[RFC][Story]It's not the speed....

[robkelk]

One idea to use or discard as you see fit, connecting to a few things already posted in this thread:

Kohran on the phone (hands-free, Bluetooth earpiece) to Mackie:

"Stop pretending you're a flesh person and use that computer brain of yours, boy! Run the numbers! You know how long the fuel feed line is. If we cut the fuel supply, how soon until the engine dies? And how soon after that do you lose hydraulics? Don't answer me, just run the numbers! How heavy is the car right now, with its current fuel load? Now, answer me these: given that mass, if you cut power at the start of the longest straightaway on your path, how fast will you be going at the end of the straightaway? And exactly where on you car is the emergency fuel shutoff valve? And when do I need to cut it so you lose hydraulics as soon as you've straightened out at the start of that longest straightaway?"

After he answers:

"Right. Jet, I'm borrowing the Highway Star."

And if the Griffon's still going fast enough that it'll catastrophically crash at the end of the straightaway (which is likely):

"Somebody find Sora Hasegawa and ask her to stand by for an emergency core-processor transplant, just in case my core case breaks. And call Makoto Miyadera on Deimos - she knows where I keep my spare bodies."

If anyone asks about spare bodies:

"I work with explosives, and I'm rich. Of course I have some spares! Although this is my best body. But not for much longer, I guess."

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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."

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