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Teaser and the Firecat.
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Chapter: Affair of Honor
Characters: capt mike, Flame, sally, Slinom, Smoke, Taritha
Location: Ptero, street
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  1. rob stanley
    February 8, 2023, 20:44 | # | Reply

    now all we need for “Teaser and Firecat” , is a “Moonshadow”.

    • Scarsdale
      February 8, 2023, 20:59 | # | Reply

      Good Lawd, I haven’t heard that song in ages!
      Not even sure if I remember them…

      • TubT
        April 8, 2024, 09:17 | # | Reply

        Cat Stevens’ work disappeared from most airwaves for about 10 years after he made some unfortunate political and religious statements.

    • Petercat
      February 9, 2023, 05:51 | # | Reply

      “Moonshadow” and “The Wind” are flying high guard.

      • President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal B Woodman Domestic Violent Extremist SuperStraight
        February 9, 2023, 06:23 | # | Reply

        And where is “Peace Train”?

        • Petercat
          February 9, 2023, 07:32 | # | Reply

          Overhead.

          “I’m glidin’ in the beautiful sky,
          It’s such a clear day.”

          Come Fly Away
          Benny Benassi, Channing

          • me
            February 9, 2023, 09:36 | # | Reply

            Does anybody remember that song by Pink Floyd,
            that started with a little child saying
            something like
            “Look Mommy, there’s an aeroplane in the sky”?

            • Scarsdale
              February 9, 2023, 10:41 | # | Reply

              I know it, I used to have the album,
              I think it was “clear blue sky”
              but I might be wrong.
              It’s been years and years ago.

            • Scarsdale
              February 9, 2023, 10:44 | # | Reply

              And I think it was “Look mommy, there’s no aeroplane up in the sky”

              • me
                February 9, 2023, 10:56 | # | Reply

                It was “Good bye blue sky” from “The Wall” and it definitely was
                “There’s AN aeroplane up in the sky”.

                (The song sounds like somebod’s childhood memory of an air
                raid, at least in part)

                • Scarsdale
                  February 9, 2023, 14:15 | # | Reply

                  I’ll have to give it another listen, but the entire album is the
                  story of “Pink’ and his fall into madness. That song was set
                  in the time during the London Blitz. “The Wall” is the mental
                  wall he built around his mind to protect himself, and it was
                  broken due to the fact he called his wife and a man answered,
                  twice. Watch the movie based on the music, it explains much.

                  • me
                    February 9, 2023, 14:45 | # | Reply

                    Exactly. That bombing is “just another brick in the wall” for him.

                    (And if you remember the movie – you might recall the piece
                    of it to the song “Good-bye blue sky.”)

                • Scarsdale
                  February 9, 2023, 14:22 | # | Reply

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn6YnUt4Vuk
                  He does say “there’s no plane”

                  • me
                    February 9, 2023, 14:53 | # | Reply

                    Ok. I’m still hearing “Look, Mommy, there’s an
                    aeroplane up in the sky” …

                    The kid’s slurring pretty badly, tho.
                    Like “There’s’n-naeroplane upin the sky”

                    But if you listen to the background –
                    you can here those bomber engines approaching
                    (clearly some large darkly humming propeller
                    driven aircraft, at least).

                    Also that fits way better to the the lyrics
                    which follow immediately after.

                    • me
                      February 9, 2023, 15:12 | #

                      On 2nd thought it makes sense either way.

                      I hear a naive little kid fascinated with what he has
                      yet learn to fear, you hear a kid that’s relieved for the
                      short moment of peace between two air-raids.

  2. Scarsdale
    February 8, 2023, 20:57 | # | Reply

    I love the call signs! So Sally is a newsie? Could be good or bad,
    depends on what kind she is, a true reporter or a ratings monger.

    Yeah, I figured he was going to go down the “bribe’ route,
    I’m a bit surprised he didn’t ask for one, but that might still
    happen. It is a sweet deal, to be the first to get the benefits
    of low shipping costs without excessive taxation.

  3. Rick
    February 8, 2023, 21:34 | # | Reply

    I loved that album. Still have the original vinyl.

  4. me
    February 9, 2023, 00:34 | # | Reply

    Vairation on the classical “Prisoner Dilemma”.

    If all of them stayed “true” to each other they might win.

    But the first to break the front does get an advantage,
    and the remaining ones are punished.

    • Dreamfox
      February 9, 2023, 09:24 | # | Reply

      There is also the question if she is bluffing in how
      prepared they are. Of course only someone completely
      crazy would try a bluff on that scale.

      Of course the incentives are much more far reaching than
      these 5 freighters. Win or loose, it is likely that the
      other 7 Core Worlds will loose some of their freighters
      during the war, and considering that everyone will want
      to lease freighters from the Empire, there will be a
      waiting list. To rebuild the Core Worlds on the loosing
      side need to buy freight space wherever they can and if
      your Core World was neutral, you have freight space to
      sell at a very high price. On top of that, the Fringe
      Worlds will start building a stellar industry of their
      own. Just to keep up the Core Worlds will have to do the same.

      So the question is not if one of the Core Worlds breaks rank,
      but when. Sooner or later the other Core Worlds will come to
      a similar conclusion. Ser Slinom can give his people a head
      start in the considerations, but as soon as this offer gets
      out, the others will hit on the idea that the Empire is
      prepared for the conflict and they are not.

      This offer is pure evil. Now the Core Worlds will have to
      consider the possibility that they might loose this conflict.
      I love it.

      • Scarsdale
        February 9, 2023, 14:28 | # | Reply

        She did say lease, not sell. And I feel she means those freighters
        will only carry the items, not be manned by the leaser. That way
        their tech is safe and IMM has control over what is shipped, if
        they want to arm a planet. they will have to carry it themselves.

        • Dreamfox
          February 9, 2023, 16:56 | # | Reply

          My wording was a little confused.
          After the war the Fringe Worlds will probably lease all the freighters
          the Empire can lease out. At least for a while I’m guessing that there
          will be a waiting list.

          But the Core World that stayed neutral, can not only lease 5 freighters
          from the Empire, but their own ships will all be intact. So they can
          transport goods for anyone willing to pay the astronomic prices.
          And considering what we have seen? The loosing Core Worlds will
          need every bit of freight space they can get their hands on no matter
          the cost Not only need they to rebuild their fleet, but they also need
          ships to build their own in-system infrastructure.
          Ships the Core Worlds on the loosing side no longer have.

          At least for a while.

        • JasonAW3
          February 9, 2023, 17:45 | # | Reply

          Could be that they are going to “black box” the tech
          so that if you try to open it, it self destructs.

      • me
        February 9, 2023, 15:20 | # | Reply

        The part about the question not being if someone breaks but
        when – that is in essence the classical dilemma.

        Each of the accused knows that the first one to make deal will
        get the softest punishment.

        And they each know, that the police won’t stop until one of them
        breaks.

        That aside, the offer is cunning, yes.
        But pure evil? No. She’s offering them a way to cut their losses.
        She might even indicated (a few panels back) that the
        Empire doesn’t necessarily seek the conflict.

        So Mr. Sharkhead has three options:
        stay with the rest of the Core,
        calling her bluff if you will.
        Or he could take her up on her offer.

        He might even tell her they’d be open for
        negotiations on some level or the other.

        • Dreamfox
          February 9, 2023, 16:48 | # | Reply

          The thing with the prisoner’s dilemma is if both stay true to each other.

          Here we have the suggestion that the Empire will win anyway. No
          matter what the prisoners do. If she is not bluffing, one Core World
          staying neutral might not change the war that much.
          If that is the case, it suddenly becomes a question of what is going
          to happen after the war. The Core Worlds already lost the Dogusians
          as ground troops and the Empire doesn’t have the capability to
          land troops to conquer other worlds. So the war might be over when
          one side does or threatens orbital bombardment.
          So everything comes down to ships. Who wins in space? And if the
          Empire is as prepared as she says?

          • me
            February 9, 2023, 23:53 | # | Reply

            Of course she claims to win either way. But does that
            mean Ol’ Slimy has to buy it?

            … actually that’s still pretty much the situation of suspect ./. police.
            I’m rather sure that they’d also claim “we’ll get your sorry ass into jail
            anyway, and you know it”

      • Bill Mullins
        February 10, 2023, 06:37 | # | Reply

        In my experience it is much easier to bluff when you’re
        holding a pat hand. The Empire has had ample opportunity to observe
        Xanadu space tech. The core worlds have not had similar opportunities.
        If Slinom has any brains in that oddly shaped head he will realize
        how poor his hand truly is. One hopes he’ll understand that his
        people and the other Core Worlders have already lost and his best
        bet will be to cut as good a deal for his world as possible.

  5. notStanley
    February 9, 2023, 15:37 | # | Reply

    >once this conflict is decided
    >neutral world will be able to lease
    >first five freighter to be available for lease

    Who judges when “decided” happens?

    Suspect allies will be getting help during the conflict.

    And even after “decided”, allies will continue seniority
    preferential treatment before anything is released to
    those that were merely “neutral”.

    • Bill Mullins
      February 10, 2023, 06:55 | # | Reply

      “Who judges when ‘decided’ happens?”
      My bet would be the Empire. They’re the ones with the pat hand. I
      have trouble believing the core worlds’ economies are so shaky that
      effective competition will truly be devastating. Enormously painful,
      very possibly, but not devastating. I suspect it will be the fat
      cats at the top of the heap on those worlds – primarily business
      folk reaping obscene profits from their monopolistic tactics and
      politicians in the pockets of said merchants – who will be the most
      affected. When you go from obscene profit margins to more reasonable
      margins it hurts but the best business folk will recover and –
      eventually – prosper. The ones I feel for on the core worlds are the
      common folk, the rank and file. Their cost of living is going to
      skyrocket. But there is no helping that.

  6. President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal B Woodman Domestic Violent Extremist SuperStraight
    February 9, 2023, 22:33 | # | Reply

    “Make sure you get my good side”
    hehehehe Spoken like a true hotshot pilot

    • Scarsdale
      February 10, 2023, 10:59 | # | Reply

      I’m willing to bet Firecat IS a cat, would make for an
      interesting conversation to say the least.

  7. JasonAW3
    February 10, 2023, 14:58 | # | Reply

    Sky falling? Ok, I suspected a high velocity kinetic impactor, but WHOA!

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