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Granite Au
is 65% done
"readiness drills weren't even part of the regimen anymore."
I'm outraged. I understand the concept of suspension of disbelief. I'm not complaining about the FTL am I? I also understand subverting genre expectations. Many interesting things could be done with military sf where the military can't even. BUT I refuse to believe in a ship without drills or a military without exercises? What do they do with their time?
— Mar 15, 2026 11:53AM
I'm outraged. I understand the concept of suspension of disbelief. I'm not complaining about the FTL am I? I also understand subverting genre expectations. Many interesting things could be done with military sf where the military can't even. BUT I refuse to believe in a ship without drills or a military without exercises? What do they do with their time?
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Granite Au
is 41% done
I'm so irritated right now. Here we are, Chapter 16, and the protagonist is revealing he's never worn a spacesuit before, a reveal which played out far less dramatically around Chapter 4 when he went on his first space walk.
ALSO, how is the other protagonist an elite infantry soldier, a fighter pilot, assigned to duty as a naval captain (what are lanes) but somehow useless in a crisis???
WTF is this nonsense?
— Mar 14, 2026 11:49AM
ALSO, how is the other protagonist an elite infantry soldier, a fighter pilot, assigned to duty as a naval captain (what are lanes) but somehow useless in a crisis???
WTF is this nonsense?
