Louis

by on May 14, 2022 at 12:01 am
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Louis Mattioli took the Peloran Treatments when he was young like most people. They didn’t do much for him. Oh, they fortified his immune system, and he got a really long lifespan out of it, but he didn’t get any of the really shiny side effects. H grew up as a normal Martian, with his greatest claim to fame being that he was a very successful lawyer. He made a lot of money, but there was enough humanity still in him that he decided to volunteer after the Shang attacked us. Without the Ageless reflexes he couldn’t fly in any front line formation, but he ended up in the reserves out at Alpha Centauri. That is when he ran into Charles. His Family had been working on supersoldier serums of their own for a rather long time, and one of them actually worked with the Peloran Treatments. Usually. Mostly. Louis took it and never looked back.

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Louis

by on May 13, 2022 at 12:01 am
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Me and Louis Mattioli got along like brothers from the day we met on Alpha Centauri. We fought each other almost as much as we fought the real enemy, and sometimes it was for real. He was a Martian lawyer. I was an Earthborn human. There was a lot of source material for us to argue over. But he was a professional, and when the enemy called he always fought them at my side. Procyon. Epsilon Reticuli. Wolfenheim. Whether he lived or died, he fought well. I know there are some bad stories about him right now, but I was there. I saw it all in living color. When the cards got played, he never blinked. Even knowing what he was going to lose, he never blinked. Not many people I can say that about.

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Katy

by on May 12, 2022 at 12:01 am
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Kathleen Reynolds is not afraid to die in the pursuit of justice. She has proven that again and again on worlds all across human space. She will never give up. She will never surrender. She might be beaten, but she will always come back. She is inevitable. If I had to point to one person who exemplifies what a Cowboy is, who all of us should look to for an example, it would be her. Because she will never stop, whatever the cost. She has hung her hat all over human space, and she has brought justice to those who needed it. She has protected those who needed it. And she has given her life when that is what it took to honor her oath. Katy is a Cowboy. Katy is the best of us. Never forget that.

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Katy

by on May 11, 2022 at 12:01 am
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I am Kathleen Reynolds’ number one fan. I couldn’t tell you how many times we’ve gotten together since War’s End. She has a nose for trouble, and we’ve hit it more times than I can count with a whole box of crayons. She’s a perfect battle buddy, and I trust her at my back any time the bullets fly. We’ve gotten into situations way too tight for our own good again and again and again. I’ve patched up her sucking chest wounds, and she’s held my leg in place while it healed. We’ve held each other together when everything else was falling apart. And sometimes we didn’t make it out the other side. We have died together, and we will again with smiles on our faces. I know because I’ve seen the footage. I would happily live or die with her, and that has taken us through situations nobody should expect to survive. Even people like us.

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Cancer

by on May 10, 2022 at 12:01 am
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Yesterday’s all day cancer run at the Mayo Clinic turned into a stay at the hospital. The doctor didn’t like my mom’s symptoms and admitted her to see if the hospital can track down her issues and correct them. The long and the short version is that she does have an infection, and they are otherwise trying to nail down all the kittens in the fire to see what is up. If anyone can figure it out, it is them. Please pray for my mom.

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