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<p>“At first, it was just the occasional opinion column in the feeds, but the actual news started to pick up on it soon after, and then there were a few debates. I don’t think it ever got to the point where the module was at risk, but people are still talking about whether it was a good idea, I hear.”</p>
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<p>“And you said you don’t know what their real arguments are?”</p>
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<p>“Correct.”</p>
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<p>“What about who was having those arguments.”</p>
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<p>“What about who was having those arguments?”</p>
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<p>“That’s the thing, there were relatively few voices from those who had uploaded recently. Most of those who started the arguments were from the first few decades of the System’s creation. I suspect that at least part of their concern is that they still feel somewhat upset at having to pay to join, some of them dearly so, but even that doesn’t feel like the whole reason. It was just all these super old uploads, both individuals and clades, who seemed less than thrilled at the prospect. Founder types, you understand.”</p>
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<p>Eir frown grew. “Do you remember any names?”</p>
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<p>“The Jonas clade was pretty vocally against it. I think they even had compunctions about the launch, for that matter. There were some of the Odists, though I never took much interest in who. Their names are always so impenetrable. Let’s see…there was Àsgeir Hrafnson, who has always seemed like he’s against everything. Such a sour man…”</p>
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<p>Was this another lie from Dear, or had the fox simply not gone looking for names in the debate?</p>
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<p>“Obviously, the launch went forward anyway, and both LVs contain Dreamer Modules, so they weren’t successful,” the astronomer was saying. “They didn’t seem interested in paring down the scope to the modules, nor even adding any risk mitigation factors beyond the extra RTG and a set of explosive bolts that could jettison the module if necessary. I think that’s what made me the most suspicious of their initial arguments. If there was risk, why not try to mitigate it further?”</p>
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<p>“I’m not sure,” Codrin said, mouth dry. “Perhaps it was more of an image thing? As in, adding the module might damage how others viewed the launch.”</p>
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<p>“Perhaps.” Ey heard Brahe shrug against the moss-grass, then continue. “Anyway, that’s the story. I don’t know if it’ll be of any use to you in your project.”</p>
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<p>“Perhaps.” Ey heard Brahe shrug against the moss-grass before he continued. “Anyway, that’s the story. I don’t know if it’ll be of any use to you in your project.”</p>
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<p>“It might. It already answered most of my other questions, too. The last one I have is that you invested entirely in the LVs. Why?”</p>
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<p>The astronomer was silent for a long time. “As upset as I get that I’m not actually able to see all the stars, even I am not immune to the romance of the idea. Imagine sitting at home, knowing that you could have flung yourself off into space, out among the dangers and excitement, and choosing instead that boring safety? The only benefit would be the combined knowledge of Castor and Pollux arriving at the station at the same time we’ll get it on either one of our LVs, but, well.”</p>
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<p>Brahe gestured up to the shifting night sky, leaving his words at that.</p>
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<p>Eventually, even Codrin lay back in the grass. Lay there with Tycho Brahe in all his sadness and happiness and wisdom and romanticism. Lay there and looked up at the stars ey knew not for how long.</p>
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<p>Page generated on 2021-11-07</p>
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