I wanted to do a story that expressed the outer limit of the GOC's technological expertise, and one that didn't involve killing. The details I blame on playing a ton of Kerbal Space Program, and watching a ton of documentaries about the space race.
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To boldly go where no one has gone before. Then, make out.
Actually, that's why I originally netural'd it. I was reading it, like:
Oh, he better hadn't fuck the boss at the end in a really forced and cheesy way.
And then he fucked the boss at the end, in a really forced and cheesy way.
Other than that, I liked it, but not quite enough to upvote. Nah, fuck it. That bit, and some concerns about a GOC that might get even more OP than some portrayals of the Foundation, I liked it. So +1.
This is really good. Aside from all the cool little insights embedded in this story, I found the characters very likeable - which is rare in a relatively short story like this. The last 'pervert' thing was a bit wacky, but I have to admit, I laughed.
I like it. One small question, though -
In "Strike", we had this little bit of dialog
"Why don't they just teleport them onto the ground?" the sniper wondered. "Would save them the HALO jump."
"Margin of error," Spider explained. "Despite our best efforts, we can still be up to ten meters off target. If those ten meters put you underground …"
So how did they manage to drop this shipment right on the target?
Perhaps since this is less of an emergency situation, with more time for set up and a receiving circle on the other end, margin of error is minimized or all out eliminated.
You have to consider the difference in size of the casting, as well as how many thumatologists were involved. They also took a lot more time to do so.
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