From: Bob Schroeck (rms@ourtown.fen)
To: Operation FIREFALL Mailing List (firefall@sovietairforce.fen)
CC: "Benjamin Rhodes" (blackrider@roughriders.fen)
Date: November 24, 2016
Subj: [FIREFALL] Re:Visting Hours Are Now Open
> And GC is going to be the closest to the action, if I'm reading Bob correctly.
To some variety of action, yes.
-- Bob
From: Bob Schroeck (rms@ourtown.fen)
To: General Fnord (fnord@sovietairforce.fen)
Date: November 24, 2016
Subj: Re: Information Needed - Urgent
> If you have it available, we need a HOWTO file on how you guys managed to put
> together the Corners. Procedures, methods, amount of handwavium necessary, etc.
> We might need it for Contingency Case TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT.
> If it's available, package it up and hand it off to Benjamin *after* he's completed
> the diplomatic mission to Richmond. He'll be needing it for his next assignment.
We anticipated this during OGJ, actually, and were surprised no one asked then.
It's all packaged and ready to go, and I will put a copy in Ben's hands per your
request.
-- Bob
From: Bob Schroeck (rms@ourtown.fen)
To: Noah Scott (bigcheese@stellvia.lib)
Date: November 29, 2016
Subj: Re: Information which may be useful in the current situation
> I cannot believe I completely missed the hint you gave me, Bob - "in a
> space smaller than a barn". (I'll blame it on being busy with 191-Con.)
Hint? Oh, yes, hint. Right. So good of you to pick up on it.
> Ever read "Doc" Smith's Skylark stories?
Sorry, no. A few Lensmen novels was all I managed in my misspent youth.
But your explanation is clear and salient and makes much sense.
> It'll take at least three months to build, but *we can do it*.
I'd offer you a complete set of specs on how to build a Grover's Corners,
but that takes *two years* -- you can build a big enough hull with
hardtech in that time.
> Now the problem is getting hold of parachronics maps. I don't see any in
> the Whole Fenspace Catalog.
I'm not surprised. The girls -- speaking as someone who allegedly has
access to their thought processes from time to time -- aren't really
operating with a coherent theory of parachronics. They've got a couple
worldjump spells/techniques and the ability to sniff out Doug's trail.
If/when they reach Warriors' World, they may have the data necessary to
build their own parachronic theory, but I doubt it'll occur to them.
It may occur to Doug and Dwim, but not to them.
> But I might have a solution there as well.
> (You're familiar with the Infinite Worlds setting SJGames released a few
> years ago, I assume...)
I refer you, sir, to my Amazon.com bookstore page, and will wait until you
draw your own conclusions.
Meanhile, my conclusion is that it's certainly the closest thing we have to hand
to a parachronic map.
Oh. Oh... I am brilliant.
At least I think I am. Do we have the girls' "sniffer" spell or whatever it is that
they use to track Doug? And can we tune it to something that went with our
US to nasty ol' 119? Like, say, some kind of souvenir of a national monument
or natural feature? Like Gene Wilder said in "Young Frankenstein", It Just
Might Work!
-- Bob
From: Bob Schroeck (rms@ourtown.fen)
To: Operation FIREFALL Mailing List (firefall@sovietairforce.fen)
Date: November 29, 2016
Subj: Good news, bad news, and worse news
Noah Scott (bigcheese@stellvia.lib) said:
> (I'll say nothing more about that
> bombshell over comms channels. See me face-to-face if you want details.)
You've been holding out on me, Noah. You bet I'm going to see you
face-to-face, if only to find this out.
> Question: Do we want to build the cross-world ship?
My vote is yes.
General Fnord (fnord@sovietairforce.fen) wrote:
> Do we know where TL-191 is?
We might. I had an idea that I just shot to Noah, but I don't know if
it's going to pan out yet.
-- Bob
From: Bob Schroeck (rms@ourtown.fen)
To: Operation FIREFALL Mailing List (firefall@sovietairforce.fen)
Date: November 29, 2016
Subj: [FIREFALL] Thought
Jinxie (Jinx999@hotmail.vega.fen) said:
> 2) The energy requirements to put something like Grover Corners in orbit
> easily are fairly basic physics. They're not taking into account, handwavium's
> ability to break any phyical law it chooses, but that would make them
> overestimate us.
It's hard to overestimate the effect of 3/4 of a mile of solid bedrock floating
serenely overhead. All we'd have to do is try to *land* in a specific location,
and we knock out most of their government.
-- Bob
From: Bob Schroeck (rms@ourtown.fen)
To: Operation FIREFALL Mailing List (firefall@sovietairforce.fen)
Date: November 29, 2016
Subj: Re: Good news, bad news, and worse news
Benjamin Rhodes (blackrider@roughriders.fen) said:
> Mal, there's other universes for that. For one thing, I'm wondering if the
> Nanoha-verse exists. I'm thinking we could use the assistance of their TSAB.
Oh, my, yes. If this comes up as a motion, Imma goan second it *right away*.
> By Skuld, if we're heading into 191-verse, then I wanna be carrying the biggest,
> Goddess-damned nastiest looking stick these guys have never even dreamed of.
Seconding *that*, too. That's a philosophy I'm in complete agreement with.
-- Bob
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
To: Operation FIREFALL Mailing List (firefall@sovietairforce.fen)
CC: "Benjamin Rhodes" (blackrider@roughriders.fen)
Date: November 24, 2016
Subj: [FIREFALL] Re:Visting Hours Are Now Open
> And GC is going to be the closest to the action, if I'm reading Bob correctly.
To some variety of action, yes.
-- Bob
From: Bob Schroeck (rms@ourtown.fen)
To: General Fnord (fnord@sovietairforce.fen)
Date: November 24, 2016
Subj: Re: Information Needed - Urgent
> If you have it available, we need a HOWTO file on how you guys managed to put
> together the Corners. Procedures, methods, amount of handwavium necessary, etc.
> We might need it for Contingency Case TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT.
> If it's available, package it up and hand it off to Benjamin *after* he's completed
> the diplomatic mission to Richmond. He'll be needing it for his next assignment.
We anticipated this during OGJ, actually, and were surprised no one asked then.
It's all packaged and ready to go, and I will put a copy in Ben's hands per your
request.
-- Bob
From: Bob Schroeck (rms@ourtown.fen)
To: Noah Scott (bigcheese@stellvia.lib)
Date: November 29, 2016
Subj: Re: Information which may be useful in the current situation
> I cannot believe I completely missed the hint you gave me, Bob - "in a
> space smaller than a barn". (I'll blame it on being busy with 191-Con.)
Hint? Oh, yes, hint. Right. So good of you to pick up on it.
> Ever read "Doc" Smith's Skylark stories?
Sorry, no. A few Lensmen novels was all I managed in my misspent youth.
But your explanation is clear and salient and makes much sense.
> It'll take at least three months to build, but *we can do it*.
I'd offer you a complete set of specs on how to build a Grover's Corners,
but that takes *two years* -- you can build a big enough hull with
hardtech in that time.
> Now the problem is getting hold of parachronics maps. I don't see any in
> the Whole Fenspace Catalog.
I'm not surprised. The girls -- speaking as someone who allegedly has
access to their thought processes from time to time -- aren't really
operating with a coherent theory of parachronics. They've got a couple
worldjump spells/techniques and the ability to sniff out Doug's trail.
If/when they reach Warriors' World, they may have the data necessary to
build their own parachronic theory, but I doubt it'll occur to them.
It may occur to Doug and Dwim, but not to them.
> But I might have a solution there as well.
> (You're familiar with the Infinite Worlds setting SJGames released a few
> years ago, I assume...)
I refer you, sir, to my Amazon.com bookstore page, and will wait until you
draw your own conclusions.
Meanhile, my conclusion is that it's certainly the closest thing we have to hand
to a parachronic map.
Oh. Oh... I am brilliant.
At least I think I am. Do we have the girls' "sniffer" spell or whatever it is that
they use to track Doug? And can we tune it to something that went with our
US to nasty ol' 119? Like, say, some kind of souvenir of a national monument
or natural feature? Like Gene Wilder said in "Young Frankenstein", It Just
Might Work!
-- Bob
From: Bob Schroeck (rms@ourtown.fen)
To: Operation FIREFALL Mailing List (firefall@sovietairforce.fen)
Date: November 29, 2016
Subj: Good news, bad news, and worse news
Noah Scott (bigcheese@stellvia.lib) said:
> (I'll say nothing more about that
> bombshell over comms channels. See me face-to-face if you want details.)
You've been holding out on me, Noah. You bet I'm going to see you
face-to-face, if only to find this out.
> Question: Do we want to build the cross-world ship?
My vote is yes.
General Fnord (fnord@sovietairforce.fen) wrote:
> Do we know where TL-191 is?
We might. I had an idea that I just shot to Noah, but I don't know if
it's going to pan out yet.
-- Bob
From: Bob Schroeck (rms@ourtown.fen)
To: Operation FIREFALL Mailing List (firefall@sovietairforce.fen)
Date: November 29, 2016
Subj: [FIREFALL] Thought
Jinxie (Jinx999@hotmail.vega.fen) said:
> 2) The energy requirements to put something like Grover Corners in orbit
> easily are fairly basic physics. They're not taking into account, handwavium's
> ability to break any phyical law it chooses, but that would make them
> overestimate us.
It's hard to overestimate the effect of 3/4 of a mile of solid bedrock floating
serenely overhead. All we'd have to do is try to *land* in a specific location,
and we knock out most of their government.
-- Bob
From: Bob Schroeck (rms@ourtown.fen)
To: Operation FIREFALL Mailing List (firefall@sovietairforce.fen)
Date: November 29, 2016
Subj: Re: Good news, bad news, and worse news
Benjamin Rhodes (blackrider@roughriders.fen) said:
> Mal, there's other universes for that. For one thing, I'm wondering if the
> Nanoha-verse exists. I'm thinking we could use the assistance of their TSAB.
Oh, my, yes. If this comes up as a motion, Imma goan second it *right away*.
> By Skuld, if we're heading into 191-verse, then I wanna be carrying the biggest,
> Goddess-damned nastiest looking stick these guys have never even dreamed of.
Seconding *that*, too. That's a philosophy I'm in complete agreement with.
-- Bob
Quote:OOC: We could solve both problems by putting the email-style postsOOC: In that case, I'm stopping here. I'm posting what I wrote, because I wrote it as I read, and I'll be damned if I'll scrap all that work, but I'll read straight through the rest of the extant material and see what I can come up with in a narrative form.
on hold and concentrating on writing the meetings with the leaders of
the new neighbours - that'll let everyone else catch up while the folks
who are busy on Sunday and Monday don't get any farther behind.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.