13. "RE: The Final Simulation: A Split Infinitive Mini-Story"
In response to message #12
>That >was real frontier spacefarin', man. None of your conveniently located >starbases and subspace relay beacons back then. (G's actually kind of >sad he missed that era. He arrived just at the very tippy-end of it, >when Connies on five-year missions still had a fair bit of >autonomy.) > >--G. Back when men were men and wemmin were green, and a captain needed that sort of authority cause a ship in deep space was just as on its own as an old wet navy vessel once home dissapeared over the horizon, eh? Though in its own way, wouldnt it have been much like being back on the Son, only without Zoner around to make the final decision?
Of COURSE you wernt expecting it! No One expects the FANNISH INQUISITION! RCW# 86