Ah, the classic Stalinization. Yes, indeed.

>
>>Oho! Yeah, she was an officer, Cappy and Maya mentioned. Wonder if she
>>felt anything for her captain then?
>
>In Amberjack she was the captain; as a more junior
>officer, she was too professional for that kind of thing. She was a
>very well-regarded officer; she'd have gone farther in her career if
>not for the Earthdome fiasco in 2406. One of the first things they
>did upon unifying all the constituent states' wet navies into
>Earthfleet was get rid of all the crewed submarines, and Commander
>Poisson was far from the only officer to retire early in protest.
>
>(Retire early in terms of when she intended to; she had her 20 in and
>so could do so without penalty, but she was at one point aspiring to
>flag rank.)

Indeed, I figured that's what you meant. Having a house still costs money, even if your personal maintenance expenses are a little different than normal. =)

>
>Incidentally, that's why she hates those droid submarines so much.
>They put a lot of friends out of work and led to the premature
>scrapping of a lot of good boats, Amberjack included.

Aha! I was wondering.

>
>>Ah. Actually, this was my bad; you're right. I was factoring in a lot
>>of other characters Corwin has never met before. Kongo, Maya,
>>Haruna...basically, Arpeggio characters. Kancolle
>>characters' weird parts are often artifacts of the combat harness, and
>>they're just not using them.
>
>There are other Kancolle ships who have peculiar costumes (the
>Kongō class's uniform is not particularly risqué,
>for instance, but it certainly is arresting, and then there are the
>Unryū-class carriers), but he hasn't met any of them
>either.

Indeed.

>
>>>His name commemorates Captain James Cook FRS RN (1728-1779), the first
>>>European to make diplomatic contact with Hawai'i, in 1778... and the
>>>first, a year later, to be killed in the course of committing a
>>>catastrophic diplomatic blunder in Hawai'i. Oops. Oh well, can't win
>>>'em all.
>>
>>Ouch.
>
>The local swiped one of his ship's boats, and he decided what he was
>going to do was personally lead a shore party to kidnap their king and
>ransom him back in exchange for the boat. What could possibly go
>wrong?

*facepalm*

>
>>I once had a coworker in an old job who was -just- discharged from the
>>USMC before working with us, and it was very, very painfully obvious.
>>Not in a bad way, but no one could mistake him for anything but a vet.
>>It just takes time to pick up on civvie social cues, it's not
>>something that can really be actively taught.
>
>I'm sure I've told this story on the Forum before, but I had a Marine
>co-worker at Livingston who, in response to a parking dispute we were
>having with the Toshiba office next door in the business park, sent
>the company all-employees mailing list a carefully detailed battle
>plan in which he envisioned leveraging the military experience of all
>the veterans in the company, himself included, to overpower Toshiba
>and drive them from the battlefield office park. It ended with
>the sentence,
>
>Toshiba started this but we will finish it. SEMPER FI
>
>We were pretty sure he was kidding? But, man, he had thought
>it through. Be polite, be efficient, et cetera. :)

That is awesome! Reminds me of a joke email someone put together where I work regarding all the construction and parking challenges we have. It parodied a lot of emails the COS had put out in the past, and the COS himself sent the email around to everyone. Better sense of humor than I'd credited him with beforehand, I admit.

>
>>Oh, absolutely. I knew her tough-gal act was at least partly just
>>that; an act. I think you even stated it once before, mentioning that
>>it's part of how she overcomes being as antiquated as she is.
>
>Well, that and her hidden ultimate weapon of last resort. ;)

Now that, we shall see I hope.

>
>>Tatsuta is deadly serious all the time, yes, and devious, underhanded,
>>and clever. What she doesn't know yet, that her sister does, is just
>>how outclassed she is against Corwin in melee combat. If she knew, I
>>have a feeling she'd have used some method of intimidation that didn't
>>involve a weapon.
>
>Tatsuta has heard about that encounter (I'm sure it's featured in
>Tenryū's fumbling, flustered attempts to explain to Tatsuta why
>she's so entertainingly, transparently attached to the Admiral), but
>she rates her abilities higher than Tenryū's. She assumes it was
>just a case of Tenryū being a dork as usual and getting romped
>for it.
>
>Tenryū knows she'll never be able to persuade her otherwise, so
>she's just going to have to leave her to learn better on her own. If
>she finds out that Tatsuta actually threatened the Admiral, of
>course, she's still going to be mortified. :)

Heh. Tatsuta's armor against the world is by being clever and devious, so she can't afford to look weak. She's all about the facade. Inside, though, I wonder if the fact Corwin wasn't fazed by it meant anything to her...but you're right. Only one way for Tatsuta to learn.

>
>>Looking back, how did I miss that name? My, my. I see two
>>possibilities here: Either a different ship Kongo was conditioned to
>>ignore (because they should have detected each other if one simply did
>>not know the other; is that correct?)
>
>Under normal conditions, Fog Mental Models should be able to recognize
>one another, although Kongō's observation in Cantata that
>Tenryū wasn't trying to hide her IFF signature suggests that it's
>something they can at least attempt.

Ooo. Yes. You're right, I had forgotten. And Kongo and Maya weren't expecting another ship as an adjutant, so...yeah. Hm. Several things she could be.

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