[story][Fenspace Alternates] The South Is Rising, Someone Get A Hammer

[robkelk]

Couple of problems with your snippit Rob.

Assuming we aren't retconning the whole parcel, we can fix those in story-compilation.

Of course, that means I've got to work out what classes as formal for A.C....

Again, assuming we aren't retconning the whole parcel, Leda votes for A.C. to wear her Sailor Mars costume. Noah, after pointing out that Leda isn't there and doesn't get a vote anyway, suggests A.C. wear her JLI dress uniform. At least one TSAB Enforcer wears a cape, after all... (Noah is in his "good" suit - the one with the leather jacket with the Stellvia right-shoulder patch and the OF-8 rank insignia. Yayoi is in Sammie full-dress, with her OF-7 insignia, the crown-and-anchor right-shoulder patch, and the Stellvia left-shoulder patch. Miyuri is wearing her Kibi Space Guard uniform, with Stellvia right-shoulder patch and no rank insignia (since she isn't entitled to any). Sometimes having a personal yacht, with changes of clothes for everyone expected to be aboard, is an advantage.) The three ships on station-keeping would have been the Epsilon Blade, the White Stallion, and a ship to be named later. (It should be from one of the Big Six factions.) The two that the TSAB detected inbound are the MiG-31 and the Magnificent Midnight. This doesn't mean the TSAB detected everybody who's inbound, of course.

As for the SOS-dan, there's a reason Noah included Kyon instead of Haruhi in his first email... Keep Haruhi calm and she might be useful.

Negotiation plans: If Noah has his way, he'll propose Homeline assist in finding TL-191, and that Fenspace and Homeline (and TSAB if they're staying in the story) pool their resources to do so. Homeline has the ability to transit between universes, and Fenspace has Handwavium, the Whole Fenspace Catalog, and (most importantly) neutral ground on which to meet. (Sorry, Mal, but "constant visitors" are better than "overlords".) Noah will resist any attempt at Fenspace becoming a TSAB administered world or a Homeline colony, but will allow embassies on Odyssey, which he'll move out of Mars orbit. If and when Mohammed Chang comes to Noah's attention, he'll make the same offer of non-interference and embassy space to Centrum. Objections?
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Rob Kelk
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