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"Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
 
   All right, I'm going to give this commentary thing a shot...

Lore as Gryphon's XO. I'd love to hear the story behind that.

How precisely does one get to be the "black sheep" in a Klingon family?

I guess Surtur wasn't kidding when he said there would be another day.

National Socialist Federation Workers' Party? Dear God. The more things change...

I guess this settles the question of whether that uniform Utena was wearing was real.

Now we know where Vision's been.

Ruri Hoshino. Interesting resemblance to Eve (at least in physical appearance). Is there a story there, and are we going to get to hear it sometime?

"You made your -dog-... a -Lensman-."

Well, that's it for right this moment. Possibly more once I've had a chance to digest this.

Eric J. Heckathorn
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  RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Nathan Nov-04-01 1
  RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Ardaniel Nov-04-01 2
     RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major remandeteam Nov-04-01 5
         RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Gryphonadmin Nov-04-01 20
             RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Mephronmoderator Nov-06-01 35
  RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Jeffrey Nov-04-01 3
  RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Laudre Nov-04-01 4
     RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major zphunk Nov-04-01 8
     RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Gryphonadmin Nov-04-01 12
         RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Kylone Nov-05-01 23
     RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Peter Eng Nov-07-01 41
         RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Redneck Nov-07-01 42
             RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Peter Eng Nov-07-01 43
  RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Matrix Dragon Nov-04-01 6
     RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Gryphonadmin Nov-04-01 13
  Three Quibbles remandeteam Nov-04-01 7
     RE: Three Quibbles Ardaniel Nov-04-01 9
     RE: Three Quibbles Gryphonadmin Nov-04-01 10
         RE: Three Quibbles Nathan Nov-04-01 14
             RE: Three Quibbles Redneck Nov-04-01 15
             RE: Three Quibbles Ardaniel Nov-04-01 16
             RE: Three Quibbles Gryphonadmin Nov-04-01 17
  RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Gryphonadmin Nov-04-01 11
  RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major wxnut Nov-04-01 18
     RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Gryphonadmin Nov-04-01 19
         RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major BobSchroeck Nov-05-01 26
             RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major dbrandon Nov-06-01 34
                 RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Mooneyes Nov-06-01 36
                     RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Ebony Nov-06-01 37
                         RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Dreamshadow Nov-06-01 38
                             RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Mooneyes Nov-06-01 40
                                 RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Rod_H Nov-08-01 46
                 RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major DekaPlus Nov-08-01 45
  RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Star Ranger4 Nov-05-01 21
     RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Gryphonadmin Nov-05-01 22
  RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major drakensisthered Nov-05-01 24
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     RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major BobSchroeck Nov-05-01 27
         RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major goldenfire Nov-05-01 28
             RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Laudre Nov-05-01 29
                 RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major BobSchroeck Nov-06-01 32
                     RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Gryphonadmin Nov-06-01 39
                         RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major BobSchroeck Nov-07-01 44
                         RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Star Ranger4 Nov-08-01 48
                             RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Croaker Nov-08-01 49
                                 RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Gryphonadmin Nov-08-01 50
  RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major DekaPlus Nov-05-01 30
     RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Laudre Nov-05-01 31
         RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major BobSchroeck Nov-06-01 33
         RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major Mouz Nov-08-01 47

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Nathan
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1. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >How precisely does one get to be the "black sheep" in a Klingon
>family?

By being nice. Or likeing tribbles, but that'd be more likely to get you executed.

>I guess Surtur wasn't kidding when he said there would be another day.

And we get to see the initiation of the UF version of the Shadow War.

>National Socialist Federation Workers' Party? Dear God. The more
>things change...

Happens eight days a week.

>Now we know where Vision's been.

Mmmm-hmm.

>Ruri Hoshino. Interesting resemblance to Eve (at least in physical
>appearance). Is there a story there, and are we going to get to hear
>it sometime?

Possibly. Not sure if you're aware of this or not, but she's lifted from the anime Martian Successor Nadesico- where she served as a computer guru/Rei Ayanami fanboy attractor/Dogbert-like token sane person.

>"You made your -dog-... a -Lensman-."

This is new and different.

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2. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >How precisely does one get to be the "black sheep" in a Klingon
>family?

Be a professor of your native language, instead of charging towards a position of great honor in the Black Fleet? ;)

Ard

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5. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >>How precisely does one get to be the "black sheep" in a Klingon
>>family?
>
>Be a professor of your native language, instead of charging towards a
>position of great honor in the Black Fleet? ;)
>
>Ard

That's something I could never figure out about Klingon culture. If battle is the most honorable of callings, that is one thing. If battle is the only honorable calling, who builds their ships? Who grows their food? Who unclogs the plumbing?

"I am victorious! At last, I have defeated the Kt'Lagh that was backing up your lavatory. That will be $107.82, please."

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Gryphonadmin
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20. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >That's something I could never figure out about Klingon culture. If
>battle is the most honorable of callings, that is one thing.

That's pretty much how it works in UF; their culture has become somewhat more pragmatic. Even so, Kraalgh's family is disappointed in him - he could have been, he is, a great warrior, and instead of serving in the Defense Forces or pursuing a career in public office, he goes to Earth to teach children to speak Klingonese.

Klaang has always been Kraalgh's favorite cousin, because Klaang is a Warrior of Science - he had to be badder than any two given warrior-track Klingon youths as a boy, because otherwise, as a science student, he wouldn't get any respect. Kraalgh has a fondness for underdogs. :)

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35. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >That's pretty much how it works in UF; their culture has become
>somewhat more pragmatic. Even so, Kraalgh's family is disappointed in
>him - he could have been, he is, a great warrior, and instead
>of serving in the Defense Forces or pursuing a career in public
>office, he goes to Earth to teach children to speak Klingonese.

It takes a strong body to wage war.

It takes a strong mind to see the wastefulness of war.

It takes a strong soul to do something about it.

I think Kraalgh, even if he's not an EoJ member or reservist, sees that there's something good about having people understand each other, aiming for the end of war between their peoples; because you never know when someone else will come around and you need to stand next to someone you didn't like five minutes ago to beat someone who's about to renovate your skull and use it as an ashtray.

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3. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   "Eventually the urge to say something shall override all instincts of self-preservation, hence the revelation of the existence of someone heretofore unnoticed."
(Explanation: I finally gave in the urge to delurk and add my own comments.)

With that out of the way, here's my thoughts on Fanfare.

Lore as Gryphon's XO. My brain repeatedly goes into vaporlock each time I try to visualize it.

Ruri Hoshino in UF? That's...that's...
(I don't have anything against Ruri, actually, and I like how she appears in the movie, but if she goes around mumbling "Baka-baka" or the equivalent, I swear I'll explode.)

"You made your -dog-... a -Lensman-." First Ein, now this? Oh gods above, I don't wanna know who (or WHAT) is next.

That's it here. I guess I'll go haunt another thread...

Jeffrey "It's Jeffrey, NOT Jeremy, capish?" McIntyre


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4. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   My first thought: Eyrieminutes! [1]

Lore? And he's not demented, insane, and evil, but just a smartass? Cool.

Klingons are fun. (Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd utter. Or type.)

So THAT's where the IPO/XoJ come from. Well, that's PART of Twilight that we've been waiting for. *ahem*

And that answers the question of Utena's uniform. Nifty.

Ahh, the return of Vision.

A space beagle! (For future reference, even if Enterprise starts sucking pretty hard, I'm going to watch it for three thrings: Captain Beckett Archer (Scott Bakula may not be Great, but compared to a lot of actors on television, he's pretty damn good), T'Pal (whom I like as a character, as well as eye candy), and the Space Beagle, Porthos.)

Jeez, even Dios knows the score better than Utena, and Utena IS Dios.

Lore is definitely worth having around. I wanna see more of this ship (and I have a feeling we will.)

[1] For those of you who don't know, shows that are produced for broadcast both in Europe and the States are written and shot several minutes longer for European broadcast, and then edited down to American broadcast length. I, personally, first became aware of this phenomenon by way of Highlander, in which fandom the extra minutes are referred to as "Eurominutes." One of the best HL fic authors, Sandra McDonald, took this one step further and posted formerly deleted scenes from some of her longer fics as "Sandra-minutes."

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8. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >Klingons are fun. (Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd utter.
>Or type.)

I've got to agree. The Klingon race is one of the coolest things to come out of Star Trek, certainly the most colorful, even humans look like stiffs next to them. The crew vs. the Vulcans in baseball epsiode of DS9 is one of my favorites (favorite line - Nog: "What do I do?" Worf: "Find him and kill him!") I hope we'll see more of Professor Kraalgh in future installments of the Symphony.

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12. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >Lore? And he's not demented, insane, and evil, but just a smartass?
>Cool.

To quote Data from Insurrection, "They fixed me!" (Happy voice not optional. :)

>Jeez, even Dios knows the score better than Utena, and Utena IS Dios.

Well, not quite, not yet. :)

(You'll notice he's not particularly worked up about the matter; whether that means he doesn't mind, doesn't care, or doesn't realize the significance, I choose to leave open to interpretation for now.)

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23. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >>Jeez, even Dios knows the score better than Utena, and Utena IS Dios.
>
>Well, not quite, not yet. :)
>
>(You'll notice he's not particularly worked up about the matter;
>whether that means he doesn't mind, doesn't care, or doesn't realize
>the significance, I choose to leave open to interpretation for now.)

There's this...feeling that the correct choice is (a), he doesn't mind. (b) and (c) seem unlikely from knowing what we do about Utena (her personality, I mean) and Dios (whose personality stems from Utena).

I can't see well enough ahead to predict how this (Utena's business w/ Cephiro) will turn out, so I'm sure I'll enjoy the trip.
(I'd even enjoy it with spoilers, but then the 'newness' would be lost.)

--Chris

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41. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >
>Jeez, even Dios knows the score better than Utena, and Utena IS Dios.
>

And how, exactly, does this come as a surprise?

IME, even the most self-aware people can fail to notice strong attraction until a Big Brick is applied. It doesn't happen as often, but it happens.

Dios seems to be more of an independent observer than a subset of Utena, IMO. This gives him a better perspective on Utena's life than Utena has.

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42. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >IME, even the most self-aware people can fail to notice strong
>attraction until a Big Brick is applied. It doesn't happen as often,
>but it happens.

Just out of curiosity, is this the Vorkosigan Big Brick theory of interpersonal relations? }:-{D

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43. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >>IME, even the most self-aware people can fail to notice strong
>>attraction until a Big Brick is applied. It doesn't happen as often,
>>but it happens.
>
>Just out of curiosity, is this the Vorkosigan Big Brick theory of
>interpersonal relations? }:-{D
>

Technically, it's the Koudelka Big Brick theory. Martya Koudelka, IIRC.

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6. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >I guess Surtur wasn't kidding when he said there would be another day.

Although I liked the rest of the story, the meeting in Metroplex was the most important part for me. This answered a number of questions I've been wondering about for quite some time now. Although it was one of the greatest battles in history, Ragnarock was a battle where everyone knew what was coming. They knew that Loki would attack, followed by Surtur's all out assault on the World-tree. But now the situation has changed. Gryph and the others know that Surtur is out there, working on his plan of destroying the universe again, but they don't know where he is or what he's doing.

This goes quite a distance to explaining the origins of the Babylon Foundation and the IPO. At the same time, it's set off a few paranoia alarms. Skuld said that Sutur would have a grudge against the Autobots, thanks to Fort's actions. Could he perhaps have something to do with Unicron's return?

No matter what happens from here, the Galaxy just got a lot more interesting.

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13. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >Although it was one
>of the greatest battles in history, Ragnarock was a battle where
>everyone knew what was coming. They knew that Loki would attack,
>followed by Surtur's all out assault on the World-tree. But now the
>situation has changed. Gryph and the others know that Surtur is out
>there, working on his plan of destroying the universe again, but they
>don't know where he is or what he's doing.

That's one of the problems with cheating a prophecy. On the one hand, you've averted whatever dire fate was prophesied; on the other hand, now you're flying blind. Our Heroes may not have thought that part entirely through before deciding to intervene in the Ragnarok, but on the other hand, it's not like they had much of a choice. Die for certain now or maybe die later; at least, they figure, they'll be able to try and do something about the 'die later' part when it comes along.

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7. "Three Quibbles"
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   1:

Turbolifts," Gryphon repeated. "The elevators on starships
are called turbolifts. They do more than go up and down - they also
travel along the length of the ship, and in radial shafts in the
saucer section.

Now I know why all the candy machines on the Wayward Son had nothing but Wonka in them, before the patents on the turbolifts cleared.

2:
"He is," Klaang replied equably, "but all in the house know
his name, all the same." The burly Klingon (maybe, thought Utena,
that was redundant) smiled conspiratorially and tinkered with his
science officer's console for a moment, eliciting a few beeps and a
satisfied-sounding electronic blorp, then handing a glittering
datacrystal to a surprised Utena. "There you are, student of my
cousin," he said. "A little something to help you in your study of
the Warriors' Tongue. Qapla'!"

The Warriors' Tongue?

Last I checked, that was what the Kzinti spoke.

Or is that another dialect of Klingonese only spoken in the Niven sector?

3:


"Operating instructions," he added, including a
brightly colored little booklet whose cover read "YOUR PHASER AND YOU:
A GUIDE TO SAFE OPERATION" in large, friendly letters.

Ben, a word of advice. CHANGE YOUR PHASER VENDOR! These jokers must have been the same guys who put the computer voice on the Vindicator.

"PHASER 1A: A GUIDE TO SAFE AND EFFECTIVE OPERATION" would be one thing. But that is ludicrous.


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9. "RE: Three Quibbles"
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   >Ben, a word of advice. CHANGE YOUR PHASER VENDOR! These jokers must
>have been the same guys who put the computer voice on the Vindicator.
>
>"PHASER 1A: A GUIDE TO SAFE AND EFFECTIVE OPERATION" would be one
>thing. But that is ludicrous.

*I* wanted "So You've Just Been Issued a Type 1A Phaser," myself. But the story came out before I could comment. :)

Ard

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10. "RE: Three Quibbles"
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   LAST EDITED ON Nov-04-01 AT 10:57 PM (EST)

>The Warriors' Tongue?
>
>Last I checked, that was what the Kzinti spoke.
>
>Or is that another dialect of Klingonese only spoken in the Niven
>sector?

"The Warriors' Tongue" is a common Klingon nickname for tlhIngan Hol. There are no Kzin in the UF universe.

>Ben, a word of advice. CHANGE YOUR PHASER VENDOR! These jokers must
>have been the same guys who put the computer voice on the Vindicator.

The WDF's Documentation Section was inspired by Derek's example, but didn't handle it as well as Derek did. (Had Derek written that document himself, it would, as Ard notes, have been entitled So You've Been Issued a Phaser 1A. :)

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14. "RE: Three Quibbles"
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   >>The Warriors' Tongue?
>>
>>Last I checked, that was what the Kzinti spoke.
>>
>>Or is that another dialect of Klingonese only spoken in the Niven
>>sector?
>
>"The Warriors' Tongue" is a common Klingon nickname for tlhIngan
>Hol
. There are no Kzin in the IF universe.

IF?! ^_^

A mixed blessing about the fuzzballs, tho. On the one hand they're so lovably psychopathically nasty and possessed of enough unique traits to make an enlivening addition to just about any story. On the other hand, they're Niven originals, and fill pretty much the same niche as the Kilrathi (Who, given what I know of their history, may well have started out as ratcats with the serial numbers filed off.) And, on the gripping hand, if you take the SFB version, we also get to see capital missiles, which are mucho fun.

>>Ben, a word of advice. CHANGE YOUR PHASER VENDOR! These jokers must
>>have been the same guys who put the computer voice on the Vindicator.
>
>The WDF's Documentation Section was inspired by Derek's example, but
>didn't handle it as well as Derek did. (Had Derek written that
>document himself, it would, as Ard notes, have been entitled So
>You've Been Issued a Phaser 1A
. :)

Should this be read as saying that they handled it -badly-, or just that they didn't do as well?

Blessed be.
Nathan Baxter
(After all, Battlestar Galactica was inspired by Star Wars and didn't do it quite so well, but it certainly wasn't a -bad- show, especially by the standards of the time.)

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15. "RE: Three Quibbles"
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>(After all, Battlestar Galactica was inspired by Star Wars and didn't
>do it quite so well, but it certainly wasn't a -bad- show, especially
>by the standards of the time.)

Oh, yes it was that bad. We forgive it anyway.

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16. "RE: Three Quibbles"
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   Nathan said, about Documentation Section:

>Should this be read as saying that they handled it -badly-, or just
>that they didn't do as well?

Anyone with tech writing training and phaser qualification can write a serviceable field manual for new recruits.

But to do it with style... that's a uniquely Baconian trait. :)

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17. "RE: Three Quibbles"
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   >IF?! ^_^


Typo. It's been repaired.

>>The WDF's Documentation Section was inspired by Derek's example, but
>>didn't handle it as well as Derek did. (Had Derek written that
>>document himself, it would, as Ard notes, have been entitled So
>>You've Been Issued a Phaser 1A
. :)
>
>Should this be read as saying that they handled it -badly-, or just
>that they didn't do as well?

The Doc Section documents not written by or under the direct supervision of Derek try to have his style, but usually err toward excessive silliness. It's sort of like Spock trying to swear in Star Trek IV - they just don't have the knack for it.

Your Phaser and You isn't a bad document, it's just not as good as it would've been if Derek had written it, and its attempts at levity (like the title) come off as less whimsical and more gratuitously silly. Like car manuals with cute cartoons in them showing you how serious injury may result from sitting too close to the airbag.

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11. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >How precisely does one get to be the "black sheep" in a Klingon
>family?

Kraalgh vestai-Kalaan is one of the greatest masters of the bat'telh ever to come out of the house of Kalaan - and he wastes himself teaching the Warriors' Tongue to human children. Much of the family is a bit disturbed by that.

>Ruri Hoshino. Interesting resemblance to Eve (at least in physical
>appearance). Is there a story there, and are we going to get to hear
>it sometime?

I'm sure that there is, but you probably won't. Nobody in the IPO knows where Ruri comes from, how old she is, or what species she is, and I suspect I'll leave it that way. :)

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18. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   Greetings!

Ah, more background information. Gotta love it.

Because I haven't done it in a while...

The Highlights

The terrorist organizaions - That's quite a collection of baddies and unpleasant people there.

Ghostbusters quotes - Always good for lightening up a heavy conversation.

Ruri - When I first saw her name, I thought "Why does that name sound familiar? ...Ruri....Ruri....Ruri...." snaps finger "Oh! Ruri!"

Nice to see her aboard.

Utena a captain - It's nice to see all that rampant speculation in the forums wasn't for nothing. :)

Lore and Klaang - I think they make a great comedic duo.

I look forward to Hunted Rose.

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19. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >Lore and Klaang - I think they make a great comedic duo.

Y'know, it's funny; a while back, while I was working up the crew roster for Challenger and had started designing the Lore-Klaang team, somebody posted, "Why don't the androids ever want to be more Klingon?" I about fell off my chair snickering, because I'd just got done developing a prototype for the "you never gave me your baldric" scene. :)

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26. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   LAST EDITED ON Nov-05-01 AT 08:29 AM (EST)

>Y'know, it's funny; a while back, while I was working up the crew
>roster for Challenger and had started designing the Lore-Klaang
>team, somebody posted, "Why don't the androids ever want to be more
>Klingon?" I about fell off my chair snickering, because I'd
>just got done developing a prototype for the "you never gave me
>your baldric" scene. :)

I have to admit, my second reaction to that exchange was to imagine Klaang saying "Oh, all right, you can have him", and thrusting a filthy lower class British dogsbody with a fascination for naughtily-shaped vegetables at him...

-- Bob

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"Shut up, Baldrick, and swab out the turbolifts.")

(Edited for grammar.)
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34. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
In response to message #26
 
   >>Y'know, it's funny; a while back, while I was working up the crew
>>roster for Challenger and had started designing the Lore-Klaang
>>team, somebody posted, "Why don't the androids ever want to be more
>>Klingon?" I about fell off my chair snickering, because I'd
>>just got done developing a prototype for the "you never gave me
>>your baldric" scene. :)
>
>I have to admit, my second reaction to that exchange was to
>imagine Klaang saying "Oh, all right, you can have him", and thrusting
>a filthy lower class British dogsbody with a fascination for
>naughtily-shaped vegetables at him...
>
>-- Bob
>
>("My lord Klaang, I have a cunning plan..."
>"Shut up, Baldrick, and swab out the turbolifts.")

That's ok, I keep seeing a scene where the new teep counselor sneaks into the wedge with a stupid disguise and announces (to no one's surprise) "It is I," <peers over glasses> "Leclerq." And no, I don't really expect anyone to recognize the quote, but I had to try.

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36. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >That's ok, I keep seeing a scene where the new teep counselor sneaks
>into the wedge with a stupid disguise and announces (to no one's
>surprise) "It is I," <peers over glasses> "Leclerq." And no, I don't
>really expect anyone to recognize the quote, but I had to try.
>
>Dan Brandon
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Heheheh...'Allo 'Allo! THE most inept disguise artist known to man-kind, M'seiu Roger Leclerq...or, rather Leclerc. Luckily, he is at least a decent forger...

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37. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >Heheheh...'Allo 'Allo! THE most inept disguise artist known to
>man-kind, M'seiu Roger Leclerq...or, rather Leclerc. Luckily, he is at
>least a decent forger...

Personally, I'd be looking for Herr Flick of the PsiCops, and his assistant Herr Smallhausen. Not that much difference in the wardrobe, really, except for the standard-issue cane and limp. But I fear that it would get way too silly. I mean, I just can't see Azalynn saying "Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once." in a bad French accent.

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38. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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Darn it, and here I was thinking of her and Rina as the waitresses. I actually saw Amanda of all people saying that. Moose as the main character, Corwin as Herr Smallhausen....gah....


<brainfault>

<*thud*>


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40. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >
>
>Darn it, and here I was thinking of her and Rina as the waitresses. I
>actually saw Amanda of all people saying that. Moose as the main
>character, Corwin as Herr Smallhausen....gah....
>
>
><brainfault>
>
><*thud*>
>
>
>Tom 'Dreamshadow' Tjarks
>------------------------
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Gods...I just brainflashed on Devlin as Leftenant Gruber...great. That will stick with me for the rest of the week...

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46. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >Gods...I just brainflashed on Devlin as Leftenant Gruber...great. That
>will stick with me for the rest of the week...

Devlin as Leftenant Gruber?? He'd need a tank first. Wonder if Leona could be convinced to lend him Bonaparte...

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45. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >That's ok, I keep seeing a scene where the new teep counselor sneaks
>into the wedge with a stupid disguise and announces (to no one's
>surprise) "It is I," <peers over glasses> "Leclerq." And no, I don't
>really expect anyone to recognize the quote, but I had to try.

"Ah, a man of thousand faces... every one the same" ;)

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21. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   Actually, I have to admit that my first comment was one of shock in seeing my real name mentioned on the what's new page...

Loved the thought of Lore as a good guy... Somehow, the sarcasm and wry humor makes him feel much more RIGHT as Gryph's second than Data. The second I saw the Yellow skin mentioned I started to get worried. I don't see Data as willingly leaving the Enterprize-D... and I know Gryph said if Pickard was available he'd HAVE to give him a ship even if it meant giving up his own.

Skuld making Gryph's beagle a Lensman rather boggled me though. Is he also named Porthos??

I'm glad to see the scene explaining the beginnings of the IPO/EoJ. It seems just so... Fitting. Not only are they handling the cases others cant, but between them and the Babylon Foundation doing their best to really ruin Sutur's day. OF course, there could well be other "Shadows" out there as well.

And, as always, there are sometimes as many questions raised as answered. Of course, this means Sutur and his agents would LOVE to see the Babylon stations KO'd before they become operational... and of course, we'll still have to wait and see just how this all comes together in the future.

Somehow, though, I can't help this feeling that the Lensmen are the section of EOJ that work the cases that are most likely to be 'shadow' connected... and we've yet to see more in depth into the Lensmen side of affairs. OF course, there is also a very very good chance that one or more of our intrepid band of adventurers will wind up the bearer of a EoJ Lens before they finally travel to the 10th world to settle that problem.

And somehow, even once they find a way to the 10th world, I have this feeling that Utena and Anthy may just decide to 'commute' often...

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22. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >Skuld making Gryph's beagle a Lensman rather boggled me though. Is he
>also named Porthos??

Nope; as mentioned in the credits, the Beagle of the Lens's name is Wolfgang. For the record, there's been a ship's mascot in the plans for Challenger since Day 1, but Porthos definitely contributed to the final decision as to breed (though it was certainly also influenced by the fact that Wolfgang is a real beagle, even if Mom did change his name to "Regal").

>And somehow, even once they find a way to the 10th world, I have this
>feeling that Utena and Anthy may just decide to 'commute' often...

Utena's made no secret of the fact that even when she does find a way back to Cephiro, she intends to make her subsequent home in Midgard, if Anthy agrees...

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24. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >I guess this settles the question of whether that uniform Utena was
>wearing was real.

I actually thought it was just a costume she got given. Silly me. Nice side story though.


>"You made your -dog-... a -Lensman-."

Hey, Doc Smith never came out and said exactly waht it took to be a lensman, just that it was very rare and lensmen generally recognised the 'je ne sai quios' (pardon my french) on sight with final vetting by Arisians. The academies of the Galactic Patrol exist priamrily for the benefit of those who DON'T qualify, so they have other useful skills basically.

If Gryphon thinks his dog has what it takes and the Aesir (Test of Light?), who are replacing the Arisian bit here, agree then that's fine. After all, there's no requirement that a lensman be particularly bright or brave - Palainian Lensmen are notorious cowards but they get the job done.


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25. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >Greetings, honored one. What do you want?< she said in her
best schoolgirl Klingonese.

Anybody else get cognitive dissonance from that?
<tries to imagine a Klingon schoolgirl, fails and loses 1d4 SAN>

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27. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >>Greetings, honored one. What do you want?< she said in her
>best schoolgirl Klingonese.

>Anybody else get cognitive dissonance from that?
><tries to imagine a Klingon schoolgirl, fails and loses 1d4 SAN>

Worse, imagine a gaggle of them in seifuku or other similar school uniforms, plus sashes, bat'leths, and all.

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28. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >>>Greetings, honored one. What do you want?< she said in her
>>best schoolgirl Klingonese.

>>Anybody else get cognitive dissonance from that?
>><tries to imagine a Klingon schoolgirl, fails and loses 1d4 SAN>
>
>Worse, imagine a gaggle of them in seifuku or other similar school
>uniforms, plus sashes, bat'leths, and all.

being klingon, wouldn't they be leather seifuku?

I never did like the star lights...



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29. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >>>>Greetings, honored one. What do you want?< she said in her
>>>best schoolgirl Klingonese.

>>>Anybody else get cognitive dissonance from that?
>>><tries to imagine a Klingon schoolgirl, fails and loses 1d4 SAN>
>>
>>Worse, imagine a gaggle of them in seifuku or other similar school
>>uniforms, plus sashes, bat'leths, and all.
>
>being klingon, wouldn't they be leather seifuku?

...

... ...

Okay, if I see someone dressed up as a Klingon Japanese schoolgirl at the next con I go to, now I know who to blame.

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32. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   LAST EDITED ON Nov-06-01 AT 01:03 PM (EST)

>Okay, if I see someone dressed up as a Klingon Japanese schoolgirl at
>the next con I go to, now I know who to blame.

Actually, now that I think about it, isn't it likely that there would be a Klingon schoolgirl or two at WPI? (Currently off-screen, of course...)

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(Edited to fix typo.)

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39. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >>Okay, if I see someone dressed up as a Klingon Japanese schoolgirl at
>>the next con I go to, now I know who to blame.
>
>Actually, now that I think about it, isn't it likely that there would
>be a Klingon schoolgirl or two at WPI? (Currently off-screen, of
>course...)

That is entirely possible.

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44. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >>Actually, now that I think about it, isn't it likely that there would
>>be a Klingon schoolgirl or two at WPI? (Currently off-screen, of
>>course...)
>That is entirely possible.

I'm sure there might even be a good candidate or two for the Duelists among them -- assuming, of course, that the membership isn't completely pre-ordained for story purposes...

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48. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >>>Okay, if I see someone dressed up as a Klingon Japanese schoolgirl at
>>>the next con I go to, now I know who to blame.
>>
>>Actually, now that I think about it, isn't it likely that there would
>>be a Klingon schoolgirl or two at WPI? (Currently off-screen, of
>>course...)
>
>That is entirely possible.
>

Twitch twitch twitch

Oh great. Now I have this vision of said WPI students running around in a leather version of the same uniform Utena wears...


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49. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
In response to message #48
 
   >>>>Okay, if I see someone dressed up as a Klingon Japanese schoolgirl at
>>>>the next con I go to, now I know who to blame.
>>>
>>>Actually, now that I think about it, isn't it likely that there would
>>>be a Klingon schoolgirl or two at WPI? (Currently off-screen, of
>>>course...)
>>
>>That is entirely possible.
>>
>
> Twitch twitch twitch
>
>Oh great. Now I have this vision of said WPI students running around
>in a leather version of the same uniform Utena wears...

Twitchity twitch twitch x5

And now I have this vision of Utena in said leather uniform....

Yum.

>
>
>___________________
>
>Vaughn doesn't know I exist. I guess this explains why the rest of
>reality keeps ignoring me as well. >_<


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Gryphonadmin
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Nov-08-01, 04:35 PM (EDT)
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50. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
In response to message #49
 
   >>Oh great. Now I have this vision of said WPI students running around
>>in a leather version of the same uniform Utena wears...
>
>And now I have this vision of Utena in said leather
>uniform....
>
>Yum.

Eyebrow-waggling aside, that jacket wouldn't look bad in leather. It'd be considerably warmer, though.

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30. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   OK, I'll cut short the part which everyone so far seems to agree upon - this Entr'acte rocks! Characters, setting, story... very neat, indeed.

Well done, separating it from Roses in Springtime. I do believe it would be too much to have all that in just one story (SotS 5 is beautiful as it is).

> They were passing over the night side right now, and she could
> see the gleaming dots of light that marked the major cities of
> Europe and western Asia. As she thought, she picked them out
> one by one, testing her grasp of Earth geography: London,
> Paris, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Belgrade, Moscow...

Oh, yes - and if 25th century kids are going to learn about Belgrade as one of major European cities -- I wanna be there! :)

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31. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >Est-ce que des Français dire que quelque chose avait un peu de "I
>don't know what"?

Waaaay OT, but when I first started learning French and learned that "French fries" are just called "fried potatoes" in French, I wound up asking my well-traveled high school French teacher if she knew what Danes called a Danish.

They call it an Austrian. Go fig.

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33. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
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   >Waaaay OT, but when I first started learning French and learned that
>"French fries" are just called "fried potatoes" in French, I wound up
>asking my well-traveled high school French teacher if she knew what
>Danes called a Danish.
>They call it an Austrian. Go fig.

Just like the English call syphilis "The French Disease", while the French call it "The English Disease".

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1 world.
Infinite possibilities.
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47. "RE: Fanfare for an Exiled Prince in E-flat Major"
In response to message #31
 
   >Waaaay OT, but when I first started learning French and learned that
>"French fries" are just called "fried potatoes" in French, I wound up
>asking my well-traveled high school French teacher if she knew what
>Danes called a Danish.
>
>They call it an Austrian. Go fig.
>
>-- Sean --


Kinda reminds me of the first time I saw that clip of JFK saying "Ich bin ein Berliner."

I turned to my mother and said "Mommy, why did that man just say he was a doughnut?"


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