Subject: Thoughts on 2 and 3.
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Posted on: 2012-07-26 03:16:00 UTC
- Agent Undis Closed of the aforementioned Radio Nutmeg strongly implies that his station is illicit (I think his introduction starts with 'Somewhere in the mountains of New Caledonia'). I've always imagined him and Gilty Cin (I think that's right - can't get to the Wiki right now) hacking their way into a network they're probably not meant to be on. By this theory, unless it had been modified, a console probably /wouldn't/ pick up Radio Caroline or whatever. As to whether a normal radio would pick anything up in HQ... that would depend on the radio-transparency of generic surface, and the universe the radio was in at the time (assuming the HQ-is-built-into-caves-via-invisible-portals theory is correct, I don't think it's ever been properly tested).
3. Switching tracks, I would say this depends entirely on what works in the story. If you'd literally just have to write 'Agents Carbuncle and Vermillion portalled into Bitticus Karaktor's room. Vermillion stabbed him. They portalled out', it's probably not worth bothering. If, however, the off-screen character is the President of the United States of Valinor, with armies at his disposal, it might be hilarious to watch, and so worth doing.
(United States of Valinor... oh dear. That's almost as bad as 'and then the Noldor invaded Modern Earth and totally won')
hS