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3. "RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics"
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>But with Minna, she keeps fighting in other ways,
>ways those two will never quite get.

I don't think it's quite fair to say they don't get it, but they know they can't do it, so it's not an alternative they consider for themselves. It'd be like me saying, well, the historian thing didn't work out, but I can always be an industrial chemist.

Heck, Mio acknowledged last week that her desire to see Minna back in action is more about her than Minna, which verges on new-age self-actualization for her. :)

>... How do you neglect to mention a dishonourable discharge?

I'm not sure what the motivation was on the part of the powers that be, but it was kept secret from her; when she went back home to Yokosuka, she was told she was part of a "strategic reserve" and they'd call her if she was needed, and when she stopped by the naval base for a visit everyone there was quite awkward about it (except Mio, who got really angry, which is her way of being quite awkward).

>That must have made her return awkward.

It certainly did in the above scene; on the other hand, when there was actual action to be had, the overarching need to get on with that smoothed everything else over pretty effectively. In official terms, it's probably easier to take things like that discreetly out of a witch's personnel file after she's prevented most of the Romagnan Navy from being sunk.

>Son of a-! You know, it's moments like this that make 'shot while
>resisting arrest' so appealing in fiction. He'll turn up, but he's
>going to make a hell of a mess before he's done, isn't he?

Now, now, you don't know that. Maybe he just didn't want to wait around for his court-martial, and he'll get clear of the war zone, live someplace in quiet seclusion, and never bother anyone again.

... You're not buying it, are you.

>>Sprawled on the bed, Wolfgang took a couple of sleeping sniffs of the air,
>>then woke, raised his head, and made the soft hrf sound that was as close
>>as he ever got to a bark after hours.
>
>Wolfgang is a dog that understands there is a time for noise. Beats
>out the dogs I've had over the years, that's for sure :)

The real W.A. "Regal" Beagle possessed this trait; it was mildly uncanny. He seemed to understand when loud barking wasn't appropriate and restrain himself accordingly.

>Do Detians have better memory as well, or has he just gotten really
>good at remembering stuff he has to rewrite on occasion?

A bit of both, though in fairness, it's also possible he's reading them back on his omni-tool's neural interface and just using himself as a very slow wetware printer driver. (He's been very diligent not to flash that around, but he still has it.) After all, in that era the best he could do to automate the process would be to jack one of the Intel Office's Teletypes, AND THEN WILMA AND MINNA WOULD HAVE TO READ ABOUT THE FORCE IN ALL CAPS WITH NO COMMAS OR APOSTROPHES WHICH WOULDNT BE VERY RESTFUL. :)

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   RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Droken Mar-28-15 1
   RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Matrix Dragon Mar-29-15 2
     RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Gryphonadmin Mar-29-15 3
          RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Proginoskes Mar-29-15 4
              RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Gryphonadmin Mar-29-15 6
          RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics McFortner Mar-29-15 5
          RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Matrix Dragon Mar-30-15 7
              RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Terminus Est Mar-30-15 8
                  RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Gryphonadmin Mar-30-15 12
                      RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Terminus Est Mar-31-15 15
          RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics ebony14 Mar-30-15 9
              RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Tabasco Mar-31-15 17
                  RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics goldenfire Mar-31-15 19
                  RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Bushido Apr-02-15 25
          RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Arashi Mar-30-15 10
      RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics rwpikul Mar-30-15 11
          RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics SpottedKitty Mar-30-15 13
              RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Terminus Est Mar-31-15 14
                  RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics ebony14 Mar-31-15 16
                      RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics mouse_rr Apr-01-15 20
                          RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics zwol Apr-01-15 21
                              RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Gryphonadmin Apr-01-15 22
                              RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics mouse_rr Apr-01-15 23
                          RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Croaker Apr-03-15 27
   RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics ebony14 Mar-31-15 18
      RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Mephronmoderator Apr-02-15 24
          RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics BobSchroeck Apr-02-15 26
              RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics Star Ranger4 Apr-05-15 28
                  RE: OWaW 11, and a note on logistics BobSchroeck Apr-06-15 29


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