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   Message 143,256 of 144,800   
   Shawn Wilson to Michelle Bottorff   
   Re: Plausible Characters?   
   28 Jul 14 12:19:50   
   
   From: ikonoqlast@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, July 28, 2014 11:32:16 AM UTC-7, Michelle Bottorff wrote:   
      
      
   > I think that space marines would lean more to the current Air Force   
   >   
   > attitude than the current Marine attitude, and high physical strength   
   >   
   > would be a lower priority.   "Fit geeks" is the ideal I've been aiming   
   >   
   > for.   
      
      
   Thing is, powered armor is fine, so long as you HAVE power.  What do you do   
   when it runs out?  Soldiers can never be *guaranteed* a functioning logistics   
   tail.   
      
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