And hi to both of you!
Hey, Larry!
Figured I'd jump in on this discussion for a bit.
Jump in as much as you want. I, for one, won't complain.
More than difficult, it'd be suicidal. ^_^
Now that I think about it, they could use the Prometheus, and create a
Prometheus Maneuver! Talk about alt unis...
Now, THAT would be difficult... The Daedalus was actually an assault
ship, not an aircraft carrier, so it had landing doors in the bow. The
Prometheus was an aircraft carrier, so if they pulled a "Prometheus
attack", they'd have to blow a very large hole in the front of the ship
so they could attack through it. That'd play havoc on the old air-tight
seal, eh? ^_~
Heh. Well, I imagine that if they could rebuild an entire city, pull off a
modular transformation, and create an force field, modifying a carrier
wouldn't be so impossible.
Besides, we've already had that Thor-class discussion before, ne? ^_~
I think the reflex cannons, laser cannons, light lasers, laser turrets,
missile turrets, and thousands of battlepods they contain have something
to do with it...
As many before me have said: Silly-looking? Of course... But I wouldn't
tell that to a Zentraedi commander if I were you.
Very true. They don't have to look spiffy to kick ass! Besides, it's
not like the Zentraedi had a lot of choice in the matter, since they
couldn't build ships themselves.
True, true. The Robotech Master had no fashion sense, I tell you.
Er... Yes--and no. I had this same discussion with one of my prereaders.
That was me. See? Told ya!
Hey! I have one big, beautiful explanation to back up my usage of that word,
y'know? Right here:
Y'see, while it's true that both the Imperial and the Grand Fleet are
immensely larger than this one, I believe they had never been used
before. Dolza says as much when he arrives to Earth, and is very
surprised
about the power of his own armada, remember? I called it the largest
Zentraedi armada ever "reunited", and that may be the problem. Ever
"deployed", perhaps?
Um, I've heard "dimensions" used as synonym for "size" and "extent" many
times before. Like in: "A problem of enormous dimensions." So, unless the
adjective ("galactic" in this case) makes that structure impossible, it
should work all right. I'll check it up.
I didn't mention that one when prereading because it is a valid
expression. It's just a matter of personal preference which one you say.
Then I'll leave "dimensions", I think. For some reason, it sounds better to
me than "proportions".
encountered one of the true horrors of life: an enthusiastic woman.
A terror that every anime male shares.
For reasons beyond my grasp...
You're still young. You'll learn...
This is my philosophy: it's much better an enthusiastic woman, than no woman
at all.
My bad! This was the problem. In my initial draft, I used only feminine
pronouns for the whole scene. However, one of my prereaders believed it
was confusing, especialy because it was the first time I mentioned Ranma
in
this chapter. Another good point he made is that I shouldn't assume that
readers would remember that Ranma was in a she in that moment, as that
had happened last chapter.
That was me again. However, I won't take the rap for this one,
because what I said was to change ALL of the references to Ranma to
male, and simply say that he was in female form at the time. You wrote
back and told me that you'd decided to use male pronouns in the first
few paragraphs, and then switch to female after that. So it's all your
fault, nyah, nyah! ^_^
Never! ^_^
Seriously, I must've misunderstood you. Next time, let me know when that
happens. As it is, I'll use femenine pronuons, so to avoid sentences like:
"Ranma stared at his breasts." That sounds plain wrong to me.
As you may recall, my reasoning for the change was to avoid the
confusion between references to Ranma and Lena, which your version ended
up keeping.
Actually, I thought you wanted me to use them in the first paragraphs and
then make that reference to him being in his cursed form. Oh, well, what's
done, is done.
Oh, well. Now that you've stubbed your toe on it, you should remember
next time! ^_~
I will, I will! And even if I don't, I'm sure you'll make me. ^_^
So I changes all the feminine pronouns (if you say I changed in
mid-sentence, then I must've forgotten some) and made that reference
about
'I really should already have answers for this kind of
questions,' Ranma thought, silently berating herself. "Uh, well,"
I could kick myself, because I always forgot to mention this one: the
phrase should be either "these kind of questions" or "this kind of
question". You've got a plural ending on 'question' that isn't supported
by the rest of the sentence.
Yes, I see. Consider it fixed.
Kyle, dear Ranma, is the guy we all want you to go and kick square in
the nuts. Trust us, you'll enjoy it as much as we would. He's an ass.
I'm
pretty sure Kuno could (and WOULD) beat him like a human pinata.
Is it me, or you really hate Kyle? ^_^
So what's not to hate? He went from being a bitter, angry, abusive
young man to being a bitter, angry, abusive young drunkard without ever
lightening up into 'bearable' at any point I can remember!
Well, we didn't see him for two whole years. Maybe he was a good guy then!
...But I doubt it. ^_^
No, there's no such thing as "defold" activity. Like how nobody can
ever un-explode a bomb. Folding is folding, no matter what end of it
you're watching.
I have to disagree with this one. There very definately is such a
thing as a 'defold'. The ships perform a 'fold' operation to get into
hyperspace, which they can travel through for a considerable amount
of time, depending
on how far they want to go. The 'defold' back into normal space is a
seperate operation. In Macross terms, a 'fold' is specifically entering
hyperspace from normal space, and a 'defold' is specifically entering
normal space from hyperspace.
As far as I can recall, they didn't have to maintain themselves in
hyperspace once they'd performed a fold, so if they didn't defold, they'd
theoretically stay in hyperspace forever. For an example from another
series that used the same concept, look at Babylon 5.
Well, this was exactly my theory, and it was backed up for two people
already, so I'll keep "defold".
Ah, yes, I will correct this. In fact, it's a very good suggestion, as
it'd give the readers some reference on the timeline.
Definately. I missed the time cue entirely, and thought this scene
was supposed to be on the same day as the rescue.
Will correct it. After all, about a week passed from the moment when Rick
and Minmei were found to the modular transformation.
Um, I don't know about Roy. In fact, as you well know, I hadn't
remembered about his martial arts background until you told me. So
I'm going to take advantage of the lack of referenced and punctual
information to make as good as I want. ^_^
But, taking into account that brawl at the White Dragon (the day Kyle
arrived to the SDF-1, IIRC), Kyle is definitely a better fighter than
Max.
Since they never fought against each other, we may never know...
Well, in that particular fight, Kyle fared much better than Max. Besides,
after the brawl, Max himself told Rick, referring to Kyle: "He's got moves
_I_ never saw before."
Hand-to-hand combat was Max's specialty. He really wasn't much better
than Rick at shooting (if at all), but he was excellent at dodging incoming
fire, and once he'd closed on the enemy, he tore into them so fast that it
was hard to follow his movements.
Yep, that's our Max. As I once heard: "unleashed lightning."
Only Miriya could come close to
matching him in close combat, and even she finally had to give it up as
a lost cause (she surrendered to him, on the basis of 'if you can't beat
him, marry him').
COLOGNE: Smart girl...
Presumably, he's got the martial arts skills to base his fighter
combat skills on, so I think he'd be an excellent choice if you want
someone to make Ranma break a sweat in a sparring match.
Maybe in the future I could include some scenes with them in the dojo, yes.
Heheh. If you keep this up, I may try to show the good, benevolent and
honourable side of Kyle's character, just to piss you off... That is, if
he actually has one. ^_^
He kept it _very_ well hidden.
Heheh. He was so good at hiding it, everybody hate him. ^_^
There will be changes, as that's what crossovers are all about. In my
rush to get to the funny, interesting parts, however, I rushed Ranma's
internal struggle and forgot about Rick and Lisa--my bad, again.
Rushing Ranma's internal struggle is my beef with the scene; it still
seems like he came to the decision to join the RDF too abruptly. Really,
with his past in this story, it should have taken him a week or two after
Roy brought up the subject, and I really think he'd need a better reason
than anything shown in this chapter.
Yes, I know what you mean. In fact, I've decided to modify the nature of his
decision. It's too soon for him to become a pilot.
Of course, I've said all that before...
Yes, you have, my faithful prereader. I won't fail you! There WILL be
changes, just wait.
Well, this is it. Larry is great; he prereads, hosts my stories, and then
sends public C&C. What else could I possibly ask?
See you, and stay tuned for the revision!
Latin_D