SW10: Powernaut 2011 #4: Ellipses! Now They Die!

[Andrew Perron]

On Monday, September 17, 2012 9:43:32 PM UTC-4, Scott Eiler wrote:
> On 9/17/2012 2:42 PM, Andrew Perron wrote:

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>  > Ah! I see. You've never put the whole Ellipsis thing so concisely!
> 
> Well, I could have mentioned Ellipsis is libertarian tending toward 
> paranoia, *and* the U.S. Government cracked down on him several times 
> from 1991 to 1996.  Crusher Joe was with Ellipsis then, and Dan Quayle 
> was the Vice-Badass in Chief...  But I had to cut the backstory 
> somewhere.  And the more I thrash around back there, the sillier it 
> gets.  8{D>

This struck a good balance, I say.

> Yeah, I think there would actually be some public support for 
> open-source nuclear power.  People only think things are a problem if 
> Other People are doing them and they can't.  Wyatt Ferguson, however, is 
> a bit more skeptical than I am whenever Ellipsis attempts to re-engineer 
> society.

Well, to be fair, you don't have to deal with the consequences.

> Powernaut 1954 vs. the Rabid Space Crocodiles of Venus made it to eight 
> also.  I think PowerTeen 1955 only managed one for the whole series... 
> I might have to go through all the back issues and come up with a 
> Violence Index.  Or maybe an Action Index so PowerTeen can improve his 
> score.

Stand by for ACTION!

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, Rex Dart, Eskimo Spy!