Cup holders. Good to see Clarke has his priorities correct.
Holland remains an arse.
Well, I certainly hope Max-Earth has some good super-sci-fi bio-contamination sensors and protocols in place. With those that end should (hopefully) be able to wrap up three kengto larvae quickly. Of course I'm assuming both canisters were on the same timer. Still, logically the Max-Earth portal station should be among the best equipped locations for dealing with the nasty things.
Mid-Earth could be in trouble.
The author won't do this, but, with the larvae being between two portals it would be amusing if the larvae scattered back to Max-Earth, where their (assumed) protocols SHOULD (maybe) stop them, and back to Palinor, where there will be a reaction of, "Oh FUCK!" but where the local authorities have knowledge of the creature.
But, nah - that's no fun. Looks like a job for the SDC Special Big Guns Response Squad, where the author won't immediately kill off the Earth Firster removing her future threat. Cuz that would be no fun. Although it would be very George R. R. Martin.
Weaponized kengto. That's bad. That's very very bad.
Also, Holland is a cretin, but he isn't entirely wrong about the complexity of the car and the corresponding dependence on Max-Earth. I read an article once about how the shake machines at McDonalds are the same way: they have to call in a specialist to fix them which maintains corporate control.
I agree - I think we must be a minority - that people decide to support a writer when they can. On the flip side, I understand the walled garden for paid subscribers, because this is the premise of Substack, albeit, the writer retains control of how they exercise the model.
I don't even read sci-fi or adjacent fiction, and yet, I'm enjoying your work a great deal, along with a few others. There's a lot of sci-fi on Substack!
Cup holders. Good to see Clarke has his priorities correct.
Holland remains an arse.
Well, I certainly hope Max-Earth has some good super-sci-fi bio-contamination sensors and protocols in place. With those that end should (hopefully) be able to wrap up three kengto larvae quickly. Of course I'm assuming both canisters were on the same timer. Still, logically the Max-Earth portal station should be among the best equipped locations for dealing with the nasty things.
Mid-Earth could be in trouble.
The author won't do this, but, with the larvae being between two portals it would be amusing if the larvae scattered back to Max-Earth, where their (assumed) protocols SHOULD (maybe) stop them, and back to Palinor, where there will be a reaction of, "Oh FUCK!" but where the local authorities have knowledge of the creature.
But, nah - that's no fun. Looks like a job for the SDC Special Big Guns Response Squad, where the author won't immediately kill off the Earth Firster removing her future threat. Cuz that would be no fun. Although it would be very George R. R. Martin.
Ha, so many options! The portal station(s) really needs to up its security, though, one way or another.
Handy that the Special Big Guns Response Squad is just upstairs and round the corner, eh?
Certainly in this arc. Rarely, but sometimes, the Super Mega Special Boom-Boom Response Team is what you need.
Other times cup holders do the trick.
Weaponized kengto. That's bad. That's very very bad.
Also, Holland is a cretin, but he isn't entirely wrong about the complexity of the car and the corresponding dependence on Max-Earth. I read an article once about how the shake machines at McDonalds are the same way: they have to call in a specialist to fix them which maintains corporate control.
Holland is an unpleasant and deeply troubled individual who is, irritatingly, quite often correct about things.
I agree - I think we must be a minority - that people decide to support a writer when they can. On the flip side, I understand the walled garden for paid subscribers, because this is the premise of Substack, albeit, the writer retains control of how they exercise the model.
I don't even read sci-fi or adjacent fiction, and yet, I'm enjoying your work a great deal, along with a few others. There's a lot of sci-fi on Substack!