result of a bar fight.

Now, In this episode, said heart malfunctions, and Q pulls him into a near-death hallucination thingy, and gives him a chance to see what would have happened if young Picard had avoided the bar fight. No artificial heart, but not drive for success either. Instead of captianing the Fleet's flagship, he's a Lieutenant in the Science department (not that Sciences are bad, they're just not command track.) This lesson learned, that sometimes you've got to take risks, Q send Picard back to his body to find the repair of the artificial heart a success.

I like this episode. It has Q and I'm something of a Q fangirl. Ask Chobit. :)

Thank you very much. With all that cleared up, maybe I can start liking Star Trek, though I may never like it as much as Star Wars. :)

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*glares at the weird seal-thing*

*Attacks it...And promptly boots it to death*

nope.avi

*I incinerate you with cuteness, and then destroy the quarks that make up the atoms of the dust*

Or or or or! *quite high-pitched*

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