Attention! Attention! You're not gonna see this often on these boards ... so make note of it. I'm about to apologize....

I, Kaptain Karl, am the culprit/perpetrator/rat who posted the "Listening Post" entry on the story thread. (As you can probably imagine) there have been numerous behind the scenes e-mails about the fairness of my action. I am submitting to the authority of the Mod and hereby retracting my Listening Post entry.

(If a Board Moderator would please DELETE said post it would help avoid confusion for any late-comers. Thank you.)

I do apologize and request all players' forgiveness. Thank you.

(Asriel, how did you know??? Dragon, you suspected. But I got the distinct impression Asriel knew. ... And I tried so hard to disquise my writing style.)

Now ... on with the story...

- KK

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(This message has been edited by Kaptain Karl (edited 05-17-2002).)

(This message has been edited by Kaptain Karl (edited 05-17-2002).)

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Originally posted by General Rak:
**Mac: Is anyone who has posted so far capable of being attacked? If not, who can be attacked?

**

I'd prefer if no one attacked until the situation with the Rebels has been resolved in some way, though I suppose I probably technically gave up my own protection with that flash recon, anonymous though it was.

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Originally posted by Macavenger:
**I'd prefer if no one attacked until the situation with the Rebels has been resolved in some way, though I suppose I probably technically gave up my own protection with that flash recon, anonymous though it was.
**

We'll see how anonymous it really is.

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(This message has been edited by General Rak (edited 05-17-2002).)

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Originally posted by General Rak:
**We'll see how anonymous it really is.

**

You have absolutely no way of tracing that Scoutship back to me or Diphidia, since it was not purchased on the open Market by either Diphidia or myself. And especially given that the IFF configuration is rather non-standard. It returns a suitably anonymous name like Scoutship 649 if queried and has no transponder code. And of course it sophisticated enough not to use one of a ship already in system, and also not change names while in system, so don't try querying it twice.

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(quote)Originally posted by Macavenger:
**You have absolutely no way of tracing that Scoutship back to me or Diphidia, since it was not purchased on the open Market by either Diphidia or myself.:p

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Originally posted by General Rak:
**Hmm. I'll think of something Mac.:p

**

/points to late edit which was forgotten

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Ok Mac, I've got a little time. Do I simply select 340 units worth of Rebel ships and give them to the command of Karl or myself?

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Originally posted by Macavenger:
**/points to late edit which was forgotten
**

/me points to post.

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/me points to his post as well

Tracking ships is very easy when you control all routes to a certain system.

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Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
Ok Mac, I've got a little time. Do I simply select 340 units worth of Rebel ships and give them to the command of Karl or myself?

Eh, don't worry about it. Karl and I have an... arrangement. Come back Monday when you have more time. I promise it'll still be in one piece then.

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Originally posted by Macavenger:
**Eh, don't worry about it. Karl and I have an... arrangement. Come back Monday when you have more time. I promise it'll still be in one piece then.
**

coughMac's Empirecough

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Rak, please edit your Mierda post.

If I had to spend over an hour trying unsuccessfully to "tap dance" a way to allow me to manipulate other governments' people, you surely are not going to get away with it either.

It's OK if you "suspect" Mierda is a Rebel spy, but NO WAY can you say so definitively. (Besides, you don't really believe all that stuff Dragon spews about us sweet 'ol Rebs being mean and nasty, do you?) Thank you.

- KK

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Originally posted by Kaptain Karl:
**Rak, please edit your Mierda post.

If I had to spend over an hour trying unsuccessfully to "tap dance" a way to allow me to manipulate other governments' people, you surely are not going to get away with it either.

It's OK if you "suspect" Mierda is a Rebel spy, but NO WAY can you say so definitively. (Besides, you don't really believe all that stuff Dragon spews about us sweet 'ol Rebs being mean and nasty, do you?) Thank you.
**

Ummmm... When I looked at the post, he called him a Rebel "Sympethizer". Agent and sympethizer are different things.

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Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
...Agent and sympethizer are different things.

Did you also miss this when you checked the post? "West quickly ran over to him, placed a gun to Comprar's head, and eliminated the Rebel menace. I'd say "Rebel menace" makes my point.

- KK

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Originally posted by Kaptain Karl:
**(Besides, you don't really believe all that stuff Dragon spews about us sweet 'ol Rebs being mean and nasty, do you?)
**

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Originally posted by Kaptain Karl:
**
Did you also miss this when you checked the post? "West quickly ran over to him, placed a gun to Comprar's head, and eliminated the Rebel menace. I'd say "Rebel menace" makes my point.

**

A person sympathetic to the Rebels in a menance. So he was a Rebel menace, as he used my money to support the Rebellion.

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Originally posted by Kaptain Karl:
(Asriel, how did you know??? Dragon, you suspected. But I got the distinct impression Asriel knew. ... And I tried so hard to disquise my writing style.)

No, I knew too. In fact, most people did. We were sort of hovering between Macavenger and you a little, but the Order of Valtere really gave it away, that and Rak mentioned you had a record of using unregistered names for your own ends.

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Originally posted by SilverDragon:
... that and Rak mentioned you had a record of using unregistered names for your own ends.

Twice! Two times in my webstory history (this being the second)! Geez!!! A guy sure can get a bad reputation easily around here.

(Oh yeah ... did you know Rak eats his own boogers too?)

Okay Rak. I'll let your tap dancing on the "Rebel menace" stand. Well argued.

- KK

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Originally posted by Kaptain Karl:
Twice! Two times in my webstory history (this being the second)! Geez!!! A guy sure can get a bad reputation easily around here.

Actually, you also swayed a poll using that technique.

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Originally posted by Kaptain Karl:
(Oh yeah ... did you know Rak eats his own boogers too?):D

I love you too KK.

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Originally posted by Kaptain Karl:
**Okay Rak. I'll let your tap dancing on the "Rebel menace" stand. Well argued.
**

Thanks.

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Originally posted by SilverDragon:
We were sort of hovering between Macavenger and you a little

Me? Hey, I've fought every webstory I've ever been in honorably. Sure, I take advantage of opportunities that come my way, and people usually don't like it when I do ( ), but I've never done anything to fix a webstory in that matter. (Yes, I know some of you, like Asriel, will complain that I'm an unfair mod, but that's a different category, and I still think I'm as fair as can be reasonably expected in that regard.)

Also, SilverDragon, that post by Espona is looking highly suspicious. The writing style is amazingly like yours - his name looks strikingly similar to a nick you've used - and here he shows up agreeing entirley with your proposal. So just be advised, I'm watching that very closely.

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