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"let it die, then buy-up cheap tech. without the leans/shareholders and revamp under a new name in the country of purchase."

Just like that? Wipe out the shares of the employees and directors that have created the very technology you want? You don't fear any back lash from them when the shares they accepted in lieu of wages are wiped out? Not at all concerned one pissed of employee might accidentally press the wrong button on a computer? How quickly can this new foreign owner have armed guards in place to protect their newly acquired tech?

You think the people at ASX, ASIC, FIRB and DSTO will look the other way?

You think the Engineers who created this tech are going to help the new owners after their savings (shares) got wiped out?? Or will the new owners just dump these products on the desks of some other group of engineers and say "make this stuff better now!" Or will the MST engineers move overseas and teach the new engineers everything they need to know?

The Metal Storm suite of products (MAUL, 3GL, FireStorm MPM) has a lot of potential. As a newer, small, minor and irrelevant share holder, that potential is enough for me to hold these MST lottery tickets until the end!! Or at least until Christmas!!

Now, just for fun, something no one in their right mind should pay attention to. At what price is a take-over offer price fair for longer term holders? Please just assume for a few seconds there is an alternate universe out there where a take over is even possible.

Can one argue the $100m operating loss represents, in dollar terms, the cost basis for creating the MST suite of products and associated patents? Now if $100m is the dollar cost price excluding, time, effort, risk, blood sweat and tears and the hurdles that have been over come; what is the cost basis + non-dollar cost basis? $100m + $100m? Do long term holders deserve just to recover all their costs? How about a profit for what they have enabled these engineers, directors and other staff members to do? A 25% profit above all costs?? $250m. Should there be a price premium paid? OMG $300m that's outrageous!!!

Until my MST lottery tickets are proven worthless, I?m going to enjoy them. Especially today, for tomorrow the empire may fall!

The odds the market puts on bankruptcy seem to have narrowed this week from 99% to 99.95%. And now a few more shares issued. why not, it's Friday!