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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

I like the creative fusion of C and 3, it seems quite combustible in terms of the momentum and action.

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you for your vote! Indeed, I can see that most of my beloved readers are going for C :D

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Harold Ember's avatar

A or c, preferably a, and 3.

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you for your vote!

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Harold Ember's avatar

You're welcome.

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Snowyteller's avatar

Option C, the reactor has many uses, and is fairly simple to take and carry, not requiring suit modification or the like.

The second set of options is a bit trickier, one of them would be good if one had picked a different spoil.

#1.

For want of a better option.

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you for your vote! I wrote a comment but somehow substack did not post or deleted it? I don't know.

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Snowyteller's avatar

Little things like that are one of the reasons this teller has no fear of the soothsaying of impending techno-tyranny.

Not that there's no people pushing such, but even quite simple software just doesn't work sometimes.

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The Black Knight's avatar

I was able to utilize much less from the comments for this week’s Tanka, but it is all good :) I hope you liked it!

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Michael Persin's avatar

I vote for A and 2.

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you for voting :)

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Another wonderful slice of Spacer storytelling! I think it has to be 'Option C' for the first one. A micro-fusion reactor could have multiple uses and is definitely worth taking. It's also a chance for a mini boom time! For the second one it has to be 'Option 3', for sure. A barracks is bound to have lots of useful goodies. An army marches on its stomach, after all! 😎

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you for your vote! Once again you are making a sound space survival choice :D Will see how the voting steers the next episode!

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Joseph L. Wiess's avatar

I'm not feeling well enough to poem today.

So go to #2 after Grabbing part A.

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you for your vote! I am sending you lots of healing vibes :) get well soon!

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MoraleOfficerGran's avatar

I vote for A and 2. Even more spooky is right. He is a brave man to walk around these halls. He deserve especially a short rest

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you for your vote! Rest, it is super important for everyone, even a strong morale officer like you needs some :D

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MaKenna Grace's avatar

Nice! Option 2 gets my vote (mainly because I’m tired and rest sounds REALLY great right now, lol)

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The Black Knight's avatar

Btw, what about the choice of loot?

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MaKenna Grace's avatar

The micro-fusion reactor sounds like it would be the most versatile. I’d go for it.

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thanks!

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you for your vote! Yes, indeed option 2 seems to be the most restful :D

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Lillyput Fields's avatar

I really like option 3. It sounds the most interesting.

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The Black Knight's avatar

What about the loot?

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Lillyput Fields's avatar

As he says, he is an explorer, not a scrapper. I have an idea that there will be PLENTY of loot… (he did show up at the beginning with an entire spaceship in tow, after all).

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The Black Knight's avatar

There is a choice between A, B, and C from three pieces of loot.

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Lillyput Fields's avatar

I don’t know how I missed that! I say C, the fusion core!

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you! I am counting on more votes now :)

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you for voting! I agree about option 3

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Terrance Ó Domhnaill's avatar

I like option 2

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The Black Knight's avatar

What about the loot?

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you for your vote :)

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Michael B. Morgan's avatar

Two!

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you for voting :)

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Michael B. Morgan's avatar

No prob!

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The Black Knight's avatar

What about the loot?

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Michael B. Morgan's avatar

Um... That's an hard choice... I'll say C.

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you. I don’t know how people missed it so far :D

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