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    New Rank Titles for Noble - Dilanette

    Yeah, I'd swap out 'Dandy' for 'Scoundrel', that's work.
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    New Rank Titles for Noble - Dilanette

    I would do it like this: 1. Layabout 2. Rascal 3. Wastrel 4. Fop 5. Scoundrel 6. 'Gentleman' [with extra sarcasm]
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    New Rank Titles for Noble - Dilanette

    And Rank 6 HAS to be 'Flashman'.....
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    Space News #9

    An update I just saw today. The PRC's space agency has launched an unmanned 'lifeboat' to rendezvous with the Tiangong Station, where 3 'taikonauts' have been stranded for a week. The crew of Mission Shenzhow-21 will return to Earth as scheduled in Spring 2026. Link below...
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    HAPPY THANKSGIVING [from WKRP]

    This bit has been a Hicks family tradition literally since the day it aired. Think of it as a black humor version of watching the Ten Commandments on Easter :p Enjoy!
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    Ask MongooseMatt ANYTHING!!!

    EVERY spacehand has 'housekeeping' work available at all times. Maintenance, cleaning, painting, classes, briefings, 'dog and ponii' shows, there is always plenty for the spacer with time on their hands to do... [PROTIP: ALWAYS go about like you're on your way to do something, ALWAYS have a...
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    Ask MongooseMatt ANYTHING!!!

    So how are things looking for The Relief of Novy Kyiv? End of the month?
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    Space News #9

    This was just announced so I don't know who is gonna be available to help. The Russians usually have something on the pad, but I don't know who might have something launch-ready within the time window.
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    So are we 'officially' at TL 8.25 or what?

    It never is evenly distributed. That's why we were all agog when DGP's World Builder Handbooks divided the TLs of worlds into categories.
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    Space News #9

    Three Chinese 'taikonauts' are stranded in space after their return capsule was hit by debris. https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/three-chinese-astronauts-stranded-in-space-after-debris-hits-their-return-capsule
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    If you ever wanted to know the origins of the concept for the Aslan...

    We certainly have stereotypes and cliches and oftentimes those cliches are negative. This is part of humanity's subconscious habit of categorizing everything in terms of 'Us' and 'Them'. And, of course, most stereotypes have a kernel of truth buried in them somewhere. What I object to in the...
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    2300 AD Crawler and Death Sled

    Vehicles of the Frontier: - Crawler I, pg 74 - Crawler II, pg 76 - Death Sled, pg 77
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    If you ever wanted to know the origins of the concept for the Aslan...

    AoCS v. 1 says that some lineages of Aslan have long tails and some have stubbed tails in the same way some Humans are blonde and some are brunettes. Culturally it doesn't matter but I have no doubt that there are some Aslan males who vainly gloat over the thickness of their mane or the size of...
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    If you ever wanted to know the origins of the concept for the Aslan...

    Yeah, the average Aslan male is supposed to 2.1 m tall and 95-110 kg. And they don't look like a bad guy from some third rate anime mag either. I've always objected to Mongoose's portrayal of Aslan as 'Capt. Kirk throwing a temper tantrum like a two year old'. If I am supposed to treat the Aslan...
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    If you ever wanted to know the origins of the concept for the Aslan...

    In a con panel Chuck Gannon described alien generation in the 70s and 80s something like this: 'Marc and GDW started with easy to understand aliens and they got progressively stranger. First the Vargr... basically 'werewolves'. Then the Aslan... samurai cats. Then the Zhodani... this fed...
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