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Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*
Posted By: PerseusSpartacusDate: 1/15/13 1:11 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG* (Yossarian)

: "The result of this is a ship that, while masterfully ran, is full of
: oddities and inconsistencies, many of which can be and have been deadly.
: Case in point was the 2506 Mess Hall Tragedy in which a reactor coolant
: storage chamber had been converted into a cafeteria only four years
: pre-launch. A pressure overload, duct malfunction, and a programming
: glitch conspired to flood the mess with lava on lasagna Thursday, killing
: 148 crew and family. There are switches built high onto walls where
: mezzanines were planned but never built. Only 98.4% of the platform
: actuators installed in the Marathon have ever been accounted for, meaning
: there are possibly thousands of surfaces onboard capable of rising and
: lowering, but the inventories for these have been long lost to history.
: Add to this doors that open to sheer drops, gale force winds that can rise
: unexpectedly in service corridors, centuries-old booby traps lain by
: Martian insurrectionists, and all those dangers still undiscovered and the
: Marathon becomes a very dangerous place for the unsuspecting engineer.

: "The AI's have been invaluable in identifying the many design
: discrepancies but even they become frustrated from time to time when the
: ship's capabilities don't correspond in the way the Marathon tells them
: they should. Durandal reports that automated systems draw 2.1% more energy
: than he can account for, and Tycho from time to time detects surges and
: power draws from the reactors that he is similarly at a loss to
: explain."

: -Marathon Master Engineer Professor Orion McCray, excerpt from
: "Marathon Engineering Essentials", 10.4.2649

A long-overdue question: where is all this from? I've never seen any terminals with this stuff. If you're pulling this out of your sleeve, I'm prepared to give you a map where you are trapped in a small room with only fists, as little health as possible, and seven Troopers breathing down your neck. ;)

If you're not, I'm prepared to give you a map where you get to blow up BoBs of all varieties with impunity. And a fancy form of the word 'congratulations'.

Vale,
Perseus

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Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*PerseusSpartacus 10/18/12 10:23 p.m.
     Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG* *LINK*President People 10/18/12 11:29 p.m.
           Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*PerseusSpartacus 10/19/12 6:46 a.m.
     Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Godot 10/18/12 11:47 p.m.
     Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Craig Hardgrove 10/19/12 1:58 a.m.
           Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Godot 10/19/12 5:11 a.m.
           Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*baile045 10/20/12 8:39 p.m.
           Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*President People 10/21/12 3:31 p.m.
           Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Yossarian 10/22/12 10:39 a.m.
     Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Godot 10/19/12 6:58 a.m.
     Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Yossarian 10/22/12 11:48 a.m.
           Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Godot 10/22/12 12:19 p.m.
           Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*PerseusSpartacus 1/15/13 1:11 a.m.
                 I see you're unfamiliar with Yossarian humor *NM*Bob-B-Q 1/15/13 6:42 a.m.
                 Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Yossarian 1/15/13 8:21 a.m.
                       Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*PerseusSpartacus 1/15/13 12:07 p.m.
                             Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Yossarian 1/15/13 10:54 p.m.
                                   Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*PerseusSpartacus 1/16/13 2:48 p.m.
                                         Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Yossarian 1/16/13 3:58 p.m.
                                         Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*treellama 1/17/13 3:57 a.m.
     Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*PerseusSpartacus 3/2/13 1:10 p.m.
           Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Godot 3/3/13 3:17 a.m.
                 Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Destiny 3/3/13 12:32 p.m.
                 Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*PerseusSpartacus 3/3/13 3:14 p.m.
                       Re: M1 conversionHopper 3/3/13 7:28 p.m.
                       Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Godot 3/4/13 8:45 a.m.
                             Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*PerseusSpartacus 3/13/13 12:01 a.m.
                                   Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Godot 3/13/13 10:17 a.m.
                                         Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *PUN*Hopper 3/14/13 12:03 p.m.
                                               Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *PUN*Godot 3/14/13 12:43 p.m.
                                               Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *PUN*President People 3/14/13 1:14 p.m.
                                         Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*PerseusSpartacus 3/15/13 12:25 p.m.
                                               Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Dr. John Sumner 3/15/13 12:52 p.m.
                                               Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Godot 3/15/13 1:13 p.m.
                                                     Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*PerseusSpartacus 3/16/13 12:56 a.m.
                                                           Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Godot 3/16/13 3:49 a.m.
                                                     Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Destiny 3/16/13 7:18 a.m.
                                                           Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Godot 3/17/13 10:06 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*PerseusSpartacus 3/17/13 6:12 p.m.
                                         Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*treellama 3/19/13 3:43 a.m.
                                               Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG* *LINK*Godot 3/19/13 9:04 a.m.
                                                     Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*treellama 3/21/13 3:40 a.m.
                                                           Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*FiddlerOnARoof 3/21/13 5:59 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Destiny 3/21/13 7:05 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*FiddlerOnARoof 3/21/13 8:41 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*treellama 3/21/13 10:09 a.m.
                                                                             Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Godot 3/21/13 10:42 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Bob-B-Q 3/21/13 10:37 a.m.
                                                                             Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Hopper 3/21/13 11:22 a.m.
                                               Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Bob-B-Q 3/19/13 9:07 a.m.
                       Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Godot 3/4/13 9:11 a.m.
     Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Lion O Cyborg 4/5/16 9:46 a.m.
           Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Lion O Cyborg 4/5/16 9:48 a.m.
           Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Durandal_1707 4/10/16 7:17 p.m.
                 Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Lion O Cyborg 4/11/16 1:17 a.m.
                 Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*VikingBoyBilly 4/11/16 7:28 a.m.
                 Re: Tour of Duty - Defend THIS! *LONG*Hokuto 4/11/16 4:40 p.m.

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