>Starfleet doesn't have any love for -any- mercenary service, including
>the Wedge Defense Force... but they -really- aren't overfond of a
>certain fleet which humiliated the then-tiny Earth defenses in 2368.

As they say, cool. I always thought Star Fleet was run by a bunch of chumps.
(yes this means I like Kirk better than Picard)

>It greatly depends on the situation. However, the CFMF has denied the
>Psi Corps any access or authority on CFMF vessels, on the grounds that
>the Psi Act is (in the CFMF leadership's eyes) a violation of the
>Articles of Federation.

Hmmm! Is there an Intergalatic court to settle those sorts of disputes?

>The P-S Act was written with a specific species in mind, Zarathustran
>Fuzzies. Also covered were species such as Sphinxian treecats. More
>detail on this, and on any application to Pokemon, is for someone else
>to tell.

Oh, my god. Someone has actually referenced the Fuzzies. Oh, like so amazingly cool. H. Beam Piper is smiling out there somewhere. Your avatar rocks.

>Of the samples, none lasted more than three seasons;
>NCMM never broadcasted seven of the thirteen episodes taped.

For which we will all remain eternally grateful.

>In UF, as a general rule, Freespacer television is about as popular
>among Federation citizens as Welsh television is among inhabitants of
>Great Britain.

<snicker>

>Second, thanks to the space-warping effects of Enigma's many, many,
>many black holes, gravity waves, and other anomalies, Enigma is much
>larger on the inside than it is on the outside.

Ah well, it was a thought. A bad one mind you...

>(b) is close. You are neglecting the Basilisk System in Manticore's
>case, and Sergyar was recognized as Barrayaran territory in the peace
>which ended the Escobar war. I don't think there's a Trevor's Star in
>UF, as Hoffman fits its role just as well.

Doh! I kinda forgot Basilisk.

>In any case, I wasn't aware that David Weber was opposed to fanfics.

Alas, he is. Violently. Well, not violently, but definitly legally. If you check out Cynthia Gonslaves (yes she exists) FAQ, there is a nasty bit of legal threats in there to any aspiring fan fic writers. From what I read, referencing manticore is not a problem. Playing with his characters on the other hand...let's just say you'd rather have gone up with Cordelia Ransom.

I don't agree with him, but an 800 lb NYT bestseller writer does what ever he likes.

>The Zardon Judges' revocation is tied up with someone else's possible
>story, if it is ever written.

Hmm, there seems to be a lot of that going around. I am intrigued.

>>Damn, it's Chapultepec Castle all over again. Damn you Yankees!
>
>If you want to be technical, it was the Confederacy (sort of) what
>dunnit. }:-{D

yeah, I know, but then I would have said "Damn Dixies!" which sounds like I'm cursing a country and western group. Or I could have said "Damn John Rebs!" but that sounded stupid.

I was actually mocking a bad scene in "Once Upon a Time in China" where the poorly dubbed voice of the british commander says (in syncopation with his mouth) "Damn you Yankees!" at some US solider with a bad, bad southern accent.

>(The combination is ironic, since
>Imperial Americana's subsidies were the only thing sustaining the
>existence of Israel at that point...)

I love it.

>The Argentine Empire.

Now that's disturbing....

t.

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