I'm sure someone's getting fic ideas out of this discussion.  I

know I am  :)

I hope so... but somehow they are all such nasty ideas.....

BGC fics tend to be dark and nasty, remember?  And BGC fic writers

don't

seem to hesitate too long before offing one of the main characters

if the

story requires it.

Yes... but again...I used Nene as an example....
 so..um...maybe... she... um....her suit overheats and um.. ah.. she
falls, no, stumbles... and Linna suddenly blows up.
 ok.
 ok?

WAAA!!!  Why is it always Linna!!!

[Underwater maneuvering]

 I think I like the idea of small ball-shaped hydrojets at the waist
with
vai-directional impellers

             sort of like this:

                      \   /
                       {@}
                      /( )\/
                    /  I I
                      0---0
                       I I
                       I I

            or the 'ole X-wing config on the back.

Kind of like the Space maneuvering packs in Armoured Trooper Votoms?

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 The end is the sum of the means,
 as the road travelled determines the destination." 
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