25-02-2002 08:01									#1
	The Hunt: Discussions Tired of ads?

Enjoy The Hunt, a new story set in the universe of Beyond Alpha Centauri. Comments are welcomed and encouraged.

	25-02-2002 09:00									#2
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Love it. Hurry up, you're leavin me hangin man...

	25-02-2002 11:18									#3
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quote: Originally posted by Kirnwaffen Love it. Hurry up, you're leavin me hangin man...

I second that.

	25-02-2002 13:26									#4
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It seems Spraybers creation of BAC has spawned numerous other fictionary works.

Mr. President: Good work, dude! I want to see what happens to this guy!

	02-03-2002 04:27									#5
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I've put up the second part of The Hunt. Sorry it's not very long, I've been fairly busy, what with having to go back to university the day after tomorrow.

	14-03-2002 08:25									#6
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Just added a new section. Hopefully the story is now or soon will be something approaching a story and not just a collection of ramblings . . .

	14-03-2002 12:23									#7
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Just thought of something that might be worth talking about. The description of the University in the story might seem stereotypical; I intended them to be that way because that's what I genuinely believe they'd be like. I've spent enough time around nascent scientists to learn that a majority of them have no interests other than science, no understanding of the world outside science, and complete contempt for anything other than their science. (I hope no-one here's a science major.)

	15-03-2002 23:20									#8
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Mr. Prez--- I must confess that I...LOVE IT!! Love it!! Yep, I love it!!

	16-03-2002 03:42									#9
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Thank you all for your encouraging words, and thank you History Guy for that cute smilie!

	26-03-2002 08:35									#10
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Lots of talking in the new addition. Too much? Let me know. Fear not, the next part will be extremely violent.

	27-03-2002 18:21									#11
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Mr. President, good story! I am not familiar with the BAC setting, but your story stands up more than well enough on its own! Hope to be able to read more as you put it up.

Also, I was surprised (and dare I say, gratified?) to see one single adjectival proper noun in your story.

The word in question was, of course, "Hiverian".

Keep spreading the memes!

	28-03-2002 03:57									#12
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Thanks, Allie! The word "Hiverian" appealed to me as soon as I saw it. It made the Hive in your story seem that much more like a real country because it sounds like a real adjective.

As for the setting, it's only very loosely based on BAC. Readers should be able to understand it even if they didn't wade through all two hundred pages or so of preliminary discussions.

	08-04-2002 04:16									#13
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The Hunt is on again! And the University is taking no prisoners.

	08-04-2002 19:37									#14
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Good post.

I expect that Svensgaard won't be back anytime soon...

	09-04-2002 03:47									#15
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I suspect you're right about that . . . Perhaps subconsciously I'm punishing Svensgaard for all the times he annoyed me in the game. Perhaps I just like seeing things blow up.

Edit: fixed some spelling mistakes in the new story post.

Last edited by Mr. President on 09-04-2002 at 03:54

	21-04-2002 15:18									#16
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The Hunt will return soon. If I finish all my work by Wednesday, there might be a new post by Sunday.

	21-04-2002 16:45									#17
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Always look forward to your stories.

	22-04-2002 04:06									#18
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Sounds good, Mr. President.

	22-04-2002 11:37									#19
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I really should stop mentioning timeframes in my story discussions, considering that I never abide by them. Things have come up and things have fallen away, and the result is that there is a new section for The Hunt. It's not as long as some of the previous ones, but I did want to introduce the Spartans. Peter's been in four different countries in one week.

	22-04-2002 14:05									#20
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good post....short and sweet.



4 countries?

	23-04-2002 03:00									#21
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Four by my count: the University, the Nautilus Pirates, Morgan Industries (passing through on the way to Safe Haven), and now the Spartan Federation.

	23-04-2002 03:03									#22
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It's looking great, Mr. President. Feel free to drop by Morgan Industries at some later date.

	23-04-2002 03:51									#23
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I haven't quite decided where the story will end up yet, but since Bialkevich is somewhat of a mercenary, there's a good chance he'll follow the scent of Morgan's money.

	27-04-2002 20:11									#24
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Concerning BAC...

Mr. President:

I know that little we can say can dissuade you from leaving now, and I would not blame you for doing so in light of the circumstances. As everyone has expressed, LMP's actions were foolish and puerile. If you leave now, BAC is sunk. So many plots will be left hanging. Besides, you are one of the very best writers here, and indeed, one of the very best writers on the whole bloody forum! I do hope that you shall simply ignore what LMP says (preferably, about everything LMP says) and you stick on.

I wouldn't blame you in the least if you left us for good, however. I must admit I was sorely tempted to leave myself due to LMP's words, and I still am, to be honest. Unless things change right now, I'm off. I hope that you will stay on, but there is nothing I can do to convince you to do so. If you stay on, it must be, of course, your own decision.

Once again, however, I reiterate: Please, my friend, don't leave BAC!

	01-05-2002 21:05									#25
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The public demands more... I didn't notice/recall the story relating to the BAC universe until you mentioned it in this thread.

	02-05-2002 04:48									#26
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Fortunately or unfortunately (depending on your point of view), just about the only thing relating to BAC in the story is that Peter Bialkevich worked on the University space program. Maybe there'll be more on that later. I'll see how I feel.

	02-05-2002 05:21									#27
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I think its a good read so far, Mr. President. Even though it doesn't have any real references to BAC, they happened in the BAC universe.

At least we know that during this whole adventure, other things are happening on Chiron. Like the Hive-Spartan attack on Nessus and Pholus, Progenitors eradicated, and Yang is the man

	17-05-2002 09:30									#28
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The Hunt returns again. It's just a short section this time, to set the scene for the Spartan phase of the adventure (and to give me time to figure out what happens next).

Colonel Santiago and her staff have a dilemma on their hands: How do you interrogate a man for whom it hurts to talk?

	24-05-2002 17:09									#29
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Found time to sit and read through all the chapters so far - good stuff, Mr President! Hope you continue the story!

And as for your question about interrogating a severely injured subject... I'm sure Li Min and Huang would agree that M/MI is a workable method, even if the guy's lost his head

	25-05-2002 06:40									#30
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Praise from Caesar?

Thanks again! I should have remembered that episode you alluded to: it was one of my favorites.