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Re: 18 Hours Left
Posted By: Hamish SinclairDate: 12/22/02 6:32 a.m.

In Response To: 18 Hours Left (poena.dare #CP#)

: Good try, Hamish, let's look at the quote from the manual: You hit the
: switch for open communication, "Colony station, Durandal just
: decompressed the landing bay. Marathon, anyone listening, we are having a
: problem with Docking Bay one.

: Do we write "Los angles" or "Saint paul" or "West
: memphis"? I don't think so. Capitalization of proper nouns is
: practically reflexive for us all. Surely, if that was the name of the
: colony it would have been written "Colony Station". Hmm?

: So maybe the name was simply "Colony"? But I think that's silly.

: Regardless, Bugnie has hinted that the Marathon served as some sort of base
: after the colonists set down. Read this snip from Bungie's original web
: page: STATUS REPORT

: At 0820 hours the UESC Marathon Space Station came under surprise attack by
: unknown alien forces. You were returning from the colony in a shuttle that
: was also attacked. Your escape pod reached the Marathon 30 minutes after
: the attack started. There have been numerous security breaches all over
: the station. The spaceport on the planet below was destroyed by low yield
: nuclear weapons minutes after the attack on the Marathon began, but the
: aliens seem to be more interested in the station. Most communications with
: the colonists have been interrupted because the medium range radio antenna
: has been disabled.

: So when our hero was calling "colony station," he was talking to
: someone aboard Marathon, not the colony. This also makes sense to me - why
: complain down-stairs to the colony about Docking Bay One and a
: malfunctioning AI? Wouldn't it make more sense to tell someone up-stairs
: who could possibly be there to help?

: Ooops, it says right there in the manual text. Right there in that first snip
: our hero says, "Marathon, anyone listening"...

Interesting point but I tend to think the opposite. Why does he say "WE are having a problem with Docking Bay one" (my emphasis on the 'we'). It's as if he first contacts ground control (the colony or colony station) to let them know there is a problem and then the Marathon and the 'we' refers to the player in the shuttle and colony station who are overseeing the shuttles course. Also the Marathon is referred to as 'space station' not 'colony station'. The colony is on the planet.

Of course I'm not saying the colonists never had a name for their colony. Looking forward to the name you came up with.

Cheers
Hamish

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(Marathon) Trivia Me Thispoena.dare #CP# 12/19/02 5:00 a.m.
     Re: (Marathon) Trivia Me ThisTodd 12/20/02 4:03 a.m.
           urgh, This is why I stopped doing this *NM*Alfred Mordeir 12/20/02 5:12 p.m.
                 Answer on Sunday - Stay Tuned *NM*poena.dare #CP# 12/20/02 6:14 p.m.
     (Marathon) Trivia Me This, Come On Guyspoena.dare #CP# 12/20/02 9:10 a.m.
           Re: (Marathon) Trivia Me This, Come On GuysTru7h 12/20/02 9:19 a.m.
           Re: (Marathon) Trivia Me This, Come On GuysElliott 12/20/02 10:29 a.m.
           Re: (Marathon) Trivia Me This, Come On GuysHamish Sinclair 12/20/02 10:46 a.m.
     Re: (Marathon) Trivia Me ThisPillar 12/20/02 10:23 a.m.
     Re: (Marathon) Trivia Me ThisHamish Sinclair 12/20/02 10:45 a.m.
           Re: (Marathon) Trivia Me ThisJamie K. G. 12/21/02 1:24 p.m.
           18 Hours Leftpoena.dare #CP# 12/21/02 8:44 p.m.
                 Re: 18 Hours LeftHamish Sinclair 12/22/02 6:32 a.m.
                       Re: 18 Hours Leftpoena.dare #CP# 12/22/02 11:44 a.m.
                             And the Answer is...poena.dare #CP# 12/22/02 8:15 p.m.
                                   Re: And the Reason is...? *NM* *NM*Aaron Davies 12/22/02 10:27 p.m.
                                         Re: And the Reason is...? Oh, sorry about that.poena.dare #CP# 12/22/02 11:07 p.m.
                                               Re: And the Reason is...? Oh, sorry about that.Hamish Sinclair 12/22/02 11:39 p.m.
                                                     Re: And the Reason is...? Oh, sorry about that.Vid Boi 12/23/02 6:31 a.m.
                                               Good explanation, but...ReB 12/23/02 5:40 a.m.
                                                     Re: Good explanation, but...poena.dare #CP# 12/23/02 8:06 a.m.
                                                           Re: Good explanation, but...ReB 12/23/02 10:06 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Good explanation, but... Aha!poena.dare #CP# 12/23/02 11:14 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Good explanation, but... Aha!ReB 12/23/02 12:02 p.m.
                                   Re: And the Answer is...Hamish Sinclair 12/22/02 10:37 p.m.
                                         And the Debate is...Elliott 12/23/02 8:52 a.m.
                                         Re: And the Answer is...Tru7h 12/23/02 2:43 p.m.
                                               Re: And the Answer is... SevenReB 12/23/02 4:04 p.m.
                                                     Re: And the Answer is... SevenElliott 12/23/02 11:16 p.m.
                                                           Re: And the Answer is... SevenAgent Shem 12/24/02 4:37 a.m.
                                                                 Re: And the Answer is... SevenElliott 12/25/02 8:42 p.m.
     Re: (Marathon) Trivia Me Thisarchon 12/21/02 2:00 p.m.



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