All right!
    Apparently I didn't make myself clear enough. "Aftermath" IS a
STORY! I am NOT writing a political epic on the stupidity of nuclear
war! If my facts are screwed up, SO WHAT!

       If your facts are not accurate, then, in a sense, you've betrayed
your readers.  A storyteller presents a world that, presumably, follows
certain laws of continuity and reality.  You can define these rules as
you like (RT certainly plays fast and loose with the strength and
uniformity of gravitational fields), but there must be a reason for
changing each one from the "default" real-world setting.

   Reason: It Moves The Plot Along. And considering the subject matter, 
it really wasn't much of a stretch. (This is the same series in which 
concrete is demolished by air pressure from a bokken, fer cryin' out 
loud.) 
   It's a good story, screw reality, leave Erin alone. Sorry.

-Mike of No Particular Title or Handle

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