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#1 InnerSphereNews

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:00 AM

Wed. Apr 25, 3049: Investigation underway over disappearance of prospecting DropShip attached to a Taurus Majoris Mining mobile refinery.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:00 AM

Investigation of missing mech announcement underway. :P

Edited by Adridos, 25 April 2012 - 08:02 AM.


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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:02 AM

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Taurus Majoris Mining is the largest mining company in the Taurian Concordat. In 3025, the company employed over 2 million people with most of them prospecting afield for future ore deposits. They also maintained a commercial fleet of over ten dropships and almost two dozen mobile refinery stations throughout Taurian space. They maintain large facilities on Laconis and Camadeierre.

Prior to the formation of the Calderon Protectorate in 3066, the company had holdings on Mirfak. Fortunately their holdings on New Ganymede have kept them afloat, and even allowed them to increase their DropShip fleet since the division of the Taurian Concordat.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:02 AM

Already so suspicious, Adidros :P

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:02 AM

Obviously the 'prospecting DropShip' was actually a clandestine transport ferrying top-secret information and Mechs... its disappearance is no accident.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:03 AM

It will be out in an hour Adridos - like always. They are always posted at the same time every wednesday. I dont know how people are always shocked. I would have thought Pavlovian reactions would have set in by now.

PS -Ghost - this is an interesting one...

#7 nano

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:03 AM

Invasion related?

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:04 AM

View PostListless Nomad, on 25 April 2012 - 08:03 AM, said:

It will be out in an hour Adridos - like always. They are always posted at the same time every wednesday. I dont know how people are always shocked. I would have thought Pavlovian reactions would have set in by now.


I never read them on time, always had to do homework. :P

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:05 AM

2 million employees? How long does it take to do payroll at that place?

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:06 AM

Lol - fair enough. I should be studying right now - but yeah - it's always right around 1PM EST...soo right bout 7:00 PM for you.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:08 AM

View PostSkwisgaar Skwigelf, on 25 April 2012 - 08:05 AM, said:

2 million employees? How long does it take to do payroll at that place?



probably not much longer than any company.. if current trends continue more than 1 million of those employees works in administration and lower management anyway :P

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:10 AM

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2 million employees? How long does it take to do payroll at that place?


I work for one of the larger payroll companies out there, and I can tell you the answer is very carefully.

Edited by flashdim, 25 April 2012 - 08:10 AM.


#13 AdamBaines

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:11 AM

View Postnano, on 25 April 2012 - 08:03 AM, said:

Invasion related?


I dont think it would as the Concordiat is in the south of the IS as the Clan Invasion comes from the north.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:11 AM

If people had any misconceptions of the importance (and expense) of maintaining a dropship.

that company has 2mm employees and 10 dropships.

:P

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:14 AM

So pirates, then. Got it. Hopefully, we'll get a chance to squash some pirates! :P

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:39 AM

(scratches head and looks out mining station window) "Damn't, I KNOW I left that DropShip RIGHT HERE!" (points to empty space where DropShip used to be for reporting officer)

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:45 AM

View PostKay Wolf, on 25 April 2012 - 08:39 AM, said:

(scratches head and looks out mining station window) "Damn't, I KNOW I left that DropShip RIGHT HERE!" (points to empty space where DropShip used to be for reporting officer)


that's better than my last run!

'dude, where did you put the keys?'
'in my pocket, then I had to go outside and oh....%@%#$!'
*keys float by viewport*

#18 Felicitatem Parco

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:54 AM

But... it was "attached" to a refining facility... did they mean, like, deployment attached, or mechanically attached?

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:59 AM

View PostKaemon, on 25 April 2012 - 08:11 AM, said:

If people had any misconceptions of the importance (and expense) of maintaining a dropship.

that company has 2mm employees and 10 dropships.

:P


Wednesday's surprise!

Dropships are expensive!

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:59 AM

*watches clock*

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