Oh, yes...
"Great. What are we going to do with these?"
Leda looked puzzled. "Is there some reason we can't install them in the Epsilon Blade?"
"Yes," replied Yayoi, Kohran, and Noah simultaneously.
After a moment, Leda asked, "And the reason is...?"
All three sighed. "Leda, can you keep a secret?"
"Of course I can, Noah."
"So can we," Kohran replied.
"You're not going to tell me?"
"We can't tell you. I'm sorry." Yayoi actually bowed to Leda.
"All right. I won't pry. For now."
Noah sighed with relief. "Thank you, darling. So, what are we going to do with these?"
After a moment, Leda said, "Our little girl's going to need a ship of her own, eventually."
"There's a thought. And we can use the ship here until she's old enough to pilot it herself. It'll need a name, of course. Let's see... delta, epsilon, zeta..."
"Delta, epsilon, digamma, zeta. Just because almost nobody uses the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet doesn't mean it doesn't exist."
Kohran grinned. "And of course you know the Greek alphabet better than we do, Leda. What's the second word in the ship's name? There's no pattern there: Delta Flyer, Epsilon Blade, Digamma... Function?"
"That's a bit odd, even for Fen," Yayoi complained. "Digamma Harmonic?"
"There's no guarantee our daughter's going to be a math geek, ladies. Hmmmmm... Digamma Village?" Everyone looked at Noah. "Well, it is number six..."
"Shut up, darling," Leda interrupted sweetly. "Digamma Darter?"
"You'd give our daughter something with the initials DD?" Noah asked. "Especially if she takes after you, physically?"
Leda grimaced. "Right. Bad idea."
Yayoi smiled. "Digamma Thunderbolt, perhaps? That recalls the speed of the flyer and the force of the blade, and it invokes nature like the Magnificent Midnight does."
The others looked at each other and smiled. "We have a winner," Noah agreed. "So, what else are we building into the Digamma Thunderbolt?"
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Quote:Hrmmmmm.... Benjamin's gift to the happily wedded couple... A pair of his special Wave-Focus ion drives, as seen on the Magnificent Midnight. While it may not provide the same kind of insane levels of speed/acceleration, Ben's pretty sure that it'll put some pep back into the step of the Epsilon Blade. Oh, and since people have been known to get headaches just looking at the guts of one of those things, free engine maintenance. Forever.
"Great. What are we going to do with these?"
Leda looked puzzled. "Is there some reason we can't install them in the Epsilon Blade?"
"Yes," replied Yayoi, Kohran, and Noah simultaneously.
After a moment, Leda asked, "And the reason is...?"
All three sighed. "Leda, can you keep a secret?"
"Of course I can, Noah."
"So can we," Kohran replied.
"You're not going to tell me?"
"We can't tell you. I'm sorry." Yayoi actually bowed to Leda.
"All right. I won't pry. For now."
Noah sighed with relief. "Thank you, darling. So, what are we going to do with these?"
After a moment, Leda said, "Our little girl's going to need a ship of her own, eventually."
"There's a thought. And we can use the ship here until she's old enough to pilot it herself. It'll need a name, of course. Let's see... delta, epsilon, zeta..."
"Delta, epsilon, digamma, zeta. Just because almost nobody uses the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet doesn't mean it doesn't exist."
Kohran grinned. "And of course you know the Greek alphabet better than we do, Leda. What's the second word in the ship's name? There's no pattern there: Delta Flyer, Epsilon Blade, Digamma... Function?"
"That's a bit odd, even for Fen," Yayoi complained. "Digamma Harmonic?"
"There's no guarantee our daughter's going to be a math geek, ladies. Hmmmmm... Digamma Village?" Everyone looked at Noah. "Well, it is number six..."
"Shut up, darling," Leda interrupted sweetly. "Digamma Darter?"
"You'd give our daughter something with the initials DD?" Noah asked. "Especially if she takes after you, physically?"
Leda grimaced. "Right. Bad idea."
Yayoi smiled. "Digamma Thunderbolt, perhaps? That recalls the speed of the flyer and the force of the blade, and it invokes nature like the Magnificent Midnight does."
The others looked at each other and smiled. "We have a winner," Noah agreed. "So, what else are we building into the Digamma Thunderbolt?"
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012