Dartz Wrote:It occurs to me that, if Arthur's active throughout 2010, and given the difficulty of getting 'wavium in ROI at the time, he'd know of the SS Ciara and the people behind her.Took me a moment, but I figured out ROI was "Republic of Ireland" and not "Return On Investment". [grin]
I'm currently assuming that Arthur got in early, and has a 'grandfathered' research and development license, for handwavium, under verified safe conditions, as long as he doesn't sell products with detectable levels of handwavium in them. Incidentally, his "Wright Phones" aren't sold, they're leased. He does pay his tax bill without complaint, and if they shut him down he can point to all the revenue they'd loose, and it's still going up. It's likely that he is a consultant to the government on handwavium, though he has to be careful what he says.
There is a good chance he knows at least some of the crew of the SS Ciara, and may have bought them a few drinks. Whether he pointed them at sources for the various strains of handwavium they needed is another matter, but, if all they wanted was the information to do it for themselves I'm guessing he could avoid breaking any laws.
I suspect that he'd watch the launch of the SS Ciara with considerable interest.
Dartz Wrote:Also, I laughed thoroughly. Because that is just such a handwavium thing to do. A sort of HRM...Thanks. Glad to entertain!
They are "Wright Frames" so anything Kevin Wright says should go!
Sorry, I don't know "HRM" except for "Human Resource Management"...
My TLA-fu isn't that good...
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