Four Islands
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RE: Balance

Its been a while since I read Balance so I may be wrong, but I'm thinking 8-10. As far as I remember they had 10 crews going in, +2 additions, then ...

7 years ago
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RE: Earth-Alliance Situation

Political and Military leaders are generally very different types of people, with very different training and experience. When you put a Politician i...

7 years ago
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RE: Part II: Episode 5 Just a heads up.

Possibly reading from Part 2 on? Its not the ideal way to start reading a saga...

7 years ago
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RE: Netcast 02 Spoilers!

great little asides from the main saga. I don't think I came across that name in the main sage.

7 years ago
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RE: Part II: Episode 5 Just a heads up.

Jess's pet name for Robert, affixing the shortened Bob instead of Rob to the front of his name, to form Bobert. It could be still be a misspelling... ...

7 years ago
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RE: Balance

Makes since... got to love not loving politics! Its a nice touch also to have the Benakh captained by a Terran (well prior to Balance) calling Tau Ce...

7 years ago
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RE: Balance

The original Scout ships were launched from Earth vertically using the main engines at full burn to bring them to Orbit, where they were finished, pol...

7 years ago
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RE: Resurrection- Big Spoiler Thread..

Yeah that makes sense. I also took it that the Jung Nanites aided in tracking people, monitoring their activities, spying, and providing minor healt...

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RE: Resurrection- Big Spoiler Thread..

Yip, Guy on Scout ship, was the last person to be alone with the jump sub before they all got on board. We know that the nanites were involved, but I ...

7 years ago
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RE: Balance

Scott senior isn't a fool. If he has spoken to Scott and Jess, he knows what they sent to Gillardi was not what Gillardi gave to the Alliance council....

7 years ago
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RE: Balance

Gillardi has evidence that Miri was involved in espinage, maybe not the full video messages from Nathan/Connor but he knows she got something and that...

7 years ago
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RE: Episode 15 Thread *Spoilers Welcome*

Yeah, The Jung are not shown in a good light. In saying that, I can think of a few countries that have leaders with lesser Morals and a population tha...

7 years ago
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RE: Balance

And finished! 15 chapters, love it!!! another great read Ryk! Very hard to sleep with all that page turning! I really liked the extra detail on the PC...

7 years ago
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RE: Episode 15 Thread *Spoilers Welcome*

Its not so straight forward. Firstly you would be murdering a lot of innocent people on the Jung world too. Secondly who do you trust with the trig...

7 years ago
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RE: Next Episode

I'm a slower reader then you but yes, 3am then about the same the next night

8 years ago
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RE: Next Episode

this weekend coming will be a good one for reading!!!!

8 years ago
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RE: Next Episode

< 2 Weeks to go!!! ... ... Then its June... Heres to the grand old adventure! Of burning BBQ's and burning skin!

8 years ago
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RE: Next Episode

I just spent the last few minutes reading way to much into the art for Balance... Are those raptors attacking the Cobra base? because Eagles have a sm...

8 years ago
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RE: Next Episode

Balance can mean a number of things. To The Rebels, it could mean getting sufficient forces on side to be able to take the fight to the Dusahn. To Th...

8 years ago
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RE: Next Episode

Cannot wait for Balance Fan fic It was Morning Briefing at the Tai Ceti Cobra Training School. With the Recruits being assigned there duties for t...

8 years ago
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RE: Next Episode

when you travel at FTL speeds, you arrive before light of how you got there gets there. from the point of view of people in Sol, those ships arrived w...

8 years ago
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RE: Next Episode

As far as I remember it was built into an asteroid, and that asteroid was built into a shuttle - jump shuttle refurbishment facility. I imagine it wen...

8 years ago
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RE: Next Episode

That would be pretty sweet. It might also work as the big bad dread ship of the series that hunts down the rebel fleet... it might have significantly...

8 years ago
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RE: Next Episode

It would make sense to keep it to the Aurora, the Tanna, and a few cobra's, adding the Battleship would add a lot of firepower to the fleet but betwee...

8 years ago
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RE: Next Episode

I Think that the Dushan used there oldest most broken down ships to set off a confrontation between the Jung and the Allianc, while using their best t...

8 years ago
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RE: Update from Ryk?

Thanks Gary! Very insightful stuff!

8 years ago
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RE: The Ghatazhak aren't as effective as they once were.

Sometimes sacrificing lives can result in a more favorable outcome... doesn't always sit well with the survivors though, especially when it happens by...

8 years ago
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RE: The Ghatazhak aren't as effective as they once were.

Yeah, I still remember laughing out loud at 3am when a group of about 8 Ghatazhak troops started venting the air out of a disabled Jung Battleship... ...

8 years ago
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RE: The Ghatazhak aren't as effective as they once were.

Hi Ken, I hear what you are saying and I know what you mean, but on reading that part of the book, they mention how the mission is stealth until they ...

8 years ago
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