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Welcome to the new, the revamped, the thrilling yet familiar OP.NET. That\u2019s right. We\u2019re live and back to cutting you in on the hard feed. My name\u2019s Conva Maynard and I will be your new guide on all the latest merc news, tips, products \u2026 you name it. If it somehow involves someone standing around looking intimidating, I\u2019m sure it\u2019ll probably come across my desk. Definitely if they\u2019re armed. So some of you probably were hoping that Mixer was going to be back. Sadly, she did not have a change of heart after she walked out of her last broadcast, so it looks like you\u2019re stuck with me.\n\nI know she pissed a lot of the producers off, which I get, but I\u2019d like to wish her luck in whatever or whoever she\u2019s pursuing. Mainly because I need the gig. I\u2019m kidding. Well, not really.\n\nAnyway, moving on to the big show. We got some great bits for you all today: Skiv\u2019s going to give you a breakdown on some sweet new tech that\u2019s not even out yet, we\u2019ve got the latest gigs and leads on the Job Board and a few surprise guests.\n\nBefore we get started, I just have to get some legal stuff out of the way. OP.NET and the information presented are not affiliated with Crosshair or the Mercenary Guild. Tips we pass along are vetted to the best of our ability, but that does not guarantee accuracy. In short, check your facts before you open fire. Usually a good way to go.\n\nAll right. My producer\u2019s smiling and giving me a thumb\u2019s up, so I\u2019m guessing we haven\u2019t been swamped with angry comms and I haven\u2019t been fired yet.\n\nLet\u2019s get this show on the road.\n\nMy first guest was a pilot for the UEE Navy for ten years before getting tapped by the Marines where he served with distinction for another twenty-three years. Now he\u2019s written a book entitled Always Forward, probably one of the more comprehensive tomes about the history of the Marines in general. We\u2019re very excited to have him. Please welcome Lt. Col. Marcus Estes.\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: Good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation.\n\nThanks for being here, Colonel. So, your book takes its title from one of the oldest active mantras in the Marines: \u201cAlways forward \u2013\u201d\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: Never back.\n\nWhen did that first come into common usage?\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: It\u2019s tough to say exactly, but it started appearing on comm transcripts in 2605 during the Second Tevarin War.\n\nNow, it\u2019s really no question why you would want to write a book about the Marines. They\u2019re pretty consistently one of the more evasive and fascinating branches of the military, but my question is, for that exact reason, how were you able to write such a full book? Were they resistant to releasing this information to the public?\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: Well, I assure you, they are aware of every word in my book. I had a consistent review process with the Admin Office to make sure of it. The last thing I wanted to do was distort any of the facts. I wanted it to be a clear and unflinching historical account.\n\nI have to admit; I was stunned to find such detail about the training regimens throughout the various ages of the Marines. I knew a handful of Marines when I served and none of them would ever talk about their training. No matter how many drinks I got them.\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: I think it\u2019s important to distinguish that I was extremely mindful not to delve too deeply into modern training techniques; those being still classified. Instead I talk about how they used to train Marines, and how that process changed over the centuries.\n\nCould you give us an example?\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: The easiest two are the differences between Messer Era training and Post-Messer. After the end of the Second Tevarin War, Imperator Messer II completely re-imagined the marine training experience from the ground up. The system he built focused on planetary invasion combat techniques, but also designed a psychological conditioning system, emphasizing a warrior code that fell in line with Messer II\u2019s social and political idealized vision of the Empire. Ignoring for the moment the horrible atrocities of that era, from a strictly clinical and academic perspective, the technique proved to be rather effective in transforming Marines into unquestioning weapons. But it was ineffective in many other ways.\n\nHow so?\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: The Messers deprived the Marines of their most fundamental tool and weapon: their brains. After the fall of the Messers, the newly appointed Legatus Marinuum redesigned the system to cultivate a smarter, more adaptable Marine who has the knowledge and confidence to make judgment calls in the field. In order to pull that off, the Marines minimum requirement and vetting procedures for potential recruits became much more strict. While this quickly dwindled the number of qualified applicants, it maximized the chances of finding Marines that could live up to this new standard.\n\nMy DI always said my brain was my biggest problem.\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: Well \u2026\n\nWe have to take a quick break and play some messages from our outstanding sponsors. Can you stick around and talk a bit more?\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: Of course.\n\nGreat. So we\u2019ll be back with Lt Col. Marcus Estes. His new book Always Forward will be available next week. My name\u2019s Conva Maynard and you\u2019re tapped into OP.NET.\n\nTRANSMISSION BREAK","de_DE":"\u00dcBERTRAGUNG STARTEN >\n\nHallo, Leute. Willkommen im neuen, \u00fcberarbeiteten, spannenden und doch vertrauten OP.NET. Das ist richtig. Wir sind live dabei, Sie \u00fcber den harten Feed zu informieren. Mein Name ist Conva Maynard und ich werde Ihr neuer Reiseleiter f\u00fcr die neuesten Nachrichten, Tipps und Produkte von merc sein.... was auch immer Sie wollen. Wenn es irgendwie darum geht, dass jemand herumsteht und einsch\u00fcchternd aussieht, bin ich sicher, dass es wahrscheinlich auf meinen Schreibtisch kommen wird. Auf jeden Fall, wenn sie bewaffnet sind. Also haben einige von euch wahrscheinlich gehofft, dass Mixer zur\u00fcckkommen w\u00fcrde. Leider hatte sie keinen Sinneswandel, nachdem sie ihre letzte Sendung verlassen hatte, also sieht es so aus, als ob du mit mir zusammen bist.\n\nIch wei\u00df, dass sie viele Produzenten ver\u00e4rgert hat, was ich auch bekomme, aber ich m\u00f6chte ihr Gl\u00fcck w\u00fcnschen, egal was oder wen sie verfolgt. Haupts\u00e4chlich, weil ich den Gig brauche. Ich mache nur Spa\u00df. Nun, nicht wirklich.\n\nWie auch immer, weiter zur gro\u00dfen Show. Wir haben heute ein paar tolle Sachen f\u00fcr euch alle: Skiv wird dir einen \u00dcberblick \u00fcber einige s\u00fc\u00dfe neue Technologien geben, die noch nicht einmal ver\u00f6ffentlicht wurden, wir haben die neuesten Gigs und Leads auf der Jobb\u00f6rse und ein paar \u00dcberraschungsg\u00e4ste.\n\nBevor wir anfangen, muss ich nur noch ein paar rechtliche Dinge aus dem Weg r\u00e4umen. OP.NET und die pr\u00e4sentierten Informationen stehen in keinem Zusammenhang mit Crosshair oder der S\u00f6ldnergilde. Tipps, die wir weitergeben, werden nach bestem Wissen und Gewissen \u00fcberpr\u00fcft, aber das garantiert keine Genauigkeit. Kurz gesagt, \u00fcberpr\u00fcfen Sie Ihre Fakten, bevor Sie das Feuer er\u00f6ffnen. Normalerweise ein guter Weg, um zu gehen.\n\nIn Ordnung. Mein Produzent l\u00e4chelt und gibt mir einen Daumen nach oben, also sch\u00e4tze ich, dass wir nicht mit w\u00fctenden Kommunikationen \u00fcberflutet wurden und ich noch nicht gefeuert wurde.\n\nLasst uns diese Show auf die Stra\u00dfe bringen.\n\nMein erster Gast war zehn Jahre lang Pilot bei der UEE Navy, bevor er von den Marines angezapft wurde, wo er weitere dreiundzwanzig Jahre lang mit Auszeichnung diente. Jetzt hat er ein Buch mit dem Titel Always Forward geschrieben, wahrscheinlich eines der umfangreichsten B\u00fccher \u00fcber die Geschichte der Marines im Allgemeinen. Wir freuen uns sehr, ihn zu haben. Bitte begr\u00fc\u00dfen Sie Oberstleutnant Marcus Estes.\n\nOberstleutnant Marcus Estes: Guten Tag. Vielen Dank f\u00fcr die Einladung.\n\nDanke, dass Sie hier sind, Colonel. So nimmt Ihr Buch seinen Titel von einem der \u00e4ltesten aktiven Mantras der Marinesoldaten: \"Immer vorw\u00e4rts -\"\n\nOberstleutnant Marcus Estes: Niemals zur\u00fcck.\n\nWann kam das zum ersten Mal zum Einsatz?\n\nOberstleutnant Marcus Estes: Es ist schwer, es genau zu sagen, aber es begann 2605 w\u00e4hrend des Zweiten Tevarin-Krieges auf Comm-Transkripten zu erscheinen.\n\nNun, es ist wirklich keine Frage, warum Sie ein Buch \u00fcber die Marines schreiben wollen. Sie sind ziemlich konsequent einer der ausweichendsten und faszinierendsten Zweige des Milit\u00e4rs, aber meine Frage ist, aus genau diesem Grund, wie konnten Sie ein so volles Buch schreiben? Hatten sie Bedenken, diese Informationen an die \u00d6ffentlichkeit weiterzugeben?\n\nOberstleutnant Marcus Estes: Nun, ich versichere dir, sie kennen jedes Wort in meinem Buch. Ich hatte einen konsistenten \u00dcberpr\u00fcfungsprozess mit dem Admin Office, um dies sicherzustellen. Das Letzte, was ich tun wollte, war, die Fakten zu verzerren. Ich wollte, dass es ein klarer und unnachgiebiger historischer Bericht wird.\n\nIch muss zugeben; ich war fassungslos, solche Details \u00fcber die Trainingsprogramme w\u00e4hrend der verschiedenen Zeitalter der Marines zu finden. Ich kannte eine Handvoll Marines, als ich diente, und keiner von ihnen w\u00fcrde jemals \u00fcber ihre Ausbildung sprechen. Egal wie viele Drinks ich habe, ich habe sie.\n\nOberstleutnant Marcus Estes: Ich denke, es ist wichtig zu unterscheiden, dass ich sehr darauf bedacht war, mich nicht zu sehr mit modernen Trainingstechniken zu befassen, die immer noch geheim sind. Stattdessen spreche ich dar\u00fcber, wie sie Marines ausgebildet haben und wie sich dieser Prozess im Laufe der Jahrhunderte ver\u00e4ndert hat.\n\nK\u00f6nnten Sie uns ein Beispiel nennen?\n\nOberstleutnant Marcus Estes: Die einfachsten beiden sind die Unterschiede zwischen Messer Era Training und Post-Messer. Nach dem Ende des Zweiten Tevarin-Krieges hat Imperator Messer II die maritimen Trainingserfahrungen von Grund auf neu konzipiert. Das System, das er baute, konzentrierte sich auf Kampftechniken der planetarischen Invasion, entwarf aber auch ein psychologisches Konditionierungssystem, das einen Kriegercode betonte, der im Einklang mit Messer II's sozial und politisch idealisierter Vision des Imperiums stand. Aus streng klinischer und akademischer Sicht ignoriert die Technik vorerst die schrecklichen Gr\u00e4ueltaten dieser Zeit und erwies sich als recht effektiv bei der Umwandlung von Marines in bedingungslose Waffen. Aber es war auf viele andere Weise unwirksam.\n\nWie das?\n\nOberstleutnant Marcus Estes: Die Messers beraubten die Marines um ihr grundlegendes Werkzeug und ihre Waffe: ihr Gehirn. Nach dem Fall der Messers hat der neu ernannte Legatus Marinuum das System neu gestaltet, um eine intelligentere, anpassungsf\u00e4higere Marine zu kultivieren, die das Wissen und das Selbstvertrauen hat, um vor Ort Urteile zu f\u00e4llen. Um das zu erreichen, wurden die Mindestanforderungen der Marines und die \u00dcberpr\u00fcfungsverfahren f\u00fcr potenzielle Rekruten viel strenger. W\u00e4hrend dies schnell die Zahl der qualifizierten Bewerber verringerte, maximierte es die Chancen, Marines zu finden, die diesem neuen Standard gerecht werden k\u00f6nnten.\n\nMein DI sagte immer, mein Gehirn sei mein gr\u00f6\u00dftes Problem.\n\nOberstleutnant Marcus Estes: Nun.....\n\nWir m\u00fcssen eine kurze Pause einlegen und einige Nachrichten von unseren herausragenden Sponsoren abh\u00f6ren. Kannst du in der N\u00e4he bleiben und noch ein wenig reden?\n\nOberstleutnant Marcus Estes: Nat\u00fcrlich.\n\nGro\u00dfartig. Also sind wir wieder bei Oberstleutnant Marcus Estes. Sein neues Buch Always Forward wird n\u00e4chste Woche erh\u00e4ltlich sein. Mein Name ist Conva Maynard und Sie sind mit OP.NET verbunden.\n\nGETRIEBEUNTERBRECHUNG","zh_CN":"START TRANSMISSION >\n\nHey there, operators. Welcome to the new, the revamped, the thrilling yet familiar OP.NET. That\u2019s right. We\u2019re live and back to cutting you in on the hard feed. My name\u2019s Conva Maynard and I will be your new guide on all the latest merc news, tips, products \u2026 you name it. If it somehow involves someone standing around looking intimidating, I\u2019m sure it\u2019ll probably come across my desk. Definitely if they\u2019re armed. So some of you probably were hoping that Mixer was going to be back. Sadly, she did not have a change of heart after she walked out of her last broadcast, so it looks like you\u2019re stuck with me.\n\nI know she pissed a lot of the producers off, which I get, but I\u2019d like to wish her luck in whatever or whoever she\u2019s pursuing. Mainly because I need the gig. I\u2019m kidding. Well, not really.\n\nAnyway, moving on to the big show. We got some great bits for you all today: Skiv\u2019s going to give you a breakdown on some sweet new tech that\u2019s not even out yet, we\u2019ve got the latest gigs and leads on the Job Board and a few surprise guests.\n\nBefore we get started, I just have to get some legal stuff out of the way. OP.NET and the information presented are not affiliated with Crosshair or the Mercenary Guild. Tips we pass along are vetted to the best of our ability, but that does not guarantee accuracy. In short, check your facts before you open fire. Usually a good way to go.\n\nAll right. My producer\u2019s smiling and giving me a thumb\u2019s up, so I\u2019m guessing we haven\u2019t been swamped with angry comms and I haven\u2019t been fired yet.\n\nLet\u2019s get this show on the road.\n\nMy first guest was a pilot for the UEE Navy for ten years before getting tapped by the Marines where he served with distinction for another twenty-three years. Now he\u2019s written a book entitled Always Forward, probably one of the more comprehensive tomes about the history of the Marines in general. We\u2019re very excited to have him. Please welcome Lt. Col. Marcus Estes.\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: Good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation.\n\nThanks for being here, Colonel. So, your book takes its title from one of the oldest active mantras in the Marines: \u201cAlways forward \u2013\u201d\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: Never back.\n\nWhen did that first come into common usage?\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: It\u2019s tough to say exactly, but it started appearing on comm transcripts in 2605 during the Second Tevarin War.\n\nNow, it\u2019s really no question why you would want to write a book about the Marines. They\u2019re pretty consistently one of the more evasive and fascinating branches of the military, but my question is, for that exact reason, how were you able to write such a full book? Were they resistant to releasing this information to the public?\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: Well, I assure you, they are aware of every word in my book. I had a consistent review process with the Admin Office to make sure of it. The last thing I wanted to do was distort any of the facts. I wanted it to be a clear and unflinching historical account.\n\nI have to admit; I was stunned to find such detail about the training regimens throughout the various ages of the Marines. I knew a handful of Marines when I served and none of them would ever talk about their training. No matter how many drinks I got them.\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: I think it\u2019s important to distinguish that I was extremely mindful not to delve too deeply into modern training techniques; those being still classified. Instead I talk about how they used to train Marines, and how that process changed over the centuries.\n\nCould you give us an example?\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: The easiest two are the differences between Messer Era training and Post-Messer. After the end of the Second Tevarin War, Imperator Messer II completely re-imagined the marine training experience from the ground up. The system he built focused on planetary invasion combat techniques, but also designed a psychological conditioning system, emphasizing a warrior code that fell in line with Messer II\u2019s social and political idealized vision of the Empire. Ignoring for the moment the horrible atrocities of that era, from a strictly clinical and academic perspective, the technique proved to be rather effective in transforming Marines into unquestioning weapons. But it was ineffective in many other ways.\n\nHow so?\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: The Messers deprived the Marines of their most fundamental tool and weapon: their brains. After the fall of the Messers, the newly appointed Legatus Marinuum redesigned the system to cultivate a smarter, more adaptable Marine who has the knowledge and confidence to make judgment calls in the field. In order to pull that off, the Marines minimum requirement and vetting procedures for potential recruits became much more strict. While this quickly dwindled the number of qualified applicants, it maximized the chances of finding Marines that could live up to this new standard.\n\nMy DI always said my brain was my biggest problem.\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: Well \u2026\n\nWe have to take a quick break and play some messages from our outstanding sponsors. Can you stick around and talk a bit more?\n\nLt. Col. Marcus Estes: Of course.\n\nGreat. So we\u2019ll be back with Lt Col. Marcus Estes. His new book Always Forward will be available next week. My name\u2019s Conva Maynard and you\u2019re tapped into OP.NET.\n\nTRANSMISSION BREAK"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":98,"created_at":"2014-09-03T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"11 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-14 16:22:20","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":14118,"next_id":14120}}