From: big-brain@stellvia.fen
To: nntp://fen.soc.biomods
Time: 22:38 MST (-0700)
Date: October 31, 2015
Subject: RE: Halloween, okay this isn't too bad
> Anyway, how's Halloween up among the Fen? Must be a fun time for the kinder since you can get away with much more up there than down here. That said, those 'costume' compliments? I think I might let D-friend talk me into one of the cosplay sig's group events. She'd been trying to talk me into a group play of the closing credit version of the characters from Black Cat but she's being so secret about it now I think she's found something else.
Hallowe'en is great fun! My husband and I took our one-year-old daughter out this year - an excuse to get away from the station and see how everyone else celebrates the day. We saw more than a few "Straw Hats" at Libertatia and took in a free concert at Space Station Three.
Be careful what role you play in public. A.C. Peters learned that lesson the hard way - some of my friends still call her "Sailor Mars," even after she made known her displeasure of being called that.
-L
From: Mamabear
To: nntp://fen.rocketscience.amateur
Time: 14:36 UTC
Date: January 10, 2016
Subject: RE: Avoiding the FAA's wrath
Adding to what SkyBird said about traffic in space, there are a few places you shouldn't try flying through until you're comfortable being at the controls. The obvious one is L5 - it's so crowded that there's an actual aerospace traffic control system in place, just like around the major airports on Earth. Ignore ATC at L5 and you'll probably hit someone - if you're lucky, it'll be a space rock and nobody will sue your estate for the cost of repairs. If you're unlucky, it'll be a passenger ship. If you really have to visit Genaros or Central or Abliarsec or New Yavin or Stellvia the first week you're Up, dock at Lief Erickson or Clarke County and take a taxi in - and watch how much work the pilot does.
The less-obvious one is Venus. They always - *always* - have "heavy storm" conditions. One of the reasons the Sailor Armed Militia pilots are so good is that they train in adverse conditions all the time. Get that IFR rating before you visit the Senshi.
Mars has ATC, too, but that's because of an incident back in 2013 that nearly wrecked a Shuttle with some VIPs aboard. Follow their instructions if you're near Mars; you don't want to piss off the Federation.
Oh, and bring along at least a two-way radio - a waved CB works well. The people over at Grover's Corners didn't, and they nearly caused an interfactional incident when they launched. You don't want people to worry about your intentions because you aren't answering their calls.
I hope to see you Up here soon, alive and well!
--
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
To: nntp://fen.soc.biomods
Time: 22:38 MST (-0700)
Date: October 31, 2015
Subject: RE: Halloween, okay this isn't too bad
> Anyway, how's Halloween up among the Fen? Must be a fun time for the kinder since you can get away with much more up there than down here. That said, those 'costume' compliments? I think I might let D-friend talk me into one of the cosplay sig's group events. She'd been trying to talk me into a group play of the closing credit version of the characters from Black Cat but she's being so secret about it now I think she's found something else.
Hallowe'en is great fun! My husband and I took our one-year-old daughter out this year - an excuse to get away from the station and see how everyone else celebrates the day. We saw more than a few "Straw Hats" at Libertatia and took in a free concert at Space Station Three.
Be careful what role you play in public. A.C. Peters learned that lesson the hard way - some of my friends still call her "Sailor Mars," even after she made known her displeasure of being called that.
-L
From: Mamabear
To: nntp://fen.rocketscience.amateur
Time: 14:36 UTC
Date: January 10, 2016
Subject: RE: Avoiding the FAA's wrath
Adding to what SkyBird said about traffic in space, there are a few places you shouldn't try flying through until you're comfortable being at the controls. The obvious one is L5 - it's so crowded that there's an actual aerospace traffic control system in place, just like around the major airports on Earth. Ignore ATC at L5 and you'll probably hit someone - if you're lucky, it'll be a space rock and nobody will sue your estate for the cost of repairs. If you're unlucky, it'll be a passenger ship. If you really have to visit Genaros or Central or Abliarsec or New Yavin or Stellvia the first week you're Up, dock at Lief Erickson or Clarke County and take a taxi in - and watch how much work the pilot does.
The less-obvious one is Venus. They always - *always* - have "heavy storm" conditions. One of the reasons the Sailor Armed Militia pilots are so good is that they train in adverse conditions all the time. Get that IFR rating before you visit the Senshi.
Mars has ATC, too, but that's because of an incident back in 2013 that nearly wrecked a Shuttle with some VIPs aboard. Follow their instructions if you're near Mars; you don't want to piss off the Federation.
Oh, and bring along at least a two-way radio - a waved CB works well. The people over at Grover's Corners didn't, and they nearly caused an interfactional incident when they launched. You don't want people to worry about your intentions because you aren't answering their calls.
I hope to see you Up here soon, alive and well!
--
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