ALAS! Too true. My own voice is a Tenor, totally unsuited to this use. Hmm...I wonder though...

Hmm....I always have to be different. I picked: Neither! HAHAHAHAHAHA....HAHAHA...ha...um...yeah

I have to agree with Valagar, the Utwig's voice is terrible. My cat could do a better job, and work for less, too(Mousing rights). A serious project should be undertaken to fix what has been broken.

The lander misses because it is piloted by an Earthling.

Taalo : (Cool! Im a rock!) Immune to the Dnyarri
Ur-Quan Kzer-Za : C'mon! They conquered half the galaxy(or our corner of it)
Chenjesu : Cheaper phone bills, universal respect.

WHy couldn't the drills hit square on? If we can place a 95lb artillery shell down to the meter today, then in the future we should be able to put automated mining devices on target as well.

 Anyway, I like the idea for drills, but I have an idea of my own. Either the ship or the lander come equiped with a device similiar to the Chmmr's tractor device. Basically, it reaches into the earth and grabs the minerals, bringing them to the surface. I think this idea was already brouoght up to some degree, but it needs mentioning again.

 Thanks!

True, and  I agree. BioSlayer seems to have the easiest, and most plausable, description. The mining is one thing, but trying to explain the artificial gravity is another. There you get into the reals of Hard Sci-Fi, which this work is not.

I have to go with Robert as well

When you refer to Fwiffo as though he's you best friend and the Chenjesu as gods.

When you can understand the Mycon and even reply in kind.

When you find yourself sympathising with the Kor-Ah

The cool thing about sci-fi, is that you don't HAVE to explain exerything. Why worry about? Call it "Artificial Gravity" and drive on. Need to bend things a little? Also easy, you can explain to the reader that the <something> is based on the same princple as the artificial gravity. Am I making any sense here? Unless have a doctorate in physics or mathematics,  I really wouldn't worry about it. This is, after all, about the story: what happens behind the scenes, not the tech behind it all. If you want to know about THAT, I'd cotact the originators an get their thoughts before continuing the topic.

Actually, if you look at the crew module you can see what appears to be a hydropinics bay, aka a garden. This hints at some extra space. Also! When the storage bays aren't in use, the crew chould use those to play games in. Finally, I imagn in the future the computers are good enough to play some pretty awesome games.

 There, I'm done.

That's funny! I was gonna say Roger. Robert works, too! Heh heh. Hmmm....maybe this should be a Poll?

Hey Grak! Do you outline? And if so, how strict are you in following it?

The all caps thing is merely a method of conveying their way of speaking. However, the author here has the option, and the right, to use other methods of Conveyance. Two examples are as follows:

 When the Chmmr spoke, it was slightly louder than necessary and paused slightly between words.

 or

 The Illwrath in all its grotesque glory spoke. It's speech was a great deal louder than necessary and it was overly pleased with itself.

 Lame, I know, but what do ou expect with no notice?

Okay, let's recap *briefly*.

 Our possibilites are:
 
 1)A Kzer-Za Dreadnaught, upon disabling the cruiser, became distracted by a Kor-Ah battle cry.

 2)An Illwrath, either as a recon or out of boredom, attacked the cruiser and accepted their surrender. Consdering presidence from some of their earlier posts(See: Luna), we can safely assume that they grew bored and left to torture their newest victims. Since they may or may not have been supposed to e there, they may not have reported it.

 3)Opps(otherwise kown as Act of God or some freak of nature). We've more or less ruled this one out because it's improbable, see Douglas Adams, and it's les entertaining than the other two.

 I think that's it. I miss any?