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Good idea. Now go put it in a review so you get points.

I know, but you're actual chapter count is almost as high. Impressive. Most impressive. Obi-Wan has taught you well! You have controlled your fear. Now, release your anger. A hissy fit with a lightsaber in a control room will suffice.

What makes you think the Imperials are fighting fair? They're not following the rules of battle chess, although I don't plan to give more details yet. They fought dreadnought+9 cruisers against 3 cruisers. They sent 113 raiders & fighters against her, which, one assumes, is a hell of a lot more than she has. Also, Lupus even says during their opening discussion that she lost battle chess fair and square, and he has the video to prove it.

Woohoo! Chapter one of my book's third draft is up on the site. It's actually v6 of chapter one in the v3 book. I may take the v2 book down soon to avoid confusion.

I decided to include the drag queen AI in this updated chapter, but with a smaller role. Hopefully it works this time.

Ms. JAR (or is it AJR?), the name of the AI is Janette, in your honor. She will reappear in later chapters, although I don't know in what form yet. Serial killer is high on the list of possibilities. I am such an evil bastard.

Quick, go read!
Dirk

I can't. It was built by the Nazis. The Realm wouldn't use it.

He's secretly the man behind BB-8, although I'm not sure how he meshed his filbert flange with his grapple grommet. Throw in a Samsung battery and you can have a barbecue. Oooh! French fried humans! I'll need a new weapon from Acme.

Lord O the Ring

Yum.

Death rattle.

How about JAR JAR? Too late. I reread the reviews for both v4 (Queen Amy) and v5 (without her) and the concensus was to punt it, which was my thought at the time. I'll find another way to write about limiting AIs to avoid spontaneous sentience.

I think I have a way to insert Queen Amy back into chapter one without making it a total mess.  Admiral Windsor snaps at Amy, reminding her that if the ship is captured, they're going to experiment with and dissect the AI. That snaps the AI back to reality just long enough to finish the mission, chat with Windsor about God, then eject.

Come to think of it, a society with frequent spontaneous sentience among droids would be an interesting thing to explore. I planned to use mostly droids for cooking, cleaning, guard duty, etc. It would be a simple change to throw in spontaneous sentience at very inconvenient times. Not just Amy, but all of them. The disadvantage of Queen Amy is it's nonsense in an otherwise desperate battle. The advantage is it shows just how bad sentience can get, and it sets the tone for the rest of the book, which deviates into nonsense on a regular basis. Queen Amy's brain survives the battle (ejected), which creates an additional link to the story that follows (it gets handed down to Joseph, the admiral's grandson).