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[Norgarth]

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Fall 2007: Rockhounds, Inc., legally registered in the USA, corporate headquarters, Rochester NY. Contracts signed with Dolomite, NASA.
Winter 2007: Chris Marsden gets hold of a US Navy tug at a salvage auction, applies a lot of handwavium and a few prayers to Deities Of Choice, and heads off to find a Cool Rock.
Spring 2007: First Space Rock returned to Earth Orbit, mining begins. Contract proposals for additional Rocks begin pouring in.
Summer 2007: NASA/DARPA/USAF establish Transrationality Scientific Assessment Bureau to study and reverse-engineer handwavium devices. Colonel Stephen Caldwell, USAF, appointed administrator of TSAB Station Benjamin Franklin (nee Space Rock #4).
Winter 2007: Marsden begins preparation of the Garden on Space Rock #5.
Summer 2008: Space Rock #7 is returned to the Belt to become the core of Seijutaigakure no Sato. First sighting of Ayanami Rei in the Garden.
Winter 2008/09: Marsden decides to retire from personal participation in asteroid prospecting. Rockhounds, Inc. refocuses business to brokerage between mining companies, purchasers, and prospectors. Corporate HQ moved to Space Rock #5, which is christened Greenwood.
Summer 2009: Amy O'Connell is transferred to the TSAB and inspires Marsden to provide them a gift of specially-designed uniforms.

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Umm, Norway? You go from winter '07 to spring '07, either the first two entries are in '06, or everything else is a year later.

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the one movie with Fox Mulder's actor, where an alien life form was evolving in some caverns in a matter of days.

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Feinan, I believe that movie was titled "Evolution". __________________
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live. - George Carlin.
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