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<blockquote data-quote="Victim" data-source="post: 3997086" data-attributes="member: 78">&quot;You too?&nbsp; The other alien who was on our team for a bit had also lost all his people.&quot;&nbsp; She looks through her phone for the name: &quot;Salix, that's right.&quot;&quot;I was thinking more of how you felt about picking over alien stuff for useful goodies or retrofitting it to suit our needs.&nbsp; Like if it was disrespectful.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;While I can understand the importance of restrictions, I'm not really sure about how that applies to technology.&nbsp; Even if it's illegal, then criminals or other countries could still make use of things like nanoassembly.&nbsp; We still have it to make stuff for our base.&nbsp; Sooner or later, won't it break open anyway?&nbsp; It seems like trying to hold back the Industrial Revolution.&quot;&nbsp; She continues, &quot;Maybe I'm being selfish since the field I'm studying wouldn't be so hard hit, but aren't we talking about a technology that can basically end material scarcity?&nbsp; That seems like it's worth taking some risks to achieve.&nbsp; And wouldn't it be better if it's something that we initiate ourselves, instead of having the change rammed down our throats by some competing country?&quot;Well, powers can be pretty personal too.&nbsp; But I guess alot of the stuff about my powers wasn't in that capability summary section.&nbsp; Otherwise, he'd wouldn't be so casual about it, right?&nbsp; &quot;Yeah, I agree.&nbsp; The rest of us agreed not to look at personal stuff too.&quot;Megan sighs.&nbsp; &quot;I have computer skills, yes.&nbsp; I don't know anything about the logistics or organization of the black market - I don't even watch those sorts of movies.&nbsp; I'm not part of shadowy network of master crackers.&nbsp; I can't do that sort of thing.&quot;&quot;Besides, an assassin/kidnapper probably isn't so easily set up - otherwise he would have been caught by now, right?&quot;Megan will explain the holo device, relaying the information above as well as the story of how it was used on the helicopter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Victim, post: 3997086, member: 78"] "[COLOR=MediumTurquoise]You too? The other alien who was on our team for a bit had also lost all his people[/COLOR]." She looks through her phone for the name: "[COLOR=MediumTurquoise]Salix, that's right[/COLOR]." "[COLOR=MediumTurquoise]I was thinking more of how you felt about picking over alien stuff for useful goodies or retrofitting it to suit our needs. Like if it was disrespectful[/COLOR]." "[COLOR=MediumTurquoise]While I can understand the importance of restrictions, I'm not really sure about how that applies to technology. Even if it's illegal, then criminals or other countries could still make use of things like nanoassembly. We still have it to make stuff for our base. Sooner or later, won't it break open anyway? It seems like trying to hold back the Industrial Revolution[/COLOR]." She continues, "[COLOR=MediumTurquoise]Maybe I'm being selfish since the field I'm studying wouldn't be so hard hit, but aren't we talking about a technology that can basically end material scarcity? That seems like it's worth taking some risks to achieve. And wouldn't it be better if it's something that we initiate ourselves, instead of having the change rammed down our throats by some competing country[/COLOR]?" [i]Well, powers can be pretty personal too. But I guess alot of the stuff about my powers wasn't in that capability summary section. Otherwise, he'd wouldn't be so casual about it, right?[/i] "[COLOR=MediumTurquoise]Yeah, I agree. The rest of us agreed not to look at personal stuff too.[/COLOR]" Megan sighs. "[COLOR=MediumTurquoise]I have computer skills, yes. I don't know anything about the logistics or organization of the black market - I don't even watch those sorts of movies. I'm not part of shadowy network of master crackers. I can't do that sort of thing[/COLOR]." "[COLOR=MediumTurquoise]Besides, an assassin/kidnapper probably isn't so easily set up - otherwise he would have been caught by now, right[/COLOR]?" Megan will explain the holo device, relaying the information above as well as the story of how it was used on the helicopter. [/QUOTE]

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