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Rich people don't get to decide how their tax money is spent; government agencies and elected officials do. Please assign blame appropriately if you don't like how the government spends tax money. True, though there are some very wealthy segments of society who have influenced policy and politics. ...

Theoretical research is a public good and the rich do not wish to subsidize such things because the marginal benefit received by such undertakings is small in proportion to their wealth.

It works much better with near habitated planet will corrupted government/other elements. Just after lift off, when they are going on to trajectory or just before landing. you can hide yourself on to traffik. Hide in traffic? Do you really think starship tracking systems are going to be that easily...

Well clearly pirates would have use their briny stench and rum soaked breath as a weapon :lol: Humanity needs to make itself politically and economically indispensable to the Loroi. Piracy, even without it's practical/tactical limitations, does not help this goal. Smuggling and exploiting a black ma...

One more query: male Loroi facial hair, does it occur or are they all pretty boys?

Edit: I really pity the Umiak. It's like a force march forward with a sword constantly held behind you.... and the food sucks.

So I think Alex's choice of movies should be pretty clear. Rocky IV . cku6oPGWW7Q Though on a real point, are we going to get a gander at Loroi picking through the salvage or are they just going to ship it off to another group better equipped to analyze it (or is there going to be a plot twist ;P)?...

Oh Lord... Say, Arioch, how would Loroi react if they did fond some crewmembers elf p0rn? :lol: My guess would be mild confusion, after all if there was a sub-race of humans with pointed ears why didn't he mention it earlier? A) Sheer confusion and perhaps researchers using the data to prank each o...

If I were the Loroi, I'd be very alarmed that a species that was naturally immune to Loroi telepathy and farseeing was advancing so quickly. After the sense of superiority they possessed prior to the war was so soundly crushed, I wouldn't be taking any chances with other possible threats. Question:...

hi hi Maybe in the future there's a pill for that? You're going on a long space flight and you don't want to have annoying facial hair or maybe you don't want to sweat profusely and stink up your cabin, take a pill and it lasts for a week or a month or whatever. I prefer the "Alex is not a real man...

fredgiblet wrote: Almost certainly for the rank and file onboard a ship, of course Alex won't be using a communal facility and if he is then he'll probably have it to himself.

Then why do I have a feeling Fireblade will been watching his every move...

Hmm, wonder if they ever found something like kindles or data pads, or just anything that might have music, songs, recreational material on for Alex, and something for him to keep his diary in.. Some crew member's sordid stash of digitized elf... Let's just hope/assume personal materials were thoro...

"All your food was spoiled by neurotoxins and addictive chemicals, so we get rid of them. Now eat your healthy food." NOOOOOOO! Not my Deep Fried Bacon Stuffed Cheese Flavored Corn Puffs! Though clearly the Loroi do not comprehend the danger a Sharpie holds in capable hands :) And it also appears t...

Just a quick question to those out there. considering we should be having an influx of technology if we did ally with others. What technologies do people see changing the most in the first say decade? (just looking to see which technologies would most likely be modular for quick upgrade) Technologi...

Is it me or does Loops appear to be a bot?

dfacto wrote:But now that hipsters are "cool" shouldn't they all be moving onto another demographic?

The ones that have realized this have already gone underground and are no longer perceptible

Query: Are Umiak creative enough to devise the creation of such a device; if so would they find it practical? and Given the breadth of space they would be monitoring, what would be the likelihood that they would direct such a device in our direction at a peak time to receive our transmissions (they ...

If one were to be communicating over interstellar distances, wouldn't it be prudent to send out your message in a highly compact beam of photons like a laser since light diffuses over an areas a message gets farther from the transmitter? Another question, given Loroi cultural values would they even ...

Perhaps he *marks* his territory (or at least uses red tape to define his personal zone or bathes in tubs of jello as someone else suggested a while back....)

What, no Klikie :( ? Though a couple of observations: Does the Historian's wink imply a greater role in the plot? *nudge nudge* Who is the Loroi with the yellow eyes and the hair that looks like lamb's wool? Fireblade's blank stare pierces; it's almost as if she is in shock. Like as if one went to D...

Gosh that reminds me of my old roommate... Let's just hope that our fundamental understanding of reality is just scratching the surface of knowledge, more space for FTL science (fiction) to hide

I also your empathize with your feelings: