LOL Spank! Maybe so, but we rule the universe, just don't you forget it!

Yeah I get attached to my ships too but ships ARE for losing. No risk..no excitement...and that is why we play, no? I can't imagine feeling so unproductive in RL that you have to play a game to feel that way--which is what I imagine the case to be for a lot of the really rabid carebear types--esp. those that got so butthurt over Hulkageddon I and II.

hee hee love you, Hel! Happy to oblige.

Oh really? Now that sounds intriguing.

There's never any shortage of skill training choices but one thing I like now is training L5 skills...set 'em and forget 'em for several days to weeks.

GREAT job organizing this event, Helicity and keeping the energy going. You deserve a medal! I have really enjoyed checking the killboard several times a day...what a great result!

Grrrrrr *shakes fist* I'm going to make you pay for your insolence at FF. You just wait!

It's really nice to get a simple, straightforward assessment of the current situation from someone who isn't embroiled in the details of history. I look forward to more updates along these lines.

It's 86 days to train Jump Drive Calibration to IV, Black Ops to IV, and Jump Portal Gen to IV. Hmmmm 3 months. Not really sure it's worth it but 2/3 of that training time is also applicable to flying other capital ships so it's not a bad investment.

*snickers*

Thanks for the mention, Galen. Another comment related to yours...after a post is written, don't be afraid to "fix" little typos or tighten up the writing so long as it doesn't change the meaning. Some people treat published posts as they are engraved in stone but you're doing future readers a favor by making each post as good as it can be. Sometimes, the final polish has to be applied after you click Publish.

Your fiction is really good. Don't sell yourself short! Personally, I am not very good about keeping up with serialized fiction published on blogs. I get busy or distracted and then forget an installment or two or miss the whole series altogether. DOH! It's really nice when folks provide a completed series as a PDF that I can download and read offline on my iTouch. Or...a collection of links so that I can blitz it by reading a series all at once.