Chapter Two is up

[Bob Schroeck]

I don't post much on any of the sites I am on, and I am fairly sure this is my first time posting on this one.

It is indeed -- your post count is 1. Thank you for joining the conversation!

When I first saw this section in DWS-2

<snip>"System. Load song, 'I'm A Pioneer'. Play song." <snip>

I just wondered which song Doug used at that point for FTL flight, since I find it inconceivable that "I'm A Pioneer" (or at least Tenchi Muyo) could have even been conceived of by the Japanese of Doug's Homeline.

Actually, it is. I first used it way back in Chapter 6 of Drunkard's Walk II, written in 2001. Therein, Doug says:

Gotta hand it to that fan club of mine back home. They do find me the damnedest songs. That one, for instance, was the English translation of the theme to some Japanese TV show, and I liked it. Not only did it give me multi-Mach flight, but complete spaceworthiness and hyperflight as well.

I have no idea what form Tenchi Muyo took in Warriors' World, but it was there. I do know that I discussed the form Slayers (I think it was) took in WW, and it was more like a Jidai Geki-like story set in the Heian period than the pseudo-medieval fantasy it is in OTL. Honestly? Tenchi has a strong subcurrent celebrating the specialness of the Japanese (they're clearly much closer to the Juraians than other Earthers, if not actually descended from them), and I could easily see it being mostly unchanged.

(And you know, that's the only time I ever mentioned Doug's fan club, to the best of my recollection. I should do something about that.)