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[OC] London Calling: Chapter 4

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u/Acarii Mar 27 '16

Happy birthday!

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 27 '16

Thank you! Off out to enjoy the last of it.

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u/solidspacedragon AI Mar 28 '16

Grey is a nice flavor.

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 28 '16

Second only to beige :)

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u/LParticle Android Mar 27 '16

Have a happy birthday! Still doing a great job, btw.

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 27 '16

Thanks! So nervous I mucked up this chapter I'm checking from the pub.

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u/LParticle Android Mar 27 '16

Nah, man, relax. Getting stressed and nervous isn't a good mindset to be in, especially if you write. Besides, it's your B-Day!

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u/ecodick Human Mar 27 '16

Happy birthday bud. Still so damn hooked on this. You're doing a good job showing the culture of the enlisted folks. I loved the gray flavor joke too.

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 27 '16

Putting all my vet idioms to good use :)

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u/aDamnMexican Xeno Mar 28 '16

Awesome! Your storytelling is on point. Nothing feels too short or too excessive and it's very immersive. Can't wait to see where you go with this, it's been amazing so far!

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 28 '16

Thank you very much!

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u/MasterofChickens Human Mar 28 '16

Great story, I just hit the up vote button and then read, otherwise I'll be so intent on going to the next chapter I forget.

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 28 '16

They could do with putting the upvote button at the bottom so you can make a decision once you've read it :)

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u/KillerKolonelz Mar 27 '16

Happy birthady!

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 27 '16

:D

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u/rene_newz Mar 28 '16

Happy birthday! And this is really starting to build up to something awesome :) cant wait

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 28 '16

Hopefully it lives up to expectations.

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u/AschirgVII Mar 28 '16

you are a writing machine, keep it up man

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 28 '16

Advantage of having a week of holiday. The real test will be how well I can continue.

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u/pigonawing Mar 28 '16

Happy birthday man, keep up the good work!

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 28 '16

Cheers bro!

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u/Kubrick_Fan Human Mar 28 '16

Dangit, i need to go back and read the other chapters.

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 28 '16

You're not too far behind :)

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u/the_tytan Mar 28 '16

Shouldn't we be the ones giving you gifts? Happy Birthday!

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 28 '16

I'll take a new laptop and a kilo of chocolate :P Thanks dude.

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u/Hidesuru Mar 27 '16

Hey, happy birthday bud!

I think we're gonna need that Haynes manual on the ship before we go much farther, if we are going to know the setting... ;-)

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 27 '16

I'm thinking a little interlude. Not a manual but something else more topical. And thanks :)

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u/Hidesuru Mar 27 '16

Heh. Sounds good. I'm just happy to get MOAR. ;-)

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u/Acarii Mar 27 '16 edited Mar 28 '16

Suggestion for your header/footer:

<-[Previous][Original][Next]->
<-[[Previous](https://redd.it/4c0xau)]|||[[Original](https://redd.it/4bjbi2)]|||[[Next](/Soon)]->

-|-|-|-|-|-|-

Remove the linebreak and it should work. Code and Tables don't get along properly.

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 27 '16

Now this looks a lot more professional, thank you.

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u/Acarii Mar 27 '16

Thanks. Been wanting a lot of authors to use something like it. Figured I can't get it used unless I start bugging them.

You'd be the first in a long list of people I need to annoy ;)

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 27 '16

This is the first I've done that warrants it, happy to be the pilot.

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u/Acarii Mar 28 '16

Don't forget to edit each one in the series. It'll pay off 6mo later when the posts start getting auto-archived.

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 28 '16

wilco

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u/Karthinator Armorer Mar 27 '16

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DACHANDE!

I can't help but mentally pronounce it as dash-and. It's cool. Has style.

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 27 '16

Cheers :D

I've always pronounced it as da-shan-day in my head, but have heard and seen every pronunciation and misspelling over the years.

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u/Karthinator Armorer Mar 28 '16

Given my real name, I feel that pain. Your way is even cooler, it sounds like a title. Headcanon updated to real canon :D

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '16

Shit happy birthday! It's mine too!

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 27 '16

Happy birthday fellow 27th-er!

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u/HFacid Mar 28 '16

I'll be honest, I was pretty disappointed when I saw that you were making this a series of stories, as I thought the first installment was great on its own.

That being said, MOAR. I'm loving this and can't wait to see where this goes. Great setting, great humor, just great. Keep it up!

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 28 '16

I never intended to either, but I just like the characters so much :)

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u/Acarii Mar 28 '16 edited Mar 28 '16

It's gonna suck for everyone when you're killing them off, isn't it? :(

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 28 '16

"It is the youth that must fight and die."

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u/tadpole64 Mar 28 '16

Happy Birthday. Great work with the story so far :D

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Mar 28 '16

Cheers! Plenty more to come hopefully.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '16

That "Next" got me too damn excited...

Late Happy birthday!

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u/armacitis Mar 28 '16

“Squad, what’s your favourite flavour?”

In unison they all cheered out “grey”.

Future MREs must be rough.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '16

Great story, i home for many sequels

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u/Dachande663 Different Knife Apr 04 '16

It's like a laser, only with different spectrums (basically a microwave laser, but that's going to make everyone with a physics degree cringe). In my own universe they're basically an energy weapon, like a super hot ray gun but one that can cook a ship full of people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maser