As stated, The Legendary is out of Coalition slots.

I think we need to look at how many sub SGs we have, who we have coalitioned, and if any groups on there have not been active of late.

Also, would it be possible to get a list of all the Legenday Affiliated SGs out there. I mean, I know we have:

The Legendary: Core SG, kind of a catch all.

Riot Force 6.1: For military/Black Ops concepts. An "Under the radar" group.

Virtue League: For four colored "Justice League"esque concepts

The Eleventh Hour: Magical Investigations and theme

Crisis of Infinite Fusionettes: For the Fusionette meme (note: I'll delete this if somone can think of a better
home for the 'Nettes.

What else do we have, are they active? And who all do we have coalitioned?

I'd already mentioned giving Ben's daughter Mayonaka and Noah's daughter Helen holoemitters for gifts, and that I'd put up my idea of
training. Here's the first session when the Jason is actually showing the girls what the things can do. Timeline is iffy - rob, Ben, any idea when
you'd want this set? I'm not sure what ages you'd think would be appropriate for this. All of this is dependent on your OK, of course. We
haven't seen too much of the girls yet, so I'm not sure how you want them to behave. I did mostly exposition to show my ideas on the use of a
holoemitter in self-defense combat, so I didn't have to have them react too much. If you think anything needs changed, please let me know. Kibitz away.

*chuckle* This is most likely early 2020s. At some point the Jason will probably be developing his own martial art style - one that DOES incorporate a Combat
Holoemitter skill. Still working on the details of that.

Office of the Generalissimo
Korolev Air Force Base
12:00 GMT 13 March 2014

"Federal marshal for you, General."

Mal looked up from his stack of paperwork. "Buzhwha?" he said urbanely.

"There's a federal marshal asking for you in the lobby," said GLaDOS. Mal raised a questioning eyebrow.

"Did we do something illegal?" he asked.

"Not to my encyclopedic knowledge of current operations."

Mal frowned. "This wouldn't happen to be a landshark, would it?"

"General, *please,*" GLaDOS huffed. "*I* am a highly sophisticated computer system with a spotless administrative record and an infinite capacity for learning. Would such a model of digital perfection *truly* stoop to something as *juvenile* as making up visitors *just* to surprise you with a landshark?"

"In a millisecond." Mal replied with the firm conviction of someone who had already Been There and Done That.

"... Okay, you got me. But there's still a marshal in the lobby. Should I let him up, or are you going down."

Mal looked at the mound of paper and USB sticks on his desk. Faint thoughts of sweet, sweet freedom ran through his mind. He shook his head to break the vision. "Send him up," he said. "This ought to be interesting."


SUBPOENA

By Authority of the Congress of the United States of America

To S. Malaclypse Fnord

You are hereby commanded to be and appear before the Joint Committee on Extraterrestrial Security at the place, date and time specified below.

* to testify touching matters of inquiry committed to said committee or subcommittee; and you are not to depart without leave of said committee or subcommittee.

* to produce the things identified on the attached schedule touching matters of inquiry committed to said committee or subcommittee; and you are not to depart without leave of said committee or subcommittee.

Place of production: 253 Russell Senate Office Building

Date: March 18, 2014

Time: 8:00 A.M.


Mal blinked bemusedly at the thick packet of paper in front of him. "Okay," he said, "this wasn't what I was expecting at all."

The marshal, a large, slab-sided man in the customary dark suit, shrugged. "Not my department, man."

Mal peered over the paper. "And why are *you* delivering this?" he asked. "I thought your people were out of the process server job."

The marshal shrugged again. "We're available," he said. "From what I heard, Senator Kellerman didn't want to send one of his aides up and they didn't trust anybody at the consulate to deliver the paper. So they asked for a guy from the Port Luna office to come over. Here I am. Now sir," he added, pulling out a form, "if you could sign this here..."

"Yeah, sure," Mal scribbled something resembling a signature on the form. Something in the marshal's little spiel clicked in his head. "Wait," he said, "did you say *Kellerman?* As in *Alan* Kellerman?"

"That was the name I got from my boss. Of course, he might've gotten it wrong - apparently the aide was giggling a lot on the phone."

Cold tendrils of doom wrapped themselves around Mal's forebrain. "Oh, wonderful."

"Something wrong?"

"Ngh.. no. Not really. Nothing I can't handle, anyway." Mal waved it off. "Listen, since Kellerman and his merry band of idiots made you run all the way out here, lemmie give you a little something as a booby prize."

"Sir, are you trying to bribe a US Marshal?"

Mal gave the marshal an odd look. "No, if I was trying to bribe you I'd have done it before you gave me the subpoena." He pulled out a card and handed it to the marshal. "If you missed lunch, take this down to the 250K Saloon in Old Town and order the special on me. I insist."

The marshal pocketed the card, nodded a goodbye and exited the office. "That was uncharacteristicaly nice of you," GLaDOS noted. "Usually you have me throw process servers out the door."

"Yeah, well most process servers don't come armed. Or bearing Congressional subpoenas for that matter." Mal sighed. "I need, in this order, Kat, Calc, KJ, Zib and Sora. Where are they?"

"One second while I consult Big Brother. Kat is in the editing room, Calc is supposed to be at the Watchtower for a conference, KJ is at his office in Gagarin Crater, Zib is with Kat and Sora is down in the Hole. I've paged them and they'll all be here in an hour plus."

"Okay, good. Next step, this crap." Mal waved the packet attached to the subpeona. "I'll scan this in. You need to track down the documents on the list. If we don't have 'em I'll need a convincing excuse.

"After that, I need tickets from here or Port Luna to D.C. leaving Saturday night or Sunday morning, a hotel room near the Capitol - nothing fancy, but an open reservation - and a dress kit enough to last me a few days just in case."

"Working on it as I anticipate your movements," GLaDOS said. "Are you sure you don't want to take Ptichka?"

Mal nodded. "Ptichka's too valuable to use as an executive transport. Besides," he added darkly, "if something goes wrong I don't want to give the bastards an opportunity to impound her. Commercial transport only, GLaDOS."

"Of course. Any more doomsday scenarios you want to plan for? Should I pack a hardsuit? Perhaps the mininukes?"

Mal rolled his eyes. "No, don't be silly." He paused. "But when you get a second, call the Karasukage. I think I want to hire a team for a covert bodyguard mission with the potential for extraction."

http://www.whatsupdark.com/3.html

Issue 12 just went up! Hard boiled penguin! Arctic Private Eye.

I'll just leave this here....
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

http://www.hyungkoolee.net/animatus/work02.html

http://www.hyungkoolee.net/animatus/work03.html

http://www.hyungkoolee.net/animatus/work04.html

They're looking a little thin.

During the wiretapping thread this quote was brought up:

Quote: "Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."




Benjamin Franklin

The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/27 ... efficient/]German economists prove revenge is inefficient

That rather spoils a couple of Fenspace plots I had kicking around my head...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Honest question here. I'm looking for input. This is Mission Architect related.
Say you're a villain looking to make a name for yourself. To make a big splash in the media.
You're gonna commit a big televised crime...or incident, or whatever...in front of TV cameras, live on the Internet, that kinda thing.
What do you do?
Kidnap a head of state? Destroy a major landmark? Atomic wedgie Statesman?
Ideas?
-- Acyl

http://www.worldnetdaily....GE.view&pageId=92288

Okay if they are going to make it manditory why call it 'volunteering'?