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Well, the thing with Blair's experiance is that he's been sitting on a farm for the past three years. :) You would be rusty as hell after all that downtime, no matter how how great a pilot you are. Not only that, Blair is certainly not a super human pilot that no-one else can defeat. We see at...

Not exactly. Blair smoked several of them in the final fight, and for all their talents, Blair and Maniac were just two pilots. The bulk of the Border Worlds pilots had even less experiance than the Black Lance did. (in the novel, Blair and Maniac were shaking their heads at the BWers using kids...

I'm not complaining about anything, and I'm not saying the Project wasn't a threat. (Much the opposite, seeing as they were prepared to kill the billions upon billions who didn't meet their "standards", and had the weapon to do it with.) What I'm saying is that there isn't much to support their...

I don't have a problem with the gameplay in WC4. (In fact, it was one of the more enjoyable games in my book.) What I'm saying is that the supposed superiority of the Black Lance isn't really evident from their combat record, in either the game or the novel. Hence, I'm very dubiuous about the...

Even if it's a game, I would want it to reflect the storyline to some extent. The Black Lance were no tougher than the baseline Confed/Border Worlds pilots as opponents, which makes you think their reputation is kind of over-blown. Besides, even in the novel, they ended up getting trashed...

Something I was thinking about. Are the Black Lance better fighters than "normal" humans? There's certainly no doubt that they themselves think that they are. Their comm messages are packed with themes like "Admit it, you are the weaker" or Die, Inferior!". There is also no doubt that Project...

Actually, he was confirmed in the rank of Space Marshall, just before the Assembly got to talking about the war declaration, so he did technically get there. He just never got to exercising the authority. Best, Raptor

The CAG only looks like she's in her late 30's or early 40's. Hardly the hip-break zone. Best, Raptor

Gah! Sorry, Raptor Leader, ignore any changes that might have been made to your post. I accidently wiped your post (still not used to being a mod) and had to re-type it from memory. Anyway, you can take the appearance of the FLRN in the finale as a sure thing. :D Best, Raptor

Yeah, it's not like anyone actually falls between those two extremes. :D Best, Raptor

Ah, I see. My mistake. Yeah, that might be interesting for future storylines. I'll see what the other writers think of it. Best, Raptor

As enemies or allies? As enemies, they would probably overwhelm us, which would conflict with SO storyline. As allies, they might make winning too easy. I would prefer to avoid Deus Ex Machina if we can. Best, Raptor

Actually, the Aces don't have a coordinator as such. I coordinate the Holding The Line story (which is the most active storyline at the moment) and do the club's adminstrative stuff like maintaining the club mailing list and sending clubwide mailouts for other people. As for the argument, I...

Hey guys, Raptor here. HTL's Loki battle is now in the dying stages, in more ways than one. [Evil Grin] After the Loki blood-bath though, the story will move on to the Finale in Nifelhiem. The Finale writing is well underway, but there's still time for you to influence how it alll turns out...

Well, Andorra was well before the time of the Aces who're currently active in the club. We can't simply remove it now without invalidating a lot of storylines that were part of the club's early history. As I see it though, the fact that we created one new faction way back isn't really a...

Re: On an unrelated note When we get the time. :D Sorry, but what with real life (most of use hold down full time jobs, and the rest are in college) and writing/editing/co-ordinating the chapters to keep the storyline on track, updating is fitted in when we can. What chapters do you have...

Regarding the Andorra/New Empire comprison, one anomaly desn't justify another. :D Andorra was a good idea at the time, but it hasn't contributed much to the club in recent years. The solution of most Aces has been to tuck it away out of sight and ignore it. If there was a gracefull way to bring...

The cult of Sivar seems to be more of religious/idealogical force (as suggested by their name) rather than a political body. I would certainly think that factional fighting would be quite common in the Assembley of Clans, but its a long way from that to an organised state with its own territory...

Actcually, the Intrepied was damaged *before* the engagement with the Lexington. Paulsen was pretty incompetent, and only managed to get his own ship disabled, not damage the Intrepid. The best I can figure, the Intrepid ran into a Confed frigate that was being protected by a couple of cruisers...

Re: Oh my.. That's the whole point of insulting someone in combat. Make them so mad they can't think straight, or shoot straight for that matter. :) Best, Raptor