751

(27 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

Thanks, Karen. I had a heck of a time working on the perspective, but I think I got it right. I'm going to try a curved passageway next.

~Tom

752

(27 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

And, here is the color version of the passageway to Engineering. Note that bright colors are used in case there is smoke or haze in the passageway.

http://intellisigsys.net/aurora/passageway_01_v2.jpg

~Tom

753

(27 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

refresh your browser, it probably cached that page and pulled it from your computer first.

~Tom

754

(16 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

That is a very good idea, Karen. The normal shuttle crew is being transported to the space center and an 'as yet unidentified person or persons (newscaster quote)' tossed 'a device' under the van which caused it to dodge severely and overturn. Crew isn't hurt, but must go through a flight physical before being returned to duty. 'Police are rounding up the usual suspects in an attempt to find out who did it. As s result, all protesters have been moved to a secure facility for questioning.'

~Tom

755

(27 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

View 02_deck_v4 again, Karen. i changed the name but didn't update the version number.

~Tom

756

(27 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

Not yet, Karen. I'm still working on that. I'll send it to you via email first before posting it just to check with you.

Name change done.

~Tom

757

(27 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

Here are the revised deck plans for the 01, 02 and 03 levels. I added unisex heads and a meditation Room.

http://intellisigsys.net/aurora/01_deck_v2.jpg

http://intellisigsys.net/aurora/02_deck_v4.jpg

http://intellisigsys.net/aurora/03_deck_v2.jpg

~Tom

758

(1 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

I think the length of time varies, Janet. I've had my posts pop up almost right away, and other times it took a while. You can make it happen almost immediately if you make sure you have the various groups checked (even if you don't change anything) and click the Save button. That resets the 'new postings' list and puts your right at the top.

~Tom

Yeah. I agree, Janet. That has happened to me several times. I write over 50 words, yet get dinged because I didn't hit 50 according to the site.

~Tom

760

(3 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

Presumably, the flight crews were picked following a good psych evaluation. Any tension should be directed at a given problem (or problems) by the whole crew instead of each other. It would be possible to add just a little personal tension, but nothing major.

Notification have to get fixed.

~Tom

761

(16 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

That works, Karen. I also like Dirk's '2 training missions' scenario, but only detail one of them.

~Tom

762

(3 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

Me three.

~Tom

763

(16 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

True. Perhaps Reese could refer to "that training trip" as a method of introducing slight flaws (to be corrected later) in #2's persona. Sort of a "remember on that training flight when you did this? Well, don't do that again".

EDIT: I'm not getting any notifications at all for any threads.

~Tom

764

(16 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

Well, one thing you might consider is to have Reese send up his #2 as pilot and #3 as co-pilot for a brief shuttle flight. Practice makes perfect, and if #2 hasn't actually commanded a flight, then how is Reese to be sure of his capabilities?

~Tom

765

(212 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Oh yeah!!! I agree wholeheartedly, Dirk. I is aggravating to have to do that especially in multi-page threads like 'site bugs 2' and such.

~Tom

766

(16 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

Extra Vehicular Activity, Karen. I like that idea. For tension on the flight, you could have a blocked launch tube with a misfiring comms satellite that requires a person to go EVA and clear the mess up. I would suggest that maintenance crews be delegated to that task. Flight crews are for Aurora herself and the shuttles.

~Tom

767

(27 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

Great spot. I'll make it look like an atrium with the 'back' wall and overhead of plastisteel. (I like that better than Transparent Aluminum, which is already taken.)

~Tom

768

(14 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

What is also interesting, is that I check the 'subscribe to this thread' box and it NEVER gets checked and the link at the top still says "Subscribe"...

~Tom

769

(14 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

And again

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~Tom

770

(14 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

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~Tom

771

(14 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

I think she means either in-line or regular reviews, Sol. That has happened to me several times. I also have been blocked from making comments in a forum for 60 seconds, but that only happened once.

~Tom

772

(3 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

Will do

~Tom

773

(27 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

Whoa! I did forget that! It needs a good place, where most of one wall (and/or even the ceiling) can look out over the cosmos. I can't think of anything more inspiring than that. You wouldn't even have to mention any specific religion, but call it a 'meditation' room.

~Tom

774

(1 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

Good idea, Karen. I really wanted to know if Delana's appearance was a surprise to Reese as much as it was to her. You could build on that in the few minutes that her dad is gone.

~Tom

775

(27 replies, posted in The Aurora Mission)

Every naval ship I've been on had one place where you could get everything personal you needed - from toothbrushes to shoe polish. It was called the "Ship's Store". In one corner was a barber's chair (this was back when no women were allowed on ships). There was usually a long case filled with all the stuff you needed in the personal items categories (writing paper, pens, cigarettes, lighters, combs, etc), and almost always had what we called a 'gedunk'. The gedunk is where they sold sweets like ice cream, sodas, candy bars ans stuff. It wasn't always open, so the shipwide announcement system usually told us when it was open. *Bosun's Whistle* "Now hear this. The ship's store will be open from 1200 to 1500."

How about we just set up a "Universal Store", where items like that area available. All you would need is one reference to the 'store' and your readers would know what available there. A call from the PA system during a conversation between personnel would do it.

~Tom