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I had the exact same issue as rhiannon. I told the entire tale from the POV of my two MCs, Joseph and Apollo, alternating back and forth between them on a chapter-by-chapter basis. A secondary character, Caligula, was there as an antagonist. I decided to bring in his POV near the end when I needed the reader to think Apollo was dead. It's one of my favorite chapters in the whole book. I'm now rewriting to foreshadow his surprise role in that chapter.

Thank you, sir. I sent a PM to Sol asking about hosting images/tables. Perhaps there's a way.

Almost wrote three whole drafts without looking up shogun. Turns out the word I was shooting for all along was samurai. Some days....

v4 of chapter five, A Pax Romana, is up. I can't believe you folks allowed me to get away with v3.
K, I kept what you wanted and ditched the rest, then added the new material.

Quick go read!

Noah survived :-)

Thanks.

I'm looking to keep it within the realm of physically possible, albeit improbable. I'll punt cold fusion in favor of generic power cores if I have to. I used the latter in my second draft. Cold fusion is a little sexier, without requiring an explanation. Assuming cold fusion is ever made to work, it is expected to emit heat, which is converted to power. Instead of the leaked coolant in v2 causing the pilot to be cooked from within, I assume I can vent excess heat into space. So I would need to destroy the ability of the fusion core to vent heat to get the same roast pilot. Yes?

Sparkanium it is.

Next item. Does anyone think it's particularly bad to have both cold fusion and dark energizers in the book? I don't dwell on it, but cold fusion is used for low power applications (e.g. flying cars, starfighters, etc.) while the energizers are used for all the big capital ships. I'm not sure where to draw the line, though. Should a garbage scow have an energizer?

On a related note, my understanding of cold fusion is that it produces excess heat, so I have a damaged fusion core overheating in a starfighter to the point of killing the occupant. I introduced coolant in the starfighters to prevent this from happening normally. Reasonable?

Can someone suggest a real mineral on Earth that might be used in energizers to draw dark energy from the void as a means of very high power generation. I was considering radioactive tritium, but it's normally a gas. I'm hoping for a relatively rare mineral that might exist on other worlds in greater quantities. Think of it as Arrakis's spice, but for power instead of navigation. Should I just make one up?

Amy, if you look down, you'll see concrete. If you look to the front, back, left, or right, you'll see buildings. If you look up, you'll see sky. And crowds everywhere. (I'm 6'3", so they're like bloody hobbits underfoot.) And the occasional smell of pee. Look for signs that say 'Dirk was here,' especially near the pee. Re-watch Blade Runner before you go.

Seriously, there are two very nice cemeteries downtown, one with tombstones dating back to the 1600s. The World Trade Center, of course (I never saw the rebuilt version, unfortunately). The NYSE on Wall Street with lots of security. Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island boat tours leaving from the very south tip, Battery Park City downtown (lived there once), and the walkway up the whole West Side of Manhattan (especially nice downtown in spring), with views of NJ. Tour boats around the island (a must, IMO, right under the bridges). If you like the stink of fish, go to the Lower East Side. 42nd Street (unbelievable crowds, hold onto your kids). Central Park. Broadway shows. A zoo in Queens, I believe. There's a botanical garden somewhere, too. I don't recall anything in Brooklyn, but I never went very far there.

And on day two, .... :-)