Thanks to some chatting with Mal on the IRC, I decided to re-work Ganti's timeline. Not sure if it's going to be acceptable, but I thought I should run what I have past you lot.
Timeline:
Mid/late 2007: Ganti finds an odd chunk of an unknown substance during one of his nature hikes. He takes it home and uses it as a paperweight when he'd normally throw things like that into the trash. It promptly eats his notes on electrical engineering.
Later, still 2007: Ganti determines that his 'paperweight' has grown in size many times. Hera has been spending time with it. A small chunk of it breaks off, leaving him with two units of handwavium, one small, and one much bigger. He has Minor Blue Hair Day and looses a weekend somewhere. When he's done, he has a bunch of spare parts for his truck, which apparently no longer needs refueling.
Very late 2007/early 2008: Ganti Acquires 'The Cat Who Walks Through Walls', by Robert Heinlein. His paperweight eats it, and spits out another small chunk of handwavium, which lands in the glass of water he had nearby. Massively confused, he decides to go look this up on the internet, which he realizes he should have done much earlier, at which point his cat drinks the 'wavium in the glass. On the whole, he's not too displeased with the results. He begins feeding the wavium with lots of information about electricity, including various comic books and short stories that feature characters with electrical powers. On a whim, he includes as much information about Nikola Tesla as he could.
Early 2008: He deliberately re-creates the wavium/water solution, and applies it to his computer. It runs much, much better, not to mention Windows programs despite being a Mac, but he gets the feeling that something else has also happened. He's proven right when Teosag starts asking questions. After a bit of very poor communication via a text editor, Ganti buys and hooks up a microphone and webcam, easing communication massively.
Early/mid 2008: The group finds out about a decommissioned WW2 sub going on sale that was built in scotland. Via unanimous agreement of Human, AI, and super intelligent cat, it is decided that they MUST purchase it. How quickly becomes a question, as they lack the funds. It is eventually decided that they will siphon funds from a number of companies, including most of the big oil ones, Wells Fargo, and every single political party in the US.
Mid/late 2008: Reality intrudes on the dream, as they prepare to purchase the sub, they realize that they do not live near the ocean, and it is being sold in a different country. They have the funds, however. It is debated whether or not to keep acquiring funds and go for a Zeppelin or to just buy the sub and work around the difficulties.
Timeline:
Mid/late 2007: Ganti finds an odd chunk of an unknown substance during one of his nature hikes. He takes it home and uses it as a paperweight when he'd normally throw things like that into the trash. It promptly eats his notes on electrical engineering.
Later, still 2007: Ganti determines that his 'paperweight' has grown in size many times. Hera has been spending time with it. A small chunk of it breaks off, leaving him with two units of handwavium, one small, and one much bigger. He has Minor Blue Hair Day and looses a weekend somewhere. When he's done, he has a bunch of spare parts for his truck, which apparently no longer needs refueling.
Very late 2007/early 2008: Ganti Acquires 'The Cat Who Walks Through Walls', by Robert Heinlein. His paperweight eats it, and spits out another small chunk of handwavium, which lands in the glass of water he had nearby. Massively confused, he decides to go look this up on the internet, which he realizes he should have done much earlier, at which point his cat drinks the 'wavium in the glass. On the whole, he's not too displeased with the results. He begins feeding the wavium with lots of information about electricity, including various comic books and short stories that feature characters with electrical powers. On a whim, he includes as much information about Nikola Tesla as he could.
Early 2008: He deliberately re-creates the wavium/water solution, and applies it to his computer. It runs much, much better, not to mention Windows programs despite being a Mac, but he gets the feeling that something else has also happened. He's proven right when Teosag starts asking questions. After a bit of very poor communication via a text editor, Ganti buys and hooks up a microphone and webcam, easing communication massively.
Early/mid 2008: The group finds out about a decommissioned WW2 sub going on sale that was built in scotland. Via unanimous agreement of Human, AI, and super intelligent cat, it is decided that they MUST purchase it. How quickly becomes a question, as they lack the funds. It is eventually decided that they will siphon funds from a number of companies, including most of the big oil ones, Wells Fargo, and every single political party in the US.
Mid/late 2008: Reality intrudes on the dream, as they prepare to purchase the sub, they realize that they do not live near the ocean, and it is being sold in a different country. They have the funds, however. It is debated whether or not to keep acquiring funds and go for a Zeppelin or to just buy the sub and work around the difficulties.