Actually, what I had in mind was that the company that made it was riddled with internal problems--e.g., corruption, embezzling, etc. The fighter itself was actually pretty decent...for 2360's standards. The company itself folded, leaving the CEO, one Aric Ajlond, disillusioned and in a mental institution.

After several decades of therapy and getting his life together, Aric still had the two fighters built--although one was basically spare parts. As a gesture of reconciliation, he gave it to Techie, who then proceeded to make it a pet project for the next few years. It's rather like having the fighter equivalent of a '57 Chevy (or an Edsel, if you must be brutal) in your own private hangar, only with tachyon cannons. There've been some nice "guy talk" moments in that hangar between Techie and his son. :-)

One of these days, I'll type down some of this in a formal story--that is, when I get my other umpteen million projects done.

>Ain't I a stinker? :)

No comment. :-)

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>>Doc's family showing up, but Doc Not.
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>Oh, Doc was around; he just didn't have any lines.

We're talking about a time traveler here. If he put his mind to it, he could be anywhere, anytime. However, it's too much of a hassle to keep track of where and when he's supposed to be, so he doesn't use the 4th-dimensional shortcut unless 1) he knows that it'll be okay, or 2) he *really* has to be there.

You may draw your own conclusions from there. :-)

Oh, and one last addendum: The Excalibur may show up again, but in nowhere near a front-line capacity...if I get around to it. ^_^;

--DocMui

Thank you. That's one of my pet peeves too :).

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Given how bad the spelling is on a lot of websites (not here thankfully) I barely noticed that slip, and I'm generally Mr. Fanatic when it comes down to getting spelling & grammar right. Man that's depressing.

Like the Movement tho'.

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You've obviously never smelled my breath. ;P

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Yellow card!

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Hnh.

Think of it as a 2 minute minor penalty :)

Warning that you've got a smidge too far... accumulate a few Yellows and you get a Red card, which is an "you've gone a lot too far. stop or be booted" type thing... keep going and you get a Black card, which is summary ejection.

And I thought Gryph didn't like soccer :)

-Z, who could well be wuite wrong about this...

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You could be close enough to the truth, and nevertheless it does explain a few things to me. Thankfully though, he's only given me other kinds of warnings about some of my posts.

Waitaminute, soccer? I need to watch TV more.

It's a Soccer (Football for you non Americans :) term - the Ref can issue a Yellow card as a warning for something that goes beyond the normal fouls in the game (tripping, using your hands, offsides :) You only get one yellow card per game - think of it as a technical foul in Basketball, only worse.

AFAIK, here's the scale of cards in Soccer:

Yellow - final warning. If you get another one in the same game, you're out. A second yellow card may also be equivalent to a Red Card.

Red - ejection (and suspension). A red card is immediate ejection from the game, and IIRC suspension from the next game. Red cards are very rare in my experience, since they are usually only issued for very serious offenses such as fighting.

Purple (not sure if these exist) - ejection and long suspension. I've heard of them, but never been able to confirm their existance. Issued for the most serious infractions, you are out of the league for the season (and possibly longer).

Offsides (yes, the nickname is a soccer reference)

#include <soccer.h>

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That's the rules as I remember from when I started watching soccer during the 1994 World Cup, except that a red card may not necessarily mean suspension from the next game. I only remember seeing one red card issued during that entire tournament, when a goaltender touched the ball with his hands outside his box, forcing that team to finish the game without a goaltender. (Surprisingly, they won.)

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