Subject: Alright...
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Posted on: 2009-06-05 04:47:00 UTC
Based off your response and Neshomeh's, I'm going to create the page under "Fireweed" for the sake of the joke, but note that it can also be called the Rosebay Willowherb.
To the point: I've been trying to decide on a Flower to head a subdivision in the DoSAT, the Testing and Application Division. I had settled on fireweed, mostly for the sake of humor (considering it grows, as the name suggests, mostly in burnt areas). However, fireweed is known in Britain (and I know British English is our preferred mode) as rosebay willowherb, which is all well and good, but which also lessens the punch of the humor.
So which name would I be better off using?
Huh. Does Dann know he got a huge promotion?
Or that there're that many divisions in his department?
Two of those divisions (A/V and Biotic Materials) were already there, as was the Armory notation. Though, Biotic Materials didn't have a fancy name before.
As for the bit about Dann, I recall asking him back when I was first plotting out my Agents (in particular Narcolepsy) about who was running the DoSAT since Makes-Things had died. He said it was probably him (as the character), due to a lack of other active named Agents/Technicians in the DoSAT (though the character has only had one mission written so far, hence why in-universe it's a little unclear why he got the position). Adam and Frenchie in A/V would probably hold the Most Senior title after Makes-Things, as their missions took place in 2003 HST.
Dann can either back me up on this or say I'm totally wrong, either one.
Personally I'd go with calling it the rosebay willowherb, but then, I'm all in favour of esoteric botany jokes. Entirely up to you.
Based off your response and Neshomeh's, I'm going to create the page under "Fireweed" for the sake of the joke, but note that it can also be called the Rosebay Willowherb.
I like the sound of fireweed, and I'm pretty sure we don't have an official mode of writing--just so long as the mode you choose is executed correctly, no one should have a problem. In any case, humor is always a priority in PPC writing. {= )
~Neshomeh