From:        Neoculture, aubry.thonon@qed.qld.gov.au

On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Travis Butler wrote:

And previous stories can be found at FTP.STD.COM (plug, plug)

All right, all right... plug accepted. :) What are the titles?

All of them are under the "Protoculture War" umbrella.  There should be:
        Children Of The Light, Children Of The Shadow
        Children Of Zor, Children Of Haydon (partial)
        Children Of Hope, Children Of Despair (partial)
        RoboTrek
        Robylon-5
        Alternate Points Of View: Thallin Braywater.

If they aren't there (for some reason), then I have a copy on-line on my 
PC here.

Found all but the last two. (I'd imagine Robylon-5 won't show up there 
until it's done. <g>)

so they can fight longer. ;> I just find it hard to accept they'd put 
themselves at such a disadvantage so easily; I'd expect them to fight to 
the last minute to save the ship, since losing it puts them at someone 
else's mercy.

[...]

And these Zentraedi have a secret agenda anyway.  ^_^

One of those things that is hinted at in earlier stories? ;> I've got 
'em, I *promise* to read 'em... when I've got time. <wry sigh> Finally 
came up with a workable way to split my DP story into manageable 
sections, so I might actually stand a chance of finishing part of it. 

I might have to change all that.

Might not be a bad idea -- at the least, you could set it earlier in the 
story, when Londo was still a more-or-less comical figure, not the dark 
figure we see after "Coming of Shadows."

Nope.  I need it set where it is...  Damn... yet another section to 
modify.

If it's set in early third season, I'd make the exchange businesslike but 
formal, low-key on Garibaldi's part; Londo remains superficially affable, 
but the reactions he generally gets are noncommittal:

"Ah, Mr. Garibaldi! It's good to see you."

"Hello, Ambassador. Is there something I can do for you?"

Etc., etc.

For that matter, there haven't been many scenes between Garibaldi and 
Londo in Season 3; he's been spending a lot more time with G'Kar.

On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Chan Wei Lik wrote:

"nudging" by outside forces.<<

I'm not sure the Bab5 defense grid can destroy anything that big. And is 

there a typo in the last sentence?

I was wondering a little about this as well, given the size, but I didn't 
think it was that important an issue for the story; the important part 
was the decision to destroy the ships if they couldn't be kept from 
hitting the station.

Gomen - "nudgeing"...  nah, that doesn't look right either.  Anybody?

Nudging is correct, I believe. 

and yes, you are right... The zentraedi *are* expecting outside help once 

they abandoned their ship - but not from Bab5... it's just a convenient 
staging area.  more as the story develops.<<

And just _how_ is the help going to arrive? They're not in the same 
universe anymore you know.  And they're not in the same time zone either. 
Robotech takes place in the 21st century and Bab5 happens in the 24th. 

Good.  *somebody's* been listening.  ^_^  Good catch, sir... but it is 
*not* a mistake on the part of the Humble Author.

Oh, Ghu... she's got JMS syndrome. We're doomed.



Travis Butler
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