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Robotech Master: fixing formatting glitch

2016-12-12T05:55:34Z

fixing formatting glitch

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	—African proverb		—African proverb

	''March 12, 151 A.L.<br>		''March 12, 151 A.L.''<br>
	Cavorite Caravans used skimmer dealership, Baltica''		''Cavorite Caravans used skimmer dealership, Baltica''

	{{dropcap\|“O}}nly a hundred and sixty ''muuuuuuu'',” the bull-eared man mooed. He leaned against a battered chartreuse-and-white skimmer van with classic curved lines and a Volkswagen emblem, addressing a small group of tired-looking men and women standing before him. “For this fine, classic retro flyin’ machine? Only one owner, a tourist family from Eridani. It’s a steal.”		{{dropcap\|“O}}nly a hundred and sixty ''muuuuuuu'',” the bull-eared man mooed. He leaned against a battered chartreuse-and-white skimmer van with classic curved lines and a Volkswagen emblem, addressing a small group of tired-looking men and women standing before him. “For this fine, classic retro flyin’ machine? Only one owner, a tourist family from Eridani. It’s a steal.”
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	''March 13, 151 A.L.<br>		''March 13, 151 A.L''<br>
	Coastal Ring Skimmerway, approaching the Traverse Tunnel''		''Coastal Ring Skimmerway, approaching the Traverse Tunnel''

	{{dropcap\|T}}wenty hours, two minor breakdowns, and three recharging stops later, the novelty was starting to fade a little. Everyone had managed to catch up on their rest for the time being, and even Socah had taken an hour’s snooze. Of course, they’d woken up pretty much as the sun was setting, and the night-time driving meant they didn’t have much chance to gawk at the scenery. Besides the ZPS navigation, the Coastal Ring Skimmerway was delineated by sparse, lifter-supported floating lane markers and the occasional rest stop in the sky. Most of the time the van’s autopilot did the work.		{{dropcap\|T}}wenty hours, two minor breakdowns, and three recharging stops later, the novelty was starting to fade a little. Everyone had managed to catch up on their rest for the time being, and even Socah had taken an hour’s snooze. Of course, they’d woken up pretty much as the sun was setting, and the night-time driving meant they didn’t have much chance to gawk at the scenery. Besides the ZPS navigation, the Coastal Ring Skimmerway was delineated by sparse, lifter-supported floating lane markers and the occasional rest stop in the sky. Most of the time the van’s autopilot did the work.

Robotech Master: Re-dating the story to bring it in line with the DirCut dating.

2016-12-12T05:54:51Z

Re-dating the story to bring it in line with the DirCut dating.

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	—African proverb		—African proverb

	''~~'JUNE 23~~, ~~157 AL'~~''		''March 12, 151 A.L.<br>
			Cavorite Caravans used skimmer dealership, Baltica''

	{{dropcap\|“O}}nly a hundred and sixty ''muuuuuuu'',” the bull-eared man mooed. He leaned against a battered chartreuse-and-white skimmer van with classic curved lines and a Volkswagen emblem, addressing a small group of tired-looking men and women standing before him. “For this fine, classic retro flyin’ machine? Only one owner, a tourist family from Eridani. It’s a steal.”		{{dropcap\|“O}}nly a hundred and sixty ''muuuuuuu'',” the bull-eared man mooed. He leaned against a battered chartreuse-and-white skimmer van with classic curved lines and a Volkswagen emblem, addressing a small group of tired-looking men and women standing before him. “For this fine, classic retro flyin’ machine? Only one owner, a tourist family from Eridani. It’s a steal.”
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			''March 13, 151 A.L.<br>
			Coastal Ring Skimmerway, approaching the Traverse Tunnel''

	{{dropcap\|T}}wenty hours, two minor breakdowns, and three recharging stops later, the novelty was starting to fade a little. Everyone had managed to catch up on their rest for the time being, and even Socah had taken an hour’s snooze. Of course, they’d woken up pretty much as the sun was setting, and the night-time driving meant they didn’t have much chance to gawk at the scenery. Besides the ZPS navigation, the Coastal Ring Skimmerway was delineated by sparse, lifter-supported floating lane markers and the occasional rest stop in the sky. Most of the time the van’s autopilot did the work.		{{dropcap\|T}}wenty hours, two minor breakdowns, and three recharging stops later, the novelty was starting to fade a little. Everyone had managed to catch up on their rest for the time being, and even Socah had taken an hour’s snooze. Of course, they’d woken up pretty much as the sun was setting, and the night-time driving meant they didn’t have much chance to gawk at the scenery. Besides the ZPS navigation, the Coastal Ring Skimmerway was delineated by sparse, lifter-supported floating lane markers and the occasional rest stop in the sky. Most of the time the van’s autopilot did the work.

Robotech Master: Renaming a character. Too many "Pauls" in this setting.

2014-06-05T07:08:53Z

Renaming a character. Too many "Pauls" in this setting.

Robotech Master: /* Impossible Things */ missing word!

2013-08-31T04:29:52Z

Impossible Things: missing word!

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	“From the tourist stuff I was able to grab before we left, this place has a reputation as being like a 20<sup>th</sup> century theme park on a global scale,” Olivia said.		“From the tourist stuff I was able to grab before we left, this place has a reputation as being like a 20<sup>th</sup> century theme park on a global scale,” Olivia said.

	“I have to admit, I can kinda see the appeal,” Ivor said. “They at least a sense of style back then in how they made stuff. Basic skimmer design back on Earth hasn’t changed in at least fifty years. And look at this!” He held up a print magazine he had bought at the last recharge station, the latest issue of ''Hot Rod Skimmers''. “Turns out ''this'' is where Mario Donizetti went. His name’s all over this magazine. I wonder if the Volante’s any cheaper here?”		“I have to admit, I can kinda see the appeal,” Ivor said. “They at least had a sense of style back then in how they made stuff. Basic skimmer design back on Earth hasn’t changed in at least fifty years. And look at this!” He held up a print magazine he had bought at the last recharge station, the latest issue of ''Hot Rod Skimmers''. “Turns out ''this'' is where Mario Donizetti went. His name’s all over this magazine. I wonder if the Volante’s any cheaper here?”

	“Maybe we could pick one up at the next charging stop,” Socah said dryly. “You saw the size of those public fabbers! I ''swear'' I saw a choice to make a whole new skim-cycle, like a giant vending machine. Cost two thousand ''mus'', though.”		“Maybe we could pick one up at the next charging stop,” Socah said dryly. “You saw the size of those public fabbers! I ''swear'' I saw a choice to make a whole new skim-cycle, like a giant vending machine. Cost two thousand ''mus'', though.”

Robotech Master: Linkin' the nextie

2013-04-30T06:00:45Z

Linkin' the nextie

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JonBuck at 23:02, 21 April 2013

2013-04-21T23:02:38Z

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	'':I still don’t see why we couldn’t have commed ahead,:'' Ivor’s sister Olivia grumbled. She had curly blond hair, like her mother, and her father’s blue eyes—though they were cybernetically enhanced so much there was little natural about them. Neither plump nor petite, still having her original legs, she had cultivated a fit runner’s physique. '':Or even do it now. If we’d let him know we were coming—:''		'':I still don’t see why we couldn’t have commed ahead,:'' Ivor’s sister Olivia grumbled. She had curly blond hair, like her mother, and her father’s blue eyes—though they were cybernetically enhanced so much there was little natural about them. Neither plump nor petite, still having her original legs, she had cultivated a fit runner’s physique. '':Or even do it now. If we’d let him know we were coming—:''

	'':We’ve been over that,:'' Ivor and Olivia’s brother Ferris said. He was the oldest of Arlene and Roy’s children, in his ~~late~~-40s, green-eyed, wavy-haired and a little overweight. The stereotypical absent-minded professor, he was more often in his internal research databases than paying much attention to the outside world. His clothes were already unkempt-looking, for all they’d been folded in storage for several years. '':It wouldn’t be fair to have that hanging over his head for three years. He made it on his own, and if we have to we can too.:''		'':We’ve been over that,:'' Ivor and Olivia’s brother Ferris said. He was the oldest of Arlene and Roy’s children, in his early-40s, green-eyed, wavy-haired and a little overweight. The stereotypical absent-minded professor, he was more often in his internal research databases than paying much attention to the outside world. His clothes were already unkempt-looking, for all they’d been folded in storage for several years. '':It wouldn’t be fair to have that hanging over his head for three years. He made it on his own, and if we have to we can too.:''

	'':And there wouldn’t be any point in calling him now when we can get the rest of the way on our own,: ''Socah said. '':We’ve come almost thirty light years on that tramp freighter. What’s a few thousand klicks now?:''		'':And there wouldn’t be any point in calling him now when we can get the rest of the way on our own,: ''Socah said. '':We’ve come almost thirty light years on that tramp freighter. What’s a few thousand klicks now?:''

JonBuck: Correction for a setting backstory inconsistency.

2013-04-06T00:37:08Z

Correction for a setting backstory inconsistency.

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	“I imagine there’s probably a paper in that somewhere,” Ferris mused. “Hmm…calling up my internal research database…wasn’t there some rich guy from the colonies about fifty or sixty years back that dug up everything he could about the twentieth century? He dumped the whole ''unindexed'' database on the Feds before he went back home.”		“I imagine there’s probably a paper in that somewhere,” Ferris mused. “Hmm…calling up my internal research database…wasn’t there some rich guy from the colonies about fifty or sixty years back that dug up everything he could about the twentieth century? He dumped the whole ''unindexed'' database on the Feds before he went back home.”

	~~“They were brothers~~. ~~Joseph and Mikel~~ Steader~~. Their~~ family financed about half the Colonies up until Zharus,” Socah said from the back seat, next to Ferris. “The 56<sup>th</sup> was assigned to ~~them~~ during ~~their~~ digs. Really nice ~~guys~~, for some value of ‘nice ~~guys’~~ that includes ‘a little funny in the head.’”		“Joseph Steader. The Steader family financed about half the Colonies up until Zharus,” Socah said from the back seat, next to Ferris. “The 56<sup>th</sup> was assigned to him during his digs. Really nice guy, for some value of ‘nice guy’ that includes ‘a little funny in the head.’”

	“That’s ~~them~~,” Ferris said. “I kept applying for access to that database over the years, but ''never'' got approved. We don’t know much about pre-Oil Crash history. Not allowing free access was criminal, in my view.”		“That’s him,” Ferris said. “I kept applying for access to that database over the years, but ''never'' got approved. We don’t know much about pre-Oil Crash history. Not allowing free access was criminal, in my view.”

	“Well, now we know where it all went,” Roy mused. “Copyright law’s not my field, but even if all that stuff was in ''Earth’s'' public domain, that doesn’t mean they had the right to disseminate it freely here. They should’ve paid licensing fees.”		“Well, now we know where it all went,” Roy mused. “Copyright law’s not my field, but even if all that stuff was in ''Earth’s'' public domain, that doesn’t mean they had the right to disseminate it freely here. They should’ve paid licensing fees.”

Robotech Master at 04:59, 24 March 2013

2013-03-24T04:59:28Z

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	—African proverb		—African proverb

			'''JUNE 23, 157 AL'''

	{{dropcap\|“O}}nly a hundred and sixty ''muuuuuuu'',” the bull-eared man mooed. He leaned against a battered chartreuse-and-white skimmer van with classic curved lines and a Volkswagen emblem, addressing a small group of tired-looking men and women standing before him. “For this fine, classic retro flyin’ machine? Only one owner, a tourist family from Eridani. It’s a steal.”		{{dropcap\|“O}}nly a hundred and sixty ''muuuuuuu'',” the bull-eared man mooed. He leaned against a battered chartreuse-and-white skimmer van with classic curved lines and a Volkswagen emblem, addressing a small group of tired-looking men and women standing before him. “For this fine, classic retro flyin’ machine? Only one owner, a tourist family from Eridani. It’s a steal.”

Robotech Master: Fleeing persecution on Earth, a travel-worn family lands on Zharus in search of a new life...

2013-03-24T04:43:23Z

Fleeing persecution on Earth, a travel-worn family lands on Zharus in search of a new life...

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	“She’s just fine as she is,” Roy said gently to his wife. “She’s our daughter.”		“She’s just fine as she is,” Roy said gently to his wife. “She’s our daughter.”

	“Something a bit larger than your usual booth today, Rhianna?” the matronly waitress ~~Paula~~ asked, eyebrows raised. “This is your family?”		“Something a bit larger than your usual booth today, Rhianna?” the matronly waitress Pamela asked, eyebrows raised. “This is your family?”

	“Fresh off the ship from Earth, however they got here, which they ''haven’t'' told me yet,” Rhianna said. “I’m glad they’re here, but…” The lynx-eared woman looked at her mother sideways. “Things could be better.”		“Fresh off the ship from Earth, however they got here, which they ''haven’t'' told me yet,” Rhianna said. “I’m glad they’re here, but…” The lynx-eared woman looked at her mother sideways. “Things could be better.”

	“I think I understand,” ~~Paula~~ said. “I was the first here of my family. I’m from Eridani originally.”		“I think I understand,” Pamela said. “I was the first here of my family. I’m from Eridani originally.”

	“Was it hard for you, too?” Rhianna asked wryly.		“Was it hard for you, too?” Rhianna asked wryly.

	“Oh, yes. By the time they got here I’d long been used to the culture, and it was a huge shock for them. Maybe later we can compare notes,” ~~Paula~~ said, leading the family and friends to a set of three tables pushed together. “I’ll let you folks get settled and be back in a few minutes to take your orders.”		“Oh, yes. By the time they got here I’d long been used to the culture, and it was a huge shock for them. Maybe later we can compare notes,” Pamela said, leading the family and friends to a set of three tables pushed together. “I’ll let you folks get settled and be back in a few minutes to take your orders.”

	“Thanks,” Roy said, holding a seat for his wife. They and the others sat down and picked up the menus from the holders in the middle of the table.		“Thanks,” Roy said, holding a seat for his wife. They and the others sat down and picked up the menus from the holders in the middle of the table.
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	“I get to piss standing up!” one crosser said. Again, he had no RIDE tags.		“I get to piss standing up!” one crosser said. Again, he had no RIDE tags.

	~~Paula~~ rolled her eyes. “We’re trying to serve breakfast here, bucko.”		Pamela rolled her eyes. “We’re trying to serve breakfast here, bucko.”

	“Whoops. Sorry, ~~Paula~~,” he quickly replied.		“Whoops. Sorry, Pamela,” he quickly replied.

	“I’m downloading every scrap of data and whitepaper on this tech I can find,” Ivor said. “Add Impossible Things sixteen through twenty to the list, sis…I mean, Olivia. Almost forgot I have ''two'' sisters now.” He smiled, an expression everyone in the family knew meant there’d soon be a third Stonegate sister.		“I’m downloading every scrap of data and whitepaper on this tech I can find,” Ivor said. “Add Impossible Things sixteen through twenty to the list, sis…I mean, Olivia. Almost forgot I have ''two'' sisters now.” He smiled, an expression everyone in the family knew meant there’d soon be a third Stonegate sister.
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	'':Still be male, probably,:'' Arlene sent wryly to her husband…but forbore to say out loud this time.		'':Still be male, probably,:'' Arlene sent wryly to her husband…but forbore to say out loud this time.

	~~Paula~~ came back by. “Are we ready to order?”		Pamela came back by. “Are we ready to order?”

	There was the usual moment of awkwardness as several people started to order at once, then stopped and waited for each other, then all started again, then finally everyone nodded to Arlene to go first. “Well,” she said, looking at the menu again. “I think I’ll have…”		There was the usual moment of awkwardness as several people started to order at once, then stopped and waited for each other, then all started again, then finally everyone nodded to Arlene to go first. “Well,” she said, looking at the menu again. “I think I’ll have…”