[TML] Ping!

[Stephen Tempest]

Bruce Johnson <johnson at pharmacy.arizona.edu> writes:

>"oh, lookee down there...a submarine being chased by a surface ship!  
>How quaint! FIRE CROWBARS!!"
>
>--orbital warfare: the other only way to fight.

"Sorry, Sir, but following recent naval budget cutbacks we no longer
have any crowbars to drop. Also this ship is ordered to return to base
for decommissioning. Apparently trade disruptions in the Massilia
sector triggered an Imperium-wide recession, necessitating a 20%
across-the-board reduction in all services' spending...

-- manipulation: the Hiver way to fight.


Stephen