[RFC]Boskone attack on SerenityCon

[Ace Dreamer]

META "Air Port Convention"

Some might be curious as to the title of this little section. Well...

All the Morian ships in the air trade have names like "SS AP xxx", where the "AP" bit means "Air Port" (for 'air transport').

http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/top ... ria-Mining

It just so happens that the ship called in, coincidentally, is called the "Convention". So...

[[ducks, runs, and takes cover [grin]]

(Just in case:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairport_Convention )

For those interested, the first air trade ship was to be called "SS Airstrip One", after the name for England in the George Orwell novel "1984".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations_of ... ighty-Four

But, it got changed as there was concern that non-Morians would think this implied a process of strip-mining air from Venus and Titan.  The new name "SS Air Port One", shortened to "SS AP One", became the name for the whole class of air transport vessels.
Some of the younger Morians call that ship "The Won" (or even just "Soup"), which the older members think really misses the point.
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