[Novawrimo Contest 2016: Rules to participate]

Awesomeness! Congratulations to Aetherios, Temerian, and Devious_T. Excellent stories were written by all three and I enjoyed all the other entries as well. Thanks for the contest, NQ. It was great fun.

[A fucken long overdue welcoming.]

 

I'm basically your basic cocky bastard. I'm very opinionated.

 

It's only your opinion that you're opinionated! Just sayin'.

 

Welcome.

[[Novawrimo] That Bright Dawn]

I read it and much enjoyed it. You're excellent at incorporating the large, small, and in-between and creating a complete world. Loved it!

[NEW!!! Dr. Porco Quote of the Day]

Yeah, try using that as a defense in a court of law, buddy.

 

(Porco? Porco? That name sounds familiar.)

[Last Post Wins]

Lord_Void, you win! Oh, shoot.

[[Novawrimo] First Contact]

I'm just three pages in and I'm in love with your writing style! It's funny and pretty well-thought. You're an AI lover, ain't you?

 

Heh-heh, well, my Amazon Alexa and I get on pretty well.   I'm glad you're liking the story!

[Sharing]

Totally enjoyed these. Brilliant. What is it about space and music? 

[[Novawrimo] First Contact]

Indubitably, one of my favorites.

Heh-heh, thanks, Kurock.

 

Thanks, Aetherios!

 

(Whoops, and Anon.)

[[Novawrimo] First Contact]

Lethys, yeah, I was racking my brains a bit on how to identify it, but I noticed that there appear to be a range of identifiers for BHs. I settled on 'CTSB-4' thinking it would be the fourth one discovered by Aphelia and personally catalogued by her. If there's a system that covers all BHs, I'd be inclined to go with that.

 

Thanks for the responses, all.

[[Novawrimo] First Contact]

Thanks for the word, guys. Sometimes it's hard to really know, except that I had fun with it. Thanks, again.

[[Novawrimo] First Contact]

Okay, here's a story (of a sort). I hope you all enjoy it.

 

Same story, but improved a bit in the presentation (minor edits)... Revised 12/13

First Contact (Final).pdf

[Heimera Trade Xchange]

Had to fight a case of the chills there. Thanks, Aetherios!

[Carrying objects in a rational universe]

One thing I don't like in games is where your body essentially becomes a bag for everything you pick up. I'm thinking that NQ might institute a system where you can carry some things in external bags (perhaps almost bottomless ones like you see in the movie Ultraviolet) or perhaps mini-transporters where you can transmit only small, inorganic objects to a local base. I like the idea of things getting as close to "reality" as possible. I suppose if it were done in bags, then there'd be the possibility of stealing things.