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>Loren: This is a message to the AEUG. We have finished construction on a new set of cybernetic prosthetics for Katz Kobayashi and Colonel M'quve. We are confident that the surgery will be swift and with only minimal risks to the patients...however, I would like to make a proposition for Private Kobayashi, should he be willing to volunteer. We detected interesting brainwaves within the young man that would make his viable for a specialized skeletal augmentation that we are confident would not only drastically improve his general health, but could lead to him being able to manifest what we believe to be genuine Newtype potential. There is an obvious risk with this, but should it succeed, I am confident we would be able to apply a similar method to other pilots. Oh, and please do not worry about the expense. The grants we received from the Federation will more than cover it.

Having already privately contacted the Kobayashi estate about this offer, Katz has already agreed to be drastically enhanced, much to his adopted mothers horror.

>Fraw: Chairman Wong, you must stop my son from accepting this! Please, I just want him to be able to live a normal life as a-
>Katz: Even with my limbs repaired, I won't ever be truly normal again! If I could match Mezun and even Amuro, I trade so much for that! To be able to save so many people!
>Fraw: Katz...my Katz-
>Katz: Please, mom...don't be hysterical about this. I need to do this.

>Which surgery will authorized for Katz?
https://strawpoll.com/X3nkPx2bEgE

>Authorize M'quve to be reconstructed to serve again in combat?
https://strawpoll.com/e6Z2AmqwwgN