[i]"Do I look like I care what season it is? I'm quite familiar with seasonal wartime tactics... Hitler, Napoleon, etc., etc.. However, seeing as we do not require food or an adequate temperature to operate, you are the only one at a disadvantage." "As for the device... We call it a Mind. They usually replace the planet's core once we complete our conquest, and they can alter reality with a single calculation making them useful in various ways... Within range, of course. Needless to say, you're within firing capacity." "General, although I will if I have to, I did not come to 'compare dick size,' as you say. I came to negotiate a truce that will benefit both sides. We want you to benefit, but considering the investment, we can't exactly just pack up and leave. It takes significantly longer to dismantle operations than to create them, and by the time we did, humanity could very likely be extinct."[/i]