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While you can theoretically jump while under acceleration (as long as that acceleration is only along the jump vector, and doesn't push you laterally off course), it is an additional risk. A jumping ship is vulnerable; in addition to needing to use most or all of its power to charge the jump accumu...

Today I found myself wondering what would happen if Alex wore Fireblade's amplifier (probably because of a curious Beryl). Alex would look kind of silly wearing a decoration made for a woman, Tempo and Talon laugh, Spiral complains that they're screwing with her concentration, Fireblade becomes ver...

Or, you know... And bear with me here, this may be a crazy thought... Perhaps both Beryl and Alex will treat the happenstance of Beryl falling into Alex's lap under sudden acceleration as an occurrence of combat maneuver, entirely devoid of sexual or intimate connotation, as if - and bear with me he...

If they're expending their reserves and leaving the shuttle behind, then lining up the speeding ships to set up an umbilical will be tense indeed. I imagine Alex is at the very least hoping there will be an umbilical to dash through, as he has probably had all of the propulsion-less EVA he wants to...

This is gonna be funny. Probably Beryl's going to be terrified that she's gonna hurt the man - until she realizes that he's got his arms around her and is holding on with as much beefy noncom strength as Alex can muster (which is to say very little, since he was not Enlisted,) to restrain her from c...

The muse, she is a fickle thing. Recently I've been working on a Megaman X fanfic. Regarding WtDwJ, I still like the idea, but towards the end I was starting to feel very dissatisfied with basically needing to have co-opted the OP's and Cydonia's RP's decision to bring in human-Loroi hybrids. That, ...

You could still use a fleet which is automated to a very significant degree. Farseers detect concentrations of minds at distance, they can't, say, pinpoint a single shuttleful of folks at interstellar distance, IIRC. This is incorrect; Farseers can detect a single Umiak mind, if it's the only mind ...

You could still use a fleet which is automated to a very significant degree. Farseers detect concentrations of minds at distance, they can't, say, pinpoint a single shuttleful of folks at interstellar distance, IIRC. You could probably get a fleet down to below the critical threshold if you wired a ...

Your meta-analysis is very off, if for no other reason than that Arioch has said that Stillstorm's cabin is going to feature in the story (along with her rather impressive cutlery collection,) and that can't happen if Tempest goes kablooie.

I'm going to guess that it's Umiak employing some form of hardwiring to essentially wire a few Umiak into the ships and using robotic drones to take care of the duties formerly performed by live crew. Alternatively, they're uploading minds wholesale, or modifying brains with cybernetics to such a ra...

Soia-Liron food items contain mostly the same kinds of compounds in our own foods (sugars, proteins, carbohydrates, etc.), but in different proportions and chemical arrangements. The packaged shipboard food that Alex was given had been sterilized for preservation, so Soia-Liron microbes are not the...

I think there's a bit too much in-reading going on here. Also, recall that Loroi are conditioned socially to very non-monogamous sexual relationships. Is this jealousy/possessiveness rearing its head? Yes. Is it romantic/sexual? I don't think so. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure this is Beryl e...

To start with, I think Loroi must assimilate skill, particularly physical and telepathic/telekinetic skills, very rapidly. This would be seen as an asset in the days of muscle-powered warfare, but it also leads to Loroi who are very young being thrust into literally life-and-death situations. I pres...

Hālian wrote:

What, if anything, is the significance of the symbolism depicted here?

Somebody saw the Starburst of the Alliance to Restore the Republic and thought "Hrmmmmm... Needs more spikes."

Krulle wrote:

[color=#FF0000]Arioch[/color] wrote:

I said it in Discord, I'll say it again here...

It looks like they're beholding the contents of the briefcase from Pulp Fiction - just, every previous grudge is forgotten, crack that briefcase open and have a look.

What?! Three updates at once? Has christmas come early this year? :shock: Anyway, what Alex feels on page 115 (or what he feels not) is very interesting and yes, Beryl looks rather annoyed on that page. I'm expecting that Talon is intentionally guarding her thoughts. That said, it occurs to me that...

subtext looks a lot like: Talon: "Ha! I got to touch him first!" Beryl: "WTF he didn't greet me like that... :evil: " He could always teach her about hugging instead. :P That, or the ages-old human tradition of the "Surprise noogie delivered to someone you like." Which could only explode catastroph...

http://well-of-souls.com/temp/114_2.jpg More handshake goodies? Or are these offers of sampling the natural non-telepathy of Alex as sole known specimen of "Humaniti"? Looks to me like she was being skeptical of the whole "no telepathy, not even on touch" thing, and Alex offered to demonstrate. Tho...

I came to think about the stuff the salvage crew found the Bellarmine wreckage. This could be a source of alternate clothing for Alex, things like clean underwear and whatever he need to wear when his uniform are washed. Maybe they could even have found a dress uniform or two for use on official oc...

Well I just joined and I love this series, its interesting since it doesn't follow the usual routine which most science fiction stories go. As for what I'd like to add, well I figure writing up a fanfiction of this series would be an interesting investment into the future, hopefully I can live up t...