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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:20 am
by StevieG
I must say that I was thrown by Director Donner too, and then was trying to make some answer pop out of the picture behind...
Ok, on to the next question!
What was the original function of what eventually became the Governing Council for Earth and Space?
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 5:01 am
by Avatar
Uh...Managing the belt mining stuff?
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:52 pm
by StevieG
Hmmm, I'll give it to you I guess
Here's the text:
During the period of Earth's history in which commercial enterprises and quasi-commercial conglomerates began to put research facilities and industrial platforms into space, most of the planet's sovereign nations slowly came to recognise the need for an agency to coordinate launches, trajectories and orbits - to ensure, for example, that corporations such as SMI and SpaceLab Inc. didn't build stations which would interfere with each other's activities, or which might - at worst - collide someday.
The original Agency was constituted as nothing more than a clearing-house for launch-and-orbit-related information; as a means for avoiding disasters.
Over to you Av!
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 4:54 am
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Hmmm, not sure I deserve it for that.
Oh well...
Hmmm...
What would Sixten's bill of severance actually do?
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:58 am
by IrrationalSanity
Not sure if you're looking for something deeper, or just tossing out a softball...
The softball answer: The bill disconnects/severs the UMCP from the UMC, and makes them accountable only to the GCES.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:23 am
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You got me, it was a softball.
Your turn.
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 11:56 am
by IrrationalSanity
Something that might be a softball, but could be one of those easy points to miss...
Other than the visible elements of the transformation itself, what was a key result common to all of animal tests of the mutagen?
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 5:01 am
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They all died?
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 11:36 pm
by Cord Hurn
They turned into primordial pools of genetic sludge?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 5:14 am
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Their intelligence increased.
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:29 am
by Shuram Gudatetris
Avatar wrote:Their intelligence increased.
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I have nothing to add to this, except that we need a new question from IrrationalSanity in the MN quiz!
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:23 pm
by StevieG
They went crazy, then died?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:42 am
by Sorus
They became Amnioni at a molecular level.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:15 am
by IrrationalSanity
Sorry for the delay - Avatar gave the answer that I was looking for - the increased intelligence, not the death
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(I love some of the other responses, though!)
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:17 am
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Oh great...
Ok...who was the first human volunteer to expose themselves to the mutagen?
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:47 am
by DocTox
Trick question, right? Only referred to as, "the woman who volunteered" who was hoping for immortality, but the irony was, "Whatever the explanation, her "immortality" could be gauged by the fact that few texts on the subject mention her by name." Further, "...until a young astronomer as crucial, and as forgotten, as the volunteer herself thought to analyze them as galactic coordinates." Forbidden Knowledge, pgs 251-253.
I don't recall Donaldson later reversing himself and giving her a name, but maybe it came up in some other context.
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:05 am
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Hahaha, great entrance to the Gap forum DocTox.
Well done. (I specifically didn't ask for a name you'll note.
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Your question, and nice to have you participating.
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:37 am
by DocTox
Okay, cool. Fact-checking my answer, I'll post the question tomorrow.
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:09 am
by StevieG
Excellent! A new contributor - and judging by your answer, you have some knowledge of the Gap series. Looking forward to your question
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 5:12 am
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Yeah...it's past tomorrow...
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