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@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ After a moment's silence, the skunk continued. "Per our agreement, this meeting
The response was quick in coming. "We, as a race, have divided civilizations up into a range of classes depending on their energy usage: planet scale, planetary system scale, and galaxy scale. At what stage were each of your races, and, if you have ran across any additional races, at what scale did they work?"
"Our race lived at the level of planetary system," it replied. "We appear the way we due in order to survive in a variety of environments beyond those of our world-of-origin."
"Our race lived at the scale of planetary system," it replied. "We appear the way we do in our post-biological state in order to survive in a variety of environments beyond those of our world-of-origin."
"*Lo,*" Stolon said, speaking slowly. "Planetary scale for us. For other three races."
"*Lu,*" Stolon said, speaking slowly. "Planetary scale for us. For other three races."
True Name glance to Codrin, ensuring that ey was taking notes. "Thank you. Would you like to go next, leader Turun Ka?"
@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Stolon, meanwhile, was clacking claw-tipped fingers against the table and bobbin
Codrin grinned, scribbling further notes on in eir notebook. Ey was pleased to see that there was excitement around the table, rather than simply anxiety.
"Scientist Stolon, please answer Tycho's question regarding how," Turun Ka said, voice bouncing through tones.
"Scientist Stolon, please answer scientist Tycho's question regarding how," Turun Ka said, voice bouncing through tones.
*Amusement, perhaps?* Codrin thought. The atmosphere certainly seemed to have lightened.
@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Tycho grinned, nodded. "Apologies, that will be my question, then."
"I ask," Stolon said. "How launched vehicle? We see also another."
"A station --- a construct, as you say --- rotating with the Castor and Pollux LVs at the end of long launch arms, launched using tangential velocity, then photon sails and gravity assists on our way out of the system."
"A station --- a construct, as you say --- rotating with the Castor and Pollux LVs at the end of long launch arms, launched using tangential velocity, then photon sails, Hall Effect engines, and gravity assists on our way out of the system."
"You move not so fast, *ka?* Conserve fuel?" They chattered their teeth again. "Sorry sorry, will ask again soon."
@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Both True Name and Sarah reached for their pens to make note of the answer.
Codrin smiled and nodded eir thanks.
"Codrin Bălan, do your bodies-physical-forms continue to live after embedding of consciousness?"
"Recorder Codrin Bălan, do your bodies-physical-forms continue to live after embedding of consciousness?"
Ey shook eir head. Realizing that the gesture may not translate, ey said, "No, they are destroyed in the process of uploading. Or embedding, as you say."
@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ True Name answered, "There is. Why Ask Questions is a fork from me, and I am in
That unnerved, anxious expression returned to the secondracer's face, but they bowed their head all the same. "*Aet.* Thank you."
Standing, True Name bowed deeply once more. "Thank you once again for joining us. Let us retire to our rest areas to compare notes and reconvene in one hour's time."
Standing, True Name bowed deeply once more. "Thank you once again for joining us. Let us retire to our rest areas to compare notes and reconvene in one hour's time to begin in earnest."
Both delegations stood and returned their acknowledging gestures, whatever they might be, and each walked toward their respective rest areas.