Douglas A. Reeves wrote:

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

For the record, the character's personalities don't really change.
Linna gets a job as a stockbroker, and seems a little greedier.  
The problem with Priss is not that her
personality changes, but that it doesn't change.  Her perspective on
Boomers is as if she'd never met Syvie.  Nene is still cute and chirpy,
but she's more effective in combat.  Sylia's basicly the same.

Perhaps the most changed character is Leon, who seems less capable, and 
less sure of himself.  He seems to be giving way to despair.

Anyone who told you that there are significant changes in the characters 
was operating off their preconceptions rather than really paying 
attention.  

What is changed in Crash, is the environment.  Megatokyo appears 
cleaner, less polluted, sunnier and has a lot more boomers which aren't
as smart but are infinitely more useful than Crisis boomers, which were 
good for nothing except causing mayhem.

with what I have written.  Taking that into account, I am ignoring the
events of BG Crash in this story.

What's the address of the spam list again?  Could someone tell me?