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Oh, really? When was the first time I was being really categorical? Note that the Roman's didn't have much of an Empire until Caesar. Also note that the Roman civilization lasted hundreds of years. Expectancy improved throughout those times...also note how the rates are different for...

Deckard being a replicant both solves and introduces a whole bunch of problems...especially with that "selective replicant strength". If he had that replicant strength to pull him onto a building with two broken fingers and two fingers to support him, why didn't he have it when the other...

What? Roman life expectancy wasn't 25-30! It was at least 50. Pilgrim life expectancy was about 35-40. No, we won't live twice as long as we do now...there's a limit to how long our cells can regenerate, and there's also a limit to how long our bodies are designed to last. We could modify...

Yeah, they succeeded...then they published their journals, which immediately became best-sellers...

Don't worry, LOAF, I got it. But most of the guns mounted on the capships in WC are on turrents, and can fire in many directions, not just to the side. Therefore, the term broadside gun is rather irrelvant... <G>

Probably lack of ratings/interest...but then, I'm not sure. That's why they cancel a lot of series, though.

There's nothing wrong with trying to prove LOAF's point wrong...there is something wrong with trying to prove LOAF wrong for the sake of putting him down. I'd think that any ship that could be in a combat position would have broadside guns. Besides, broadside just means your side is facing...

What would they do with the rest of the Kilrathi? <G>

That's not so bad...every RPG I play, I name my character Nep... And every fighting type game or FPS game I play, I name my character Baron... And every space/airflight sim game I play, my callsign is Baron... I liked the option to transfer your characters. The only problem is, you...

Yeah, and Hobbes still has strength that's far superior to humans... The Darksabre was built by Bevel Lemelisk, one of the designers of the Death Star's main weapon, the superlaser. It was only built to accomodate the superlaser cannon, making it just a big cannon, significantly smaller than...

Really? You didn't think that they were made of Kilrathi? In that case, I've got a great deal for you...how'd you like to own a bridge? I'd like to own a Kilrathi rug. After all, everyone knows a friend who's been killed in the war, and they're all under that rationing... So you can...

Minor warlords. There probably weren't many warlord around in Confed space in SO...so they just took some Manta pilots and plunked into the Devil Rays...

Yes, it was. No other comments at this time. The fact that it was a warlord comes from the Prophecy guide. From this fact, we can hypothesize that the warlords are intelligent, and are either a different caste or a different type of bug (the coloring looked a bit different). They fly Devil...

Considering that Blair was one of Confed's best pilots (hell, the Emperor of Kilrah mentions him...), why did Tolwyn have it out for him? That's what it seems like, anyway. If the put Maniac back after his breakdown, why didn't they do the same with Blair? Is Blair mentioned in End Run or...

Ah, two I can answer! Rock stars were sometimes chosen on the basis of their voice, not their looks. An ugly star, no one wants to see. A beautiful singer, well, people might prefer it (Britney Spears) Therefore, when music videos came out, an ugly person with a fantastic voice was...

I hate it when people answer a serious question with a quote that makes little contextual sense. Perhaps a better question would be, why does Fortschen keep writing characters like that? He does it in 3 of his novels...

We know they cost roughly 100 mil a pop. Halcyon says so. I'd bet that the 100 mil price tag applies to Raptors and Rapier IIs. Wildcats cost 50 mil a pop.

Frankly, it's a bit stupefying. Why would the government attempt to cut down the military? We did that at the beginning of the war, and it cost us McAuliffe. We did that during the False Peace, and it set us on the road to destruction. Diego was advocating for military cutbacks at the...

It was Das Boot, but it now is called "The Boat". I need to get one of those hats. They're...pretty unique. Kilrathi 7 feet tall, eh? That's not so bad...a human in powered armor could probably take them. Mind you, with a weapon, humans become far deadlier, if they've been trained in...

No, but loosing endgames tell us what would have happened. For example, if we had lost the war, the Kilrathi would have bombed Earth and killed all of the humans in the Confederation. They aren't what officially happened, they are what COULD have happened.