DIVA: Jetbird and the Kid #2

[Andrew Perron]

On 3/17/2015 8:44 PM, deucexm wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 6:54:24 PM UTC-5, Tom Russell wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 6:49:41 PM UTC-4, Andrew Perron wrote:
>>> On 3/15/2015 6:15 PM, deucexm wrote:
>>>> Jetbird close
>>>> behind in his dark green Zouave jacket and faded black shirt and trousers,
>>>
>>> What kind of jacket now?
>>
>> Assuming it's the same Zouave, these were French Algerian soldiers who wore distinctive jackets AND PANTS AND HATS. The style caught on with certain regiments in the ACW.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zouave
>
> Actually, it's a particular make of jacket - popularized by the well-known
> intrepid frontier explorer Pierre Zouave - which serves to protect the
> extremities while being well-ventilated for the heat of Viral's frontier
> deserts!
>
> It just coincidentally happens to be /exactly/ like a Zouave jacket from Earth.

OF COURSE! It's all zo zimple!

> (It's the same thing, yes.  Specifically, take the jacket style from
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Papal_Zouave.jpg and color it
> appropriately - dark green with black trim/accents.)

Oooooh. That fits nicely.

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, also, you have to bring in Pierre Zouave now.