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They are merely moist and I think the alcohol based substance would be less likely to mark up the pages than any amount of water.

Antiseptic wipes may be a better bet. This is just an idea, not a fact, be careful. Good luck.

Born Duvid Jacob Fortunov in New York’s lower East side in the early 1900’s his rough and tumble boyhood gave him both the fighting skills and the good heart needed to become a great adventurer. When he was only 20 he foiled the plans of some local mobsters and decided to leave the city for his own safety. Traveling to Los Angeles he changed his name to Dominic Fortune and soon became the bodyguard to a featured actress of one of the major studios. After taking his job literally and knocking out the head of the studio when he tried to assault the young lady, he once again decided that getting the hell out of Dodge was the better part of valor. This time signing onto a tramp steamer setting off for the Far East. After years of adventures and wandering and feeling homesick Dominic decide to take a last minute job as security for some artifacts being sent from Marrakech to New York. What he didn’t know was that most of the so-called security were being paid to help steal the most important item....The Spear of Destiny. Upon reaching N.Y. harbor the thieves made their move but didn’t reckon with the strong right hook and deadly aim of the brave defender. As a last ditch effort to keep the prize from their hands Dominic dove overboard with it swimming to the docks and melting into the night. Not knowing who to trust or which way to turn. Now a three-way chase begins, a phalanx of heroes against a horde of Nazis and the Deadly Dacoits. DOMINIC FORTUNE (Bronze Age Comic Books) Dominic Fortune created by Howard Chaykin Marvel Comics

I see a sailboat!

All that about Seeker may be true, but he WAS very useful. The trope goes that you can always tell a good Champions product by the fact that Seeker is on the cover.....usually unconscious.

Let’s not.

This might be achieved by “taxing” Experience Points. Let the players know that a percentage of their points will be withheld until they achieve their next level. This would give you the effect of slow progress until they reach that plateau and then a burst of new powers, skills and abilities. I might think about 50 -75% being held back. This would still mean the players had a trickle of points coming in to keep them from being discouraged but since they’ll get them back on the back end they might not raise too much of a fuss. Whatever happens, Good Luck.

You are correct about other types of Federal Service and that they weren’t covered very well in the book.

It’s the second actually, but no guy likes talking about the first.

Starlord from this board just gave this post a heart. Aren’t you going to stand up for your namesake?

I’ll keep Thor and Captain America and dump both Kirk and Starlord. Does that mean I can get rice back.

Thanks for the historical backup, but I was quoting from the I of Newton episode of the Twilight Zone that J.Michael Straczinski worked on.

As to Paul Verhoven’s opinions about any military vs. strictly America’s I’m going by his statements on the subject. If you enjoyed the movie then we respectively can agree to disagree, although I will admit to being fond of Dina Meyers shower scene.😈

DC’s Coast City is based on San Diego, so maps and and tourist information should be easy to find backround material.

Not doing the jump armor wasn’t ever a problem for me. It was turning Heinlein’s memories of basic training and treatise on personal vs. political responsibility into an platform of the film directors views that all military action equals fascism.

I’d put the start on that much earlier......When exactly were the Penopelisian wars?

In 1933 Heinz Spanknöbel (real name) received permission from Rudolph Hess to create The German American Bund. An official branch of the Nazi Party. From there enclave towns sprang up across the U.S.A. filled with those who supported Hitler and his ideals. They would have rally’s in Madison Square Garden, with banners of George Washington and Adolph Hitler and proud marches down the city streets of Chicago and N.Y.C. These were tolerated from the ‘30’s up until the attack on Pearl Harbor and America’s entrance into the war. From here come the agents who search for the Spear of Destiny on behalf of the Reich. A seemingly inexhaustible supply of shock troops and cannon fodder. Unable to defeat our heroes one on one. But if fighting en masse, they could win the battle the same way as a pack of hyenas will take down a lion. AMERICAN NAZIS (REAL LIFE) (In the words of Jake Blues...”I hate those guys.”)

While I agree that Starship Troopers is a horrible adaptation by a Director who’s apparently still dealing with his mom being constantly short changed while working as a wh0re for the Nazis when they invaded his country and therefor despises all military and was dopy enough to have a star that looks like the a Third Reich recruiting poster play a character from Rio de Janerio named Juan Rico. And costumes that look like he got them from the wardrobe dept. of Schindler’s List. When friends asked why I never went off on the film I told them that Virginia Heinlein was now a widow with limited funds and her and her husbands medical bills to pay. So every time anybody said or did something stupid I just pictured a cash register ringing and a bunch of bills being stamped PAID. But I’m not bitter.

I simplified the quote because I didn’t feel like typing the whole thing out. I forgot to take the pain in the a$$ factor around here into account.

Corn is subsidized because Iowa is a Presidential Primary state. And because the voting blocks and lobbying groups the Midwest states represent make sure that’s the way the Govt. spending goes. Robert Heinlein said “Anytime you ask “why is something like that” the answer is always...money.”

Because corn always passes.

I’ve had this conversation in a couple of different places. The main factor in all this is something we have no way of knowing.....How much fight does JMS have left in him? There are of course stories left to tell in the B5’verse. The lost tales were kind of a bust. They seemed more like some of his old Twilight Zone scripts recycled for B5, but Crusade and Legend of the Rangers were very good. Crusade especially had many potential seasons in it. The Drak plague was only going to go one additional season before being cured and then the show was going to focus on the the darker forces still maneuvering about the galaxy. But the CW has never been very interested in shows with deep plot lines and mature casts. Whether it’s soap opera or flashy action-adventure their stars don’t tend to be older than their late 20’s. To keep Babylon 5 on course it’s going to take a show runner who can go toe to toe with the network on a weekly or even daily basis. There have to be easier and probably more profitable things for JMS to do with his time. Seeing a hacked up version of this show would drive a stake thru my heart. During a very bleak time in my life, looking forward to this show every week was all I had to keep me motivated. For the one hour of the show and for a few hours after I would be happy. I would rather have that memory than the same sick to my stomach anger I have towards Green Hornet. I’ll watch and wait, but I’m not hopeful.

What the hell. I’m gonna take the ruminate/reflect concept and make it real. The underlying theme of my story is the question “Does superior ability HAVE to mean superior ambition?” All of the main players in my list have some kind of genetic or intellectual advantage. Even Cody Jarrett has a strange vitality that sustains him and keeps him from succumbing to injury. But the heroes of the story each turned away from a path of conquest or personal gain in order to help their fellow man. In Star Trek the idea of any type of augmented humanity is feared because of the belief that it will always lead to the tyranny of the superior against their weaker brethren. But if people as diverse as Clark Savage, Mandrake, Margo Lane and Kal-El who was raised with the Kent’s human values could turn away from that darker path, then perhaps there is hope for their world. I’ve said that if I can’t create a narrative for these lists then it’s no fun for me......And that I overthink things sometimes.

SMACK!!!!!!! And no pain killers for you either.🤛

Rice is very good but I could go without if I had to....The others not so much.