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[bedlamsbard]

Space: Above and Beyond makes me want to write fic, which I am going to nobly restrain myself from doing until I finish watching the series (only one season, wah).

Also, I so totally have my Washington state driver's license. Go me!

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[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

*facepalm* Sherman. It's Sherman. Drew's no less stubborn, but he's slightly more flexible.

I don't ask the easy questions. Thank you! I was figuring Texas was better than Colorado because it's closer to NASA, and Spaceforce was originally a part of NASA.

That's one of the things I've been trying to figure out. I'm almost certain it's not, but it's -- sort of -- like Iraq (not a political statement, not a political statement!). After the first few years, it got really, really controversial, and the President got elected on a platform of calling the troops back. When they didn't come, it was quickly hushed up. So, three years after that, it's common knowledge, but it most of it is classified. It's also become largely a non-issue, I think.

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

But how much of the Rokassa mission is classified? Like, going back to Iraq (ditto on the not a political statement...!), we don't know all the details that are going on there. Lots of battles are happening and people are dying, and we only know the very basics.

I love the NASA in Houston, but the one in Tittusville, Florida is definitely better. I wanted to go into astrophysics for the longest time, so I used to spend all of my time looking stuff up about all-things-NASA.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Everything except the very barest of facts. I'm going back a decade or so and trying to figure out how America got involved in the war in the first place, and my very sketchy outline at the moment involves an economic connection between the Confederate planets and the U.S. -- technology for something (probably not yet soldiers). Later, America officially entered the war on the side of the Confederacy. At this point in time, what had been released to the press was that America had made contact with an alien species, our allies, who were under attack by a much greater alien species -- which always leads to propaganda on someone's part for America to go help. When troops were sent, that was in the press too, but I'm pretty sure there weren't any reporters sent to Rokasa.

So, going back to your initial question, nearly everything except "We went to help our allies, soldiers died, the new president tried to pull our troops out but the wormhole failed and we were unable to make contact with Rokasa for three years." Yeah, the White House totally lied to the American people.

I know next to nothing about NASA except "spaceships. Oh yeah, and that astronaut who was just arrested for stalking and kidnapping."

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

So if McAuliffe shows up to her high school reunion in her dress blues (blues? reds? red, right?), and says she's a member of Spaceforce, everyone will be like "Ooh, you fought aliens!"?

I heart NASA. Lotsa big shinies. Also, I have a curse with them, since both the Challenger and the Columbia blew up over my head (one in Florida, and the other over Dallas). I'm just waiting for it to happen over Ottawa.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Well, she went to a high school for geniuses, so it'll be more like, "You?! In the field? No." And, "What, Shelton, you joined the military?" It's much more impressive once she nearly shoots someone.

...I could have one of the Spaceforce/Imperial/Big Bad ships blow up over Ottawa. If they ever get to Earth.

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

That would be tragic and awesome. Poor Canadians, they only have, like, one tank and a handful of old airplanes. They wouldn't know how to respond to something like that...



(OMG JOKE, any Canadians who are reading this. Really. Well, mostly...)

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

*snort*

Typical American superiority complex. Yay us! Or should it be, Yay US!?

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

*dies*

LAME. And yet awesome.

But it's kinda true. Even Canadians make fun of their own military. But they still like to hold it over the Americans that they burned our White House down in 1812.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

*waves hand* Bah, Canada. America won the War of 1812 (and a pointless war it was, too. Didn't accomplish anything).

[limmenel.livejournal.com]

My (Canadian) friend said "Eh?" in response to this when I showed it to her. Oh, Canadians, such a silly peoples.