Forgot one very important point in my author's notes, which was then
pointed out to me by an alert reader (You know who you are... thanks
again).

I have not seen Bubblegum Crash.  I have no real desire to.  Evidently
the hardsuit configurations change during that story (along with a lot
of the characters' personalities...), and those changes are incompatible
with what I have written.  Taking that into account, I am ignoring the
events of BG Crash in this story.

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