To start with, Ranma has a talent for reading the 'body language'
of humans and can often determine the skill level of an opponent within
seconds.  If he has encountered combat boomers and 'civilian' before he
would probably be able to spot the (often minute) difference between   

their

movements and that of a human, and even if he did not the differences in
the appearent skill level of the KS would make him suspicious about   

thier

origin.

except that he was expecting a new type of boomer- the story did show
that he was confused by how human it acted- it also appears to be written   

to give ranma the same hatred of all boomers that priss has.

	In short, Ranma has at least a 50/50 chance of recognising the KS
as human _assuming_ that he has never heard of them in his life (bloody
unlikely if he's lived that long IMO).

correct me if I'm wrong but BGC is supposed to be set in 2032?
so Ranma would be in his 50's which certainly isn't that old. Also the KS   

are treated as a vigilantee group in the series - theres no particular   
reason
he should know abouth them if he isn't from this part of megatokyo.
It wasn't my inpression that there were that infamous yet other than in
industrial circles.

	As for the 'Sabres, Nene and Sylia have fairly sophisticated
scanning equipment in their suits, more than enough to note the absolute
lack of EM transmissions and improbability of Ranma's 'weapon system'.   

 On

top of that any serious (probably ultrasonic or x-ray) scan would reveal
Ranma to be more organic than a 33-S and force the KS to at least   

retreat

until they could figure out exactly what they are dealing with.
	Odds of KS recognising Ranma as human: 65% (more if they bother
talking to him)

2 things - 1st the author used the cop out that ranma's incredibly high   
Ki
was blocking thier sensors (its written in there) 2nd as soon as somebody   
said
something out loud they all realised that a mistake had been made -   
remember
the KS were talking over thier radios for the first 75% of this fic and   
even Nene
didn't say anything once her helmet was off.

Kent Armstrong (ignore anything below this line - sorry but my mailer ISP   

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