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[Kenyon Burguess]

tho united, the steiner and davion units are still separated in the lore books, so MWO is fine. come live, as long as the factions fight the other houses and not each other its all acceptable. as a side note, i hope those two idiots got a huge number of toasters as wedding gifts..

[_Comrade_]

Congrats on the wedding and the united Fedcom. The only problem....a united house means less contracts means less c-bills. Bummer

[Davion5150]

*Toasts*

[Steel Raven]

21 years ago, my character would have been 8 watching it on news.

[Squidhead Jax]

Steel Raven, on 20 August 2012 - 06:19 PM, said:

21 years ago, my character would have been 8 watching it on news.

21 years ago, my character watched the dropships rain down from the sky...
in his cockpit.

Didn't go so great, unfortunately.

[Sephlock]

Dear Melissa: Skip the potted plants. That trend won't end well.

[Strum Wealh]

So, does the title remind anyone else of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (the original, not the remake) and (IMO) one of the better cinematic speeches: Klaatu's speech to the assembled scientists of Earth at the end of the film?

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I am leaving soon and you will forgive me if I speak bluntly. The Universe grows smaller every day - and the threat of aggression by any group, anywhere, can no longer be tolerated.

There must be security for all...or no one is secure.
This does not mean giving up any freedom... except the freedom to act irresponsibly.
Your ancestors knew this when they made laws to govern themselves, and hired policemen to enforce them.

We of the other planets have long accepted this principle. We have an organization for the mutual protection of all planets, and for the complete elimination of aggression - a sort of United Nations on the planetary level.

The test of any such higher authority, of course, is the police force that supports it.
For our policemen, we created a race of robots [indicating Gort]. Their function is to patrol the planets - in space ships like this one [indicating the spaceship] - and preserve the peace.
In matters of aggression we have given them absolute power over us.
At the first sign of violence they act automatically against the aggressor... and the penalty for provoking their action is too terrible to risk.

The result is that we live in peace, without arms or armies, secure in the knowledge that we are free from aggression and war - free to pursue more profitable enterprises.
We do not pretend to have achieved perfection - but we do have a system, and it works.

I came here to give you the facts.
It is no concern of ours how you run your own planet... but if you threaten to extend your violence, this Earth of yours will be reduced to a burned-out cinder.

Your choice is simple. Join us and live in peace. Or pursue your present course... and face obliteration.
We will be waiting for your answer. The decision... rests with you.

Edited by Strum Wealh, 20 August 2012 - 08:43 PM.

[Harleqwin]

I was there. I enjoyed my first view of the wedding cake. I shared the feelings of fellow Steiner and Davion supporters. The evils of the Kuritans and Liaoist' (not really a state, more of a cult) must be stopped.

And then, Hanse made his infamous statement to Melissa and all hell broke loose in that wedding hall. I was in a different location, and heard, with a roaring fury, over the loudspeakers:

" Mechwarriors, report to your units. The Fourth Succession war is ON!"



No, really I was THERE. 1988 GenCon Milwaukee WI. FASA had a grand event with a wedding cake and that announcement over the speaker system of the convention hall.

[Trinen]

The commemorative desert plates featuring Liao worlds were seized by his Celestial Wisdom, Maximilian Liao, as military intelligence.

[Steel Raven]

Trinen, on 21 August 2012 - 01:48 AM, said:

The commemorative desert plates featuring Liao worlds were seized by his Celestial Wisdom, Maximilian Liao, as military intelligence.

"Grab the Plates!!!"

[Typhus888]

cool