49||0|3786|0|yes 0|0|0|||||Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Star Ranger4||13:30:29|05/30/2009|%28Cause Eternal Edition is at the point where we probobly should start a new one%29%0D%0A%0D%0AG%2C just what sort of benifits does being of the Imperial Bloodline grant a Salusian over and above the average citizen of the planet%3F And what about bastard members of the family%2Fothers who marry into or out of the %27core%27 sept%3F 1|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|fb111a||00:51:01|06/09/2009|One question I had - are there any other earth-based aircraft that might make %22spaceflight%22 conversions - say%2C ground-attack planes like the F-105 Thunderchief%2C F-111%2C A-6%2C A-10%2C or some interceptors like the F-89%2C or maybe even the Vought F7U Cutlass%3F 2|2|1|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Gryphon||00:54:19|06/09/2009|%3EOne question I had - are there any other earth-based aircraft that %0D%0A%3Emight make %22spaceflight%22 conversions - say%2C ground-attack planes like %0D%0A%3Ethe F-105 Thunderchief%2C F-111%2C A-6%2C A-10%2C or some interceptors like %0D%0A%3Ethe F-89%2C or maybe even the Vought F7U Cutlass%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AAlmost any terrestrial jet aircraft %5Bi%5Dcould%5B%2Fi%5D be converted for spaceflight%3B indeed%2C we saw in the excerpt from %5Bi%5DGet the Girl%2C Kill the Baddies%5B%2Fi%5D posted over in Mini-Stories a while back that such a thing %5Bi%5Dwas%5B%2Fi%5D devised for the A-10%2C though it wasn%27t done so they could fight in space so much as to make them deployable in the ground support role from orbit.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m not sure why anyone would %5Bi%5Dbother%5B%2Fi%5D developing a space-capable variant of the Gutless%2C but don%27t go by me. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 3|3|2|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Prince Charon||01:51:22|06/09/2009|%5Bi%5DI%27m not sure why anyone would bother developing a space-capable variant of the Gutless%2C but don%27t go by me. %3A%29%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AGiven the odd hobbies that some people have in RL%2C and the ones people have in UF%2C it wouldn%27t surprise me if someone made a hobby of converting twentieth century Terran aircraft into space-capable versions. I%27d only be mildly surprised to see a space-capable Sopwith Camel %28presumably equipped with %5Bi%5Dvery%5B%2Fi%5D efficient and safe force-fields and anti-grav%2C with multiple redundancies%29. People are funny like that.%0D%0A%0D%0A%93They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well%3B and answers very well%3B until it gets broken%3B and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong%2C I tied a knot%3B and went on.%94%0D%0A%09-- Arthur Wellesley%2C First Duke of Wellington 4|4|3|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Wedge||02:34:39|06/09/2009|%3E%5Bi%5DI%27m not sure why anyone would bother developing a space-capable %0D%0A%3Evariant of the Gutless%2C but don%27t go by me. %3A%29%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EGiven the odd hobbies that some people have in RL%2C and the ones people %0D%0A%3Ehave in UF%2C it wouldn%27t surprise me if someone made a hobby of %0D%0A%3Econverting twentieth century Terran aircraft into space-capable %0D%0A%3Eversions.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat Gryph meant to say was they wouldn%27t bother because they%27ve already done so with the F4D Skyray. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 5|4|3|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|E_M_Lurker||03:31:55|06/09/2009|%3EI%27d only be mildly surprised to see a space-capable Sopwith %0D%0A%3ECamel %28presumably equipped with %5Bi%5Dvery%5B%2Fi%5D efficient and safe %0D%0A%3Eforce-fields and anti-grav%2C with multiple redundancies%29. People are %0D%0A%3Efunny like that. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd the next iteration of that project would be to make a space-capable%2C %5Bi%5Dflight%5B%2Fi%5D-capable %5Bi%5Ddoghouse%5B%2Fi%5D with the approximate flight characteristics of a Sopwith. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--The Evil Midnight Lurker what Lurks at Midnight%0D%0A%22An object at rest--CANNOT BE STOPPED%21%21%21%22 6|5|5|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|hydra12||07:11:34|06/09/2009|Now %5Bi%5DTHAT%5B%2Fi%5D would be cool%21%0D%0A%0D%0Ahydra12 7|6|6|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Prince Charon||23:42:05|06/10/2009|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jun-11-09 AT 05:12 AM (EDT)]Hey%2C didn%27t they introduce a dog-like sentient race in one of the later %28as in%2C closer to the end of the era%29 Exile stories%2C like Type Mismatch Error%2C or something%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AEDIT%3A Yeah%2C it was Type Mismatch Error. Nice guy named Lt. Runntt.%0D%0A%0D%0A%93They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well%3B and answers very well%3B until it gets broken%3B and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong%2C I tied a knot%3B and went on.%94%0D%0A%09-- Arthur Wellesley%2C First Duke of Wellington 23|7|7|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Terminus Est||11:54:45|08/29/2009|Of %5Bi%5DRita and Runt%5B%2Fi%5D fame. I liked that story. Nice little lead-in to a UF-style live-action children%27s show in the making...%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0ARCW %23 X-91873 8|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Star Ranger4||00:15:59|08/22/2009|Well%2C actually this one is more for Chad and Ardie%2C being the local film types.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe caught G.I. Joe today... but I was pestered with questions all the way home about who was who and what cause the theatre didnt show the trailing credits%3B they turned off the projector and turned on the house lights to get everyone to leave %28the next showing was in an hour and I guess they were in a hurry%3F%29%0D%0A%0D%0Aare they allowed to do that%3F I mean%2C its always seemed to me that getting on screen credit is a big deal in the industry%2C and not rolling the credits kinda undoes that%2C doent it%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AOr is it technically allowed but not a very nice thing to do%3F 9|2|8|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Ardaniel||00:25:53|08/22/2009|%3EOr is it technically allowed but not a very nice thing to do%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AUnenforceable%2C by and large. In Los Angeles%2C it is socially considered Not Okay%2C but we have seen it done when there%27s a special event immediately after the film%2C like the Q%26A on the screening of %5Bi%5DThe Hurt Locker%5B%2Fi%5D we saw.%0D%0A%0D%0AWedge may have more to say about this%2C as he was himself a projectionist before he came to CA.%0D%0A%0D%0AArd Collier%0D%0Athat Janice chick%0D%0AUsual Suspect and general menace 10|2|8|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Wedge||00:45:07|08/22/2009|%3Eare they allowed to do that%3F I mean%2C its always seemed to me that %0D%0A%3Egetting on screen credit is a big deal in the industry%2C and not %0D%0A%3Erolling the credits kinda undoes that%2C doent it%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOr is it technically allowed but not a very nice thing to do%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t know if there%27s any explicit rule about it%3B even if there was%2C it would be impossible to police. It%27s been%2C well%2C 13 years since I worked on the exhibitor side of the fence. %2AI%27d%27ve%2A never stood for it when I was Head Projectionist%2C that%27s for sure.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt wouldn%27t hurt%2C however%2C to call the theater and say something to the manager. %2ABe nice%2C%2A don%27t be a dick about it%2C but express your displeasure. Mention you know people who worked on it%2C if you want. %3A%29 %28Neither of us did much%2C and we don%27t have credits%2C but we did both work on it. And we know just about everyone listed under Digital Domain%27s credits on the film.%29 Worst case%2C well worst case you%27ll get blown off%2C and then personally I%27d never go back%2C but I%27d understand if your local choices are limited. Best case you actually get them to never do it again. Odds are you%27ll get an apology and maybe a free pass out of it. Writing out the free pass is the movie theater manager%27s salve for all problems. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AIf the manager is stubborn about it%2C there%27s always a food chain above him%2C especially if it%27s a regional or national chain. Shouldn%27t be too hard to find a regional office to get his boss%2C if it comes to it. Again%2C in the immortal words of Dalton%2C %2Abe nice.%2A Be reasonable. It will get you further.%0D%0A%0D%0ABeyond that... hmmm. I wish THX was still as big as it was in the 90%27s%2C they had an 800 number for this kind of thing. As it is%2C trying to get some word back to Paramount%2C who distributed in the US%2C looks to be pretty hard. Best I can find is %5Blink%3Awww.viacom.com%2Fcontact%2FPages%2Fdefault.aspx%7Cthis contact page%5D. %28Viacom being the parent company.%29 Choose %27viewer services%27 under Subject and %27Paramount Motion Picture Group%27 under %27Select A Show Or Category%27. Mention that you%27re not sure if this is the right place to ask%2C and to either have them let you know if there%27s a better one or to forward it along. I%27d call that a long shot%2C but hey.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m lucky in that we have %5Blink%3Awww.arclightcinemas.com%7Cthe Arclight%5D here in H%27wood%2C which is possibly the most civilized movie theater experience in North America.%0D%0A%0D%0AGood luck%21 Let us know if you get any traction.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 11|3|10|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Star Ranger4||01:41:59|08/22/2009|Hrrrm.%0D%0A%0D%0AGiven that it appears that this theater has just recently changed ownership%2C maybe its just ignorance on their part. I%27ll have to see if it happens again next show I go to first%2C just in case%2C before I go ahead and call down the hounds. 12|4|11|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Gryphon||01:52:29|08/22/2009|%3EGiven that it appears that this theater has just recently changed %0D%0A%3Eownership%2C maybe its just ignorance on their part.%0D%0A%0D%0AUnless the theater was recently bought as a side project for the patients at the St. Pancras Home for the Completely Witless%2C I rather doubt it was done unknowingly. That%27d be a little like driving clear to Bakersfield without unhitching the VW Beetle you were towing behind your truck and claiming you forgot it was back there.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0Athat one%27s for you%2C Chad%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 13|5|12|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Wedge||02:06:56|08/22/2009|Snort.%0D%0A%0D%0ASeriously%2C though%2C there%27s even odds the manager might not even be %2Aaware%2A of it. The right mix of ushers and such will sometimes stoop to anything to go home on time or early. %28I was weird%2C I liked closing the joint down.%29 Personally%2C I%27d just go ahead and call and be cheerful about it. You might be doing them a favor.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 18|3|10|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Sofaspud||14:02:43|08/24/2009|%3E%3A%29 %28Neither of us did much%2C and we don%27t have credits%2C but we did %0D%0A%3Eboth work on it. And we know just about everyone listed under Digital %0D%0A%3EDomain%27s credits on the film.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AI was about to start a thread asking about this%2C since Ops and I %28he lurks hereabouts%2C I think%29 just caught the flick yesterday%2C and we saw the Digital Domain bit but didn%27t see any names we recognized.%0D%0A%0D%0AI was thinking of proposing a drinking game of sorts%2C actually. %22Okay%2C it%27s a shot if you spot Ard%2C and two if you spot Wedge -- he%27s rarer%2C so it%27s worth more.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThe shots in our case would likely be caffeinated beverages%2C mind you%2C but it%27s the thought that counts%2C right%3F %3AD%0D%0A%0D%0AMore on-topic%3A they run the full credits at both the theaters I go to locally%2C and I like to think I have something to do with that. I talked to the manager at the AMC one when they cut off the credits to Iron Man%2C and they haven%27t done it since on any movie I%27ve gone to%3B for the Regal outlet hereabouts%2C it was Star Trek and MAN was I pissed.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut in both cases%2C approaching the manager politely seems to have paid off.%0D%0A%0D%0AThese days the cleaning crew comes in while the lights are still at the not-quite-full-dark setting%2C while the credits are rolling%2C but they all seem to be nice kids%2A and I tend to stand by the front rail rather than hogging the seat while the credits run%2C so maybe I%27m just out of their way.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28%2A gah%21 I%27m %5Bi%5Dold%21%5B%2Fi%5D%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--sofaspud%0D%0A-- 19|4|18|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Wedge||14:26:42|08/24/2009|%3EI was thinking of proposing a drinking game of sorts%2C actually. %0D%0A%3E%22Okay%2C it%27s a shot if you spot Ard%2C and two if you spot Wedge -- he%27s %0D%0A%3Erarer%2C so it%27s worth more.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AI think I may have more than her%2C actually%2C if only because I%27ve had a bit longer. Most of the movies I do have credits in%2C however... You%27d probably have already been drinking if you%27re watching them in the first place. %3B%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%5Bsmall%5DYou put %5B%2Fi%5DSupernova%5Bi%5D in the dvd player%3A 3 shots%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Fsmall%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 20|5|19|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Sofaspud||15:16:32|08/24/2009|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-24-09 AT 03:20 PM (EDT)]%3EI think I may have more than her%2C actually%2C if only because I%27ve had a %0D%0A%3Ebit longer. Most of the movies I do have credits in%2C however... %0D%0A%3EYou%27d probably have already been drinking if you%27re watching them in %0D%0A%3Ethe first place. %3B%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%3F Hmm. %2Agoes to IMDB%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A... whoa. Dude. You%27ve worked on %2Acounts%2A twenty-six movies that I liked enough to buy on DVD %28or%2C in the last three cases%2C will be buying on DVD%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AI wasn%27t drunk for any of them%2C either... perhaps I%27m just easily entertained%3F %3AD%0D%0A%0D%0AEdit%3A Gah%2C clicked post instead of preview. %22Dante%27s Peak%22%3F I don%27t suppose you were on-set at all for that one%2C were you%3F %28I%27m not sure what a scanning and recording operator does%2C sorry%29 That was shot in my backyard%2C almost literally.%0D%0A%0D%0AOne of my actor friends got thrown off the set%2C apparently at Brosnan%27s request. Depending on who you decide to believe%2C either Brosnan is just that big a dick%2C or my friend doesn%27t know when to keep his mouth shut. My vote is for the latter%2C heh.%0D%0A%0D%0A--sofaspud%0D%0A-- 21|6|20|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Wedge||15:48:50|08/24/2009|%3EI wasn%27t drunk for any of them%2C either... perhaps I%27m just easily %0D%0A%3Eentertained%3F %3AD %0D%0A%0D%0AHeh. I have one movie that I worked on that was so bad%2C I refuse to publicly acknowledge it. Keep in mind%2C too%2C that I said movies in which I have a credit.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EEdit%3A Gah%2C clicked post instead of preview. %22Dante%27s Peak%22%3F I don%27t %0D%0A%3Esuppose you were on-set at all for that one%2C were you%3F %28I%27m not sure %0D%0A%3Ewhat a scanning and recording operator does%2C sorry%29 That was shot in %0D%0A%3Emy backyard%2C almost literally. %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DDante%27s Peak%5B%2Fi%5D was the first film I worked on after leaving film school. I was not on location%2C but the first few months I was in LA I was a runner for the physical effects crew working out of the old ANG station at the Van Nuys airport. There they built a giant styrofoam scale model of the volcano and a quarter-scale model of the valley for the scene of the damn breaking and the bridge getting washed out. They built four of those bridges%2C and I got to help make them. I also got to pick up all sorts of fascinating things%2C like the stuff they used to simulate volcanic ash and%2C my personal favorite%2C four boxes of det cord. Driving the LA freeways with explosives in the back of your van is a singular experience.%0D%0A%0D%0AAfter that I got picked up at Digital Domain proper doing scan%2Frecord%2C which is digitizing film images and then taking the finished digital images and putting them back on film. I finished out %5Bi%5DDante%27s%5B%2Fi%5D behind a desk and in the clean room. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 47|6|20|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|BlueNinja0||21:32:23|03/13/2010|%3E... whoa. Dude. You%27ve worked on %2Acounts%2A twenty-six movies that I %0D%0A%3Eliked enough to buy on DVD %28or%2C in the last three cases%2C will be %0D%0A%3Ebuying on DVD%29. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0AIf http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FHealth%2Faclu-files-lawsuit-school-cancels-prom-lesbians-request%2Fstory%3Fid%3D10076018 is Wedge%2C then I%27ve got 34 of them. %3AD%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat%27s your cut from DVD sales%3F %240.0001%3F %3A%29 22|5|19|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Star Ranger4||14:55:01|08/25/2009|%3E%3EI was thinking of proposing a drinking game of sorts%2C actually. %0D%0A%3E%3E%22Okay%2C it%27s a shot if you spot Ard%2C and two if you spot Wedge -- he%27s %0D%0A%3E%3Erarer%2C so it%27s worth more.%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI think I may have more than her%2C actually%2C if only because I%27ve had a %0D%0A%3Ebit longer. Most of the movies I do have credits in%2C however... %0D%0A%3EYou%27d probably have already been drinking if you%27re watching them in %0D%0A%3Ethe first place. %3B%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%22He SAW %27Messarina of Tolkabe%3F%27%22%0D%0A%0D%0A...%0D%0A%0D%0A%22HE LIKED MESSARINA OF TOLKABE%3F%21%3F%21%3F%21%22 14|2|8|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Polychrome||21:12:52|08/22/2009|If it was a prime time show the ushers might have wanted the extra time to clean the place up if it was really full.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnother reason to do this might be to conserve the life of the projector bulb.%0D%0AThey are kind of expensive%2C and changing them can be somewhat hazardous as they will explode if mishandled. %0D%0A%0D%0APolychrome%0D%0A 15|3|14|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Wedge||01:41:32|08/23/2009|%3EIf it was a prime time show the ushers might have wanted the extra %0D%0A%3Etime to clean the place up if it was really full. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAnother reason to do this might be to conserve the life of the %0D%0A%3Eprojector bulb. %0D%0A%3EThey are kind of expensive%2C and changing them can be somewhat %0D%0A%3Ehazardous as they will explode if mishandled. %0D%0A%0D%0ANot knocking you%2C directly%2C but those would both still be pretty crap reasons in my book%2C and I%27d still bitch. Projector bulbs%2C for one%2C have a lifespan in the thousands of hours. That extra five minutes won%27t amount to a hill of beans. We would more routinely delay the next show 5 or ten minutes before we%27d %2Aever%2A cut the credits short at the Miracle. %3A%29 If memory serves%2C I could probably count on one hand the number of times we ever had to do even that.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 16|4|15|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Polychrome||05:18:21|08/23/2009|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-23-09 AT 05:21 AM (EDT)]I didn%27t say they were %2Agood%2A reasons.%0D%0AAlthough%2C I wouldn%27t put it past some suit a corporate deciding that it would be a good way to shave pennies on the bulbs. And then giving himself a raise for more than he saved.%0D%0A%0D%0APolychrome%0D%0A 17|2|8|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Zox||18:47:54|08/23/2009|%3E...the theatre didnt show the %0D%0A%3Etrailing credits%3B they turned off the projector and turned on the %0D%0A%3Ehouse lights to get everyone to leave %28the next showing was in an hour %0D%0A%3Eand I guess they were in a hurry%3F%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3Eare they allowed to do that%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AAt the theaters around here %28the DC%2FBaltimore corridor%29%2C they do run the credits...with the lights full up and the cleaning crews in full cry%2C giving you dirty looks for being in their way. 24|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Star Ranger4||18:22:37|12/27/2009|You know%2C I really should give up smoking...%0D%0A%0D%0ABecause its while I%27m out there puffing away that I get hit between the eyes with sleghammer style thoughts like this one%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AWe know that Mac%27s lifepath takes him out of the Duelists circle of influance by the time they graduate and move to Tomadachi... Did he ever make it as a Space Structures engineer the way he wanted%3F Does he still %27bush pilot%27 the No Bull to make ends meet%3F Did he get invited to Utena and Corwin%27s wedding and just choose not to attach himself to the mission the way everyone else and their brothers did%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A 25|2|24|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Ardaniel||02:05:00|12/29/2009|I%27m not really sure this counts as something you can ask and expect Gryph to answer%2C as Mac isn%27t his creation.%0D%0A%0D%0AArd Collier%0D%0Athat Janice chick%0D%0AUsual Suspect and general menace 26|3|25|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Star Ranger4||18:32:10|12/29/2009|Mac isnt%3F I thought he was. Granted Redneck and the Freespacers in general were Kris Overstreet%27s contribution back in the day%2C but I thought Mac was more Gryphon%27s creation. 27|4|26|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Gryphon||19:45:31|12/29/2009|%3EMac isnt%3F I thought he was.%0D%0A%0D%0ANope. Haven%27t you heard this story%3F Mac came about because I was on the workshop chat channel one day remarking that I could use a few %22more normal%22 kids to flesh out the student body at WPI a little better%2C and Kris came up with Mac more or less on the spot. As time went on%2C he kind of took over Kris%27s brain and%2C as things developed%2C turned out not to be %22more normal%22 at all%2C but that was the original intent. %28That same background-filling effort brought us G%27Kron%2C who I think was Truss%27s invention but whose best rants also came from Kris.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen Kris left the studio%2C he left it up to me %28as EIC%29 what becomes of the various elements he introduced to the UF universe%2C but I haven%27t given it a lot of thought - I%27ve largely been unable to get my %5Bi%5Down%5B%2Fi%5D stuff done in anything like a timely manner for the last couple of years%2C as I%27m sure you%27ve noticed%2C much less had a lot of time to think of strategies for the characters who were %22orphaned%22 %28so to speak%29 by his departure.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo technically it %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D within my power to answer your questions%2C even if it%27s to say I hadn%27t really considered the matter. To begin with%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EDid he %0D%0A%3Eever make it as a Space Structures engineer the way he wanted%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m reasonably sure he%27s still pursuing that career%2C though as of 2410 it won%27t have been long enough for him to have graduated from whichever school he ended up attending yet%2C much less begun establishing himself in a career. We know that at least two of the galaxy%27s most influential space engineers %28Montgomery Scott and Zefram Cochrane%29 have taken an interest in his progress%2C though - whether that helps or hinders him in the final analysis is hard to say%2C but he%27s certainly not going to fall through the cracks of the educational system.%0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t have any data available on your second question%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EDoes %0D%0A%3Ehe still %27bush pilot%27 the No Bull to make ends meet%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ABut this one I can speak to at least a little%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EDid he get %0D%0A%3Einvited to Utena and Corwin%27s wedding and just choose not to attach %0D%0A%3Ehimself to the mission the way everyone else and their brothers did%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AHe would certainly have been invited%2C but I%27m not sure he went. Depends how busy he was%3B he does tend to get into kind of a head-down mode when he has a project on. If he was present on B6%2C though%2C I%27d say you%27re correct that he wouldn%27t have wanted to get involved in the mission to Tau Ceti. He %28like all Freespacer citizens%29 is a member of the CFMF reserve%2C but he%27s not affiliated with the IPO%2C unlike most of the others we saw in those last bits of S5M2.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 28|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|The Traitor||07:09:44|12/31/2009|This is quite possibly a ridiculous question%2C but what big science is going on in the UF-verse during%2C say%2C 2410-ish%3F By big science%2C I mean %28to give real-world examples%29 stuff like the LHC and the National Ignition Facility over California way. What%27re the current hot topics in UF physics%3F Is anyone working on viable magmatter or memetic weaponry or suchlike%3F Provolution%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AHas anyone made a unicorn%3F 29|2|28|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Mephron||10:09:27|12/31/2009|%3EHas anyone made a unicorn%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AThere%27s herds running around Alfheim%3B why make them%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 30|3|29|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|dstar||14:07:37|12/31/2009|%3E%3EHas anyone made a unicorn%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThere%27s herds running around Alfheim%3B why make them%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ASo that you can use the horn as a collimator for the organic head-mounted lasers%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AShalon Wood 31|3|29|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Wedge||14:23:02|12/31/2009|%3E%3EHas anyone made a unicorn%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThere%27s herds running around Alfheim%3B why make them%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m sure someone in Life Sciences Division tried it. I always get the idea that if they didn%27t say anything about it%2C it was because you really didn%27t want to know.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 32|4|31|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|The Traitor||19:24:05|12/31/2009|I%27m now seriously regretting the flippant unicorn remark%2C as it evidently detracted from the main thrust of my question... curse you%2C campness... 33|5|32|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Mephron||11:42:52|01/01/2010|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jan-01-10 AT 11:43 AM (EST)]%3EI%27m now seriously regretting the flippant unicorn remark%2C as it %0D%0A%3Eevidently detracted from the main thrust of my question... curse you%2C %0D%0A%3Ecampness... %0D%0A%0D%0AActually%2C I was trying to work out a good response%2C and then the holidays hit.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe problem with the first part of your question is that we have a universe where the Chief Technologist of the International Police Organization%2C as a de-stressing device%2C %5Blink%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2FForum%2Fdcboard.cgi%3Faz%3Dread_count%26om%3D175%26forum%3DDCForumID25%7Cbuilds a ring that teleports you to the nearest Burger King%5D. It%27s hard to judge the bleeding edge of tech.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C we have Nikola Tesla. He redefines %27bleeding edge of tech%27 on the weekly%2C if not daily%2C basis. With him around%2C we could say something is big... only to have him solve the problem and start work on the next generation of that device in short order.%0D%0A%0D%0AFinally%2C if we outright define some stuff on that edge%2C it means we need to work hard to get around it if we need something like it in a story. For narrative purpose%2C it%27s really best if we leave it undefined and nebulous.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 34|5|32|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Gryphon||13:53:55|01/01/2010|%3EI%27m now seriously regretting the flippant unicorn remark%2C as it %0D%0A%3Eevidently detracted from the main thrust of my question...%0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C welcome to my world. I can%27t count the number of times I%27ve dropped a cheap one-liner into a story full of carefully crafted nuances and then had it be the only thing anybody cared enough to post saying they%27d noticed it.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyway%2C to address that main thrust %28er%2C as it were - NMK%2C really%2C but it is New Year%27s Day%29%2C the Big Science of the early 25th century is%2C rather like the Big Science of the early 21st%2C quite impenetably abstruse and not of any great interest to the being in the street. Geoff touched on the main reasons why we prefer not to nail that kind of thing down before we need it%2C but if I had to pick one example of really-out-there research going on circa 2410%2C akin to the Large Hadron Collider of 2009%2C it%27d probably be Project GATEWAY at the Nekomi Institute of Technology.%0D%0A%0D%0AOver there you%27ve got the computer science and physics departments collaborating to investigate the idea that %22cyberspace%22 may genuinely - rather than metaphorically as has long been assumed by conventional science - be an alternate plane of existence. It%27s got all the hallmarks of a program like the LHC%3A enormous%2C expensive%2C visually impressive equipment%3B a team of very bright%2C very dedicated people who are shit at explaining what they%27re about to the public%3B and a basic%2C underlying premise that most people don%27t understand%2C a few %5Bi%5Dthink%5B%2Fi%5D they%27ve understood but have in fact catastrophically misinterpreted%2C and that%2C if you got right down it%2C the average person simply doesn%27t care about. So some of the real tinfoil-hatters think they%27re going to unlock some hideously destructive force by tampering with things mortal beings were not meant to understand%2C and most everyone else thinks%2C %22Even if they%27re right%2C so the hell what%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AAs for the unicorns%2C Geoff and Chad are both right. They %5Bi%5Dare%5B%2Fi%5D native to Alfheim%2C but the WDF Life Sciences Division doesn%27t know that and has made some anyway just for the hell of it. We should never forget that the LSD%27s motto%2C translated from the Latin%2C is %5Bi%5DYou should because you can.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 35|6|34|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|The Traitor||08:28:08|01/02/2010|%3Ea team of very bright%2C very dedicated people who %0D%0A%3Eare shit at explaining what they%27re about to the public%3B and a basic%2C %0D%0A%3Eunderlying premise that most people don%27t understand%2C a few %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5Dthink%5B%2Fi%5D they%27ve understood but have in fact catastrophically %0D%0A%3Emisinterpreted%2C and that%2C if you got right down it%2C the average person %0D%0A%3Esimply doesn%27t care about.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo%2C what they need is a 2410 equivalent of Dr. Brian Cox%2C no relation to Perry. Cox is a former keyboard player in a band called D%3AReam and now working on the LHC. He%27s been on the magical visions box explaining the point of said Big Science in layman%27s terms before someone mucked something up and it went wrong rather spectacularly...%0D%0A%0D%0AIn any event%2C thank you. Presumably the theorem of %27planar cyberspace%27 %28to give it a suitable technobabbleish name%29 could be connected to the idea of the Matrix... but now I%27m just rambling.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat could be my catchphrase... 36|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|dstar||11:50:00|01/05/2010|Having read the latest BPRD story%2C I%27m inspired to ask if you%27re familiar with Charlie Stross%27s Laundry stories%3F On the one hand%2C it seems like something that would fit perfectly with the BPRD%3B on the other%2C it seems like it wouldn%27t%2C being %28sort of %29 horror. On the gripping hand%2C having seen the %2Aother%2A impossible things you%27ve done....%0D%0A%0D%0A%28And on the %2Aother%2A gripping hand%2C how can you not love a story which uses -- in a dry%2C serious%2C bureaucratic report%2C the sentence %22Nonetheless%2C it is the opinion of this committee that SCORPION STARE remains the most viable line of defense to prevent a mass outbreak when the great old ones return from beyond the stars to eat our brains.%22%29%0D%0A%0D%0AShalon Wood 37|2|36|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Wedge||13:00:18|01/05/2010|%3EHaving read the latest BPRD story%2C I%27m inspired to ask if you%27re %0D%0A%3Efamiliar with Charlie Stross%27s Laundry stories%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.tor.com%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Dstory%26id%3D58511%7CI have no idea what you%27re talking about%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 38|2|36|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Gryphon||13:24:11|01/05/2010|%3EHaving read the latest BPRD story%2C I%27m inspired to ask if you%27re %0D%0A%3Efamiliar with Charlie Stross%27s Laundry stories%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AWhere did you think the palmtop computer wired to the hand of glory came from%3F %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 39|3|38|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|dstar||21:21:43|01/05/2010|%3E%3EHaving read the latest BPRD story%2C I%27m inspired to ask if you%27re %0D%0A%3E%3Efamiliar with Charlie Stross%27s Laundry stories%3F%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWhere did you think the palmtop computer wired to the hand of glory %0D%0A%3Ecame from%3F %3A%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C see%2C I %2Awondered%2A%2C but with the number of sources you pull from there%27s no guarantee that the source I see and the one you used are the same. Or even from the same continent....%0D%0A%0D%0AShalon Wood%0D%0A 40|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|CdrMike||05:35:52|01/12/2010|This is one of those questions that humming the MST3K mantra over and over again just didn%27t make go away.%0D%0A%0D%0AWith Manhunt pushing back Kirk%27s five-year mission and the Connie%27s old configuration%2C hasn%27t this sort of compressed the technology timeline%3F We went from the pre-refit Constitution class in 2380 to the Sovereign class Challenger in a little over 20 years%2C with the Excelsior%2C Iowa%2FAmbassador%2C and Galaxy classes in between. 41|2|40|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Mephron||10:26:46|01/12/2010|%3EThis is one of those questions that humming the MST3K mantra over and %0D%0A%3Eover again just didn%27t make go away. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWith Manhunt pushing back Kirk%27s five-year mission and the Connie%27s %0D%0A%3Eold configuration%2C hasn%27t this sort of compressed the technology %0D%0A%3Etimeline%3F We went from the pre-refit Constitution class in 2380 to %0D%0A%3Ethe Sovereign class Challenger in a little over 20 years%2C with the %0D%0A%3EExcelsior%2C Iowa%2FAmbassador%2C and Galaxy classes in between. %0D%0A%0D%0ADespite the fact that GENOM was one of the Great Powers of the Galaxies%2C and that the WDF was out of business%2C the time referred to by Gryphon as the Exile was%2C relatively speaking once the first burst faded%2C pretty peaceful. There was no real development push.%0D%0A%0D%0AOnce Gryphon returned%2C he immediately went on a %27war footing%27 to deal with the inevitable GENOM battle %28as we saw in Core 4%29%2C and thus the technology push you get from something like that.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe know there were some Corporate Wars%2C along with the IPO and its push for technological supremacy in their battles %28to keep the galaxy safe%29. Again%2C technology push due to the fighting.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C look at some of the research staff for the IPO%3A Skuld Ravenhair%2C Don Griffin%2C Bruce Banner%2C Tony Stark... these are people for whom the bleeding edge of technology is the place to stand on while you reach on farther.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22 42|2|40|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|The Traitor||12:21:11|01/12/2010|Welcome to the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment... 43|2|40|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Gryphon||12:26:22|01/12/2010|%3EWith Manhunt pushing back Kirk%27s five-year mission and the Connie%27s %0D%0A%3Eold configuration%2C hasn%27t this sort of compressed the technology %0D%0A%3Etimeline%3F We went from the pre-refit Constitution class in 2380 to %0D%0A%3Ethe Sovereign class Challenger in a little over 20 years%2C with the %0D%0A%3EExcelsior%2C Iowa%2FAmbassador%2C and Galaxy classes in between. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C in roughly the same span of time - between Lindbergh%27s 1927 flight and just after the Korean War - aviation went from machinegun-bearing fabric-covered biplanes held together with guywires to radar-guided missiles and supersonic jets. The biggest motivating force behind all that innovation was the Second World War. In between %5Bi%5DManhunt%5B%2Fi%5D and the early Symphonies %28when %5Bi%5DChallenger%5B%2Fi%5D makes her debut%29%2C we had the War of Corporate Occupation%2C a couple of Kilrathi Wars%2C the Cardassian Incursion - it was a very busy time%2C and%2C as Geoff notes%2C the period immediately before it was largely uneventful.%0D%0A%0D%0ABesides%2C the %5Bi%5DEnterprise%5B%2Fi%5D Mission %28as it is invariably known in the history books ca. 2410%29 was nearly over by the time %5Bi%5DManhunt%5B%2Fi%5D happened - which means the equally often capitalized %5Bi%5DEnterprise%5B%2Fi%5D Refit was probably already well along in development. And the %5Bi%5DExcelsior%5B%2Fi%5D class had been a nearly complete design for almost a century at that point%2C it was just that nobody%27d worked out how to actually build one.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo%2C long answer short%2C no%2C I don%27t think it%27s really that compressed. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 44|3|43|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|CdrMike||08:04:42|01/13/2010|%3EWell%2C in roughly the same span of time - between Lindbergh%27s 1927 %0D%0A%3Eflight and just after the Korean War - aviation went from %0D%0A%3Emachinegun-bearing fabric-covered biplanes held together with guywires %0D%0A%3Eto radar-guided missiles and supersonic jets. The biggest motivating %0D%0A%3Eforce behind all that innovation was the Second World War.%0D%0A%0D%0AActually%2C the closest equivalent that I could think of in terms of warships as opposed to aircraft was the fact that US Navy%2C in roughly the same timespan between the end of Manhunt and the beginning of the Symphonies%2C had gone from the Essex and Midway class straight-deck carriers of WWII to the Enterprise class supercarrier%2C with the Forrestal and Kittyhawk classes inbetween. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn between %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DManhunt%5B%2Fi%5D and the early Symphonies %28when %5Bi%5DChallenger%5B%2Fi%5D makes %0D%0A%3Eher debut%29%2C we had the War of Corporate Occupation%2C a couple of %0D%0A%3EKilrathi Wars%2C the Cardassian Incursion - it was a very busy time%2C %0D%0A%3Eand%2C as Geoff notes%2C the period immediately before it was largely %0D%0A%3Euneventful. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe Corporate Occupation and Cardassian Incursion I%27d remembered%2C but not the Kilrathi Wars. One might also take into consideration the quasi-Cold War that took place between Zeta Cygni and Earth%2C much like the our own Cold War between the US and USSR.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EBesides%2C the %5Bi%5DEnterprise%5B%2Fi%5D Mission %28as it is invariably known in %0D%0A%3Ethe history books ca. 2410%29 was nearly over by the time %5Bi%5DManhunt%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3Ehappened - which means the equally often capitalized %5Bi%5DEnterprise%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3ERefit was probably already well along in development. And the %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DExcelsior%5B%2Fi%5D class had been a nearly complete design for almost a %0D%0A%3Ecentury at that point%2C it was just that nobody%27d worked out how to %0D%0A%3Eactually build one.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ESo%2C long answer short%2C no%2C I don%27t think it%27s really that compressed. %0D%0A%3E%3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0ASo you%27re saying that I should %22really just relax%22%3F 45|4|44|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Mephron||10:25:23|01/13/2010|%3ESo you%27re saying that I should %22really just relax%22%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AThis is just me talking here%2C so please take it with the grain of salt required. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0ANo%2C you brought up an interesting point%2C and I can see how you got the idea of the tech curve going abruptly asypmtotic - to someone seeing it from %27outside%27%2C it may very well look that way. There%27s things that haven%27t been covered directly%2C just mentioned in passing%2C and it may not stick completely - and that%27s human memory at work%2C not deliberate.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut as the Chief and I both pointed out%2C since Gryphon%27s return and the restart of the WDF%2C the War of Corporate Occupation and all that came after%2C there%27s been a number of conflicts%2C and those always birth either new technologies or new advancements in existing ones. %28And sometimes things that fail miserably%2C as in the Zeon War where they thought they%27d really discovered Minkovski particles and were proven disasterously wrong...%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThere%27s a lot of %22really just relax%22 things%2C which is usually asking us to nail down things we%27re prefer not to nail down %28like exactly how crossbreeding works%2C or who Jessica D%27Alkirk%27s father is%2C or why Xander Cage orders chocolate syrup in hundredweight%2A%29%2C but this was a good question and I hope you don%27t feel we%27ve been annoying about it.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21 Google is your Friend%21%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5D%2A for really big sundaes%2C of course. what were %5Bi%5Dyou%5B%2Fi%5D thinking%3F%5B%2Ffont%5D 46|5|45|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|CdrMike||16:40:36|01/13/2010|%3EThere%27s a lot of %22really just relax%22 things%2C which is usually asking %0D%0A%3Eus to nail down things we%27re prefer not to nail down %28like exactly how %0D%0A%3Ecrossbreeding works%2C or who Jessica D%27Alkirk%27s father is%2C or why %0D%0A%3EXander Cage orders chocolate syrup in hundredweight%2A%29%2C but this was a %0D%0A%3Egood question and I hope you don%27t feel we%27ve been annoying about it. %0D%0A%0D%0ANot at all. If anything%2C I was worried that I came off as a nitpicker%2C which I admit I have a tendency of being. 48|1|0|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|JeanneHedge||21:26:21|03/22/2010|This is a truly earthshaking question %28not%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat%27s Kaitlyn%27s middle name%3F It%27s been given as both Yuri and Yuriko %28in each case%2C in honor of Ms Daniels%29%2C and both ways within the same story at least once.%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%22Believe me%2C if I have to go the rest of my life without companionship%2C knowing myself won%27t be a problem.%22%0D%0A -- Gabrielle of Potadeia%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 49|2|48|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything -- Beyond the Veil|Gryphon||21:32:57|03/22/2010|%3EThis is a truly earthshaking question %28not%29. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWhat%27s Kaitlyn%27s middle name%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AOfficially%2C Yuriko. Nobody ever actually calls Yuri Yuriko%2C though%2C so people who know Kate was named after her usually assume it%27s just Yuri.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D