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My name is Conva Maynard and this is OP.NET, the best non-guild show on the spectrum, as officially declared by Hot Swap in their 2946 reader poll that was released this month. It is a great honor, so thanks to all of you who supported us and who have continued to support the work we\u2019ve done over the years. All of us on the show really believe in what we\u2019re doing, so it\u2019s nice to see that you all appreciate it too. By keeping OP.NET one hundred percent unaffiliated with the Mercenary Guild, we have always been able to bring you one hundred percent unbiased insights into what I consider to be one of the most difficult professions out there.\n\nDon\u2019t let me saying that scare you too much. I know there are some of you right now who aren\u2019t on the chit yet, but might be checking this show out to help you decide whether this career is for you or not. That was one of the surprising things I learned when I took over \u2013 geez, must be close to two years going by now \u2013 that our audience isn\u2019t only grizzled vets looking for the dig on the latest splatter or how this tac-display performs against that one, it\u2019s people who are trying to get a glimpse at what it means to be a professional soldier for hire.\n\nSo to all you hopefuls, I say, yeah, it\u2019s a hard job, but I wouldn\u2019t even think for a second about doing anything else. Mercenaries make a difference, plain and simple. Our guest today, Karri Pi\u00f1ero, is a great example of that.\n\nNow, I was supposed to dive into some gear reviews first, but that transition is too good to pass up. What do you say, Skiv? Can we save your scatterguns till the end of the show and bring out Karri instead? Skiv\u2019s giving me the big go ahead, so let\u2019s do it. Being a merc\u2019s about being able to adjust on the fly, right?\n\nKarri, welcome to OP.NET.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: Thanks for inviting me, Conva. I have to let you know that I was actually one of those people who used to follow OP.NET long before I joined the guild. It\u2019s pretty exciting to finally be on this end of things.\n\nExciting for us as well. I\u2019m sure a lot of you probably know her already, but Karri is one of \u2013 if not the top personal security expert working today. She\u2019s handled all sorts of jobs, ranging from protecting research scientists in red zones to helping homesteaders in less than hospitable systems. Most recently, Karri was head of security for freshman Senator-elect Sean Debinavi during this last election cycle. Before we get into that, Karri, I was hoping you could tell us a bit about how you ended up specializing in personal security?\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: I\u2019m not sure it was ever a conscious choice. I started off grabbing whatever jobs I could; personal security just wound up being what I was good at.\n\nWell then, different question. Why do you think you\u2019re so good at it?\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: There\u2019s a lot of similarities with other protection contracts, but it\u2019s really the amount of on-the-job waiting that makes it a different sort of beast. I\u2019ve always had a knack for being able to keep my brain focused. Probably thanks to my grandma passing on her love of fishing.\n\nI can see that coming in handy. Long stretches of quiet followed by a few moments of excitement.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: And a lot of times they both end with something flopping around on the ground. But yeah, with a lot of the jobs you get on the boards, you know you\u2019re getting hired to see some action. On one hand, while there\u2019s a lot more risk, when you know you\u2019re going to hit the ground running, you can take that energy and use it. Actually, a lot of people think that because in personal security you might not actually have to do any fighting, that it\u2019s a cushier job. It\u2019s often the opposite, though. Missions where you go weeks without any sign of hostiles give you more time to relax, and relaxed means sloppy. At the end of the day, that lower rate of running into trouble is what can make it so much more dangerous.\n\nMakes sense. I remember a job I had escorting a cargo ship. Job wasn\u2019t over till it was unloaded, but a worker strike meant the damn thing was stuck on a pad for three days with us twiddling our thumbs. First day, we were pulling patrols every hour, but I\u2019ll admit by the third we might have been a little too wrapped up in that game of trigger. Caught us completely off guard when the shooting finally did start. Definitely thought twice about playing cards on a job after that.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: When you\u2019re guarding someone, the best possible situation is that nothing happens, and that can be hard for some in our line of work to take. It\u2019s a big win though if I can get to the end of a contract without firing a single shot. For example, that was thankfully the case with my last assignment guarding Senator-elect Debinavi.\n\nGlad you brought it up, I\u2019ve been wanting to hear more about this. I\u2019ve never had a chance to guard a VIP personally.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: Because you are one now?\n\nExactly! So with guarding Debinavi, aside from staying focused, what would you say was the most difficult part of that assignment?\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: In all honestly it was probably having to interface with the Advocacy who were guarding Senator Polo \u2026 or former Senator, I should say.\n\nOh yeah, dealing with law enforcement brings its own host of problems doesn\u2019t it?\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: It can vary a lot depending on the Agents you interface with. Most of them understand that we\u2019re all on the same side, but sometimes it can be like trying to dance with someone who\u2019s listening to different music. Everytime Polo and Debinavi had an appearance together, the Advocacy team assigned to Polo wanted a plan from us showing which route we\u2019d be taking. I get why that would be helpful for them to have, but declaring a route like that and then distributing it, even to law officials, is a big safety no-no. I\u2019d say about a third of the time we deal with trouble it\u2019s en route to or from a location that the client is known to be visiting. We eventually were able to come to a compromise that ensured Debinavi\u2019s safety.\n\nActually, why don\u2019t you hold on to that solution for just a minute. We can use it as a little bit of a cliffhanger to bring everyone back after this break.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: All right.\n\nWe\u2019ve got take a brief moment to hear from our sponsor CDS, but when we come back, more insights from Karri Pi\u00f1ero on interfacing with the Advocacy and our latest scattergun review where Skiv gets hands on with the Pyroblast. All that and more coming up on OP.NET.\n\n< TRANSMISSION BREAK >","de_DE":"< DIE \u00dcBERTRAGUNG BEGINNT >\nWenn du aus einer unabh\u00e4ngigen Perspektive nach merc news suchst, dann bist du, mein Freund, hier richtig. Mein Name ist Conva Maynard und das ist OP.NET, die beste Nicht-Gilden-Show auf dem Spektrum, wie offiziell von Hot Swap in ihrer 2946 Leserwahl erkl\u00e4rt, die diesen Monat ver\u00f6ffentlicht wurde. Es ist eine gro\u00dfe Ehre, also vielen Dank an alle, die uns unterst\u00fctzt haben und die die Arbeit, die wir im Laufe der Jahre geleistet haben, weiterhin unterst\u00fctzt haben. Alle von uns in der Show glauben wirklich an das, was wir tun, also ist es sch\u00f6n zu sehen, dass ihr es alle auch sch\u00e4tzt. Indem wir OP.NET hundertprozentig unabh\u00e4ngig von der S\u00f6ldnergilde halten, konnten wir Ihnen immer hundertprozentig unvoreingenommene Einblicke in einen meiner Meinung nach schwierigsten Beruf bieten.\n\nLass mich nicht sagen, dass dich das zu sehr erschreckt. Ich wei\u00df, dass es einige von euch gibt, die noch nicht auf dem Laufenden sind, aber vielleicht schauen sie sich diese Show an, um euch zu helfen zu entscheiden, ob diese Karriere f\u00fcr euch ist oder nicht. Das war eine der \u00fcberraschenden Dinge, die ich gelernt habe, als ich die Leitung \u00fcbernommen habe - Gott, das muss jetzt fast zwei Jahre her sein -, dass unser Publikum nicht nur Grizzle-Veteranen sind, die nach dem neuesten Spritzer suchen oder wie sich dieses Tak-Display gegen diesen verh\u00e4lt, es sind Leute, die versuchen, einen Einblick zu bekommen, was es bedeutet, ein professioneller Soldat zu sein.\n\nAlso an alle Hoffnungsvollen, sage ich, ja, es ist ein harter Job, aber ich w\u00fcrde nicht einmal f\u00fcr eine Sekunde daran denken, etwas anderes zu tun. S\u00f6ldner machen den Unterschied, schlicht und einfach. Unser heutiger Gast, Karri Pi\u00f1ero, ist ein gutes Beispiel daf\u00fcr.\n\nNun, ich sollte zuerst in ein paar Zahnradbewertungen eintauchen, aber dieser \u00dcbergang ist zu gut, um zu passen. Was sagst du dazu, Skiv? K\u00f6nnen wir deine Schrotflinten bis zum Ende der Show aufbewahren und stattdessen Karri herausbringen? Skiv gibt mir das gro\u00dfe Los, also machen wir es. Ein S\u00f6ldner zu sein bedeutet, sich im Handumdrehen anpassen zu k\u00f6nnen, oder?\n\nKarri, willkommen bei OP.NET.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: Danke, dass du mich eingeladen hast, Conva. Ich muss Sie wissen lassen, dass ich eigentlich einer dieser Leute war, die OP.NET schon lange vor meinem Beitritt zur Gilde verfolgt haben. Es ist ziemlich aufregend, endlich an diesem Ende der Dinge zu stehen.\n\nAuch f\u00fcr uns ist es aufregend. Ich bin sicher, dass viele von euch sie wahrscheinlich schon kennen, aber Karri ist einer von - wenn nicht der beste pers\u00f6nliche Sicherheitsexperte, der heute arbeitet. Sie hat alle m\u00f6glichen Aufgaben erledigt, vom Schutz von Forschern in den roten Zonen bis hin zur Unterst\u00fctzung von Heimst\u00e4ttern in weniger gastfreundlichen Systemen. Zuletzt war Karri in diesem letzten Wahlzyklus Sicherheitschef des des designierten Erstsemesters Sean Debinavi. Bevor wir darauf eingehen, Karri, hatte ich gehofft, dass du uns ein wenig dar\u00fcber erz\u00e4hlen k\u00f6nntest, wie es dazu kam, dass du dich auf Personenschutz spezialisiert hast?\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob es jemals eine bewusste Entscheidung war. Ich fing an, alle m\u00f6glichen Jobs zu erledigen, die ich konnte; die Personensicherheit wurde einfach zu dem, worin ich gut war.\n\nNun denn, andere Frage. Warum glaubst du, dass du so gut darin bist?\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: Es gibt viele \u00c4hnlichkeiten mit anderen Schutzvertr\u00e4gen, aber es ist wirklich die Menge an Wartezeiten am Arbeitsplatz, die es zu einer anderen Art von Tier macht. Ich hatte schon immer ein H\u00e4ndchen daf\u00fcr, dass ich mein Gehirn konzentriert halten konnte. Wahrscheinlich dank der Tatsache, dass meine Oma ihre Liebe zum Angeln weitergegeben hat.\n\nIch sehe, dass sich das als n\u00fctzlich erweist. Lange Strecken der Ruhe, gefolgt von einigen Momenten der Aufregung.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: Und oft enden sie beide mit etwas, das auf dem Boden herumfliegt. Aber ja, mit vielen Jobs, die du in den Boards bekommst, wei\u00dft du, dass du eingestellt wirst, um etwas Action zu sehen. Auf der einen Seite, w\u00e4hrend es viel mehr Risiko gibt, wenn man wei\u00df, dass man den Boden unter den F\u00fc\u00dfen erreichen wird, kann man diese Energie nehmen und nutzen. Eigentlich denken viele Leute, dass, weil man in der pers\u00f6nlichen Sicherheit vielleicht nicht wirklich k\u00e4mpfen muss, dass es ein bequemerer Job ist. Oft ist es jedoch das Gegenteil. Missionen, bei denen du wochenlang ohne Anzeichen von Feinden unterwegs bist, geben dir mehr Zeit zum Entspannen, und entspannt bedeutet schlampig. Letztendlich ist es diese geringere Rate, in Schwierigkeiten zu geraten, die es umso gef\u00e4hrlicher machen kann.\n\nDas ergibt Sinn. Ich erinnere mich an einen Job, den ich hatte, als ich ein Frachtschiff begleitete. Der Job war noch nicht beendet, bis er entladen war, aber ein Arbeiterstreik bedeutete, dass das verdammte Ding drei Tage lang auf einem Pad feststeckte, w\u00e4hrend wir unsere Daumen drehten. Am ersten Tag haben wir st\u00fcndlich Patrouillen abgehalten, aber ich gebe zu, dass wir am dritten Tag vielleicht ein wenig zu sehr in dieses Triggerspiel verstrickt waren. Er hat uns v\u00f6llig \u00fcberrascht, als die Schie\u00dferei endlich begann. Definitiv zweimal dar\u00fcber nachgedacht, wie man danach Karten bei einem Job spielt.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: Wenn Sie jemanden bewachen, ist die bestm\u00f6gliche Situation, dass nichts passiert, und das kann f\u00fcr einige in unserer Branche schwer sein. Es ist jedoch ein gro\u00dfer Gewinn, wenn ich das Ende eines Vertrages erreichen kann, ohne einen einzigen Schuss abzugeben. Zum Beispiel war das zum Gl\u00fcck der Fall bei meiner letzten Aufgabe, die Debinavi von Senator elect bewachte.\n\nSch\u00f6n, dass du es angesprochen hast, ich wollte mehr dar\u00fcber erfahren. Ich hatte noch nie die M\u00f6glichkeit, einen VIP pers\u00f6nlich zu bewachen.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: Weil du jetzt einer bist?\n\nGenau! Also mit der Bewachung von Debinavi, abgesehen davon, dass Sie konzentriert bleiben, was w\u00fcrden Sie sagen, war der schwierigste Teil dieser Aufgabe?\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: In allem ehrlich gesagt, musste es wahrscheinlich mit der Advocacy zusammenarbeiten, die Senator Polo bewachten... oder den ehemaligen Senator, sollte ich sagen.\n\nOh ja, der Umgang mit der Strafverfolgung bringt eine Vielzahl von Problemen mit sich, nicht wahr?\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: Es kann sehr unterschiedlich sein, je nachdem, mit welchen Agenten Sie zusammenarbeiten. Die meisten von ihnen verstehen, dass wir alle auf der gleichen Seite stehen, aber manchmal kann es sein, als w\u00fcrde man versuchen, mit jemandem zu tanzen, der andere Musik h\u00f6rt. Jedes Mal, wenn Polo und Debinavi zusammen auftraten, wollte das Advocacy-Team, das Polo zugeordnet war, von uns einen Plan, der zeigt, welchen Weg wir nehmen w\u00fcrden. Ich verstehe, warum das f\u00fcr sie hilfreich w\u00e4re, aber eine solche Route zu erkl\u00e4ren und sie dann zu verteilen, auch an Gesetzesh\u00fcter, ist eine gro\u00dfe Sicherheit. Ich w\u00fcrde sagen, dass etwa ein Drittel der Zeit, in der wir mit Problemen zu k\u00e4mpfen haben, es auf dem Weg zu oder von einem Ort ist, von dem bekannt ist, dass er den Kunden besucht. Wir konnten schlie\u00dflich zu einem Kompromiss kommen, der die Sicherheit von Debinavi sicherstellte.\n\nEigentlich, warum h\u00e4ltst du nicht eine Minute lang an dieser L\u00f6sung fest. Wir k\u00f6nnen es als ein wenig Cliffhanger benutzen, um alle nach dieser Pause zur\u00fcckzubringen.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: In Ordnung.\n\nWir haben uns einen kurzen Moment Zeit genommen, um von unserem Sponsor CDS zu h\u00f6ren, aber wenn wir zur\u00fcckkommen, erhalten wir weitere Einblicke von Karri Pi\u00f1ero \u00fcber die Zusammenarbeit mit der Advocacy und unseren neuesten Scattergun-Review, bei dem Skiv mit dem Pyroblast in Kontakt kommt. All das und noch mehr kommt auf OP.NET.\n\nGETRIEBEUNTERBRECHUNG >","zh_CN":"< TRANSMISSION BEGINS >\nIf you\u2019re looking for merc news from an independent perspective, then you, my friend, have come to the right place. My name is Conva Maynard and this is OP.NET, the best non-guild show on the spectrum, as officially declared by Hot Swap in their 2946 reader poll that was released this month. It is a great honor, so thanks to all of you who supported us and who have continued to support the work we\u2019ve done over the years. All of us on the show really believe in what we\u2019re doing, so it\u2019s nice to see that you all appreciate it too. By keeping OP.NET one hundred percent unaffiliated with the Mercenary Guild, we have always been able to bring you one hundred percent unbiased insights into what I consider to be one of the most difficult professions out there.\n\nDon\u2019t let me saying that scare you too much. I know there are some of you right now who aren\u2019t on the chit yet, but might be checking this show out to help you decide whether this career is for you or not. That was one of the surprising things I learned when I took over \u2013 geez, must be close to two years going by now \u2013 that our audience isn\u2019t only grizzled vets looking for the dig on the latest splatter or how this tac-display performs against that one, it\u2019s people who are trying to get a glimpse at what it means to be a professional soldier for hire.\n\nSo to all you hopefuls, I say, yeah, it\u2019s a hard job, but I wouldn\u2019t even think for a second about doing anything else. Mercenaries make a difference, plain and simple. Our guest today, Karri Pi\u00f1ero, is a great example of that.\n\nNow, I was supposed to dive into some gear reviews first, but that transition is too good to pass up. What do you say, Skiv? Can we save your scatterguns till the end of the show and bring out Karri instead? Skiv\u2019s giving me the big go ahead, so let\u2019s do it. Being a merc\u2019s about being able to adjust on the fly, right?\n\nKarri, welcome to OP.NET.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: Thanks for inviting me, Conva. I have to let you know that I was actually one of those people who used to follow OP.NET long before I joined the guild. It\u2019s pretty exciting to finally be on this end of things.\n\nExciting for us as well. I\u2019m sure a lot of you probably know her already, but Karri is one of \u2013 if not the top personal security expert working today. She\u2019s handled all sorts of jobs, ranging from protecting research scientists in red zones to helping homesteaders in less than hospitable systems. Most recently, Karri was head of security for freshman Senator-elect Sean Debinavi during this last election cycle. Before we get into that, Karri, I was hoping you could tell us a bit about how you ended up specializing in personal security?\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: I\u2019m not sure it was ever a conscious choice. I started off grabbing whatever jobs I could; personal security just wound up being what I was good at.\n\nWell then, different question. Why do you think you\u2019re so good at it?\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: There\u2019s a lot of similarities with other protection contracts, but it\u2019s really the amount of on-the-job waiting that makes it a different sort of beast. I\u2019ve always had a knack for being able to keep my brain focused. Probably thanks to my grandma passing on her love of fishing.\n\nI can see that coming in handy. Long stretches of quiet followed by a few moments of excitement.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: And a lot of times they both end with something flopping around on the ground. But yeah, with a lot of the jobs you get on the boards, you know you\u2019re getting hired to see some action. On one hand, while there\u2019s a lot more risk, when you know you\u2019re going to hit the ground running, you can take that energy and use it. Actually, a lot of people think that because in personal security you might not actually have to do any fighting, that it\u2019s a cushier job. It\u2019s often the opposite, though. Missions where you go weeks without any sign of hostiles give you more time to relax, and relaxed means sloppy. At the end of the day, that lower rate of running into trouble is what can make it so much more dangerous.\n\nMakes sense. I remember a job I had escorting a cargo ship. Job wasn\u2019t over till it was unloaded, but a worker strike meant the damn thing was stuck on a pad for three days with us twiddling our thumbs. First day, we were pulling patrols every hour, but I\u2019ll admit by the third we might have been a little too wrapped up in that game of trigger. Caught us completely off guard when the shooting finally did start. Definitely thought twice about playing cards on a job after that.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: When you\u2019re guarding someone, the best possible situation is that nothing happens, and that can be hard for some in our line of work to take. It\u2019s a big win though if I can get to the end of a contract without firing a single shot. For example, that was thankfully the case with my last assignment guarding Senator-elect Debinavi.\n\nGlad you brought it up, I\u2019ve been wanting to hear more about this. I\u2019ve never had a chance to guard a VIP personally.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: Because you are one now?\n\nExactly! So with guarding Debinavi, aside from staying focused, what would you say was the most difficult part of that assignment?\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: In all honestly it was probably having to interface with the Advocacy who were guarding Senator Polo \u2026 or former Senator, I should say.\n\nOh yeah, dealing with law enforcement brings its own host of problems doesn\u2019t it?\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: It can vary a lot depending on the Agents you interface with. Most of them understand that we\u2019re all on the same side, but sometimes it can be like trying to dance with someone who\u2019s listening to different music. Everytime Polo and Debinavi had an appearance together, the Advocacy team assigned to Polo wanted a plan from us showing which route we\u2019d be taking. I get why that would be helpful for them to have, but declaring a route like that and then distributing it, even to law officials, is a big safety no-no. I\u2019d say about a third of the time we deal with trouble it\u2019s en route to or from a location that the client is known to be visiting. We eventually were able to come to a compromise that ensured Debinavi\u2019s safety.\n\nActually, why don\u2019t you hold on to that solution for just a minute. We can use it as a little bit of a cliffhanger to bring everyone back after this break.\n\nKARRI PI\u00d1ERO: All right.\n\nWe\u2019ve got take a brief moment to hear from our sponsor CDS, but when we come back, more insights from Karri Pi\u00f1ero on interfacing with the Advocacy and our latest scattergun review where Skiv gets hands on with the Pyroblast. All that and more coming up on OP.NET.\n\n< TRANSMISSION BREAK >"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":33,"created_at":"2016-05-25T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"9 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 00:23:14","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":15350,"next_id":15354}}