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Mala got off lucky! Love the term "meat shield" LOL.

The only trouble with that kind of banter is that you don't know what you might actually reveal. Usually scenarios like this in fics are used to give Mala and Jason some kind of sexual tension or attraction or drawing closer. While I don't mind them, I enjoyed the fact that you didn't do that.

Originally posted by ChrisW The only trouble with that kind of banter is that you don't know what you might actually reveal. Usually scenarios like this in fics are used to give Mala and Jason some kind of sexual tension or attraction or drawing closer.

Yes, thanks for not having them arrange to secretly meet for drinks! (At least, not until the war has been over and done for a while.) Also, thanks for keeping Zark outta this! There were at least five places where, if this had been a BotP script, the rust bucket would have broken in to tell everyone how much he worries about G-Force, yadda yadda yadda...

Originally posted by ElectricWhite

Originally posted by ChrisW The only trouble with that kind of banter is that you don't know what you might actually reveal. Usually scenarios like this in fics are used to give Mala and Jason some kind of sexual tension or attraction or drawing closer.

Yes, thanks for not having them arrange to secretly meet for drinks! (At least, not until the war has been over and done for a while.) Also, thanks for keeping Zark outta this! There were at least five places where, if this had been a BotP script, the rust bucket would have broken in to tell everyone how much he worries about G-Force, yadda yadda yadda...

I think we can safely say that I don't ship Jason/Mala. What I really wanted to do was try to touch on an answer to the 'why Earth?' question. As Naa-Dei Nikoi pointed out on the old BotPML many years ago, invading Earth is actually a really impractical thing to do on the face of it. If your planet's dying and you need to up sticks and move, why invade a heavily-populated, heavily defended world when, in the BotP-verse, there's an apparent plenthora of Goldilocks planets out there? Even Venus is in the Goldilocks zone in BotP canon. (I can't remember exactly when we discovered that Venus was basically hell on a stick, but I have a feeling it may have been in either the late seventies or the very early eighties.) Personally, I suspect that it may be for tax reasons. No, seriously. Just imagine: you are the penultimate ruler of all Spectra, and you go to the Federation and you're all, "Dude, my planet's like totes doomed and we need to move. You got any planets holding home open days this weekend?" Then President Kane says, "Dude, we can sell you some sweet real estate. The assistance package is gonna cost you big bucks and there's like, a major relocation levy, not to mention stamp duty and transfer fees, and oh, there's also an entire planet's worth of land tax." Then you go back to the Luminous One and he says, "Screw that, dude. We're not paying that sh*t." So you go back to the Federation and you say, "We ain't paying. I'm gonna invade ur planet and kill ur dudes." Then Chief Anderson says, "No way, dude. You try that and I'm gonna mess you up with my dudes and their sweet ship that sets itself on fiyah." And you're like, "And I'm gonna mess you up with my sweet monster ships, dude." And he's like, "Bring it." So you totes bring it.

Originally posted by GrumpyGhostOwl If your planet's dying and you need to up sticks and move, why invade a heavily-populated, heavily defended world when, in the BotP-verse, there's an apparent plenthora of Goldilocks planets out there? Even Venus is in the Goldilocks zone in BotP canon. (I can't remember exactly when we discovered that Venus was basically hell on a stick, but I have a feeling it may have been in either the late seventies or the very early eighties.)

Well, actually, the Soviets discovered that when they sent a probe there in 1961. (I had to look that up...I'd figured that scientists had to have a fairly good idea about the surface of Venus because, in The Six Million Dollar Man, robotic rovers designed to withstand Venus' incredibly harsh conditions are featured in two episodes.) Also, the "Goldilocks Zone" just refers to an area in a planetary system where life (as we know it) would most likely be found. Venus and Mars -- even though they are lifeless -- are within the Goldilocks Zone because they are neither too close or too far away from the sun to sustain life if they had an Earth-like atmosphere. I'm not disagreeing with you, GGO. I Just thought I'd throw this in.

LOL ... I don't have a problem with Jason/Mala stuff, it's just nice to see variety.