(Valles)
(M Fnord)
(As for what Noah knows, or has heard, about the Boskonians - not much. The piracy bit is pretty much it, and those rumours were overblown (or so he thought until he was attacked on the way to the Con - and was that really a Boskonian?); he's completely in the dark about the drug trade.)
(Sirrocco)
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Quote:It is, however, a "natural" name for certain Fen to give raider-type pirates...
Frex, even the name 'Boskonians' as applied to these raiders is something that was only established after the con invite went out, and then would only be known within the ranks of the Pirates.
(M Fnord)
Quote:Wild rumours can cover quite a bit of territory, though - some of which may even be accurate. Somebody like Noah, who's already slightly paranoid, isn't going to take chances.
Non-aligned characters (The Professor, the Explain Star crew, Morden, etc.) know only about the attacks on the asteroid mining facilities and a passel of wild rumors unless specifically sought out by SOS-dan.
(As for what Noah knows, or has heard, about the Boskonians - not much. The piracy bit is pretty much it, and those rumours were overblown (or so he thought until he was attacked on the way to the Con - and was that really a Boskonian?); he's completely in the dark about the drug trade.)
Quote:Either works for me, but I'm the "new guy". A separate subforum would be more convenient for splitting the fic and analysis, though.
So. You guys up for breaking out of the one thread, or would you rather keep this contained?
(Sirrocco)
Quote:One advantage to having a shipload of money. Seriously, there's only so much I can cram into an introductory scene without looking like I'm trying to take over the story. Noah does have problems, I just couldn't work most of them in yet. (And Noah's trouble with relating to other people was only hinted at in the vignette, where he couldn't remember the name of the new employee.)
Also, Rob? I'm reading a whole lot of "I'm a badass!" and not much in the way of duct-tape in your story.
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Okay, on the re-read, I'm seeing the "serious post-combat stress reaction" and the "massive evil ugly paperwork" stuff, but... it's so short.
Quote:I suppose I should go back and insert a line about who created the weaponry. (As Bob once called the character, "Li Kohran, Cabalite of Technology". And if the implication of that isn't a problem for Noah, I don't know what is...)
that whole "get attacked for no good reason, deal with it without much sense of difficulty" thing was a little off,
Quote:Considering that we've seen other people (not just The Professor) use what appears to be gravtech, Noah's obviously wrong there.
as was "I have grav-tech and no one else does except maybe the Professor, and who knows with him".
Quote:Again, that'll be addresses Real Soon Now. The very next scene I write, actually...
Quirks are supposed to be quirks for *you* more than quirks for *them*. For them, these things are normal and natural.
Quote:Which is why the Fen treat Stellvia as a trading outpost: "it gives me a steady source of 'dane income, which gives me the ability to buy all the lovely 'dane toys that so many fen enjoy." I guess that wasn't as clear as it could have been. Sorry about that...
having a few earth-orbit tourist stations certainly makes good sense for the Dane tourists, but you'ld not be likely to see much int he way of Fen tourism.
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012