M Fnord - first of all, thank you so much for the breakdown. It's much easier to follow like that.
For myself, I'd fall in the Non-aligned category, with the zwilnik encounter as part of my personal knowledge.
As far as breaking this down into our own forum...I lean towards yes, though I'd prefer to see one main thread continue for the story proper. Use other threads for ship info and discussions on tech and the like, but the energy behind the story seems to work better in a single thread, I think. If the thread starts to get too long, break it off and start a new one, just to keep them of manageable size.
Quote:Well, after having a friend run energy calculations for me, there was probably less usable pieces left of the RV that I'd have thought at the beginning, so we didn't go to SSX Base. Since the zwilnik threatened friends and clients, and I can't be sure he was the only one, I'd have at least passed warnings of possible trouble to them. Closest friends - Megan the Cat Lady and Fred - would've been told the most. Other friends and single/small clients would've been warned of potential trouble, but no details. Larger clients - the Mars Terraformers - would not have been warned, since I'd view them as too large to target efficiently. So, I hope this helps.
* At least one wannabe zwilnik approached the top biomod expert in the Main Belt about working on thionite derivitives, and got his ship blown apart for his trouble. AFAICT, nobody except said expert (who's dealng with, ah, personal problems at the moment) knows this.
For myself, I'd fall in the Non-aligned category, with the zwilnik encounter as part of my personal knowledge.
As far as breaking this down into our own forum...I lean towards yes, though I'd prefer to see one main thread continue for the story proper. Use other threads for ship info and discussions on tech and the like, but the energy behind the story seems to work better in a single thread, I think. If the thread starts to get too long, break it off and start a new one, just to keep them of manageable size.