SDN Worlds 4 Commentary Thread IV

[Formless]

Sorchus wanted me to tell you all that his computer is down and needs repairs, so he'll be unavaliable for a while.

[Simon_Jester]

Yes, Shroom, I would like to know more.

[Master_Baerne]

Wouldn't we all? What comic is that?

[Shroom Man 777]

I have no clue mang.

[Master_Baerne]

Pity, I'd definately want to read the thing if there's more.

[Mayabird]

So much for logging on last night.

Anyway, I know it removes some of the emotional impact, but my birdies felt tacked on. They didn't really fit with the robots and blobs, and this became more obvious as I tried to write some internal story bits. Also, why are they interested in integrating the prawns Khe!Srri? (I can't remember if I've mentioned anything about that before in the story posts or not, though I will be later - assuming I can get off my rear and actually write it.) What do they even know about how to go about integrating another species, and where would they have gotten that knowledge? Why'd they let that dumb dude join? Saying "the Thinkers told them" only works as an answer for so far.

So eventually I figured it just made more sense that they hadn't been original escapees themselves but were brought in sometime (rather shortly) afterward, in that dim shadowy early period where the demented Thinkers were still running things, trying to put enough stuff together and make their organics reasonably sane enough that they could survive, a time when most believe that records were barely kept because they had more pertinent demands on their time (also, insanity) when it's more that the living memory was wiped and only a few dozen beings at most have security clearance high enough to know the real story.

Note that this all happened before the purely-physical cosmic horrors just past their borders realized that something yummy was over there and they had the munchies, since the poor guys had somehow ended up in one of the nastiest corners of the universe. I should do some more official writing of those history bits.

[Shroom Man 777]

There, another BEEEF! This time, of the fate of the Fenrisians! In the next installment, we will Hail to the King!

[fgalkin]

Almost done with the response post to the first contact communiques. Please let me know if you intend to respond to the questionnaire, otherwise it will go up either later tonight or tomorrow.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[Tanasinn]

Almost done with the response post to the first contact communiques. Please let me know if you intend to respond to the questionnaire, otherwise it will go up either later tonight or tomorrow.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

I actually intend to respond.

[Fingolfin_Noldor]

Almost done with the response post to the first contact communiques. Please let me know if you intend to respond to the questionnaire, otherwise it will go up either later tonight or tomorrow.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

I'm debating whether or not to just send a message demanding your intentions.

[Shinn Langley Soryu]

I've been struggling to get that one post out for the past few days; it wasn't until now that I was finally able to work up the effort to finally finish the damn thing.

In any case, stay tuned for when our not-so-mysterious guest gets introduced to the cultist leaders. Suffice to say that the Haruhiists aren't the only people crazy enough to revere Jun Fukuyama and Johnny Yong Bosch as minor deities in their warped pantheons...

[fgalkin]

Oh man, von Fuckenberger must have gotten a heart attack AND a stroke at the same time when he saw von Musel's maneuver.

I mean, charging AT the enemy. That's like, the most un-Prussian thing I can think of. And then they grappled them with tractor beams! Which is even worse. Poor, poor von Fuckenberger.

Oh, and NUGAK!

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[Shroom Man 777]

Hah, that was funny CN. It's good to see you posting. Carry on.


I can't believe Von Musel's plan worked. That was nuts!


Langleys!

[Simon_Jester]

EDIT: Aack, my citizen has been catnapped!

I mean, charging AT the enemy. That's like, the most un-Prussian thing I can think of. And then they grappled them with tractor beams! Which is even worse. Poor, poor von Fuckenberger.

Heh.

That's unfair, though; von Mückenberger ordered a charge to close range against the Zebesian center in the first half of the battle, once the flanking groups pulled out.

Of course, he did have overwhelmingly superior firepower at the time.

[fgalkin]

EDIT: Aack, my citizen has been catnapped!

I mean, charging AT the enemy. That's like, the most un-Prussian thing I can think of. And then they grappled them with tractor beams! Which is even worse. Poor, poor von Fuckenberger.

Heh.

That's unfair, though; von Mückenberger ordered a charge to close range against the Zebesian center in the first half of the battle, once the flanking groups pulled out.

Of course, he did have overwhelmingly superior firepower at the time.

True. I should have rephrased that as "charging AT A SUPERIOR enemy," since we, of course, know the Prussian views on fighting superior ships. But it was 5 am at the time, so, there.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[Mayabird]

I like how Umeria had a noodle incident. Anyway,

[Sarcasm Node]Oh this is going to be juuuuuuuuust fine. Just great. This won't possibly cause more problems in the future.[/Sarcasm Node]

Now if I can only finish some other of my partially-written posts this lack of response might make sense, at least internally.

[Chaotic Neutral]

Remember, as long as you ignore a problem, it doesn't exist.

[Shroom Man 777]

There. Unapologetic, pure and honest Bragulanity.

[Mayabird]

Remember, as long as you ignore a problem, it doesn't exist.

We're not stupid. Crazy, yes. Paranoid, working off weird assumptions, starting on strange axions, also yes. Needing a lot of therapy and hugs as a whole? Yeah, probably. But we're not stupid. This will make more sense. They're not ignoring it. They're just not officially responding at the moment.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get the AI-equivalent of smelling salts for Panic Node, as the little guy seems to have passed out. Somehow.

[Simon_Jester]

Uh, Force Lord?

Do you think you could scale down that Darth Vader picture a little? It's kind of ridiculously large.

[Force Lord]

Uh, Force Lord?

Do you think you could scale down that Darth Vader picture a little? It's kind of ridiculously large.

I'll try.

EDIT: Uh, I think I'm stuck.

I've reduced the photo using Microsoft Office Picture Manager, but now it seems that the image won't appear.

[Shroom Man 777]

Uh, Force Lord?

Do you think you could scale down that Darth Vader picture a little? It's kind of ridiculously large.

This.

It's not as if the internet lacks tinier Darth Vader pictures.

Force Lord, I promise I'll get back to you on the whole CSB CIS IBGV scheme. I just need to be... strak by inspiration.



Yeeeeaaaaahhhhh!

[Force Lord]

Saved by Facebook.

[fgalkin]

Lost assets in Sector C6:

1x Communications Array
17x Hyperspace Monitoring Arrays located in deep space
3x Spacetime Anomaly Deterctors
1x Type-II Utility Ship (Patrol) Resolution In The Face Of Danger ($65) carrying 8 scouting gunboats, 8 interceptors, and 100 troops
3x Type-II Stealth Ships ($20), each carrying 20 spy probes.

Good hunting

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

[Force Lord]

Lost assets in Sector C6:

1x Communications Array
17x Hyperspace Monitoring Arrays located in deep space
3x Spacetime Anomaly Deterctors
1x Type-II Utility Ship (Patrol) Resolution In The Face Of Danger ($65) carrying 8 scouting gunboats, 8 interceptors, and 100 troops
3x Type-II Stealth Ships ($20), each carrying 20 spy probes.

Good hunting

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Uh, you spying something?