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That was a great battle, and the permanent termination of the Corpo's contract was handled very well. I think it has to be Option '3' this week. They definitely need to loot the weapons and destroy the other supplies, so they can starve the enemy into retreat. That sounds like a great plan. An army marches on its stomach, after all, as Napoleon supposedly once said... 😎

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Thank you for your vote! Yes, indeed the army marches on its stomach as I discovered myself back in the day :D Hot, cooked food is definitely a morale boost! Not to mention you are going to suffer the rigors of battle much better, which means a greater chance of survival.

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One seems as if it limits the story possibilities, so from a strictly literary standpoint, I'd say no to one. Between two and three, three seems more tightly focused. After all, if you don't need food, why spend time carrying food away?

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Thank you for your vote! Substack did not give me notification for it and I only read it this morning when I checked the comments, counting votes. Yes, the nature of choose your own adventure structures is this that there has to be a bad choice, a mid and the goodest of options :D

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It’s kind of a toss up this week, Knight. Is it 2 or 3 for me? I’m going to go with 3. Final answer. 3 has a lot of impact on the enemy.

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Thank you for your vote! Indeed, things are about to come to an end and soon. Next story will be about Vinson's spacer buddy, Northstone Firehand.

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Looking forward to what comes next!

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Northstone Firehand is a legendary human spacer. Explorer of deep space oddities like anomalous zones, ancient derelicts, or the ruins of dead civilizations, he is quite handy with the pistols. He will be, in true Terran Spacer tradition, telling his tale himself.

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Ooh nice! I’d definitely pick #2. The more supplies, the merrier.

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Thank you for voting!

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So cool! I vote 3.

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Thank you for your vote! Happy that you liked it :)

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2 I'd say. How far back does this go?

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How far do they have to go and lug the crates or?

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I meant how long have you been writing these?

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Over ten years for the VYOA style shorts.

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Wow, thats a long time. How long has this particular story gone on for?

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This one is the newest story of this kind. I think about two months so far.

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I might try catching up on this one then.

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Um... He wouldn't leave useful resources behind. Two.

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No prob, bro!

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Tiny Feet of Doom counting the dead baddies. So fun. I vote for 3. That way they have more ammo and they get to blow up anything the survivors could use. Total desolation. On the rock of mud.

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Thank you for voting! They will make use of most captured gear :D

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Option two. Never leave possible resources behind on a battlefield.

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Thank you for voting! Indeed, you are correct :)

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Three! I am done carrying heavy crates.

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"The tiny feet of doom!" I love that! I have a couple of characters who could be described like that.

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The band name was born out of another awesome reader’s comment :)

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#2, you can never have enough free weapons.

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Thank you for your vote! Indeed, they will use these in due time :)

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It's early Friday, and I'm still recovering from Thanksgiving! Today, there's more family festivities, so I'll bookmark this one forvtheceeekend! I hope you had an amazing T’day! 🧡 🦃🧡

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Happy Turkey day, my dear friend! I hope you like the new episode :D Please vote so I can use your comment for next Terran-Tuesday’s Tanka poem.

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I’ll be catching up more tomorrow and Sunday! Indeed!

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I'll take my time choosing...

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Enjoy your Sci-Friday :)

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