robkelk Wrote:Is this something that you need for a story, Ace? Delving too deeply into the JFM might cause a few problems for one of my plotlines...I'd find it very useful as Arthur, after his period of captivity just before OGJ/the Boskone War, was looking hard for some Fen who had done thorough research into the JFM.
My working name for the man he found is 'Student'.
He's a sort of Mad who is a (secret) stalker of the Professor, as far as his tech goes. He has a secret collection of replicated devices, which work as close as he can manage to the originals. Fortunately, Student has some morals and ethics in terms of what he's prepared to do in replicating the Professor's work, and in who he is prepared to release his own research to. In his 'day job' Student moderates a Interwave discussion forum on the wave tech that the Professor has come up with.
I'm also working on the theory that there are less ethical followers of the Professor's work, and that his 'bodyguards' may have had to deal with some of these. JF, unfortunately, has no such protection (as far as I know). Unless the tracking device in his leg bone isn't just there for the Professor's convenience...
But, I don't plan any stories on JF, though he may or may not be mentioned in discussions between Arthur and Student, depending on how building the JFM works.
Hopefully that makes sense...
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