Still on the hunt for that elusive 5 star space opera though... can't ever seem to find one that I like... The elusive 5-star space opera you seek is the Jurisdiction series by Susan R Matthews, which is top-notch work. Barring that, because the first one of the series ( An Exchange of Hostages ) i...

Antkowiak wrote:It seems that Destiny is basically the American fandom's ZZ.

That's an excellent analogy. I still can't stomach ZZ, and I'm a hardcore UC guy. Well done!

DuelGundam2099 wrote:I'm starting to be convinced I am the only person on this site that did not have/find any serious issues with SEED Destiny.

You might be. I liked Seed okay, but Destiny seemed a pathetic continuation to me.

I have just finished the book Things Fall Apart, which was great and I await the sequel Things Come Back Together (joking!). I am now starting on King Lear, because I am a huge fan of old man shakespear! Before this I finished Hamlit and at the start of this lovely summer I finished Macbeth. Thus e...

the dulcet tones of a

Purportedly, some of JM Straczynski's inspiration for Bablyon 5 came after watching a bootleg of Legend of Galactic Heroes.

One more interesting source of info on postwar Federation mobile suit usage: the kit manual from the HG-UC Zaku II F2 (Federation version). After the war, these machines were captured by the Federation Forces. Due to their ease of use, they were employed by the Earth Federation Forces in every area...

Darkerangel wrote:
...if I recall, didn't AdulSwim show the black chick from Code Geass (however you spell it) boobs. They like censored her nipples with a black bar I think, but they like showed the bosoms.

Because that will totally work on Loren's ass.

Kishiria's going. I think ShadowCell is, too. I'd be there but I missed it by a week, so I'm back in TX.

Minovsky particle density is notoriously short-lived inside the atmosphere, hence the more prevalent use of radar and IR on-surface than in space.

purchased from a casbah in Beirut

And what, pray tell, does having an artificial heart have to do with artificial blood?

This would be the problem for me if Gelgoog gets heavier than Dom, and Gouf still heavier than Zaku... Gelgoog should be about as heavy as the Rick Dom , if the Zeon penchant for space combat suits being weighty maintains itself. Biggest difference is that Gelgoog packs very little in the way of di...

but instead a powdered substance

While part of me is looking forward to seeing what is perhaps the most bizarre Gundam AU series finally get a US release, I'm pragmatic enough to virtually guarantee it will bomb savagely if it goes to TV. Between the oddball mech designs and the naked ritualism the censors will have a field day wit...

Rob Zombie apparently thinks 3 x 3 Eyes is the bee's knees.

as the tea kettle exploded

The human body is better at surviving g-forces that are perpendicular to the spine. In general when the acceleration is forwards, so that the g-force pushes the body backwards (colloquially known as "eyeballs in") a much higher tolerance is shown than when the acceleration is backwards, a...

@His Divine Shadow wait hold on. You can bounce IR beams off of reflective surfaces cuz they're a type of light. I don't know if they beam the laser at a colony's mirrors or something and they reach a fed base. wild guess but totally possible. could work All lasers are light, they just vary in spec...

But we don't know if it's x-ray of UV lasers. Most of the militaries of the world use infra-red lasers for communication and weapons guidance and what not. So it would be most likely for the militaries in the UC to use IR beams. In fact, I know for a fact that the White Base uses laser-based commun...