((Speaking of, I'm fairly sure that I've decided to stay. Anyone want to join me?))
((If Grate joins the Engineering Corps, he would probably stay. Although he'd probably Skype Jim, Feyri, and Lyra a good bit.
...Unless they stay to help defend Hephaestus, of course.))
((I'm disappointed that no one suggested The Bastards when we were renaming the HMRC.))
((Such a great name for PR.))
((As a side note, IC-wise, Simus won't be wanting any manipulator or amp users staying, if she gets any say in that decision. Just based off of recent circumstances. She didn't like them all that much already, but with what happened with Grate, you might get a flat no. Depends on how you sell it, and she's a very hard sell.))
((What if the sell was "It's Jim/Miyamoto/etc, we need him for defense"?))
((STEPHEN HAWKING will go wherever Grate goes. As far as he is concerned Grate effectively has a quantum piece of him. In STEPHEN HAWKINGs mind that makes Grate his full-on son.))
((He basically is your son now, even out of your mind- you made the current him, basically, after all.))
((Hm. He has actually done more concrete stuff for Grate than his "actual" adoptive father figure guy has. What, aside form emotional support and stuff of course, has Jim done for Grate?))
And Grate alone is still fairly iffy, considering recent events.
((Because the best solution to a problem caused because Grate felt incompetent is to keep him from helping where he would be most competent...))
((You put Steve in charge? That... is a very bad idea.))
((Better than the current regime. And, really, Steve isn't that bad.))
((Ah, I see. And if someone were to destroy Steve and take his place?))
((Ever read
Worm? That statement makes me think of Saint.
Let it be noted that Saint was quickly overwhelmed, despite his help, some AIs, a bit of Thinker power, and the fact that he was "only" running a couple dozen mech-things and an organization of heroes and some villains taking on one of the worst supervillains and his 270+ cloned minions, instead of running a whole empire.))
((If Xan dies I'm totally making a hacker character.))
((Name him Saint. I dare you.))
