Proginoskes Wrote:Actually, objection withdrawn. There is absolutely nothing wrong with having the fable told as part of some public formal ceremony some time after Bootup as well. Mel didn't hear it during her Bootup, so the formal version utterly fails to impress. That makes perfect sense.
Welll... I was kinda hesitant to say this because I do like the story and I do like Mel as a character, but.
The reverse-lullabye, the history of the space shuttle program as related from one generation of Orbiter to the next, is a very important part of their cultural identity, as it were. Thing is, it's also a very private part of their cultural identity. While there's something of a formalish 'welcome to the family' thing once the Orbiter in question is awake, the story is for the Orbiters themselves, not outsiders.
Oh, there's a few non-Orbiters who might guess there's some ancient wisdom being passed down upon inception, and there's one or two who know. (I can think of three off the top of my head, one established character, one half-established character and one we've only seen in a teaser.) By and large, though, the fable isn't known outside the clan.
(There's something amusing about creating Eleusinian Mysteries for space shuttles.)
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