Re: (Semi-OT) Notes from the zip drive

On 26-Mar-01 at 15:27, Oerjan Ohlson (oerjan.ohlson@telia.com) wrote:
> John Atkinson wrote:
> 
> >3) I've totally revamped and refitted the NRE fleet,
> >as well as rewritten the fleet listing.  I'll be
> >getting it up and on the web page as soon as possible.
> >Watch for the K-varients to some of the ships--those
> >are the NRE's modifications to ships under
> >construction in 2183 which incorporate a number of
> >anti-Kra'Vak modifications.
> 
> That's a pretty damn impressive feat of reverse engineering and
> prescience, considering that humanity had no wreckage to study -
> indeed, not even positive proof that the Kra'Vak were aliens - until
> 2184... 
> 
> How did the NRE manage to adapt to a threat, and copy technology, that
> no human didn't even know existed at the time? Divine intervention?
<g>

If they tell you that someone on the list will have to kill you.

No, I don't believe in "them" and what's more I wouldn't admit it
if I did.  There are no conspiracies.  <bg>