Impressions on my part?

The story matched, and in a fair few places exceeded, the best expectations I dared hold for it. Quite lovely piece of text, guys. Quite lovely indeed.

But, let's be more specific, shall we? We shall.

Say what you will, System Shock lives. Kudos for the Psi-Amp Mk II. I always liked the Navy choice better, but that thing DID bring back some nice memories of trekking through the Von Braun with just the little black ball of mystery hooked into your arm. And quite frankly, you severely cracked me on SHODAN's line:

>"Loo/lOO/look at yOu, n/NA/natlaTEth," mused SHODAN. "A
pa/pAtheTiC cReaTUrE of m/M/meAt aNd bONe, pa/pAnTInG anD sWeATiNg aS
yOu rU/Ru/ruN thROugH mY CoRRiDoRs. HoW cAn yOU chAlLEnGe HeAVeN's
ChosEn wa/wA/wARrIoRs iN sUch a ConDiTIoN?"<

*Sigh* Oh sweet nostalgia. All those who remember a similar bit hurled at their alter-egos appreciate its inclusion into this fic. All the others simply think it's very neat. Still, it's nice to know that SHODAN's torturing the bad guy for a change.

Other remarkable bits ... well, the most crackable moments, as in the neighbors complained about the noise volume at three in the morning, were Kensuke's little 'mecha hero' speeches during the fight. Reminds me of classics like Deimos and the like. Nifty.

That, and also the bit where they introduce the adorable little nuke. Heh.

Going off on a tangent for a moment ... so, is Durandal the new Prince of Darkness?

And why does my mind keep insisting on casting Zoner as Zed?

More comments may be forthcoming later, after I get some actual shuteye. I _was_ going to read it this morning, but ... umm, I think I've got an 'overzealous fanboy' gene or something. It's five twenty in the AM over here right now, which means I make roughly 100K per hour, and it got released at 12 in the PM over on this side of the Pond - I'm in Berlin right now. Thank Hells it's Fri ... err, Saturday. Right. Bye now.

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