13||0|1706|0|yes 0|0|0|||||Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|goldenfire||16:28:16|07/11/2001|Mephron%2C%0D%0A%0D%0AJust read it on RAAC.%0D%0A%0D%0ALet me say%2C in no particular order%0D%0A1%29 boggle%0D%0A2%29 shatter%0D%0A3%29 ohmygods%0D%0A%0D%0Anice...very very nice... 1|1|0|||||RE%3A Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|Dreamshadow||16:31:16|07/11/2001|%0D%0AIs it in the archive yet%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ATom %27Dreamshadow%27 Tjarks%0D%0A------------------------%0D%0A%22There are no answers%2C only cross references.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A 2|2|1|||||RE%3A Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|Mephron||17:15:33|07/11/2001|Crap. No. The HTML will be edited and the archive for the Chessmen stuff will be updated tonight.%0D%0A%0D%0AFor those that want to see the whole story%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fgenom.otaking.org%2Fchessmen%0D%0A%0D%0A%28assuming that Otaking%27s not being a bitch tonight.%29%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Mephron%0D%0A%22Big O%21 Showtime%21%22 3|1|0|||||RE%3A Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|Mephron||17:16:24|07/11/2001|Just to wonder... what made you shatter%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Granted%2C a power-suit leap DEX roll failure taking out part of the villian array WAS fun%2C and so perfect....%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Mephron%0D%0A%22Big O%21 Showtime%21%22 4|2|3|||||RE%3A Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|Koichi||17:47:41|07/11/2001|Screw that...why%27d he boggle%3F We work HARD to make people%0D%0Aboggle...okay%2C shattering is good%2C but still...%0D%0A%0D%0A- Will %28the other guy%29 5|3|4|||||RE%3A Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|Dreamshadow||23:03:23|07/11/2001|%0D%0AI like it. Nice%2C doesn%27t seem to fall into SI territory%2C which is easy to do. I%27ve read the intro%2C and the first two parts of endgame. I%27m not so certain of each characters motivation for being in the group %28Mihoshi%3F Why Mihoshi%3F%29 but I%27ll hold out till I finish it. %0D%0A%0D%0AOne minor note%2C and please correct me if I%27m wrong. Here%27s a quote from the story%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A Kusanagi glared at the gorgoyle%2C then Koichi. %22This is an outrage%21%0D%0AHow dare you accuse--%22%0D%0A %22No accusations have been made%2C%22 Koichi said evenly. %22But since we%0D%0Aobviously have just cause...%22 He turned to one of his guards. %22Sakaguchi%2C%0D%0Aif you would please escort this lady to the _Gunbuster_...%22%0D%0A Sakaguchi nodded briskly. %22Yes%2C sir.%22%0D%0A %22Now%2C hold on a minute--%22 Kusanagi spat.%0D%0A %22You know%2C this could easily be a capital offense.%22 Koichi swept a%0D%0Ahand across his chest%2C a dismissive gesture. %22Make sure she%27s got at least%0D%0Afour guards with her at all times. Take her away.%22%0D%0A Kusanagi started to say something--no doubt an epithet--but Sakagu-%0D%0Achi puller her away before she could spit it out. Koichi turned to Goliath%0D%0Aand asked%2C %22Who did you find on that ship%3F%22%0D%0A %22Two Federation officers. Combat Police%2C and Intelligence. Swear-%0D%0Aing immunity from everything%2C and demanding that we let them resume travel-%0D%0Aing to Moren Station.%22 Goliath turned%2C looking at the diminishing backs of%0D%0AMalso and her escort. %0D%0A%0D%0AEnd quote...%0D%0A%0D%0AKoichi is talking to Kusinagi%2C but at the end%2C you have Malso walking off. Did I miss something%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ATom %27Dreamshadow%27 Tjarks%0D%0A------------------------%0D%0A%22There are no answers%2C only cross references.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A 6|4|5|||||RE%3A Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|Mephron||23:23:03|07/11/2001|AH%2C yes. One of these days we need to go back and clean that stuff up.%0D%0A%0D%0AOriginally%2C it was going to be Jeena Malso. Bill re-did Jeena Malso into Motoko Kusanagi and neither of us caught the error.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28There%27s also a HELL of a lot of revising of the first Chessmen story%2C because some of the stuff doesn%27t quite work for me anymore%2C but that%27ll come after I finish %27Seven Nights of Stillness%27 and we collectively finish the next arc%2C that is tentatively titled en masse %27Books of Souls%27.%0D%0A%0D%0Adusting and cleaning will happen eventually. And we are going to put in the %27where we got it from%27 guide at some point...%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Mephron%0D%0A%22Big O%21 Showtime%21%22 7|5|6|||||RE%3A Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|Dreamshadow||23:28:56|07/11/2001|[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jul-11-01 AT 11:36 PM (EDT)[/font][p]%5BEdited to remove social gaff on my part%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AGood story%2C I like it. And you%27re using characters that don%27t normally get used. Was that intentional%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ATom %27Dreamshadow%27 Tjarks%0D%0A------------------------%0D%0A%22There are no answers%2C only cross references.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A 10|6|7|||||RE%3A Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|Mephron||11:18:21|07/12/2001|Oh%2C yes. That%27s part of the point of the whole thing.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere%27s a lot of changes from the source - the relationship between Giant Robo and Daisaku%2C for example. Savashtar%27s not even from anime %28and I haven%27t been able to find any Warlock 5 series 1 comics to scan in an image of him%2C irritatingly%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AI still remember the first time I gave a copy of it to someone to read and they hit the part about Max and just STARED at me... That was a moment of pure joy. %0D%0A%0D%0AAs I said%2C there%27s gonna be some more - backstory%2C and the Books of Souls. %28Which%2C I promise%2C will have a combat not seen since... um... one of the more recent Super Robot Wars games.%29%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Mephron%0D%0A%22Big O%21 Showtime%21%22 8|5|6|||||RE%3A Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|Koichi||23:48:17|07/11/2001|Sidebar%3A %27Rook to Knight%27 %28source of the quote%2C for those%0D%0Ajoining us late%29 was more of a prologue or a side story%0D%0Ato the real beginning of the series%2C %27Kings and Queens.%27%0D%0AHow the hell I missed that last lingering reference to%0D%0AJeena Malso being there%2C I don%27t even remember...but%2C%0D%0Athankfully%2C that was one of the few critical errors in the%0D%0Aseries to date. Typos notwithstanding.%0D%0A%0D%0AAt least he%27s still in the %22guess who wrote this part%21%22 part%0D%0Aof the series. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A- Will %28redshirt %2324...hey%2C it%27s a living%29 11|3|4|||||RE%3A Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|goldenfire||12:15:44|07/12/2001|%3EScrew that...why%27d he boggle%3F We work HARD to make people %0D%0A%3Eboggle...okay%2C shattering is good%2C but still... %0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t remember offhand %28I have the amazing ability to forget a lot of what I read...thereby allowing me ot re-read it and get almost the same amount of enjoyment a second%2Fthird%2Ffourth%2Fnth time %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m pretty sure the boggling was due to the whole...well%2C wait...I can say that...that%27s a SPOILER...%0D%0Alet%27s just say that the mech that%27s donated%2C and who it%27s donated to%0D%0A...%0D%0Aand LONG HAIR%3F%3F%3F%0D%0Aboggle%0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t remember the shatterring offhand%2C either...and nothing is springing to mind%2C unfortunately%0D%0A%0D%0Aby the way...for some odd reason%2C the %5Bi%5DArcadia%5B%2Fi%5D strikes mental chordes of vorlonism...is that just me%3F%0D%0A 12|4|11|||||RE%3A Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|Mephron||13:11:34|07/12/2001|Well%2C the Eldest Race is very Vorlon-inspired%2C yes. And the Arcadia is one of those %22Go ahead%2C just try it%22 kinds of ships %28but it is in the original too%21%29. The Chessmen have the ship now%2C but they don%27t know all the things it can do. Only Lipumira does%2C and... well%2C consider the abilities we%27ve seen so far of the older races. Do you think she%27s told them everything%3F Or that she%27s even ABLE to%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ADepending on what happens after Books of Souls%2C we may explore that.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Mephron%0D%0A%22Big O%21 Showtime%21%22 9|1|0|||||RE%3A Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|Dreamshadow||10:41:45|07/12/2001|%0D%0ARead all the way up to Death in the Cathedral. We likes this. Yes we do. I%27m too lazy to add RAAC to my newsreader list....maybe tonight I%27ll go get Golgotha. But I wants more%2C yes.%0D%0A%0D%0ATom %27Dreamshadow%27 Tjarks%0D%0A------------------------%0D%0A%22There are no answers%2C only cross references.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A 13|2|9|||||RE%3A Chessmen%3A Walking Through Golgotha|Koichi||09:31:37|07/25/2001|Just a heads-up for the caring...Genom.otaking.org%0D%0Ahasn%27t been updated with WTG yet%2C so I went ahead%0D%0Aand set up my sucky mirror page %28under construction%0D%0Athrough 2005%29 with it%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2Fblack_hole_bomb%2Fchessmen%2Fchessmen.html%0D%0A%0D%0AHey%2C it%27s free. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A