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0|0|0|||1||Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|The Traitor||08:08:25|03/01/2010|The old one was getting... a tad longish. So%2C mein qvestion izz dis.%0D%0A%0D%0ARoughly how large %28in terms of departments%2C if giving out manpower stats is a spoiler%29 is the sprawling collective of Special Assignments%3F I mean%2C the ASSMF is number 139%2C according to Meph%2C so it kinda left me perplexed as to how many of the things there are. Less curious about what they%27re all doing%2C as law enforcement of that nature tends to be dangerous and I%27m an almost Rimmer-level coward.%0D%0A%0D%0ABugger%2C I%27m rambling again...%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Together we will build an empire of a million shining suns.%22 -- Dave%2C Dictator of Utopia.
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||15:08:12|03/01/2010|%3ERoughly how large %28in terms of departments%2C if giving out manpower %0D%0A%3Estats is a spoiler%29 is the sprawling collective of Special %0D%0A%3EAssignments%3F I mean%2C the ASSMF is number 139%2C according to Meph%2C so it %0D%0A%3Ekinda left me perplexed as to how many of the things there are.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C the code numbers don%27t correspond exactly to the number of SA branches there are%2C because there are subgroups - they%27re numbered sort of like hotel rooms.  SA 139 is properly division 39 of Special Assignment 1 %28the Experts of Justice%29.  Similarly%2C Slaarti the Hutt%27s little Jedi posse%2C SA 202%2C is division 2 of SA 2 %28the Jedi Order%29.  And so on.  Further%2C the number after the prefix isn%27t an accurate count of how many special groups there are under a particular SA%3B the numbers don%27t get re-used%2C so an SA division that%27s formed for a particular mission and then disbands uses one up.  It%27s a very fluid organization%2C always adapting to needs and circumstances%2C and that makes it hard to get a meaningful snapshot of at any given time.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat said%2C there are at least thirteen top-level SA codes%2C in addition to the various branches of the IPO %28Tactical Division%2C CID%2C Tech Services%2C the BPRD%2C AEGIS%2C the Space Force%2C etc.%29%2C though not all are in active use at any given time.  %28There are%2C for instance%2C presently no SA6 agents%2C because the IPO currently does not have any tentacular-horror-from-beyond-time%2Fgun-toting-schoolgirl teams on active duty.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t care to pin it down any more precisely than that because that would present obstacles to improvisation later.%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
2|2|1|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|BLUE||18:01:21|03/01/2010|%3E%28There are%2C for instance%2C presently %0D%0A%3Eno SA6 agents%2C because the IPO currently does not have any %0D%0A%3Etentacular-horror-from-beyond-time%2Fgun-toting-schoolgirl teams on %0D%0A%3Eactive duty.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m missing the reference%2C but I%27m still recovering from a concussion so I%27m not tracking well on all levels yet.  On a side not%3A severe concussions SUCK.%0D%0A%0D%0A
3|3|2|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||18:46:39|03/01/2010|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Mar-03-10 AT 11:39 AM (EST)]%3E%3E%28There are%2C for instance%2C presently %0D%0A%3E%3Eno SA6 agents%2C because the IPO currently does not have any %0D%0A%3E%3Etentacular-horror-from-beyond-time%2Fgun-toting-schoolgirl teams on %0D%0A%3E%3Eactive duty.%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27m missing the reference%0D%0A%0D%0AThere isn%27t one%2C really.  I%27ve just long believed that a team like that was something every science fiction universe really kind of needed.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%5Bb%5DShe%27s%5B%2Fb%5D an honor student with a steady hand and a fondness for firepower.  %5Bb%5DHe%27s%5B%2Fb%5D%28%3F%29 a shapeless tentacular monster from a dimension outside mortal understanding.  %5Bb%5DThey fight crime%21%5B%2Fb%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EOn a side not%3A severe concussions SUCK. %0D%0A%0D%0AOuch.  Yeah%2C having had no fun at all with a relatively minor one some years back%2C I can well imagine.%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
7|4|3|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Senji||11:07:00|03/03/2010|%3E She%27s an honor student with a steady hand and a fondness for firepower. He%27s%28%3F%29%0D%0A%3E a shapeless tentacular monster from a dimension outside moral understanding.%0D%0A%3E They fight crime%21%0D%0A%0D%0ASounds like something out of Cthulhutech....
9|5|7|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||11:40:43|03/03/2010|%3E%3E She%27s an honor student with a steady hand and a fondness for firepower. He%27s%28%3F%29%0D%0A%3E%3E a shapeless tentacular monster from a dimension outside moral understanding.%0D%0A%3E%3E They fight crime%21%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ESounds like something out of Cthulhutech.... %0D%0A%0D%0Asnrk%2C I just noticed my typo there.  I mean %22mortal understanding%2C%22 but I suppose %22moral understanding%22 works too%2C given the usual sort of story those monsters co-star with schoolgirls in.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%22No%21  Not there%21  And more importantly%2C not now.  I have to concentrate.%22%5B%2Fsmall%5D%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
4|3|2|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|CdrMike||17:08:42|03/02/2010|%3EOn a side not%3A severe concussions SUCK.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell next time%2C remember your helmet before you headbutt a krogan.
5|4|4|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|BLUE||21:02:59|03/02/2010|%3E%3EOn a side not%3A severe concussions SUCK.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWell next time%2C remember your helmet before you headbutt a krogan. %0D%0A%0D%0ADid the next best thing%2C actually%3A knocked my hardhat off%2C then%2C like a dumbass%2C didn%27t turn around and get it.  Headbutted a steel door designed to restrain bears.  Still dealing with it over two months later.  The migranes are especially fun.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn the other hand%2C I got a CT scan%2C and they did%2C in fact%2C find a brain.  People were amazed and astounded%2C as they figured the anime%2C and the cosplay girls%2C had rotted it away years ago...
6|5|5|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Meagen||07:20:09|03/03/2010|%3EOn the other hand%2C I got a CT scan%2C and they did%2C in fact%2C find a brain. %0D%0A%0D%0ANow if only they%27d made .jpeg of it for you to view later%2C we could say that They Saved The Brain.
8|6|6|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Mephron||11:31:14|03/03/2010|...but then someone would say it was an obvious photoshop %28because of their experience%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd no one wants that.%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
10|1|0|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Sofaspud||12:35:21|03/11/2010|%0D%0AOkay%2C if this veers too far into Investigating Too Closely territory%2C my apologies.  And if it%27s been covered before and I missed it%2C ditto.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28This was triggered by the Star-Crossed pieces%2C by the way.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AIn the Exile period%2C Gryphon is a wanted fugitive.  I know it%27s been discussed that the reasons for this are... specious%2C at best.  How many hundreds of years of loyalty vs. one apparent act of brutality%3F  Yeah.  Doesn%27t make much sense.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd then there%27s the fact that %28as has been observed%29 every %2Anamed%2A character excepting Kei seems to be on Gryph%27s side.  Dr. Slappi%2C Yuri%2C now Tali... the list goes on.  Okay%2C sure%2C Zoner%27s being an apathetic douche during this period%2C but whatever. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AIt got me to thinking... did the real Butcher continue on his mad terror spree after Sonset%3F  That would really explain a lot about the situation -- including why Kei has had such a hard time catching Gryph%2C and why she%27s so pissed all the time.  If she were really chasing two people%2C after all%2C it%27d be hard to keep up.  It would also explain why the galaxy at large has such a hate on still%2C even decades later.  Even the GENOM publicity machine can only do so much%2C after all%2C unless they have fresh material to work with from time to time.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A--sofaspud%0D%0A--
11|2|10|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||13:03:26|03/11/2010|%3EIt got me to thinking... did the real Butcher continue on his mad %0D%0A%3Eterror spree after Sonset%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C certainly.  Remember that huge list of crimes-wanted-for in his file that Grissom looked up in %5Bi%5DManhunt%5B%2Fi%5D%3F  Some of those were %28ironically%29 things he actually did in the course of the Exile %28resisting arrest%2C evading pursuit%2C probably impersonating this and that%29%2C but others %28rape%2C l%26egrave%3Bse majest%26eacute%3B%29 were things HN1 did in his name%2C as it were.%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
12|3|11|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Prince Charon||17:47:21|03/12/2010|Thinking about it%2C I wonder how many criminals decided to make it look like %27the Butcher%27 did something they were going to do%2C in order to throw off pursuit.  That would muddy the waters even further%2C no%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AWonder if HN1 killed any of said copycats%2C if they exist.  He had a fairly massive ego%2C after all.%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
13|4|12|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|The Traitor||07:12:58|03/13/2010|One would assume so. I can sort of see him going completely Jigsaw just to get Gryphon in the papers. Again. In fact%2C if the Vampire of Saenar%27s anything to go by%2C he did at least once...%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Together we will build an empire of a million shining suns.%22 -- Dave%2C Dictator of Utopia.
14|1|0|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Nathan||13:33:53|03/23/2010|I%27ll admit that%2C perhaps due to my not having read the B5 novels that apparently go into the matter in more detail%2C I%27ve been bothered%2C to greater or lesser degrees%2C by a lot of the presentation of the Psi Corps.%0D%0A%0D%0AFor instance%2C we are told that there is a significant interest in fostering more and stronger telepaths among the ranks of at least serving teeps%2C and provided with the implication that this is entirely or primarily a genetic issue%2C but apparently in-vitro techniques of the type that are possible %5Bi%5Deven today%5B%2Fi%5D aren%27t even considered. While the %27brutal breeding program%27 presented instead is certainly black-hat enough%2C the logical holes in it get me stuck between inventing conspiracy theories that set 99%25 of the Corps as victims who%27ve been written off as evil themselves and dismissing the enitre organization as incompetents in snappy uniforms.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo I guess I%27ll just ask - what%2C within the limits of spoilers%2C can you tell us about the Psi Corps%3F Its origins%2C factions%2C goals%2C or logic%3F
15|2|14|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||14:02:16|03/23/2010|%3EFor instance%2C we are told that there is a significant interest in %0D%0A%3Efostering more and stronger telepaths among the ranks of at least %0D%0A%3Eserving teeps%2C and provided with the implication that this is entirely %0D%0A%3Eor primarily a genetic issue%2C but apparently in-vitro techniques of %0D%0A%3Ethe type that are possible %5Bi%5Deven today%5B%2Fi%5D aren%27t even considered.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C sort of.  %28I%27m guessing you%27re referring to Carmela Sunderland%27s anecdote about the guy she knew on the Moon.%29  It%27s not that they%27re trying to breed better telepaths exclusively by forcing certain pairings among Corps members - there%27s a lot of work being done in the lab.  Probably most of it%3B straight-up eugenics is%2C if nothing else%2C extremely time-inefficient.  At the same time%2C however%2C the management would prefer that members not waste potential by breeding %5Bi%5Dweaker%5B%2Fi%5D ones merely as a by-product of interpersonal attraction.  It%27s not so much a brutal breeding program as a rather heartless enjoinder to try and stay focused%2C people.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ESo I guess I%27ll just ask - what%2C within the limits of spoilers%2C can %0D%0A%3Eyou tell us about the Psi Corps%3F Its origins%2C factions%2C goals%2C or %0D%0A%3Elogic%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ALike many such organizations%2C the Corps was well-meaning enough when founded.  Its intent was to study the emerging psion phenomenon in the population of Earth and her colonies%2C try to figure out why it was happening %28and what was causing it to emerge so phenomenally fast%2C in Darwinian terms%2C if it truly is an evolutionary phase%29%2C and provide structure and training for the affected population%2C as well as an acknowledged political voice for same.%0D%0A%0D%0AMuch like the mutant phenomenon in Don Griffin%27s home universe%2C the telepath question was a hot-button issue on Earth in the years leading up to and following the War of Corporate Occupation%2C with some telepath extremists declaring themselves %22%5Bi%5DHomo superior%5B%2Fi%5D%22 and regular humans obsolete%2C and their anti-telepath opposite numbers talking shit about abominations and the will of %24DEITY.  The founding of the Corps was%2C in part%2C an attempt by the fledgling Earth Alliance government to defuse all that by providing a recognized channel for the debate to flow into%2C which%2C it was hoped%2C would weed out the extremist outliers on both sides.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn the process%2C the Psi Corps assumed much of what had been the Ministry for Psionic Research under the old Olympus government.  This was a less political%2C less hands-on agency charged mainly with the scientific investigation side of the matter%3B the MPR focused on tracking the development of the psion phenomenon and developing countermeasures by which ESWAT could stop rogue psions%2C but wasn%27t concerned with giving the psion population a political identity%3B that would have run directly counter to Olympus%27s %22all Earthers are one people%22 philosophy.  %28It%27s rumored%2C however%2C that there were efforts to integrate the psion gene complex%2C once identified%2C into bioroid development - but they say Olympus fell and bioroid production ended before anything came of that.%29%0D%0A%0D%0ASo the Corps wears many hats%3A it%27s a research institute%2C it%27s a political lobby%2C it%27s a registration and monitoring authority%2C it%27s a training academy.  Eventually it would evolve into a law-enforcement agency as well%2C first to police other telepaths%2C and later to %22assist%22 the non-psionic police with their enquiries.  Some of its policies and powers - universal conscription%2C for instance%2C which was not originally mandatory but became so after a series of terrorist incidents in the mid-%2790s convinced the Dome that stricter measures were necessary - cause controversy%2C but the average person on the street would say that it does more good than harm.%0D%0A%0D%0AOf course%2C the average person on the street is not aware that by 2402 or thereabouts%2C its bureaucracy had become so labyrinthine and unknowable that it was ripe for infiltration and subversion by rogue elements bent on destabilizing the galaxy%2C but then if the average person on the street were aware of what those rogue elements were up to%2C they wouldn%27t be very effective.%0D%0A%0D%0ALike so many such changes%2C the Psi Corps%27 evolution from benign research and training agency to sinister shadow conspiracy was driven and enabled largely through cynical manipulation of the political process through fear.  All the expansions to the Psi Act%2C from universal conscription all the way up to the Corps%27 change from an EA agency to a Federation one%2C passed through the relevant legislative bodies on the backs of carefully orchestrated waves of near-panic.  This has always been a very effective strategy for positioning one%27s pieces on the political chessboard to greatest advantage%2C and the two men who %28directly or indirectly%29 has made most of it happen over the last 30 years - William Clark and Eidun Palpatine - are particularly good at it.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs for who %5Bi%5Dthey%5B%2Fi%5D may answer to%3F  Well%2C we know part of that%2C Clark is a Mysteron agent and Palpatine is a self-styled Sith Lord.  The rest I%27ll have to leave for another time.%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
16|3|15|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Nathan||14:33:15|03/23/2010|Works for me. The fanfic-producing corner of my brain had taken to thinking that the great majority of %27telepaths on the street%27%2C so to speak%2C would be inclined to think of the %27IPO or Black Omega%27 choice in the Knights of the Outer Rim era as something along the lines of Scylla and Charybdis%2C and building characters and plotlines around them%2C but this information is enough to beat it into a proper insensate silence at last. %5E_%5E
17|3|15|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Prince Charon||22:49:33|03/23/2010|%3E%28It%27s rumored%2C however%2C that there were efforts %0D%0A%3Eto integrate the psion gene complex%2C once identified%2C into bioroid %0D%0A%3Edevelopment - but they say Olympus fell and bioroid production ended %0D%0A%3Ebefore anything came of that.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%27They say%27.  Oh%2C dear.  That could be an interesting problem%2C later on.%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
18|4|17|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|FubarObfusco||20:31:20|03/25/2010|%3E%3E%28It%27s rumored%2C however%2C that there were efforts %0D%0A%3E%3Eto integrate the psion gene complex%2C once identified%2C into bioroid %0D%0A%3E%3Edevelopment - but they say Olympus fell and bioroid production ended %0D%0A%3E%3Ebefore anything came of that.%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%27They say%27.  Oh%2C dear.  That could be an interesting problem%2C later %0D%0A%3Eon. %0D%0A%0D%0AWhy am I hearing the name Giskard here%3F
19|5|18|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||20:33:29|03/25/2010|%3EWhy am I hearing the name Giskard here%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m sure I don%27t know%2C and I mean that sincerely.%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
20|6|19|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Star Ranger4||21:33:34|03/25/2010|%3E%3EWhy am I hearing the name Giskard here%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27m sure I don%27t know%2C and I mean that sincerely. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0AI cant speak for you%2C But for some reason I think obfusco was thinking of %5Blink%3Aen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FR._Giskard_Reventlov%7Cthis guy%5D from a couple of Master Asimov%27s last few works.
21|1|0|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|The Traitor||03:56:34|04/23/2010|Sorry for asking a question that may well make certain members of the forum want to beat me to death with my own pancreas%2C but... ah%2C hell with it. Here goes%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AGryph%2C I read through the Minis again and came across the founding of the Art of Noise via Journey%27s Don%27t Stop Believing. Or Believin%27. Whichever. Point is%2C what did you reckon of the cover done on Glee%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%2Adons tin hat and cowers in face of inevitable shitstorm%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Together we will build an empire of a million shining suns.%22 -- Dave%2C Dictator of Utopia.
26|2|21|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||21:19:54|04/23/2010|%3EGryph%2C I read through the Minis again and came across the founding of %0D%0A%3Ethe Art of Noise via Journey%27s Don%27t Stop Believing. Or Believin%27. %0D%0A%3EWhichever. Point is%2C what did you reckon of the cover done on Glee%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C I%27ve never seen the show%2C so I%27ve got no context for said cover %28nor do I particularly want any%29%2C but by a weird coincidence I %5Bi%5Dhave%5B%2Fi%5D heard that one song.  It%27s all right.  The sort-of-%5Bi%5Da-capella%5B%2Fi%5D-and-sort-of-not style is a bit odd%2C and there are places where it%27s obvious that the producers are leaning pretty hard on the ol%27 Auto-Tune %28though at least they%27re using it for its intended purpose and not just showing off%29%2C but it%27s a decent effort.%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
22|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Bushido||08:59:03|04/23/2010|In CSI%3ANew Avalon - Outward Trajectory%2C when Nick is talking to John Spartan %28aka Master Chief%2C He-Who-Makes-Grunts-Soil-Themselves%2C etc%29 Janice Barlow comes in and calls John %22Dad.%22  Is there something significant going on here or is it just a similar relationship to what we see with Utena and Gryphon%3F  Also%2C how and when did Janice and John spend enough time together to develop that relationship%2C especially to the point where he trusts her with Cortana%3F
23|2|22|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Droken||09:50:13|04/23/2010|I believe that their relationship was given that time in the un-written-but-oft-mentioned collection of adventures that Janice%2C X%2C and Neal got into on Tomodachi going undercover to track down the BTL ring. IIRC%2C SPARTAN and Cortana were in charge of that mission.
24|3|23|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|BZArcher||12:50:48|04/23/2010|I think you%27re half right.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf you look at the mini-stories%2C go check out %22Reassigned%22 - it%27s either on the forums or the...third%28%3F%29 mini-stories collection.%0D%0A%0D%0AI think that will explain a few things if you look at the time stamps and read between the lines.
25|2|22|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||21:13:31|04/23/2010|%3EIn CSI%3ANew Avalon - Outward Trajectory%2C when Nick is talking to John %0D%0A%3ESpartan %28aka Master Chief%2C He-Who-Makes-Grunts-Soil-Themselves%2C etc%29 %0D%0A%3EJanice Barlow comes in and calls John %22Dad.%22  Is there something %0D%0A%3Esignificant going on here or is it just a similar relationship to what %0D%0A%3Ewe see with Utena and Gryphon%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m not sure how to answer that.  I mean%2C I%27d like to think that %22a similar relationship to what we see with Utena and Gryphon%22 %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D %22something significant%22.  I mean%2C he%27s only adopted her into his family.%0D%0A%0D%0AOf course%2C neither John-117 nor Janice really %5Bi%5Dhave%5B%2Fi%5D a family in the strictly traditional sense%2C so the parallel is not exact%2C but still...%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAlso%2C how and when did Janice and John %0D%0A%3Espend enough time together to develop that relationship%2C especially to %0D%0A%3Ethe point where he trusts her with Cortana%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AMost of it%27s happened off-screen%2C in the work Janice has done with CID and Tac Div while away from the %5Bi%5DValiant%5B%2Fi%5D and company%3B we see the edges and corners of it in %5Bi%5DThe Revolution Will Be Televised%5B%2Fi%5D and %22Reassigned%22.%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
27|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Tabasco||22:43:19|04/23/2010|Completely unrelated to the above%2C I wondered something while reading the first part of Twilight.  %0D%0A%0D%0AWhen Aya gets her orders sending her off on the grand crusade%2C it lists out the three branches of the Freespacer fleet in the header.  My possibly excessively fiddly question is how exactly the Freespacer commands are set up.  Is it like the Cold War US Air Force with the fighters and close support aircraft in TAC%2C the bombers and most of the tankers in SAC%2C and the transports lumped into MAC%2C or is it more of a combined arms kind of setup%3F
28|2|27|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||22:48:20|04/23/2010|%3EMy possibly excessively fiddly question is how exactly the Freespacer %0D%0A%3Ecommands are set up.%0D%0A%0D%0ABeats me%2C man.  Didn%27t have anything to do with the Freespacer designs.%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|2|27|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|JeanneHedge||20:32:39|04/27/2010|%3ECompletely unrelated to the above%2C I wondered something while reading %0D%0A%3Ethe first part of Twilight. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWhen Aya gets her orders sending her off on the grand crusade%2C it %0D%0A%3Elists out the three branches of the Freespacer fleet in the header.  %0D%0A%3EMy possibly excessively fiddly question is how exactly the Freespacer %0D%0A%3Ecommands are set up.  %0D%0A%0D%0AAre you referring to the header line that begins like this%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AFROM%3AR. ADML. KRISTAN OVERSTREET %28PG O-10%29%2C CINC CFMF TACFLEET STRATFLEET%0D%0ASUPFLEET%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AIf so....%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIs it like the Cold War US Air Force with the %0D%0A%3Efighters and close support aircraft in TAC%2C the bombers and most of %0D%0A%3Ethe tankers in SAC%2C and the transports lumped into MAC%2C or is it more %0D%0A%3Eof a combined arms kind of setup%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI believe your question may be answered in something Kris Overstreet posted on April 25%2C 2001. It%27s in the Undocumented Features General archives section%2C titled %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FForum%2Fdcboard.cgi%3Faz%3Dread_count%26om%3D11%26forum%3DDCForumID1%26viewmode%3Dthreaded%7CThe Hitchhiker%27s Guide to the %28UF%29 Galaxy%5D. In particular%2C take a look at reply %231.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThis particular message and replies also talks about Baseball and the CFA New Orleans.  Among lots and lots of %22regular%22 old threads in that particular archive%2C there are also a few pieces of %22featured document%22-type material that may or may not continue to be valid %28such as a rather nice write-up about New Avalon by Gryphon%2C and several messages detailing the CFMF from Redneck%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%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
45|3|44|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Tabasco||20:40:24|04/27/2010|Thank you kindly%2C I%27ll check up on that.
46|4|45|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|JeanneHedge||23:41:33|04/27/2010|Glad to be of help. I just hope it was what you were looking for. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%28On further poking around in that archive%2C I%27ve discovered just how much I%27d forgotten of the scads of stuff that was written about the Freespacers back then. Everything from courts martial to schools to politics to %22fraternization%22 in the ranks. And Aya Nakajima%27s service record too.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%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
47|3|44|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||15:22:28|04/28/2010|%3EAmong lots and lots of %22regular%22 old threads in that %0D%0A%3Eparticular archive%2C there are also a few pieces of %22featured %0D%0A%3Edocument%22-type material that may or may not continue to be valid %28such %0D%0A%3Eas a rather nice write-up about New Avalon by Gryphon%2C and several %0D%0A%3Emessages detailing the CFMF from Redneck%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AI knew there were some omissions%3B I ought to chase those down and shift them to the FD archive.  As you say%2C not all are still 100%25 valid %28there are a few things in the old New Avalon doc%2C which I think is the first UF%2FH2G2 entry I did%2C that have turned out to be wrong%29%2C but they%27re still worth filing properly.%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
29|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Bushido||09:13:27|04/24/2010|I have a couple of questions regarding Kaitlyn.  Is there any chance we might see some of her movies %28Zatoichi vs. Wolverine%2C New Century Zatoichi%2C The Crimson Lizard vs. The World Crime League%2C etc.%29 in story form%3F  Also%2C on a slightly related note%2C will we ever learn how she overcame her stutter%3F  Since%2C presumably%2C it would be hard for her to get into acting with a stutter%2C even if she has an in with the studio %28Kanzaki Studios%29.  I also never quite got if she%27d had her stutter throughout childhood or if it was due to trauma from that creep-whose-name-is-not-worth-looking-up.
30|2|29|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Zox||11:13:27|04/24/2010|%3EI also never quite got if she%27d had her %0D%0A%3Estutter throughout childhood or if it was due to trauma from that %0D%0A%3Ecreep-whose-name-is-not-worth-looking-up. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn %5Bi%5DCorrespondence%5B%2Fi%5D%2C it says that Kaitlyn already had a stutter when she was five years old.
31|2|29|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||12:18:54|04/24/2010|%3EI have a couple of questions regarding Kaitlyn.  Is there any chance %0D%0A%3Ewe might see some of her movies %28Zatoichi vs. Wolverine%2C New Century %0D%0A%3EZatoichi%2C The Crimson Lizard vs. The World Crime League%2C etc.%29 in %0D%0A%3Estory form%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DAny%5B%2Fi%5D chance%2C sure%2C there%27s %5Bi%5Dany%5B%2Fi%5D chance of a whole range of things - but not%2C I suspect%2C a very big one.  I%27ve got way too much on already without doing full-length fiction-within-fiction pieces...%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAlso%2C on a slightly related note%2C will we ever learn how %0D%0A%3Eshe overcame her stutter%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat was in %5Bi%5DRoad Film %28With Fighting%29%5B%2Fi%5D is probably as detailed an explanation as will be forthcoming%2C particularly since it%27s about as much as Kaitlyn knows herself.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ESince%2C presumably%2C it would be hard for her %0D%0A%3Eto get into acting with a stutter%2C even if she has an in with the %0D%0A%3Estudio %28Kanzaki Studios%29.%0D%0A%0D%0ANot %5Bi%5Dthat%5B%2Fi%5D hard.  In her early Kanzaki films%2C they ADRed her dialogue in post with somebody else%27s voice %28Juri%27s%2C in fact%29.  One understands%2C these were not terribly %5Bi%5Ddetailed%5B%2Fi%5D roles%2C speaking-wise.  She probably %5Bi%5Dwould%5B%2Fi%5D have found it hard going if she%27d gone after really talky parts.  Her very first film character%2C the unnamed ronin in %5Bi%5DTen Gold Coins and a Wedding%5B%2Fi%5D%2C had only two lines %28%22You call this %5Bi%5Dsake%5B%2Fi%5D%3F%22 and %22Forget it.  I%27m not getting paid to fight you.%22%29%3B Razor Katagiri in %5Bi%5DThe Crimson Lizard vs. the World Crime League%5B%2Fi%5D had only a few%2C apart from maniacal laughter %28and the musical numbers%2C of course%29%3B and Zatoichi%27s taciturnity is part of the character.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI also never quite got if she%27d had her %0D%0A%3Estutter throughout childhood or if it was due to trauma from that %0D%0A%3Ecreep-whose-name-is-not-worth-looking-up. %0D%0A%0D%0AShe%27s had it her whole life.  And it%27s not gone entirely%2C just much better controlled.  One expects%2C for instance%2C that if she ever ran into Mike Carpenter again%2C it%27d come back just from the shock.  %28One also expects that she%27d stand and fight rather than freeze in terror and run away again%2C at this point%2C but still.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%22Oh%2C I%27m s-s-sorry%2C w-was that your h-h-hand%3F%22%5B%2Fsmall%5D%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
32|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|clg||15:16:56|04/24/2010|At some point in the commentary for Symphony%2C you commented that Hiroe Ogawa and Utena were originally part of a running gag featuring nightmarish roommates for Kaitlyn. Did you have any other candidates in mind%2C or did the planning never get that far%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AIf you feel like commenting on Saionji%27s roommate%2C that%27d be interesting too %28since we%27re on the subject anyway%29.
33|2|32|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||15:23:16|04/24/2010|%3EAt some point in the commentary for Symphony%2C you commented that Hiroe %0D%0A%3EOgawa and Utena were originally part of a running gag featuring %0D%0A%3Enightmarish roommates for Kaitlyn. Did you have any other candidates %0D%0A%3Ein mind%2C or did the planning never get that far%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AIf there%27d ever been a need for a third one%2C we%27d have worked on it%2C but we didn%27t get that far.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIf you feel like commenting on Saionji%27s roommate%2C that%27d be %0D%0A%3Einteresting too %28since we%27re on the subject anyway%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C the one mentioned in %5Bi%5DArena%5B%2Fi%5D%3F  That joke is like a film set - if you go around the back and look%2C there%27s nothing there but some two-by-fours.%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
34|3|33|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|The Traitor||05:53:24|04/26/2010|In a similar vein%2C what was it that Hiroe Ogawa actually %5Bi%5Ddid%5B%2Fi%5D%3F I know not her provenance%2C see.%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Together we will build an empire of a million shining suns.%22 -- Dave%2C Dictator of Utopia.
35|4|34|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|WyrdDragon||06:52:22|04/26/2010|Google seems to think she%27s a hentai character.%0D%0AIIRC there was a mention in SoS regarding the frequency of mains electricity in Worcester.%0D%0A%0D%0AI leave conclusions to the reader.
38|5|35|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||11:56:50|04/26/2010|%3EGoogle seems to think she%27s a hentai character. %0D%0A%3EIIRC there was a mention in SoS regarding the frequency of mains %0D%0A%3Eelectricity in Worcester. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI leave conclusions to the reader. %0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t think I can improve upon this answer.%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
41|6|38|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Mephron||12:33:50|04/27/2010|%3E%3EGoogle seems to think she%27s a hentai character. %0D%0A%3E%3EIIRC there was a mention in SoS regarding the frequency of mains %0D%0A%3E%3Eelectricity in Worcester. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EI leave conclusions to the reader. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI don%27t think I can improve upon this answer. %0D%0A%0D%0ANo%2C I think that%27s about the right answer%2C yeah.%0D%0A%0D%0ABeer and cheetos for WyrdDragon%21%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|7|41|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|WyrdDragon||17:30:51|04/27/2010|Thanks%2C though my research was limited to google and closing the browser after a cursory glance over the first result or two. My bad for doing this at work.  %0D%0A%0D%0AI could have done with the beer and tonight was gaming night. Only killed one player character%2C but I suspect this is not the place for Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0. exposition.%0D%0A%0D%0A
39|5|35|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|The Traitor||15:38:45|04/26/2010|%2ACassie listened%2A%0D%0A%2ACassie went to hentai-addicted BFF%2A%0D%0A%2ACassie became scarred%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Together we will build an empire of a million shining suns.%22 -- Dave%2C Dictator of Utopia.
40|6|39|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|WyrdDragon||06:04:16|04/27/2010|Cassie cannot claim that she wasn%27t warned.%0D%0A%0D%0A%2Agrins%2A
43|6|39|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Apostate_Soul||17:57:38|04/27/2010|Yeah%2C I made the highly entertaining mistake of looking that up as well.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd then sympathised.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22It%27s difficult keeping up with the cross-continuity%2C but I think Cosmouse just gave The Saturnian Scraphunter his Ultimate Pacifier to use against Galactapuss...%22
36|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Bushido||09:29:48|04/26/2010|What%27s MegaZone up to%3F  I know he%27s got his duties as a ChaosWalker%2C and he%27s working behind the scenes to keep the IPO together%2C but as far as I can recall%2C we haven%27t really seen him in anything other than a %22Don%27t mind me%2C just passing through%22 fashion since Twilight.
37|2|36|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||11:56:24|04/26/2010|%3EWhat%27s MegaZone up to%3F  I know he%27s got his duties as a ChaosWalker%2C %0D%0A%3Eand he%27s working behind the scenes to keep the IPO together%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s pretty much your answer %28except it%27s the Babylon Foundation he%27s in charge of%2C not the IPO%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
48|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Bushido||07:39:05|05/07/2010|Do the Lensmen have access to Omega-2 %28as in Congratulations%2C here%27s your Lens%2C and here%27s your Detian upgrade%29 if they want it or would they have to earn their Omega through extraordinary service like WDF officers do%3F
49|1|0|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|nitehawk||11:34:11|06/04/2010|Reguarding Corwin%27s ship %22One Hit Wonder%22.%0D%0AI%27m interested in the CGI model used for the pictures in the SOS art section.%0D%0ADid the original artist ever finish it%3F Like adding landing gear%2C cargo doors %26 ramps etc. Has anyone mapped out the inside of it%3F Is it availble online%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AMy interest in the Wonder comes from the fact that a guy on deviantart just modeled the Moldy Crow from SW%3A Dark Forces.%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fvanguard3000.deviantart.com%2Fart%2FRescue-at-Orinackra-158137692  %0D%0AWith all the new ST ships that are comming out%2C a few SW ships are needed to balance things out. I%27m thinking that the Wonder would fit right in. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe reason i%27m asking is because I%27m in the process of teaching myself 3D art. Both modeling %26 poser. %0D%0AI have a little time to kill as I was just layed off. Rather than waste it reading bad fanfiction%2C I decided to do something usefull instead. I just get tired of wadeing thru the drek to get to the good stuff. Not UF mind you%2C the offerings on FF.net.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyways I needed to make a post on the forum to keep from being kicked off again%2C%2C%2C a question is better than a %22me too%22 post. 
50|2|49|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Mephron||13:08:19|06/04/2010|%3EI have a little time to kill as I was just layed off. Rather than %0D%0A%3Ewaste it reading bad fanfiction%2C I decided to do something usefull %0D%0A%3Einstead. I just get tired of wadeing thru the drek to get to the good %0D%0A%3Estuff. Not UF mind you%2C the offerings on FF.net. %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C not all of the stuff in the Pit of Voles is entirely bad.  I have a somewhat significant guilty pleasure there%2C Neon Genesis Evangelion%3A Nobody Dies.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs far as the One Hit Wonder renderybits%2C I honestly don%27t know%2C but he%27s JFerio on these here forums%2C and you could contact him that way.  It might be faster.  %28And I%2C as an similarly laid off person%2C am interested in seeing what you come up with.%29%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
51|1|0|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|The Traitor||05:32:13|07/12/2010|Um%2C Gryphon... I was reading up on some MS stuff and came across the work of Dr. Zamboni %28who has the name of a proper mad scientist%29. He%27s a vascular surgeon interested in MS%3B his theory is that MS comes bundled with a related condition called chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency %28CCSVI%29 - basically narrowing of certain veins. Below are links to the papers and the clinical study in question%3A-%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.ccsvi.co.uk%2Fresources%2FZamboni%2520CCSVI%2520treatment%2520JVS%252009.pdf%7CDr. Zamboni%27s Open Label Study%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.ccsvi.co.uk%2Fccsvi_article.php%3Fart_id%3Dbuffalo_university_ccsvi_study%7CZamboni%27s Initial Clinical Study Results%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AMy question is twofold%3A 1%29 Are you familiar with Zamboni%27s work%3F%0D%0A2%29 Is venoplastic treatment for CCSVI available in the US%3F If so%2C are you considering it%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Together we will build an empire of a million shining suns.%22 -- Dave%2C Dictator of Utopia.
52|2|51|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||12:36:16|07/12/2010|%3EMy question is twofold%3A 1%29 Are you familiar with Zamboni%27s work%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AIndeed I am%3B last spring I signed up for the US clinical trial%2C which is being conducted in Buffalo%2C NY%2C but apparently didn%27t make the cut%2C as I never heard back from them.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E2%29 Is venoplastic treatment for CCSVI available in the US%3F If so%2C are %0D%0A%3Eyou considering it%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ANo%2C the procedure doesn%27t have FDA approval.  %28As noted above%2C they%27re apparently conducting trials now.%29  If it were%2C whether I%27d consider it would depend on the costs%2C risks%2C whether my insurance carrier would cover it%2C and so forth.  I was hoping the first two points would get discussed at some point in the trial process%2C but like I say%2C I guess I didn%27t get picked.%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
53|3|52|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|The Traitor||16:39:13|07/12/2010|%3E%3EMy question is twofold%3A 1%29 Are you familiar with Zamboni%27s work%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIndeed I am%3B last spring I signed up for the US clinical trial%2C which %0D%0A%3Eis being conducted in Buffalo%2C NY%2C but apparently didn%27t make the cut%2C %0D%0A%3Eas I never heard back from them. %0D%0A%0D%0AIndeed%2C this would appear so%3B the second link is the results of the Buffalo trial. Back to the failboat%2C Cassie. The results are promising%2C though%3B a conservative estimate put the rate of CCSVI symptoms at 55%25 of the group of MS sufferers%2C with it more likely to be in the region of 60%25. A diagnosis of restricted veins %28which is similar to CCSVI%29 is relatively simple to procure. Ask your doctor about colour doppler sonography - something that definitely -is- available in the States. Problems may arise from neurologists vetoing the test%3B they have a tendency to see MS as their baby%2C and don%27t like the thought of vascular surgeons muscling in on their territory. It%27s ridiculous%2C but there you are. Research for you.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn the subject of cost and risk%2C the cost is... quite high. Roughly %28%27cause I don%27t recall the exchange rate%29 %247000 in Greece%2C and you have to factor in travel and so forth. On risk%2C there are two options. First %28and least safe%29 is using stents to keep it open%3B in a minority of cases they can migrate to the heart%2C which basically means if untreated it%27s like having one%27s ticker being attacked by a staple gun. The other option is balloon venoplasty%2C kinda like angioplastic treatments but for veins. CCSVI ops are available in Greece%2C Italy and Poland %28to name the ones I know about%29.%0D%0A%0D%0ASorry I couldn%27t be of more help...%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Together we will build an empire of a million shining suns.%22 -- Dave%2C Dictator of Utopia.
54|4|53|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||17:23:46|07/12/2010|%3EIndeed%2C this would appear so%3B the second link is the results of the %0D%0A%3EBuffalo trial.%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C oops.  That will teach me to skim.  %28I read your question and thought%2C %22Oh%2C I know about that already%2C no need to mess with those links.%22%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAsk your doctor %0D%0A%3Eabout colour doppler sonography - something that definitely -is- %0D%0A%3Eavailable in the States. Problems may arise from neurologists vetoing %0D%0A%3Ethe test%3B they have a tendency to see MS as their baby%2C and don%27t like %0D%0A%3Ethe thought of vascular surgeons muscling in on their territory.%0D%0A%0D%0AHeh.  %22What%27s your degree in%3F  %5Bi%5DDentistry%3F%5B%2Fi%5D%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EOn the subject of cost and risk%2C the cost is... quite high. Roughly %0D%0A%3E%28%27cause I don%27t recall the exchange rate%29 %247000 in Greece%2C and you %0D%0A%3Ehave to factor in travel and so forth.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhy Greece%3F  Do they have a burgeoning medical tourism industry over there%3F  %28That%27s a serious question%2C I don%27t know about these things.  The only thing I know about Greece lately is that they%27re sort of the Iceland of the Aegean%2C economically speaking.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EFirst %28and least safe%29 is using stents to keep it open%3B in a minority %0D%0A%3Eof cases they can migrate to the heart%2C which basically means if %0D%0A%3Euntreated it%27s like having one%27s ticker being attacked by a staple %0D%0A%3Egun.%0D%0A%0D%0AOo.  %5Bi%5DThat%5B%2Fi%5D sounds like fun.  I have a great-aunt who has a couple of coronary stents.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThe other option is balloon venoplasty%2C kinda like angioplastic %0D%0A%3Etreatments but for veins. CCSVI ops are available in Greece%2C Italy and %0D%0A%3EPoland %28to name the ones I know about%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AWow.  Poland.  %27Cause when I think %22go overseas for a delicate medical procedure%2C%22 the former Soviet bloc instantly springs to mind.  Those guys have an uphill PR battle to wage there. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAll in all%2C I don%27t think I%27m symptomatic enough to be seriously looking at monkeying around with my circulatory system just yet%2C but it%27s certainly worth keeping better track of the research than I have been.  %28Might also be an idea to look into the diagnostic angle%3B I%27m not sure where one gets doppler sonography done around here%2C possibly in Bangor%2C might have to go to Boston%2C but I can ask my neurologist.  She%27s pretty cool%2C she probably won%27t get all territorial and snap at the sonographers. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0ASo anyway%2C yeah.  I can%27t say I%27m making my travel plans right this minute%2C but it%27s an interesting line of inquiry%2C and nice to learn that the Buffalo study has some results to show.  Thanks for the reminder.%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
55|5|54|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|The Traitor||08:25:04|07/13/2010|Glad I could be even of some help. All part of my ongoing attempt to be more mature and less of a complete pillock. It... hasn%27t gone terribly well so far%2C I%27ll grant you%2C but hopefully there%27s some improvement.%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22Together we will build an empire of a million shining suns.%22 -- Dave%2C Dictator of Utopia.
56|1|0|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|WengFook||11:18:32|01/02/2011|%0D%0AOk it occurred to me just now that given the amount of fictional Gryphon%27s %28gryphen%3F%29 spread across the EPU multiverse%2C and barring the times it happened in UF-2 and EPDTMU%2C Have you ever considered a multi-crossover story or storyline where all the alternate Gryphon%27s are together to combat a threat in the style of The Five Doctors%3F %3AP%0D%0A
57|2|56|||1||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|Gryphon||11:49:33|01/02/2011|%3EOk it occurred to me just now that given the amount of fictional %0D%0A%3EGryphon%27s %28gryphen%3F%29 spread across the EPU multiverse%2C and barring the %0D%0A%3Etimes it happened in UF-2 and EPDTMU%2C Have you ever considered a %0D%0A%3Emulti-crossover story or storyline where all the alternate Gryphon%27s %0D%0A%3Eare together to combat a threat in the style of The Five Doctors%3F %3AP %0D%0A%0D%0ADepends on what you mean by %22considered%22.  We%27ve made jokes about it before %28usually based around the %22Crisis On Infinite...%22 theme%29%2C but seriously think about developing such a thing%3F  No.  Much as I hesitate to rule most things entirely out%2C I%27m pretty sure this could go on that short list.  It%27d be very unwieldy%2C even before we get to the inevitable fact that it would be more than a little bit precious. %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
58|3|57|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|s3yang||10:44:22|01/04/2011|Y%27know%2C for some reason%2C instead of a %27multiple Gryphons team up to fight EVIL%27 the first thing I thought of for the premise is multiple Gryphons all trapped in the same prision with each other by EVIL. And them making bets with each other as to which of their girls will arrive to rescue them first %28Assuming their own attempts to get out are non-starters%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AInevitably of course%2C it will turn out that all the girls team up%2C and thus show up at the same time.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Ludicrous%2C I know%2C but the whole premise seems kinda silly to me in the first place.%29
59|4|58|||||RE%3A Ask G Anything - The Live-Action Motion Picture%21|BZArcher||12:00:53|01/04/2011|It really should never happen%2C but for some reason the phrase %22Crisis of Infinite Zoners%22 comes to mind...