Arnie100 wrote:Lunk: "Thank God, they're after someone else..."
"The alteration of canon into something entirely unexpected may incur an effort by the universal
-ylem- to re-achieve a form of stability by trying to draw certain factors back to a 'true ' state. Thus, for example, even though the circumstances that forced Jim "Lunk" Austin to become what he thought of as a coward in the midst of combat in the baseline Robotech universe(s) no longer applied in the wildly divergent 'Invid Gentle Gardeners' universe, there would arise instead a set of circumstances that would still impose conditions of 'cowardice' on Mister Austin."
---Interdim Megaverse Observational Essay #232153162351644752345@3423468#2346842936!*ti53465225667258964aoy346
Lunk: "'Assignment, Love, Making of, to Multiple Xeno (Female) Partners, Reason For: Securing of Diplomatic and Species Ties'? What the heck is this?!"
Officer: "Your new assignment, Bio-Mechanic Austin, and as you're still an enlisted man in the chain of command, you WILL obey these orders!"
Lunk: "But they're absurd!"
Officer: "No, they're keeping us out of all-out combat with these new aliens! Somebody up the command tree seems to think you're PERFECT for 'special diplomatic duty, detached'! Now grab your bags and get your ass over to the transport pool for your new assignment! You have your orders, soldier, are you going to wilt under the pressure?!"