Translation: "We refuse to bring Michael Kirkbride back to the project."
HeathenPope
He would most certainly be assigned a rank if for no other reason than to ensure he (as an asset) is treated by crewmen with care and respect. It is the same approach in logic that militaries and police use with K-9 units. Dogs always outrank the handlers as a further mechanism to ensure proper treatment of the self-aware asset.
'And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head.' -- from Maskerade by Terry Pratchett.
You're gorram right.
Could've been worse. Could've been a shooting game.
Vincent, by Don McLean
Absolutely.
Is it "One Nation Under a Groove" by Funkadelic?
Forbidden steak...
Oh thank the gods. My next guess was going to be "Butterfly" by Crazy Town.
The theme song for Reading Rainbow?
"No you."