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Re: Battling On Board - Chapter 1

Posted By: WellTemperedClavier Date: 4/25/25 2:20 p.m.
In Response To: Re: Battling On Board - Chapter 1 (VikingBoyBilly)

: Hey, I read the whole chapter and what you have here is decent. It's
: interesting you chose to explore and develop the societal system the bobs
: have on the marathon.
Thanks!
: It's creepy Owen came from a creche, and I'm sure using Admiral Tfear's
: choice of words wasn't an accident. It makes it sound like they're being
: spawned in a room of test tubes, but I guess it means a baby nursery
: before the parents take them home to... uhh... their quarters on board, I
: guess.
So I'm going to be honest: creche was probably the wrong word to use. I double-checked and creche specifically means something for very young children. Owen and the other cadets are university-age, more or less, so something like that would've been pretty far back for them. "School" is probably the term I should've used (though it doesn't have that tie-in to the Hindmost Creche).
: And I think you accidentally discovered a new personality test: I'm guessing
: these go from 1-70? Accomplishment and Merit are curious ones. They're
: measuring things that they've done? I might have used vague
: "aptitute," but I think this and all the other words are
: suggesting that leela spied on everyone and is judging them by how they've
: actually behaved, a neat twist when we were led to think he was going to
: take a boring paper and pencil test. (I'm tempted to try to make one of
: those boring paper and pencil tests for this).
: Another curious pair are Empathy and Sociability being different values.
: Because we know the smooth talking cool kids can be total sociopaths, and
: the quiet loners could just be anxious.
You'll see a bit more about how the DREAMS score actually ends up working. And if DREAMS seems strange, well, it should.
: What is so bad about Morale department? I'd think they'd be in charge of
: curating all the fun stuff so they'd be the popular guys in the crew, but
: he'd rather be doing something like gardening? Interesting.
You'll learn more about why Owen objects to the Morale Department in the next chapter. Going forward, I'll post a new chapter each Sunday for as long as there's interest. I already have 15 chapters fully written, and I'm quite sure I'll finish the Marathon 1 story content by early summer. Fully planning to go forward with M2 and Infinity.
Thanks again!

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: Thanks! : So I'm going to be honest: creche was probably the wrong word to use. I : double-checked and creche specifically means something for very young : children. Owen and the other cadets are university-age, more or less, so : something like that would've been pretty far back for them. : "School" is probably the term I should've used (though it : doesn't have that tie-in to the Hindmost Creche). : You'll see a bit more about how the DREAMS score actually ends up working. : And if DREAMS seems strange, well, it should. : You'll learn more about why Owen objects to the Morale Department in the next : chapter. Going forward, I'll post a new chapter each Sunday for as long as : there's interest. I already have 15 chapters fully written, and I'm quite : sure I'll finish the Marathon 1 story content by early summer. Fully : planning to go forward with M2 and Infinity. : Thanks again!

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Battling On Board - Chapter 1	WellTemperedClavier	4/22/25 8:24 p.m.
Re: Battling On Board - Chapter 1	VikingBoyBilly	4/25/25 8:32 a.m.
Re: Battling On Board - Chapter 1	WellTemperedClavier	4/25/25 2:20 p.m.



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