Status Updates From Vorpal Blade (Looking Glass...

"The pictures of helicopters picking up the last personnel from the American embassy in Saigon were some of the worst from a PR perspective of the entire war."

*Laughs in Afghanistan*

The dumbest thing about this scene is that there's no way a biological construct would be strong enough to shrug off the large rounds they're talking about. There's no evolutionary benefit. And even if they could, the sheer mineral needs to maintain something like that, at that scale, is impossible. It makes the story literally unbelievable and impossible to "buy into."

""What about getting the hydrogen out of the ship?"..."And it's not dangerous?" the CO asked. "Not a bit," Dr. Chet said

Far be it for me to argue with a doctor, but last I checked hydrogen is combustible as hell.

""We were sent to determine how badly First was grapping up our maulk," Summerlin said."

It's like reading a story written by a third grader that doesn't want to get in trouble for using naughty words. How old is Travis? 10?

"There is," the lance corporal said. "Maulk.


The thing that really pisses me off about this, besides the frequency, is the unnecessary. English steals words and such usually because it's easier or better than what we'd use otherwise. This stupid shit is just code switching for the pointless use of code switching. No one would use "maulk" when the English word "shit" exists because 'maulk' doesn't improve or bet...

"maulk-"

I really wish I could go back in time and beat the editor to death that didn't tell Travis to just fucking stop using the made up word maulk

"the propulsion system required was a volatile rocket engine. The Navy didn't want that on a sub."

What do cruise missiles or nukes use? Hugs?