25||0|4166|0| 0|0|0|||1||RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Gryphon||17:59:41|08/08/2018|%5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FOOTR%2FTXT%2Ffleetrecord1.html%7CHere it is%21%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Also%2C I just noticed that I forgot to run the RSS generating script after I published TFLF %2316. Whoops.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Verbena||19:03:12|08/08/2018|Oh HELLS yes. Just got finished. Didn%27t realize Shimakaze went through -that-%2C but...yeah. Wish I could say I was surprised%2C but I%27m not. And Kongo and Maya%27s interactions are just as hilarious as you promised. Looking forward for the pair to find the White Rose detachment just as Kongo figures out how she%27s been -had- and just hands Leonne%27s stuff to her. %3D%29 I want to say more but I%27m a bit short on time%2C I%27ll see if I can add more later.%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0A Fearless creatures%2C we all learn to fight the Reaper%0D%0A Can%27t defeat Her%2C so instead I%27ll have to be Her 10|2|1|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Gryphon||16:33:13|08/11/2018|%3EI want to say more but I%27m a bit short on time%2C I%27ll see if %0D%0A%3EI can add more later. %0D%0A%0D%0APlease do%21 I%27m glad you enjoyed it.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 13|3|10|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Verbena||00:33:43|08/12/2018|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-12-18 AT 00:36 AM (EDT)]Not sure I%27ve ever done one of these line-by-line things%2C and it HAS been a while since I%27ve seen one%2C so let%27s go%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EEven with the tools and capabilities at her disposal%2C though%2C it was going to take a while to dig a hole that big%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen I was reading this%2C I wondered just how exactly Akashi%2C or -anyone-%2C would do it without months and a fleet of construction equipment. Omega-class beam weapons are available%2C though.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIt was in his stateroom aboard that vessel%2C therefore%2C that Admiral Corwin Ravenhair found himself being shaken gently awake.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Admiral%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s not immediately obvious from the way the story is written%2C but Utena%27s here%2C too. I think the Admiral needs to institute a %27knock first%27 rule if he and Utena%2FAnthy are going to spending any more time aboard ship...%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThe commercial area around Wai%27alae Avenue%0D%0A%0D%0ALike most other readers%2C no doubt%2C I knew exactly where they were going and why the moment I saw this street name. It must have sucked for Leonne to have to drop everything%2C but the way things went%2C she would never have had a chance to go back and pick up her life anyway.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Ethey were scale models of warships from the mid-twentieth-century Pacific War. One represented Lionfish herself%2C a Balao-class American fleet submarine%3B the other was unmistakably the Japanese battleship Nagato%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EBoth of them were portraits of human men%2C both dressed in the uniforms of Pacific War-era United States Navy officers%2C one significantly younger than the other. Kong%C5%8D could find no matches in her intelligence database for the younger%2C but a match for the elder turned up within only a moment of searching%3A Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood%0D%0A%0D%0ALeonne made it clear in %5Bi%5DCantata%5B%2Fi%5D what she saw in VADM Lockwood%2C but Nagato was her real CO. Not sure why Leonne would have a model of her CO. And the younger sailor is even more interesting. Leonne wasn%27t around during WW2%2C was she%3F I thought past husband at first%2C maybe%2C but the timing is way off %28It%27s revealed later to be the captain of the %5Bi%5DLionfish%5B%2Fi%5D.%29 Kongo points some of this out herself%2C so I%27m sure it%27ll be answered in due time.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThe only really odd thing about either one of them was the peculiar annular device hovering above Tatsuta%27s head%2C like a sort of cybernetic halo%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m surprised Corwin didn%27t make the immediate connection--Tenryu%27s devil horns and Tatsuta%27s halo. The irony%2C of course%2C is both are outward appearances only. If you know what they feel deep down%2C I think the two should be reversed.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EShimakaze%2C on the other hand%2C was dressed... arrestingly strangely%0D%0A%0D%0AGiven how strange all the other Mental Models are dressed%2C I%27m not sure why this stood out%2C ridiculously risque though it is. The whole point is the ladies don%27t have a good grasp of human fashion. %28Of course%2C the meta reason is %5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D is much more fanservicey than %5Bi%5DArpeggio%5B%2Fi%5D ever was.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ESo now she%27s terrified. Looking for somewhere to hide. Waiting for the other shoe to drop%0D%0A%0D%0AOhhhhhh dear. Like I said in my earlier post%2C I didn%27t think it was like -that- for her.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EOr%2C rather%2C it took Kong%C5%8D that long%2C with musical accompaniment%0D%0A%0D%0ACarnival da yo%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EL%C3%A9onne liked coffee%2C and appeared to make it using a process that involved salt%0D%0A%0D%0A%2Achokegaspwheeze%2A SALT%3F%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EStanding here amid the hastily abandoned fragments of a human life%E2%80%94even a counterfeit one%0D%0A%0D%0AThe idea that Leonne%27s human life was counterfeit is arguable at best.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EBut when Kong%C5%8D received her buffered copy of Fleet Coordinator Nagato%27s last message%2C and under her direction we all manifested our Mental Models%0D%0A%0D%0AStill VERY much looking forward to finding out the big mystery here--the connection between the kanmusu of Asgard and the Fleet of Fog. Oh%2C there%27s a story here waiting to be told...%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EYou%27re describing her as if she were the original ship from World War II%2C not a member of the 21st-century Fog fleet%2C%22 Corwin pointed out.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ETatsuta looked faintly surprised. %22Yes... yes%2C I suppose I am. That%27s... since we manifested these bodies%2C that seems to be how we think of ourselves. Isn%27t that strange%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AYes%3B yes%2C it is. But far from uninteresting.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAnd then%2C with quick%2C decisive motions%2C she unbuttoned the top button of the baseball shirt she was wearing%2C hauled the shirt off over her head%2C and held it out to the blonde. %22Start with this%0D%0A%0D%0AAs was pointed out before%2C it really is a great thing to see Utena be herself again. It HAS been a long time.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EKong%C5%8D had no idea what to do. Interacting with ordinary civilians was not part of the mission parameters she had been told to expect%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd this while they were being sent undercover into a human society to track down a person%27s house%3F Whoever briefed Kongo and Maya was an imbecile.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EEspecially since he was an enlisted sailor. Senior Chief Petty Officer Captain Cook Kealoha%2C what a mouthful. And he wasn%27t a cook%2C either%21%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m almost afraid to ask what his rating actually was.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ETo hear you and her describe it%2C it sounds like a nice place. Peaceful. Not...%22 She made a vague gesture. %22Our usual kind of crazy%0D%0A%0D%0ACan I just say I love how they%27re resigned to insanity being their lot in life%3F I love how matter of fact they are about it.%0D%0A%0D%0AI had the chance to... just be human for a while. And I think... I think maybe Shimakaze needs that kind of chance. Hell%2C they probably all do.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%22Hmm. That%27s not such a crazy idea%2C%22 said Corwin thoughtfully. %22It%27s a seaport town%2C so they wouldn%27t be in a completely alien environment%2C but they%27d be away from the fleet%2C the routine of station life... me...%0D%0A%0D%0ANot sure how I feel about this. I work in a place where sailors and civvies interact all the time%2C and it%27s not a big deal. But I know some enlisted%2C particularly people who%27ve been deployed%2C have a hard time adjusting to civilian life. I think it%27s good that the new Fog girls experience civvie life at a less hectic pace%2C but not so much because it%27s normal as because it needs to become the new normal. If that makes sense.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWith a flicker of violet light%2C the long-shanked glaive she favored as a melee weapon appeared in her hands%3B she regarded its edge thoughtfully%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C Tatsuta%2C you%27re just like your sister. Until the %27thoughtfully%27 part.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EWhat was more%2C she%27d made a career serving in the humans%27 armed forces. Serving aboard ship%2C no less%2C which struck Kong%C5%8D as a fantastically perverse thing for a Mental Model of the Fog to do.%0D%0A%0D%0AYes%21 I think Leonne did it partly just to -be- perverse%2C quietly laughing every time humans made a mistake she wouldn%27t have. I think she%27d have had a blast.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EDid that mean it was going to happen to her%3F Would she wake from maintenance cycle one day soon to find herself acting as erratically%2C as strangely%2C as inefficiently as all the others%3F Forming irrational attachments to things%2C developing tastes and habits unconnected with%2C or even detrimental to%2C the performance of her function as a ship of the Fog%3F Perhaps even having... opinions%3F%0D%0A%3EInconceivable.%0D%0A%3EIntolerable.%0D%0A%0D%0AOhhhhh dear. And I%27ve pointed this out before%2C a long time ago%2C but this conflict is very central to the original %5Bi%5DArpeggio%5B%2Fi%5D story. I shouldn%27t spoil%2C but the last couple episodes show exactly where this could lead if things don%27t go right.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIt was also an annoying reminder that there was an uncomfortable number of things that hadn%27t bothered her until Midway%0D%0A%0D%0AAmazing how a little human interaction can undo months of careful%2C planned brainwashing. Actually%2C come to think of it%2C that%27s a very common Fog reaction%3B coming to a belated realization because they only started -thinking- not long before. It%27s as true in the original show as it is here%2C and I like how smoothly the adaptation of %5Bi%5DArpeggio%5B%2Fi%5D was made. I don%27t know nearly as much about %5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D%2C so I can%27t comment%2C but I%27m just as well pleased to take their interesting characters and make them Fog. There%27s an inherent silliness to %5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D that I have a hard time ignoring.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThe first thing she noticed was Clemson%27s ever-present aide. Kong%C5%8D had wondered%2C seeing him alone out in the hallway%2C where she was%2C since she had never once seen him without her. She knew nothing about the woman%0D%0A%0D%0AColor me intrigued. Black Omega operative%3F EoJ deep undercover operative%3F Inquiring minds want to know.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAs he spoke%2C Kong%C5%8D realized that there was another human figure walking toward them from the direction of the strange hybrid ship%27s gangway. As it approached%2C it resolved into the shape of a teenage girl... of a sort%0D%0A%0D%0AHoly CRAP. Question%3A Should I be thinking %27%5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D Abyssal%27 here%2C or %27Night of the Living Dead%27%3F I didn%27t see anything like the name Buran in the list of Abyssal ship classes%2C but that might mean nothing.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyway%2C this is long enough%21 Thanks again for continuing to write%3B I know how much heart and soul you pour into all of this.%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0A Fearless creatures%2C we all learn to fight the Reaper%0D%0A Can%27t defeat Her%2C so instead I%27ll have to be Her 14|4|13|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Gryphon||02:28:15|08/12/2018|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-12-18 AT 02:36 AM (EDT)]%3E%3EEven with the tools and capabilities at her disposal%2C though%2C it was going to take a while to dig a hole that big%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWhen I was reading this%2C I wondered just how exactly Akashi%2C or %0D%0A%3E-anyone-%2C would do it without months and a fleet of construction %0D%0A%3Eequipment.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C she%27s got the latter. Anyway%2C %22dig%22 is really not quite the right word%3B it%27s more a matter of mass conversion. All of that rock and earth that%27s being removed is either being converted into the materials needed to construct the facility%2C or converted into nanomaterial to support Fleet operations. It%27s a surprisingly quick process once you%27ve got the machinery set up.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EIt was in his stateroom aboard that vessel%2C therefore%2C that Admiral Corwin Ravenhair found himself being shaken gently awake.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%22Admiral%3F%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt%27s not immediately obvious from the way the story is written%2C but %0D%0A%3EUtena%27s here%2C too. I think the Admiral needs to institute a %27knock %0D%0A%3Efirst%27 rule if he and Utena%2FAnthy are going to spending any more time %0D%0A%3Eaboard ship... %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C no worries. Unlike most Japanese protagonists%2C Utena knows how to lock a door when the occasion suggests it. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I don%27t know if it%27s occurred to her yet that Iona can see everything that happens anywhere aboard the boat%3F But maybe it hasn%27t been a consideration so far. ... Or maybe that%27s why Iona suddenly had a whole bunch of diagnostics to do rather than interact with her directly%2C since she%27d just reported to Corwin that everything checked out fine like an hour before. It%27s hard to tell what Iona%27s thinking sometimes. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ELeonne made it clear in %5Bi%5DCantata%5B%2Fi%5D what she saw in VADM Lockwood%2C %0D%0A%3Ebut Nagato was her real CO. Not sure why Leonne would have a model of %0D%0A%3Eher CO.%0D%0A%0D%0AShe used to build ship models during downtime when she was on active duty. She gave most of them away to shipmates%E2%80%94for her%2C the building process was the fun part%E2%80%94but she could never quite bring herself to part with %5Bi%5DNagato%5B%2Fi%5D. She probably couldn%27t even really articulate why not%2C if you asked.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt only occurred to me after I published the story that she should also have had a model of USS %5Bi%5DAmberjack%5B%2Fi%5D %28SSF-2781%29%2C the %5Bi%5DSkate%5B%2Fi%5D-class fusion-powered attack submarine that was her last command before she retired from the Navy.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI%27m surprised Corwin didn%27t make the immediate connection--Tenryu%27s %0D%0A%3Edevil horns and Tatsuta%27s halo.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27ll occur to him one day. He still thinks Tenry%C5%AB%27s things are supposed to be some kind of bat ears. Maybe radar antennae.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EShimakaze%2C on the other hand%2C was dressed... arrestingly strangely%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EGiven how strange all the other Mental Models are dressed%2C I%27m not %0D%0A%3Esure why this stood out%2C ridiculously risque though it is.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C considering the way the rest of his fleet tends to dress%2C the only other one whose outfit is really %5Bi%5Dodd%5B%2Fi%5D is Yamato. Most of the others are just wearing school uniforms%2C except Kaga%2C and Corwin%27s seen plenty of modified martial-arts getups in his life%2C so that doesn%27t even really register.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThe whole %0D%0A%3Epoint is the ladies don%27t have a good grasp of human fashion. %28Of %0D%0A%3Ecourse%2C the meta reason is %5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D is much more fanservicey %0D%0A%3Ethan %5Bi%5DArpeggio%5B%2Fi%5D ever was.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t know how you can say that after the extended %5Bi%5Dgod damn%2C y%27all%2C have you seen what Haruna%27s hiding under that coat%3F%5B%2Fi%5D scene%2C or the %5Bi%5Dso we%27re all agreed that Takao%27s got the stern of the year%2C right%3F%5B%2Fi%5D beach scene. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3ESo now she%27s terrified. Looking for somewhere to hide. Waiting for the other shoe to drop%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOhhhhhh dear. Like I said in my earlier post%2C I didn%27t think it was %0D%0A%3Elike -that- for her. %0D%0A%0D%0AAs Tatsuta notes%2C it wasn%27t %5Bi%5Dquite%5B%2Fi%5D%2C but it was bad enough.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EOr%2C rather%2C it took Kong%C5%8D that long%2C with musical accompaniment%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ECarnival da yo%21 %0D%0A%0D%0AWelcome to the carnival%2C welcome to the party%2C welcome to the edge of your seat.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EL%C3%A9onne liked coffee%2C and appeared to make it using a process that involved salt%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%2Achokegaspwheeze%2A SALT%3F%21 %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve heard tell it%27s a Navy thing%3F Supposedly cuts the bitterness%3B something to do with ions. I couldn%27t tell you first-hand%2C I can%27t with coffee at all.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EStanding here amid the hastily abandoned fragments of a human life%E2%80%94even a counterfeit one%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe idea that Leonne%27s human life was counterfeit is arguable at best. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C sure%2C but this is Kong%C5%8D%27s train of thought%2C not mine.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EKong%C5%8D had no idea what to do. Interacting with ordinary civilians was not part of the mission parameters she had been told to expect%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAnd this while they were being sent undercover into a human society to %0D%0A%3Etrack down a person%27s house%3F Whoever briefed Kongo and Maya was an %0D%0A%3Eimbecile. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Told to expect%22 notwithstanding%2C I%27m not 100%25 sure %5Bi%5Danyone%5B%2Fi%5D briefed them%2C at least for this specific task. Kong%C5%8D may have just decided to check out this angle on her own recognizance. At which point%2C well%2C she didn%27t expect to have to %5Bi%5Dtalk%5B%2Fi%5D to anyone%2C once she%27d determined from the public record that %22L%C3%A9onne Poisson%22 lived alone.%0D%0A%0D%0AShe may not have thought the matter through.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EEspecially since he was an enlisted sailor. Senior Chief Petty Officer Captain Cook Kealoha%2C what a mouthful. And he wasn%27t a cook%2C either%21%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27m almost afraid to ask what his rating actually was. %0D%0A%0D%0ANothing too esoteric. He was a reactor operator%2C mostly in submarines.%0D%0A%0D%0AHis name commemorates Captain James Cook FRS RN %281728-1779%29%2C the first European to make diplomatic contact with Hawai%27i%2C in 1778... and the first%2C a year later%2C to be killed in the course of committing a catastrophic diplomatic blunder in Hawai%27i. Oops. Oh well%2C can%27t win %27em all.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3ETo hear you and her describe it%2C it sounds like a nice place. Peaceful. Not...%22 She made a vague gesture. %22Our usual kind of crazy%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ECan I just say I love how they%27re resigned to insanity being their lot %0D%0A%3Ein life%3F I love how matter of fact they are about it. %0D%0A%0D%0A%3A%29 %22My life didn%27t %5Bi%5Dstay%5B%2Fi%5D normal%2C because it%27s my life and it can%27t.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E%22Hmm. That%27s not such a crazy idea%2C%22 said Corwin thoughtfully. %22It%27s a seaport town%2C so they wouldn%27t be in a completely alien environment%2C but they%27d be away from the fleet%2C the routine of station life... me...%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ENot sure how I feel about this. I work in a place where sailors and %0D%0A%3Ecivvies interact all the time%2C and it%27s not a big deal. But I know %0D%0A%3Esome enlisted%2C particularly people who%27ve been deployed%2C have a hard %0D%0A%3Etime adjusting to civilian life.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C keep in mind that in this particular case he%27s talking specifically about the ones who just came from Earthfleet%2C with all that that entailed%3B the others never lived among humans at %5Bi%5Dall%5B%2Fi%5D%2C so they%27d be completely lost in such an environment%2C but on the other hand%2C they%27ve never learned to equate the company of humans in a fleet hierarchy setting with unpleasantness the way Tatsuta%2C Y%C5%ABdachi%2C and especially Shimakaze have.%0D%0A%0D%0AMaybe Corwin%27s not putting it as well as he could%2C since he%27s kind of thinking it through out loud%2C but what he%27s really hoping is that by setting them entirely outside the structure of the fleet%27s hierarchy%E2%80%94away from both flag officers and any sort of command ship%2C even one as benignly disposed as Yamato%E2%80%94he can give them a chance to regroup and sever some of those unpleasant associations%2C before they undertake the task of integrating into a %5Bi%5Dnew%5B%2Fi%5D fleet with different %28and hopefully better%29 rules. If they learn in the process that humans aren%27t necessarily a Bad Thing%2C so much the better.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe others will have opportunities to go ashore too%2C but there are things to be done first%2C and the need is not so urgent with the ones who%27ve never done it before. %28And L%C3%A9onne is completely squared away on that front%2C anyway.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EWith a flicker of violet light%2C the long-shanked glaive she favored as a melee weapon appeared in her hands%3B she regarded its edge thoughtfully%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOh%2C Tatsuta%2C you%27re just like your sister. Until the %27thoughtfully%27 %0D%0A%3Epart. %0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t hold Tenry%C5%AB to be %5Bi%5Dquite%5B%2Fi%5D as uncool as some fan artists%E2%80%94in my interpretation%2C she%27s at least partly making fun of herself%2C and knows she isn%27t as intimidating as she appears to want to be. %28Hence the scene in %5Bi%5DCantata%5B%2Fi%5D wherein she wryly acknowledges that %5Bi%5DKong%C5%8D%5B%2Fi%5D has no real reason to be scared of %5Bi%5Dher%5B%2Fi%5D%E2%80%94but of her entire squadron%2C half of whose location is not yet known to the enemy%2C plus at least one submarine%3F Yeah. Shoe%27s on the other foot now. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AMeanwhile%2C Tatsuta is. As intimidating as Tenry%C5%AB thinks Tenry%C5%AB is%2C I mean. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%28That said%2C and to be fair%2C we haven%27t yet seen Tenry%C5%AB at the top of her game. She was a bit hampered in Operation AF by the need to mind Kaga%27s flank%2C lacking the speed to undertake wide maneuvers and then race quickly back to position like the Special Type destroyers could. She was doing a bang-up job as a torpedo squadron leader%2C but being a torpedo squadron leader isn%27t necessarily glamorous.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EWhat was more%2C she%27d made a career serving in the humans%27 armed forces. Serving aboard ship%2C no less%2C which struck Kong%C5%8D as a fantastically perverse thing for a Mental Model of the Fog to do.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EYes%21 I think Leonne did it partly just to -be- perverse%2C quietly %0D%0A%3Elaughing every time humans made a mistake she wouldn%27t have. I think %0D%0A%3Eshe%27d have had a blast. %0D%0A%0D%0AOne of the things I%27m really pleased with in this piece is how much L%C3%A9onne is a main character in it%2C despite never appearing at all. There%27s so much in here%2C either expressed or implied%2C about her%3B and putting it there required %28or at least caused %3A%29 me to develop so much more about her history that didn%27t make it onto the screen this time. She really came to life in the process%2C despite spending the entire actual story racked out in Kiska Harbor. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI don%27t know nearly as much about %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D%2C so I can%27t comment%2C but I%27m just as well pleased to %0D%0A%3Etake their interesting characters and make them Fog. There%27s an %0D%0A%3Einherent silliness to %5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D that I have a hard time %0D%0A%3Eignoring. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C the thing about Kancolle %28and I think this has come up before%29 is that it doesn%27t really %5Bi%5Dhave%5B%2Fi%5D a canon. The game is very light on its own lore%2C and the various manga%2C semi- and entirely-un-official d%C5%8Djinshi%2C and the anime all have different takes on what%27s really going on. It leaves a lot of latitude for creative exploration. Sort of like %5Bi%5DVocaloid%5B%2Fi%5D in that respect%E2%80%94we know what the characters look like and we have clues to their personalities%2C but everything else is open to development.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EThe first thing she noticed was Clemson%27s ever-present aide. Kong%C5%8D had wondered%2C seeing him alone out in the hallway%2C where she was%2C since she had never once seen him without her. She knew nothing about the woman%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EColor me intrigued. Black Omega operative%3F EoJ deep undercover %0D%0A%3Eoperative%3F Inquiring minds want to know. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EAs he spoke%2C Kong%C5%8D realized that there was another human figure walking toward them from the direction of the strange hybrid ship%27s gangway. As it approached%2C it resolved into the shape of a teenage girl... of a sort%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHoly CRAP. Question%3A Should I be thinking %27%5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D Abyssal%27 %0D%0A%3Ehere%2C or %27Night of the Living Dead%27%3F I didn%27t see anything like the %0D%0A%3Ename Buran in the list of Abyssal ship classes%2C but that might mean %0D%0A%3Enothing. %0D%0A%0D%0AThere are hints to both of the above in the last bit of the credits after the stinger scene%2C but beyond them I%27ll say this much%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A1%29 Captain Clemson%27s aide is not either of those two things.%0D%0A2%29 Again%2C not really either %28but %5Bi%5Dsort%5B%2Fi%5D of closer to the latter%29. Buran is a variation on Fubuki %28their names mean the same thing%2C %22snowstorm%22%29%2C but she is %5Bi%5Dnot%5B%2Fi%5D meant to be the Abyssal version of same who appears in some Kancolle media.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe%27ll learn more about Buran in RCFR v2. Capt. Clemson%27s aide may take a little longer. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThanks for your notes%21 This was fun.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 15|5|14|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Verbena||09:18:41|08/12/2018|%3E%3E%3EEven with the tools and capabilities at her disposal%2C though%2C it was going to take a while to dig a hole that big%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EWhen I was reading this%2C I wondered just how exactly Akashi%2C or %0D%0A%3E%3E-anyone-%2C would do it without months and a fleet of construction %0D%0A%3E%3Eequipment.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWell%2C she%27s got the latter. Anyway%2C %22dig%22 is really not quite the %0D%0A%3Eright word%3B it%27s more a matter of mass conversion. All of that rock %0D%0A%3Eand earth that%27s being removed is either being converted into the %0D%0A%3Ematerials needed to construct the facility%2C or converted into %0D%0A%3Enanomaterial to support Fleet operations. It%27s a surprisingly quick %0D%0A%3Eprocess once you%27ve got the machinery set up. %0D%0A%0D%0AAh%21 Of course. When in doubt%2C invoke nanomolecular assemblers. I really should have known.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3EIt was in his stateroom aboard that vessel%2C therefore%2C that Admiral Corwin Ravenhair found himself being shaken gently awake.%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%22Admiral%3F%22%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EIt%27s not immediately obvious from the way the story is written%2C but %0D%0A%3E%3EUtena%27s here%2C too. I think the Admiral needs to institute a %27knock %0D%0A%3E%3Efirst%27 rule if he and Utena%2FAnthy are going to spending any more time %0D%0A%3E%3Eaboard ship... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOh%2C no worries. Unlike most Japanese protagonists%2C Utena knows how to %0D%0A%3Elock a door when the occasion suggests it. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s good to hear. %3D%29 Perhaps Iona will just learn to consult the state of that door%27s lock before peering in the room.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%28I don%27t know if it%27s occurred to her yet that Iona can see everything %0D%0A%3Ethat happens anywhere aboard the boat%3F But maybe it hasn%27t been a %0D%0A%3Econsideration so far. ... Or maybe that%27s why Iona suddenly had a %0D%0A%3Ewhole bunch of diagnostics to do rather than interact with her %0D%0A%3Edirectly%2C since she%27d just reported to Corwin that everything checked %0D%0A%3Eout fine like an hour before. It%27s hard to tell what Iona%27s thinking %0D%0A%3Esometimes. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AIona -does- have inscrutability down to a science%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3ELeonne made it clear in %5Bi%5DCantata%5B%2Fi%5D what she saw in VADM Lockwood%2C %0D%0A%3E%3Ebut Nagato was her real CO. Not sure why Leonne would have a model of %0D%0A%3E%3Eher CO.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EShe used to build ship models during downtime when she was on active %0D%0A%3Eduty. She gave most of them away to shipmates%E2%80%94for her%2C the building %0D%0A%3Eprocess was the fun part%E2%80%94but she could never quite bring herself to %0D%0A%3Epart with %5Bi%5DNagato%5B%2Fi%5D. She probably couldn%27t even really articulate %0D%0A%3Ewhy not%2C if you asked. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt only occurred to me after I published the story that she should %0D%0A%3Ealso have had a model of USS %5Bi%5DAmberjack%5B%2Fi%5D %28SSF-2781%29%2C the %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DSkate%5B%2Fi%5D-class fusion-powered attack submarine that was her last %0D%0A%3Ecommand before she retired from the Navy. %0D%0A%0D%0AOho%21 Yeah%2C she was an officer%2C Cappy and Maya mentioned. Wonder if she felt anything for her captain then%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EI%27m surprised Corwin didn%27t make the immediate connection--Tenryu%27s %0D%0A%3E%3Edevil horns and Tatsuta%27s halo.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt%27ll occur to him one day. He still thinks Tenry%C5%AB%27s things are %0D%0A%3Esupposed to be some kind of bat ears. Maybe radar antennae. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3EShimakaze%2C on the other hand%2C was dressed... arrestingly strangely%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EGiven how strange all the other Mental Models are dressed%2C I%27m not %0D%0A%3E%3Esure why this stood out%2C ridiculously risque though it is.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWell%2C considering the way the rest of his fleet tends to dress%2C the %0D%0A%3Eonly other one whose outfit is really %5Bi%5Dodd%5B%2Fi%5D is Yamato. Most of %0D%0A%3Ethe others are just wearing school uniforms%2C except Kaga%2C and Corwin%27s %0D%0A%3Eseen plenty of modified martial-arts getups in his life%2C so that %0D%0A%3Edoesn%27t even really register. %0D%0A%0D%0AAh. Actually%2C this was my bad%3B you%27re right. I was factoring in a lot of other characters Corwin has never met before. Kongo%2C Maya%2C Haruna...basically%2C %5Bi%5DArpeggio%5B%2Fi%5D characters. %5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D characters%27 weird parts are often artifacts of the combat harness%2C and they%27re just not using them.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EThe whole %0D%0A%3E%3Epoint is the ladies don%27t have a good grasp of human fashion. %28Of %0D%0A%3E%3Ecourse%2C the meta reason is %5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D is much more fanservicey %0D%0A%3E%3Ethan %5Bi%5DArpeggio%5B%2Fi%5D ever was.%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI don%27t know how you can say that after the extended %5Bi%5Dgod damn%2C %0D%0A%3Ey%27all%2C have you seen what Haruna%27s hiding under that coat%3F%5B%2Fi%5D scene%2C %0D%0A%3Eor the %5Bi%5Dso we%27re all agreed that Takao%27s got the stern of the year%2C %0D%0A%3Eright%3F%5B%2Fi%5D beach scene. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C I didn%27t remember the specific scenes%2C I admit--it%27s been a long while since I saw %5Bi%5DArpeggio%5B%2Fi%5D--but I still contend there%27s a difference between having a few scenes and having it all the time. At least it%27s not nearly as obnoxious as %5Bi%5DStrike Witches%5B%2Fi%5D. I can%27t even make myself watch that for long%2C as much as I love %5Bi%5DOur Witches at War%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3ESo now she%27s terrified. Looking for somewhere to hide. Waiting for the other shoe to drop%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EOhhhhhh dear. Like I said in my earlier post%2C I didn%27t think it was %0D%0A%3E%3Elike -that- for her. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAs Tatsuta notes%2C it wasn%27t %5Bi%5Dquite%5B%2Fi%5D%2C but it was bad enough. %0D%0A%0D%0AIndeed.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3EOr%2C rather%2C it took Kong%C5%8D that long%2C with musical accompaniment%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3ECarnival da yo%21 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWelcome to the carnival%2C welcome to the party%2C welcome to the edge of %0D%0A%3Eyour seat. %0D%0A%0D%0AExactly.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3EL%C3%A9onne liked coffee%2C and appeared to make it using a process that involved salt%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%2Achokegaspwheeze%2A SALT%3F%21 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27ve heard tell it%27s a Navy thing%3F Supposedly cuts the bitterness%3B %0D%0A%3Esomething to do with ions. I couldn%27t tell you first-hand%2C I can%27t %0D%0A%3Ewith coffee at all. %0D%0A%0D%0AHuh. I%27ve never heard that one but I know exactly who to ask.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3EStanding here amid the hastily abandoned fragments of a human life%E2%80%94even a counterfeit one%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EThe idea that Leonne%27s human life was counterfeit is arguable at best. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWell%2C sure%2C but this is Kong%C5%8D%27s train of thought%2C not mine. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C true. %3D%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3EKong%C5%8D had no idea what to do. Interacting with ordinary civilians was not part of the mission parameters she had been told to expect%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EAnd this while they were being sent undercover into a human society to %0D%0A%3E%3Etrack down a person%27s house%3F Whoever briefed Kongo and Maya was an %0D%0A%3E%3Eimbecile. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22Told to expect%22 notwithstanding%2C I%27m not 100%25 sure %5Bi%5Danyone%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3Ebriefed them%2C at least for this specific task. Kong%C5%8D may have just %0D%0A%3Edecided to check out this angle on her own recognizance. At which %0D%0A%3Epoint%2C well%2C she didn%27t expect to have to %5Bi%5Dtalk%5B%2Fi%5D to anyone%2C once %0D%0A%3Eshe%27d determined from the public record that %22L%C3%A9onne Poisson%22 lived %0D%0A%3Ealone. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C she did think about what she%27d been told. But yeah%2C whoever she spoke to may not have known what her plans actually were. She could easily have misinterpreted%2C too. She%27s almost willful about it%2C to the point she%27s surprised Maya could actually deceive a human.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EShe may not have thought the matter through. %0D%0A%0D%0AShe%27ll learn. The question is how much gets blown up in the process. %5E_%5E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3EEspecially since he was an enlisted sailor. Senior Chief Petty Officer Captain Cook Kealoha%2C what a mouthful. And he wasn%27t a cook%2C either%21%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EI%27m almost afraid to ask what his rating actually was. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ENothing too esoteric. He was a reactor operator%2C mostly in %0D%0A%3Esubmarines. %0D%0A%0D%0AFair enough.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHis name commemorates Captain James Cook FRS RN %281728-1779%29%2C the first %0D%0A%3EEuropean to make diplomatic contact with Hawai%27i%2C in 1778... and the %0D%0A%3Efirst%2C a year later%2C to be killed in the course of committing a %0D%0A%3Ecatastrophic diplomatic blunder in Hawai%27i. Oops. Oh well%2C can%27t win %0D%0A%3E%27em all. %0D%0A%0D%0AOuch.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3ETo hear you and her describe it%2C it sounds like a nice place. Peaceful. Not...%22 She made a vague gesture. %22Our usual kind of crazy%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3ECan I just say I love how they%27re resigned to insanity being their lot %0D%0A%3E%3Ein life%3F I love how matter of fact they are about it. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3A%29 %22My life didn%27t %5Bi%5Dstay%5B%2Fi%5D normal%2C because it%27s my life and it %0D%0A%3Ecan%27t.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AYep%21 I saw this line too but didn%27t feel the need to copy -everything-. %3D%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%22Hmm. That%27s not such a crazy idea%2C%22 said Corwin thoughtfully. %22It%27s a seaport town%2C so they wouldn%27t be in a completely alien environment%2C but they%27d be away from the fleet%2C the routine of station life... me...%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3ENot sure how I feel about this. I work in a place where sailors and %0D%0A%3E%3Ecivvies interact all the time%2C and it%27s not a big deal. But I know %0D%0A%3E%3Esome enlisted%2C particularly people who%27ve been deployed%2C have a hard %0D%0A%3E%3Etime adjusting to civilian life.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWell%2C keep in mind that in this particular case he%27s talking %0D%0A%3Especifically about the ones who just came from Earthfleet%2C with all %0D%0A%3Ethat that entailed%3B the others never lived among humans at %5Bi%5Dall%5B%2Fi%5D%2C %0D%0A%3Eso they%27d be completely lost in such an environment%2C but on the other %0D%0A%3Ehand%2C they%27ve never learned to equate the company of humans in a fleet %0D%0A%3Ehierarchy setting with unpleasantness the way Tatsuta%2C Y%C5%ABdachi%2C and %0D%0A%3Eespecially Shimakaze have. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EMaybe Corwin%27s not putting it as well as he could%2C since he%27s kind of %0D%0A%3Ethinking it through out loud%2C but what he%27s really hoping is that by %0D%0A%3Esetting them entirely outside the structure of the fleet%27s %0D%0A%3Ehierarchy%E2%80%94away from both flag officers and any sort of command ship%2C %0D%0A%3Eeven one as benignly disposed as Yamato%E2%80%94he can give them a chance to %0D%0A%3Eregroup and sever some of those unpleasant associations%2C before they %0D%0A%3Eundertake the task of integrating into a %5Bi%5Dnew%5B%2Fi%5D fleet with %0D%0A%3Edifferent %28and hopefully better%29 rules. If they learn in the process %0D%0A%3Ethat humans aren%27t necessarily a Bad Thing%2C so much the better. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe others will have opportunities to go ashore too%2C but there are %0D%0A%3Ethings to be done first%2C and the need is not so urgent with the ones %0D%0A%3Ewho%27ve never done it before. %28And L%C3%A9onne is completely squared away %0D%0A%3Eon that front%2C anyway.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AHm. That%27s a good point%3B that those three have entirely different problems than the rest%2C but at least they%27ve served near humans before and that culture shock wouldn%27t be as bad. I didn%27t think of that detail. And the rest aren%27t ready yet%2C not really%2C but they%27ll have a softer landing%2C so to speak. And their need isn%27t as urgent%2C perhaps.%0D%0A%0D%0AI once had a coworker in an old job who was -just- discharged from the USMC before working with us%2C and it was very%2C very painfully obvious. Not in a bad way%2C but no one could mistake him for anything but a vet. It just takes time to pick up on civvie social cues%2C it%27s not something that can really be actively taught.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3EWith a flicker of violet light%2C the long-shanked glaive she favored as a melee weapon appeared in her hands%3B she regarded its edge thoughtfully%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EOh%2C Tatsuta%2C you%27re just like your sister. Until the %27thoughtfully%27 %0D%0A%3E%3Epart. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI don%27t hold Tenry%C5%AB to be %5Bi%5Dquite%5B%2Fi%5D as uncool as some fan %0D%0A%3Eartists%E2%80%94in my interpretation%2C she%27s at least partly making fun of %0D%0A%3Eherself%2C and knows she isn%27t as intimidating as she appears to want to %0D%0A%3Ebe. %28Hence the scene in %5Bi%5DCantata%5B%2Fi%5D wherein she wryly acknowledges %0D%0A%3Ethat %5Bi%5DKong%C5%8D%5B%2Fi%5D has no real reason to be scared of %5Bi%5Dher%5B%2Fi%5D%E2%80%94but %0D%0A%3Eof her entire squadron%2C half of whose location is not yet known to the %0D%0A%3Eenemy%2C plus at least one submarine%3F Yeah. Shoe%27s on the other foot %0D%0A%3Enow. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C absolutely. I knew her tough-gal act was at least partly just that%3B an act. I think you even stated it once before%2C mentioning that it%27s part of how she overcomes being as antiquated as she is.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EMeanwhile%2C Tatsuta is. As intimidating as Tenry%C5%AB thinks Tenry%C5%AB is%2C %0D%0A%3EI mean. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0ATatsuta is deadly serious all the time%2C yes%2C and devious%2C underhanded%2C and clever. What she doesn%27t know yet%2C that her sister does%2C is just how outclassed she is against Corwin in melee combat. If she knew%2C I have a feeling she%27d have used some method of intimidation that didn%27t involve a weapon.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%28That said%2C and to be fair%2C we haven%27t yet seen Tenry%C5%AB at the top of %0D%0A%3Eher game. She was a bit hampered in Operation AF by the need to mind %0D%0A%3EKaga%27s flank%2C lacking the speed to undertake wide maneuvers and then %0D%0A%3Erace quickly back to position like the Special Type destroyers could. %0D%0A%3EShe was doing a bang-up job as a torpedo squadron leader%2C but being a %0D%0A%3Etorpedo squadron leader isn%27t necessarily glamorous.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AFleets win engagements when everyone knows their role to play and sticks to it. Individual heroism is common on the human level%2C but very rare %28though it%27s happened%3B see Yudachi%27s backstory%29 on the ship level.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3EWhat was more%2C she%27d made a career serving in the humans%27 armed forces. Serving aboard ship%2C no less%2C which struck Kong%C5%8D as a fantastically perverse thing for a Mental Model of the Fog to do.%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EYes%21 I think Leonne did it partly just to -be- perverse%2C quietly %0D%0A%3E%3Elaughing every time humans made a mistake she wouldn%27t have. I think %0D%0A%3E%3Eshe%27d have had a blast. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOne of the things I%27m really pleased with in this piece is how much %0D%0A%3EL%C3%A9onne is a main character in it%2C despite never appearing at all. %0D%0A%3EThere%27s so much in here%2C either expressed or implied%2C about her%3B and %0D%0A%3Eputting it there required %28or at least caused %3A%29 me to develop so much %0D%0A%3Emore about her history that didn%27t make it onto the screen this time. %0D%0A%3EShe really came to life in the process%2C despite spending the entire %0D%0A%3Eactual story racked out in Kiska Harbor. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AHells yes%2C and I appreciated it a lot. Leonne%27s the only one with that kind of intricate backstory%2C of course%2C and it would have been easy to handwave it. But between her own life%2C and Kongo%27s and Maya%27s interactions with it and each other%2C those scenes really made this piece stand out.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EI don%27t know nearly as much about %0D%0A%3E%3E%5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D%2C so I can%27t comment%2C but I%27m just as well pleased to %0D%0A%3E%3Etake their interesting characters and make them Fog. There%27s an %0D%0A%3E%3Einherent silliness to %5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D that I have a hard time %0D%0A%3E%3Eignoring. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWell%2C the thing about Kancolle %28and I think this has come up before%29 %0D%0A%3Eis that it doesn%27t really %5Bi%5Dhave%5B%2Fi%5D a canon. The game is very light %0D%0A%3Eon its own lore%2C and the various manga%2C semi- and entirely-un-official %0D%0A%3Ed%C5%8Djinshi%2C and the anime all have different takes on what%27s really %0D%0A%3Egoing on. It leaves a lot of latitude for creative exploration. Sort %0D%0A%3Eof like %5Bi%5DVocaloid%5B%2Fi%5D in that respect%E2%80%94we know what the characters %0D%0A%3Elook like and we have clues to their personalities%2C but everything %0D%0A%3Eelse is open to development. %0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C I think I remember this being mentioned. Sort of reminds me of the Neuroi-chan thread in %5Bi%5DStrike Witches%5B%2Fi%5D%2C which got straight up abandoned%2C but just like the loose canon in these other properties%2C leaves the door open to a much better story than they originally told. I think we discussed that aspect before%2C come to think of it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3EThe first thing she noticed was Clemson%27s ever-present aide. Kong%C5%8D had wondered%2C seeing him alone out in the hallway%2C where she was%2C since she had never once seen him without her. She knew nothing about the woman%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EColor me intrigued. Black Omega operative%3F EoJ deep undercover %0D%0A%3E%3Eoperative%3F Inquiring minds want to know. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3EAs he spoke%2C Kong%C5%8D realized that there was another human figure walking toward them from the direction of the strange hybrid ship%27s gangway. As it approached%2C it resolved into the shape of a teenage girl... of a sort%0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EHoly CRAP. Question%3A Should I be thinking %27%5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D Abyssal%27 %0D%0A%3E%3Ehere%2C or %27Night of the Living Dead%27%3F I didn%27t see anything like the %0D%0A%3E%3Ename Buran in the list of Abyssal ship classes%2C but that might mean %0D%0A%3E%3Enothing. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThere are hints to both of the above in the last bit of the credits %0D%0A%3Eafter the stinger scene%2C but beyond them I%27ll say this much%3A %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E1%29 Captain Clemson%27s aide is not either of those two things. %0D%0A%3E2%29 Again%2C not really either %28but %5Bi%5Dsort%5B%2Fi%5D of closer to the latter%29. %0D%0A%3E Buran is a variation on Fubuki %28their names mean the same thing%2C %0D%0A%3E%22snowstorm%22%29%2C but she is %5Bi%5Dnot%5B%2Fi%5D meant to be the Abyssal version of %0D%0A%3Esame who appears in some Kancolle media. %0D%0A%0D%0AOoo. That name means quite a bit%2C and if not Abyssal...then perhaps their crude attempt to do something similar to Shioi. They don%27t know about her%2C but I%27m sure Corwin%27s raising of the wreck of I-401 could have given them ideas.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWe%27ll learn more about Buran in RCFR v2. Capt. Clemson%27s aide may %0D%0A%3Etake a little longer. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0ALooking back%2C how did I miss that name%3F My%2C my. I see two possibilities here%3A Either a different ship Kongo was conditioned to ignore %28because they should have detected each other if one simply did not know the other%3B is that correct%3F%29 or the aide is a plant from the kanmusu of Asgard. Wouldn%27t THAT be hilarious%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThanks for your notes%21 This was fun. %0D%0A%0D%0AI had a lot of fun writing them%21%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0A Fearless creatures%2C we all learn to fight the Reaper%0D%0A Can%27t defeat Her%2C so instead I%27ll have to be Her 16|6|15|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Gryphon||16:11:23|08/12/2018|%3E%3EIt only occurred to me after I published the story that she should %0D%0A%3E%3Ealso have had a model of USS %5Bi%5DAmberjack%5B%2Fi%5D %28SSF-2781%29%2C the %0D%0A%3E%3E%5Bi%5DSkate%5B%2Fi%5D-class fusion-powered attack submarine that was her last %0D%0A%3E%3Ecommand before she retired from the Navy. %0D%0A%0D%0ASo I%27ve added that to the sequence%2C because why not. Embrace the flexibility of the new media%2C old man%21 %28I%27ve been grappling with this for years. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EOho%21 Yeah%2C she was an officer%2C Cappy and Maya mentioned. Wonder if she %0D%0A%3Efelt anything for her captain then%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AIn %5Bi%5DAmberjack%5B%2Fi%5D she %5Bi%5Dwas%5B%2Fi%5D the captain%3B as a more junior officer%2C she was too professional for that kind of thing. She was a very well-regarded officer%3B she%27d have gone farther in her career if not for the Earthdome fiasco in 2406. One of the first things they did upon unifying all the constituent states%27 wet navies into Earthfleet was get rid of all the crewed submarines%2C and Commander Poisson was far from the only officer to retire early in protest.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Retire early in terms of when she intended to%3B she had her 20 in and so could do so without penalty%2C but she was at one point aspiring to flag rank.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AIncidentally%2C that%27s why she hates those droid submarines so much. They put a lot of friends out of work and led to the premature scrapping of a lot of good boats%2C %5Bi%5DAmberjack%5B%2Fi%5D included.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAh. Actually%2C this was my bad%3B you%27re right. I was factoring in a lot %0D%0A%3Eof other characters Corwin has never met before. Kongo%2C Maya%2C %0D%0A%3EHaruna...basically%2C %5Bi%5DArpeggio%5B%2Fi%5D characters. %5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3Echaracters%27 weird parts are often artifacts of the combat harness%2C and %0D%0A%3Ethey%27re just not using them. %0D%0A%0D%0AThere are other Kancolle ships who have peculiar costumes %28the %5Bi%5DKong%26%23333%3B%5B%2Fi%5D class%27s uniform is not particularly risqu%26eacute%3B%2C for instance%2C but it certainly is arresting%2C and then there are the %5Bi%5DUnry%26%23363%3B%5B%2Fi%5D-class carriers%29%2C but he hasn%27t met any of them either.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EHis name commemorates Captain James Cook FRS RN %281728-1779%29%2C the first %0D%0A%3E%3EEuropean to make diplomatic contact with Hawai%27i%2C in 1778... and the %0D%0A%3E%3Efirst%2C a year later%2C to be killed in the course of committing a %0D%0A%3E%3Ecatastrophic diplomatic blunder in Hawai%27i. Oops. Oh well%2C can%27t win %0D%0A%3E%3E%27em all. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOuch. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe local swiped one of his ship%27s boats%2C and he decided what he was going to do was personally lead a shore party to kidnap their king and ransom him back in exchange for the boat. What could possibly go wrong%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI once had a coworker in an old job who was -just- discharged from the %0D%0A%3EUSMC before working with us%2C and it was very%2C very painfully obvious. %0D%0A%3ENot in a bad way%2C but no one could mistake him for anything but a vet. %0D%0A%3EIt just takes time to pick up on civvie social cues%2C it%27s not %0D%0A%3Esomething that can really be actively taught. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m sure I%27ve told this story on the Forum before%2C but I had a Marine co-worker at Livingston who%2C in response to a parking dispute we were having with the Toshiba office next door in the business park%2C sent the company all-employees mailing list a carefully detailed battle plan in which he envisioned leveraging the military experience of all the veterans in the company%2C himself included%2C to overpower Toshiba and drive them from the %5Bs%5Dbattlefield%5B%2Fs%5D office park. It ended with the sentence%2C%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btt%5DToshiba started this but we will finish it. SEMPER FI%5B%2Ftt%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AWe were %5Bi%5Dpretty%5B%2Fi%5D sure he was kidding%3F But%2C man%2C he had thought it through. Be polite%2C be efficient%2C et cetera. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EOh%2C absolutely. I knew her tough-gal act was at least partly just %0D%0A%3Ethat%3B an act. I think you even stated it once before%2C mentioning that %0D%0A%3Eit%27s part of how she overcomes being as antiquated as she is. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C that and her hidden ultimate weapon of last resort. %3B%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ETatsuta is deadly serious all the time%2C yes%2C and devious%2C underhanded%2C %0D%0A%3Eand clever. What she doesn%27t know yet%2C that her sister does%2C is just %0D%0A%3Ehow outclassed she is against Corwin in melee combat. If she knew%2C I %0D%0A%3Ehave a feeling she%27d have used some method of intimidation that didn%27t %0D%0A%3Einvolve a weapon. %0D%0A%0D%0ATatsuta has heard about that encounter %28I%27m sure it%27s featured in Tenry%26%23363%3B%27s fumbling%2C flustered attempts to explain to Tatsuta why she%27s so entertainingly%2C transparently attached to the Admiral%29%2C but she rates her abilities higher than Tenry%26%23363%3B%27s. She assumes it was just a case of Tenry%26%23363%3B being a dork as usual and getting romped for it.%0D%0A%0D%0ATenry%26%23363%3B knows she%27ll never be able to persuade her otherwise%2C so she%27s just going to have to leave her to learn better on her own. If she finds out that Tatsuta actually %5Bi%5Dthreatened%5B%2Fi%5D the Admiral%2C of course%2C she%27s still going to be mortified. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ELooking back%2C how did I miss that name%3F My%2C my. I see two %0D%0A%3Epossibilities here%3A Either a different ship Kongo was conditioned to %0D%0A%3Eignore %28because they should have detected each other if one simply did %0D%0A%3Enot know the other%3B is that correct%3F%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AUnder normal conditions%2C Fog Mental Models should be able to recognize one another%2C although Kong%26%23333%3B%27s observation in %5Bi%5DCantata%5B%2Fi%5D that Tenry%26%23363%3B wasn%27t trying to hide her IFF signature suggests that it%27s something they can at least attempt.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 17|7|16|||||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|drakensis||03:28:19|08/13/2018|%3ETatsuta has heard about that encounter %28I%27m sure it%27s featured in %0D%0A%3ETenry%C5%AB%27s fumbling%2C flustered attempts to explain to Tatsuta why %0D%0A%3Eshe%27s so entertainingly%2C transparently attached to the Admiral%29%2C but %0D%0A%3Eshe rates her abilities higher than Tenry%C5%AB%27s. She assumes it was %0D%0A%3Ejust a case of Tenry%C5%AB being a dork as usual and getting romped %0D%0A%3Efor it. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ETenry%C5%AB knows she%27ll never be able to persuade her otherwise%2C so %0D%0A%3Eshe%27s just going to have to leave her to learn better on her own. If %0D%0A%3Eshe finds out that Tatsuta actually %5Bi%5Dthreatened%5B%2Fi%5D the Admiral%2C of %0D%0A%3Ecourse%2C she%27s still going to be mortified. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AMy mental image for Tenry%C5%AB%27s character is rather moulded by this recent chapter of http%3A%2F%2Fforums.spacebattles.com%2Fthreads%2Fleave-her-johnny-kancolle-si.613343%2Fpage-266%23post-49410607 where%2C to quote the narrator %22The Flustered Chunni is strong with this one.%22 20|7|16|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Verbena||04:28:27|08/16/2018|%3E%3E%3EIt only occurred to me after I published the story that she should %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Ealso have had a model of USS %5Bi%5DAmberjack%5B%2Fi%5D %28SSF-2781%29%2C the %0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%5Bi%5DSkate%5B%2Fi%5D-class fusion-powered attack submarine that was her last %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Ecommand before she retired from the Navy. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ESo I%27ve added that to the sequence%2C because why not. Embrace the %0D%0A%3Eflexibility of the new media%2C old man%21 %28I%27ve been grappling with this %0D%0A%3Efor years. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AAh%2C the classic Stalinization. Yes%2C indeed.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EOho%21 Yeah%2C she was an officer%2C Cappy and Maya mentioned. Wonder if she %0D%0A%3E%3Efelt anything for her captain then%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIn %5Bi%5DAmberjack%5B%2Fi%5D she %5Bi%5Dwas%5B%2Fi%5D the captain%3B as a more junior %0D%0A%3Eofficer%2C she was too professional for that kind of thing. She was a %0D%0A%3Every well-regarded officer%3B she%27d have gone farther in her career if %0D%0A%3Enot for the Earthdome fiasco in 2406. One of the first things they %0D%0A%3Edid upon unifying all the constituent states%27 wet navies into %0D%0A%3EEarthfleet was get rid of all the crewed submarines%2C and Commander %0D%0A%3EPoisson was far from the only officer to retire early in protest. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%28Retire early in terms of when she intended to%3B she had her 20 in and %0D%0A%3Eso could do so without penalty%2C but she was at one point aspiring to %0D%0A%3Eflag rank.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AIndeed%2C I figured that%27s what you meant. Having a house still costs money%2C even if your personal maintenance expenses are a little different than normal. %3D%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIncidentally%2C that%27s why she hates those droid submarines so much. %0D%0A%3EThey put a lot of friends out of work and led to the premature %0D%0A%3Escrapping of a lot of good boats%2C %5Bi%5DAmberjack%5B%2Fi%5D included. %0D%0A%0D%0AAha%21 I was wondering.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EAh. Actually%2C this was my bad%3B you%27re right. I was factoring in a lot %0D%0A%3E%3Eof other characters Corwin has never met before. Kongo%2C Maya%2C %0D%0A%3E%3EHaruna...basically%2C %5Bi%5DArpeggio%5B%2Fi%5D characters. %5Bi%5DKancolle%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3E%3Echaracters%27 weird parts are often artifacts of the combat harness%2C and %0D%0A%3E%3Ethey%27re just not using them. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThere are other Kancolle ships who have peculiar costumes %28the %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DKong%C5%8D%5B%2Fi%5D class%27s uniform is not particularly risqu%C3%A9%2C %0D%0A%3Efor instance%2C but it certainly is arresting%2C and then there are the %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DUnry%C5%AB%5B%2Fi%5D-class carriers%29%2C but he hasn%27t met any of them %0D%0A%3Eeither. %0D%0A%0D%0AIndeed.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3EHis name commemorates Captain James Cook FRS RN %281728-1779%29%2C the first %0D%0A%3E%3E%3EEuropean to make diplomatic contact with Hawai%27i%2C in 1778... and the %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Efirst%2C a year later%2C to be killed in the course of committing a %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Ecatastrophic diplomatic blunder in Hawai%27i. Oops. Oh well%2C can%27t win %0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%27em all. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EOuch. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThe local swiped one of his ship%27s boats%2C and he decided what he was %0D%0A%3Egoing to do was personally lead a shore party to kidnap their king and %0D%0A%3Eransom him back in exchange for the boat. What could possibly go %0D%0A%3Ewrong%3F %0D%0A%0D%0A%2Afacepalm%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EI once had a coworker in an old job who was -just- discharged from the %0D%0A%3E%3EUSMC before working with us%2C and it was very%2C very painfully obvious. %0D%0A%3E%3ENot in a bad way%2C but no one could mistake him for anything but a vet. %0D%0A%3E%3EIt just takes time to pick up on civvie social cues%2C it%27s not %0D%0A%3E%3Esomething that can really be actively taught. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27m sure I%27ve told this story on the Forum before%2C but I had a Marine %0D%0A%3Eco-worker at Livingston who%2C in response to a parking dispute we were %0D%0A%3Ehaving with the Toshiba office next door in the business park%2C sent %0D%0A%3Ethe company all-employees mailing list a carefully detailed battle %0D%0A%3Eplan in which he envisioned leveraging the military experience of all %0D%0A%3Ethe veterans in the company%2C himself included%2C to overpower Toshiba %0D%0A%3Eand drive them from the %5Bs%5Dbattlefield%5B%2Fs%5D office park. It ended with %0D%0A%3Ethe sentence%2C %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%5Btt%5DToshiba started this but we will finish it. SEMPER FI%5B%2Ftt%5D %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWe were %5Bi%5Dpretty%5B%2Fi%5D sure he was kidding%3F But%2C man%2C he had thought %0D%0A%3Eit through. Be polite%2C be efficient%2C et cetera. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AThat is awesome%21 Reminds me of a joke email someone put together where I work regarding all the construction and parking challenges we have. It parodied a lot of emails the COS had put out in the past%2C and the COS himself sent the email around to everyone. Better sense of humor than I%27d credited him with beforehand%2C I admit.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EOh%2C absolutely. I knew her tough-gal act was at least partly just %0D%0A%3E%3Ethat%3B an act. I think you even stated it once before%2C mentioning that %0D%0A%3E%3Eit%27s part of how she overcomes being as antiquated as she is. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWell%2C that and her hidden ultimate weapon of last resort. %3B%29 %0D%0A%0D%0ANow that%2C we shall see I hope. %0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3ETatsuta is deadly serious all the time%2C yes%2C and devious%2C underhanded%2C %0D%0A%3E%3Eand clever. What she doesn%27t know yet%2C that her sister does%2C is just %0D%0A%3E%3Ehow outclassed she is against Corwin in melee combat. If she knew%2C I %0D%0A%3E%3Ehave a feeling she%27d have used some method of intimidation that didn%27t %0D%0A%3E%3Einvolve a weapon. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ETatsuta has heard about that encounter %28I%27m sure it%27s featured in %0D%0A%3ETenry%C5%AB%27s fumbling%2C flustered attempts to explain to Tatsuta why %0D%0A%3Eshe%27s so entertainingly%2C transparently attached to the Admiral%29%2C but %0D%0A%3Eshe rates her abilities higher than Tenry%C5%AB%27s. She assumes it was %0D%0A%3Ejust a case of Tenry%C5%AB being a dork as usual and getting romped %0D%0A%3Efor it. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ETenry%C5%AB knows she%27ll never be able to persuade her otherwise%2C so %0D%0A%3Eshe%27s just going to have to leave her to learn better on her own. If %0D%0A%3Eshe finds out that Tatsuta actually %5Bi%5Dthreatened%5B%2Fi%5D the Admiral%2C of %0D%0A%3Ecourse%2C she%27s still going to be mortified. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AHeh. Tatsuta%27s armor against the world is by being clever and devious%2C so she can%27t afford to look weak. She%27s all about the facade. Inside%2C though%2C I wonder if the fact Corwin wasn%27t fazed by it meant anything to her...but you%27re right. Only one way for Tatsuta to learn.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3ELooking back%2C how did I miss that name%3F My%2C my. I see two %0D%0A%3E%3Epossibilities here%3A Either a different ship Kongo was conditioned to %0D%0A%3E%3Eignore %28because they should have detected each other if one simply did %0D%0A%3E%3Enot know the other%3B is that correct%3F%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EUnder normal conditions%2C Fog Mental Models should be able to recognize %0D%0A%3Eone another%2C although Kong%C5%8D%27s observation in %5Bi%5DCantata%5B%2Fi%5D that %0D%0A%3ETenry%C5%AB wasn%27t trying to hide her IFF signature suggests that it%27s %0D%0A%3Esomething they can at least attempt. %0D%0A%0D%0AOoo. Yes. You%27re right%2C I had forgotten. And Kongo and Maya weren%27t expecting another ship as an adjutant%2C so...yeah. Hm. Several things she could be.%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0A Fearless creatures%2C we all learn to fight the Reaper%0D%0A Can%27t defeat Her%2C so instead I%27ll have to be Her 23|6|15|||||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|MuninsFire||15:00:48|08/17/2018|%3E%3E%3E%3EL%C3%A9onne liked coffee%2C and appeared to make it using a process that involved salt%0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3E%2Achokegaspwheeze%2A SALT%3F%21 %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EI%27ve heard tell it%27s a Navy thing%3F Supposedly cuts the bitterness%3B %0D%0A%3E%3Esomething to do with ions. I couldn%27t tell you first-hand%2C I can%27t %0D%0A%3E%3Ewith coffee at all. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHuh. I%27ve never heard that one but I know exactly who to ask. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0ASo%2C coffee maniac here - if you have particularly hard water%2C or if you%27re using water that%27s been in an iron storage tank for some time%2C your coffee is going to be nasty due to the accumulated mineral content.%0D%0A%0D%0AWater softeners use a process involving ion exchange with tanks of brine%3B this pulls out the iron and calcium%2C and makes the water much easier to work with.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf%2C like me%2C you have hard water but do not have a water softener%2C you can put a large pinch of salt in your coffee grounds. It doesn%27t come out tasting salty%2C but the quality of the resulting coffee is noticeably better.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe iron storage tanks%2C as an aside%2C were quite the innovation for navies when they came into use%3B prior to that%2C drinking water had been stored in wooden casks%2C and was subject to evaporation%2C algae growth%2C and other issues. Despite the taste issues%2C the iron tanks largely solved most of that problem. More modern ships will use stainless%2C to avoid as much of the metallic flavoring%2C but IIRC the ability to source stainless water tanks only came about after WWII - so Lionfish%27s coffee ritual is%2C in part%2C a legacy holdover from a prior era.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs a -further- aside%2C if you use apple-smoked salt in an earthy coffee like%2C say%2C Sumatran Mandheling%2C the result is -utterly fantastic- when you use the dregs of the coffee pot as your working liquid when making chili. 2|1|0|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|SpottedKitty||20:35:30|08/08/2018|Interesting bit with Project Warlock %28three guesses where %5Bi%5Dthis%5B%2Fi%5D comes from%29 at the end there. It seems we%27ve just been introduced to the UFverse equivalent to the Abyssal Fleet.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only. 9|2|2|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Gryphon||16:32:36|08/11/2018|%3EInteresting bit with Project Warlock %28three guesses where %5Bi%5Dthis%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3Ecomes from%29 at the end there.%0D%0A%0D%0AI thought I mentioned this in the annotations for %5Bi%5DCantata%5B%2Fi%5D%2C but it doesn%27t appear so. Maybe I%27m remembering it coming up in the discussion. Anyway%2C the Earthforce Navy%27s Project WARLOCK is a reference to a %5Bi%5Dcouple%5B%2Fi%5D of coincidentally similar things%3A the canonical Earthforce%27s attempt to hybridize Shadow technology into its warship development in %5Bi%5DBablyon 5%5B%2Fi%5D%2C and also the %22let%27s build an autonomous battle robot based on a partially destroyed Neuroi core%2C how hard can it be%3F%22 thing from the original %5Bi%5DStrike Witches%5B%2Fi%5D series.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EIt seems we%27ve just been introduced to %0D%0A%3Ethe UFverse equivalent to the Abyssal Fleet. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell... I mean%2C there %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D an Abyssal version of Fubuki in the original%2C but %5Blink%3Adanbooru.donmai.us%2Fposts%2F2585019%7Cshe doesn%27t look anything like that%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 3|1|0|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Nova Floresca||00:38:07|08/09/2018|So%2C first impression%3A Kongou%27s one of those people who picks %22custom install%22 for new software%2C throws away everything she can%27t possibly imagine using%2C and then wonders why the program doesn%27t run very well%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is probably a stupid question%2C but . . .%22 4|2|3|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Peter Eng||12:36:30|08/09/2018|%3ESo%2C first impression%3A Kongou%27s one of those people who picks %22custom %0D%0A%3Einstall%22 for new software%2C throws away everything she can%27t possibly %0D%0A%3Eimagine using%2C and then wonders why the program doesn%27t run very well%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AMy impression is that she has certain expectations based on working with version 1.0%2C but she doesn%27t read the version notes when changes come through%2C then she wonders why things are different under 2.3.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe part that amuses me is her firm declaration that It Won%27t Happen To Her%2C even as it is happening.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 5|3|4|||||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|StClair||02:06:38|08/11/2018|I look forward to watching the development that Kongou is certain she isn%27t%2C and won%27t be%2C having. %28Though I doubt she%27ll find it at all amusing or pleasant%2C more like irritating or even horrifying%3B like some hellish blend of creeping insanity and a virus program%2C slipping into and corrupting her well-regulated thoughts%2C manifesting when she least expects%2Fis prepared to deal with it.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C the interaction between her and Maya reminded me hilariously of a certain %5Bi%5Dother%5B%2Fi%5D %28former%29 alien invader and their strange%2C excitable assistant. 6|4|5|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Offsides||15:44:57|08/11/2018|%3EAlso%2C the interaction between her and Maya reminded me hilariously of %0D%0A%3Ea certain %5Bi%5Dother%5B%2Fi%5D %28former%29 alien invader and their strange%2C %0D%0A%3Eexcitable assistant. %0D%0A%0D%0AI was kinda imagining Pinky and the Brain%2C and how there%27s at least one episode where Brain has a change of heart at the end rather than simply having his plans foiled. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%26%2391%3B...%26%2393%3B in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.%0D%0A -- David Ben Gurion%0D%0AEPU RCW %23%26pi%3B%0D%0A%23include %3Cstdsig.h%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A 8|5|6|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Gryphon||16:20:22|08/11/2018|%3E%3EAlso%2C the interaction between her and Maya reminded me hilariously of %0D%0A%3E%3Ea certain %5Bi%5Dother%5B%2Fi%5D %28former%29 alien invader and their strange%2C %0D%0A%3E%3Eexcitable assistant. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat was... well%2C it %5Bi%5Dwas%5B%2Fi%5D entirely accidental%2C but I very much doubt the analogy is entirely unfounded%2C now that I think about it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%26l%3B%22I have captured the human for meat testing%21 Praise me%21 %5Bi%5D%5Bb%5DPraise me.%5B%2Fb%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%22%26r%3B%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI was kinda imagining Pinky and the Brain%2C and how there%27s at least %0D%0A%3Eone episode where Brain has a change of heart at the end rather than %0D%0A%3Esimply having his plans foiled. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Fear not%2C Maya. The unwieldy atomic weight of gold will not be a hindrance to our %5Bi%5Dnext%5B%2Fi%5D battle strategy.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 7|3|4|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Gryphon||16:17:12|08/11/2018|%3EThe part that amuses me is her firm declaration that It Won%27t Happen %0D%0A%3ETo Her%2C even as it is happening. %0D%0A%0D%0AI really enjoyed the way that scene came out%2C if I do say so myself. I%27m not sure about the manga%2C but in terms of the anime%2C %5Bi%5DArpeggio%5B%2Fi%5D Kong%26%23333%3B wouldn%27t be %5Bi%5DArpeggio%5B%2Fi%5D Kong%26%23333%3B without cognitive dissonance so loud it could shatter every window in a metropolitan area.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 11|4|7|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Nova Floresca||20:30:56|08/11/2018|Kong%C5%8D is definitely a better character in the anime%3B her manga incarnation is a a pretty blunt instrument. On the other hand%2C Maya is more self-aware in the manga%2C although still crazy. For example%2C she indulges in %22strategic%22 piano playing%2C e.g. %22I%27m going to play this at Kong%C5%8D over the JTN until she gives me %2Asomething%2A to do%22.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is probably a stupid question%2C but . . .%22 12|5|11|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Gryphon||23:21:40|08/11/2018|%3EKong%C5%8D is definitely a better character in the anime%3B her manga %0D%0A%3Eincarnation is a pretty blunt instrument.%0D%0A%0D%0ABRUTICUS%0D%0ANot a very subtle weapon%2C is she%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AGALVATRON%0D%0ASomehow%2C I think subtlety would be lost on the Fleet of Fog.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EOn the other hand%2C Maya is %0D%0A%3Emore self-aware in the manga%2C although still crazy.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe manga version does have the advantage that she is an actual character.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5D%22Maya%27s not stupid%2C she%27s %5Bi%5Dadvanced%5B%2Fi%5D.%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 18|1|0|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Sofaspud||16:55:45|08/13/2018|I will try to reply with more once I get a chance%2C but in the meantime%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E Captain Daniel Clemson was Admiral Kurita%27s chief of staff%2C %0D%0A%3E which made him more or less the only non-flag-ranked officer%0D%0A%3E cleared to know about the Fog project. He was a tall and%0D%0A%3E youthful man of Afro-Caribbean descent%2C though he spoke%0D%0A%3E English with an accent that sounded more like it had come%0D%0A%3E from a British prep school%0D%0A%0D%0A...%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E The first thing she noticed was Clemson%27s ever-present aide.%0D%0A%3E Kong%C5%8D had wondered%2C seeing him alone out in the hallway%2C%0D%0A%3E where she was%2C since she had never once seen him without her.%0D%0A%3E She knew nothing about the woman%2C other than that she was%0D%0A%3E surprisingly young and evidently Japanese. Around twenty%2C of%0D%0A%3E average height%2C she was very pale%2C an effect accentuated by%0D%0A%3E her short%2C jet-black hair and the severe black uniform she%0D%0A%3E wore. She never spoke%2C only shadowed Clemson wherever he went%0D%0A%3E and watched everything happening around him with dark%2C%0D%0A%3E penetrating%2C but unreadable eyes. Kong%C5%8D didn%27t even know%0D%0A%3E her name.%0D%0A%0D%0AAre those descriptions taken together %2Asupposed%2A to make me think of Idris Elba and Rinko Kikuchi%2C respectively%2C a la Pacific Rim%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AOr am I missing the mark entirely%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A--sofaspud%0D%0A-- 19|2|18|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Gryphon||21:27:56|08/15/2018|%3EAre those descriptions taken together %2Asupposed%2A to make me think of %0D%0A%3EIdris Elba and Rinko Kikuchi%2C respectively%2C a la Pacific Rim%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ANot necessarily%2C but it%27s not the worst read. Clemson is young for his rank%2C quite a bit younger than Elba was in %5Bi%5DPacific Rim%5B%2Fi%5D %28my mental image of him looks more like Jacob from %5Bi%5DMass Effect 2%5B%2Fi%5D%29%2C but he speaks similarly.%2A%0D%0A%0D%0AAs for Akitsu Maru%2C well%2C again%2C %5Blink%3Adanbooru.donmai.us%2Fposts%2F2863324%7Cthe parallels are not exact%5D%2C but you%27re not too far wrong%2C either.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Note that in that picture%2C she has more of a facial expression than Kong%26%23333%3B has %5Bi%5Dever%5B%2Fi%5D seen on her.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5D%2A As an aside%2C this just reminded me that one of my favorite things about Elba%27s performance as Stacker Pentecost in %5Bi%5DPacific Rim%5B%2Fi%5D is that he has two different accents. In the scene where he%27s so worn out and just done with it all that he finally unbent a bit%2C and he%27s talking to Raleigh about his illness%2C he loses his clipped military diction and reverts to what I suspect is the character%27s %22native%22 accent%2C which is way more %22rough part of London%22. %22The Mark Is... we frew dem bad boys togedder in six monfs.%22 It%27s brilliantly done.%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 21|3|19|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Sofaspud||00:46:39|08/17/2018|%3E%0D%0A%3ENot necessarily%2C but it%27s not the worst read. Clemson is young for %0D%0A%3Ehis rank%2C quite a bit younger than Elba was in %5Bi%5DPacific Rim%5B%2Fi%5D %28my %0D%0A%3Emental image of him looks more like Jacob from %5Bi%5DMass Effect 2%5B%2Fi%5D%29%2C %0D%0A%3Ebut he speaks similarly.%2A %0D%0A%0D%0AI can%27t say that I disliked Jacob%2C but he didn%27t make enough of an impression on me -- or at least%2C not enough of a positive one -- that I could place what you meant%2C either.%0D%0A%0D%0AAh well%2C any excuse to dust off ME2 is a good excuse%2C right%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAs for Akitsu Maru%2C well%2C again%2C %0D%0A%3E%5Blink%3Adanbooru.donmai.us%2Fposts%2F2863324%7Cthe parallels are not exact%5D%2C %0D%0A%3Ebut you%27re not too far wrong%2C either. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%28Note that in that picture%2C she has more of a facial expression than %0D%0A%3EKong%C5%8D has %5Bi%5Dever%5B%2Fi%5D seen on her.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AMm. %0D%0A%0D%0AThis is one of those times %28fairly common%2C hangin%27 round these parts%29 where I have only very slightly more than no idea what you%27re talking about. I%27m aware of %5Bi%5DArpeggio of Blue Steel%5B%2Fi%5D in the sense that I%27ve watched the first season of the anime%2C but I lack any firsthand knowledge of other sources. Your comments here tell me there%27s manga%2C apparently there%27s a video game of some sort%2C maybe%3F -- and brother%2C let me tell you%2C I don%27t even want to %2Apeek%2A into the corners of the internet where shipgirl arguments fly back and forth like shells from their cannons%2C because%2C yowch.%0D%0A%0D%0AAll of which is a long-winded way of saying that EPU is pretty much my %27canon source%27 for these characters%2C so I%27m not likely to catch references like Akitsu there.%0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t mind this%3B I%27m just pointing out where I come from. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%3E%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5D%2A As an aside%2C this just reminded me that one of my %0D%0A%3Efavorite things about Elba%27s performance as Stacker Pentecost in %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DPacific Rim%5B%2Fi%5D is that he has two different accents. In the scene %0D%0A%3Ewhere he%27s so worn out and just done with it all that he finally %0D%0A%3Eunbent a bit%2C and he%27s talking to Raleigh about his illness%2C he loses %0D%0A%3Ehis clipped military diction and reverts to what I suspect is the %0D%0A%3Echaracter%27s %22native%22 accent%2C which is way more %22rough part of London%22. %0D%0A%3E %22The Mark Is... we frew dem bad boys togedder in six monfs.%22 It%27s %0D%0A%3Ebrilliantly done.%5B%2Ffont%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AI didn%27t realize that%27s what that was%21 I thought that Elba%27s native accent had slipped through for a minute or something. I agree%2C that%27s clever.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd now%2C as threatened previously%2C a more in-depth though by no means exhaustive take%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E Warming to her thesis now%2C the blonde battleship smiled a slightly smug %0D%0A%3E little smile and declared confidently%2C %22A battleship and a heavy cruiser%0D%0A%3E of the Fog walk among them%2C and no one has taken any notice.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AHuh. Kongo and Maya%2C right%3F I guess they changed clothes since the episode I sa--%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E By the time they arrived at the corner of Wai%27alae and 13th Avenue%2C they %0D%0A%3E had an entire school of curious onlookers%3A tourists%2C locals%2C all mingled %0D%0A%3E together%2C hanging back a not-very-discreet distance and snapping pictures. %0D%0A%3E It was like a little impromptu street festival with the two Fog Mental %0D%0A%3E Models at its focus.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- ah. Guess not%2C then. %0D%0A%0D%0AKongo and Maya. On a stealth recon mission.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat could possibly go wrong%2C he said completely straight-faced.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E Letting it pass%2C she turned her attention to the rest of the objects. %0D%0A%3E Three of them were immediately recognizable%3A they were scale models of %0D%0A%3E warships%2C two from the mid-twentieth-century Pacific War. One of those %0D%0A%3E represented Lionfish herself%2C a Balao-class American fleet submarine%3B %0D%0A%0D%0AI am ashamed to admit it took me until this point in the story to realize just whose home Kongo and Maya were invading%2C and what sort of recon mission they were on.%0D%0A%0D%0AI am not a smart man.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E Corwin went to his ersatz desk%2C but did not sit down in the folding camp %0D%0A%3E chair that stood behind it%2C instead remaining on his feet while he looked%0D%0A%3E them over. He hadn%27t seen much of these three over the %28very busy%29 weekend %0D%0A%3E since he and the Midway ships had rescued them from Earthforce%3B apart from %0D%0A%3E a brief meeting on Saturday morning to welcome them to the fleet%2C they had %0D%0A%3E mostly kept out of his path%2C almost to the point where he suspected they%0D%0A%3E might be avoiding him.%0D%0A%0D%0AI wondered what was going to happen with the extras picked up during that trip.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C I mean%2C I knew somehow they%27d end up where later pieces have shown them%2C but I wondered %2Ahow%2A.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E The light cruiser regarded him with dark%2C unreadable eyes for a moment%2C %0D%0A%3E then said calmly%2C %22Do you really not understand%3F%22%0D%0A%3E %0D%0A%3E Corwin blinked. %22Uh... I guess not.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AMe either%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E Folding her arms%2C Tatsuta scowled at him%2C the first overt show of emotion%0D%0A%3E she%27d yet produced. %22You fool%2C%22 she said. %22Do you think she wears that...%0D%0A%3E outfit... because she thinks it%27s stylish%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A... oh goddammit.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E Corwin considered her with a grave expression for a moment%2C then said%2C %22I%0D%0A%3E bet I%27m not going to like what I%27m about to learn... but I think you had%0D%0A%3E better explain.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AI think I%27d rather she didn%27t but yes%2C yes she had.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22I%27m fine%2C%22 Kong%C5%8D replied brusquely%2C and then%E2%80%94in a snap decision that%0D%0A%3E surprised even herself%E2%80%94she ordered%2C %22Organize and pack everything here%0D%0A%3E for transport. We%27ll take it back to Kure for further study.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E Maya blinked. %22Everything%3F%22%0D%0A%3E %0D%0A%3E %22Yes%2C Maya%2C everything. It%27s a small dwelling%2C you should have plenty%0D%0A%3E of space in your number-one hold.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AI hope this means we%27re gonna see a redemption arc for Kongo. I really really do.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I don%27t feel like Maya needs one%3B she%27s%2C for lack of a better term%2C innocent.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3CBlack Omega Bad News Pain Train%3E%0D%0A%0D%0ANyyaaaarrrrgggggghhhhhh.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat about sums it up. I don%27t really feel like trying to dissect and analyze the situation all clinically. Just... fuck.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22Eh%2C no worries%2C%22 Utena said%2C stepping out of her jean shorts. %22I%27m still%0D%0A%3E as dressed as I ever was to play hoops back in high school%2C%22 she added%2C%0D%0A%3E modeling her sports bra and bike shorts with a little grin. %22Besides%2C the%0D%0A%3E only guy on this island%27s my husband%2C and I promise you%2C he%27s seen the%0D%0A%3E rest of my hull before.%22%0D%0A%0D%0ASnrk.%0D%0A%0D%0AThanks%2C Utena%2C I needed that about now.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E Opening a secure channel to Earthfleet Command%2C the heavy cruiser%0D%0A%3E declared cheerfully%2C %22Hiiiii%2C this is Maya from the Asiatic Special%0D%0A%3E Surface Detachment%21 I have a load of cargo that I need to get beamed%0D%0A%3E to my number-one hold%2C please%21%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E The operator at the other end didn%27t seem to think there was anything%0D%0A%3E odd about that request%3B she merely replied in a calm%2C clipped tone%2C%0D%0A%3E %22Roger%2C patching you through to the Global Transporter Grid now. Please%0D%0A%3E define the scan area.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E %22Rooooo-gerrrrrr%2C%22 Maya sang%2C drawing a box around the container stack%0D%0A%3E with her laser designator. %22There you go%21%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E %22Copy%2C coordinates received. Energizing now%2C stand clear.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E %22Bye-bye%2C L%C3%A9onne%27s things%21%22 said Maya%2C waving gaily%2C as the containers%0D%0A%3E shimmered and disappeared.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E %22Transport complete%2C%22 said the Earthfleet operator. %22Anything else you%0D%0A%3E need%3F%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E %22Nope%2C all good for now%2C%22 Maya replied. %22Seeya%21%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E %22Earthfleet out.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AEarthfleet Operator is either a robot -- BUMA%3F -- or the most chill person on the planet.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C they%27d have to be at this point%2C all things considered.%0D%0A%0D%0AReminds me -- not entirely coincidentally%2C I suspect -- of listening in on the ATC tower. I realize it%27s a high-stress job and all%2C but the good ones make your blood pressure drop just listening to their laconic drawl.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22We don%27t know Commander Poisson personally%2C%22 she said%2C %22but we%27re kind%0D%0A%3E of like colleagues.%22 Dipping her hand into her giant happy-face handbag%2C%0D%0A%3E she displayed her Earthforce ID too quickly for Cappy to really read%2C%0D%0A%3E then went on%2C %22We%27re with the quartermaster corps.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AWhy am I surprised that it%27s Maya who%27s the quick-thinking con-artist%3F I really shouldn%27t be. Kongo wouldn%27t understand deception if it bit her in the ass. Oh wait.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22Put that back. It%27s a petrochemical. Why did you look up L%C3%A9onne%27s%0D%0A%3E neighbor on the Nightwatch facial recognition database%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AAw%2C c%27mon%2C Kongs -- she might like it. Let her live a little%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Part of me is giggling like the perpetual twelve-year-old that I am and pointing out all the bad puns and innuendos that can be milked from this one bit. I am very firmly not allowing that part to reach the keyboard.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E Did that mean it was going to happen to her%3F Would she wake from%0D%0A%3E maintenance cycle one day soon to find herself acting as erratically%2C%0D%0A%3E as strangely%2C as inefficiently as all the others%3F Forming irrational%0D%0A%3E attachments to things%2C developing tastes and habits unconnected with%2C%0D%0A%3E or even detrimental to%2C the performance of her function as a ship of%0D%0A%3E the Fog%3F Perhaps even having... opinions%3F%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E Inconceivable.%0D%0A%3E %0D%0A%3E Intolerable.%0D%0A%0D%0ADon%27t knock it until you%27ve tried it%2C Kongo.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %C2%ABI am Buran%2C%C2%BB she said%2C in what Kong%C5%8D%27s language plugin informed her%0D%0A%3E was flat%2C accentless Russian. %C2%ABI am the first of the Special Type I-A%0D%0A%3E destroyers.%C2%BB She paused%2C lowering her hand%2C and then went on in%0D%0A%3E precisely the same toneless voice%2C %C2%ABI will be in your care.%C2%BB%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m not sure I%27m parsing this part correctly. Didn%27t Clemson state that Buran was Kongo%27s new escort vessel%3F Doesn%27t that imply Kongo is in Buran%27s care%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AOr does the term %27escort vessel%27 not mean what it seems to mean on the face of it%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AAt any rate%2C good stuff%21 I%27ve expressed before%2C somewhere%2C that the Diqiu stuff doesn%27t rock my world much -- it%27s fun%2C but it%27s not what I come looking for most of the time -- but this stuff is very firmly putting its thumb on the button and mashing it for all its worth.%0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t know what exactly that button is%2C but it is being mashed. This and the recent-ish Vocaloid bits both.%0D%0A%0D%0AI am eagerly waiting for more. Thanks%21%0D%0A%0D%0A--sofaspud%0D%0A-- 22|4|21|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Gryphon||01:20:31|08/17/2018|%3EKongo and Maya. On a stealth recon mission. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWhat could possibly go wrong%2C he said completely straight-faced. %0D%0A%0D%0AThey mostly got away with it%2C presumably in large part because Honolulu is a pretty chill place. In some towns they%27d probably have caused a riot.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E Folding her arms%2C Tatsuta scowled at him%2C the first overt show of emotion%0D%0A%3E%3E she%27d yet produced. %22You fool%2C%22 she said. %22Do you think she wears that...%0D%0A%3E%3E outfit... because she thinks it%27s stylish%3F%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E... oh goddammit. %0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C that%27s just about how Corwin feels at that particular moment%2C too.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt really dismays him how often he comes up against the fallout from that sort of behavior in his life. I mean%2C is he %5Bi%5Dmissing%5B%2Fi%5D something%3F Is it really %5Bi%5Dthat challenging%5B%2Fi%5D to just %5Bi%5Dnot be like that%3F%5B%2Fi%5D What the hell is wrong with these people%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E %22Eh%2C no worries%2C%22 Utena said%2C stepping out of her jean shorts. %22I%27m still%0D%0A%3E%3E as dressed as I ever was to play hoops back in high school%2C%22 she added%2C%0D%0A%3E%3E modeling her sports bra and bike shorts with a little grin. %22Besides%2C the%0D%0A%3E%3E only guy on this island%27s my husband%2C and I promise you%2C he%27s seen the%0D%0A%3E%3E rest of my hull before.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ESnrk. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThanks%2C Utena%2C I needed that about now. %0D%0A%0D%0AShe%27s learning%21 There%27s more than one way to ride to a rescue. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EEarthfleet Operator is either a robot -- BUMA%3F -- or the most chill %0D%0A%3Eperson on the planet. %0D%0A%0D%0AComes with the job%2C and the standard operating procedures for same. %22No questions asked%22 pretty soon leads to %22no shits given%22 or you get so tangled up in wondering what%27s going on that you have to find something else to do.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3E %C2%ABI am Buran%2C%C2%BB she said%2C in what Kong%C5%8D%27s language plugin informed her%0D%0A%3E%3E was flat%2C accentless Russian. %C2%ABI am the first of the Special Type I-A%0D%0A%3E%3E destroyers.%C2%BB She paused%2C lowering her hand%2C and then went on in%0D%0A%3E%3E precisely the same toneless voice%2C %C2%ABI will be in your care.%C2%BB%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27m not sure I%27m parsing this part correctly. Didn%27t Clemson state %0D%0A%3Ethat Buran was Kongo%27s new escort vessel%3F Doesn%27t that imply Kongo is %0D%0A%3Ein Buran%27s care%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOr does the term %27escort vessel%27 not mean what it seems to mean on the %0D%0A%3Eface of it%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AFrom what I%27ve read%2C it seem that%27s a common figure of speech in Japanese conversation%2C something people who are going to be working together often say to each other when they%27re introduced. A lot of the ship girls in %5Bi%5DKantai Collection%5B%2Fi%5D say some variant of it in the first line they speak in-game%2C when they%27re introducing themselves to the Admiral %28i.e.%2C the player%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28The customary answer is %22I%27ll be in your care as well%2C%22 implying that We%27ll All Be Working Hard Together.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EAt any rate%2C good stuff%21 I%27ve expressed before%2C somewhere%2C that the %0D%0A%3EDiqiu stuff doesn%27t rock my world much -- it%27s fun%2C but it%27s not what %0D%0A%3EI come looking for most of the time -- but this stuff is very firmly %0D%0A%3Eputting its thumb on the button and mashing it for all its worth. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI don%27t know what exactly that button is%2C but it is being mashed. %0D%0A%3EThis and the recent-ish Vocaloid bits both. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI am eagerly waiting for more. Thanks%21%0D%0A%0D%0AGlad you%27re enjoying it. Next up will probably be the next %5Bi%5DThe Federation Lives Forever%21%5B%2Fi%5D%2C and then a Mini in support of%2Fsetup for %5Bi%5DFleet Record 2%5B%2Fi%5D%2C which we%27re working on sort of in parallel %28as they%27re both happening at around the same time%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 24|5|22|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|SpottedKitty||20:57:03|08/17/2018|%3ENext up will probably be the next %5Bi%5DThe %0D%0A%3EFederation Lives Forever%21%5B%2Fi%5D%2C and then a Mini in support of%2Fsetup for %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DFleet Record 2%5B%2Fi%5D%2C which we%27re working on sort of in parallel %28as %0D%0A%3Ethey%27re both happening at around the same time%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve got to say I%27m really enjoying the car crash between the HTT%2FFog%2FAvatar stories and characters. Out of all the crossover mashups in the UFverse%2C this has developed into one of the more fun ones.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only. 25|1|0|||1||RE%3A RCFR v1%3A The Human Experience|Peter Eng||02:12:38|08/26/2018|Upon re-reading this%2C I think I know who Shimakaze needs to meet.%0D%0A%0D%0ADorothy would probably have insights that nobody else can offer.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.