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The Escape Vector's avatar

this is great! i love this kind of thing. the Clone Wars is so emblematic of this--chef's kiss. i remember finding the "Big Mistake" in the Hyperion series a lot of fun, too--if I remember right, it's not fully explained. sometimes when i GM Mothership, i sprinkle in a little about "Old Earth" and its "Water Wars", etc. to contextualize an artifact or reanimated long-frozen player character's backstory. The players roll with it and sometimes add their own brief contributions. i would like to branch out to other juicy details.

one thing about about your memory lathe: why not capitalize it to Memory Lathe, so it stands out. maybe it's a technique, a technological intervention, etc. (perhaps never revealed?) but i think you could justify making it into a proper noun and it will help readers parse it as a concept unique to this universe

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Chris McDowall's avatar

It should be capitalised! I'll definitely fix that.

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The Escape Vector's avatar

yeah, it's a bit of a toss up. not sure if you would agree or not... when it isn't presented as proper noun, perhaps a reader would find it more immersive (i.e., memory lathe is just a thing that happens in this fictional universe, why give it special attention?) but if i understand right, it is not presented in primarily diegetic or in-universe material (right?). keep up the great work on MAC and this newsletter

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Richard Glover's avatar

Love this Chris! Excited to try MAC Attack soon!

In anyone working on an Alpha Strike inspired hack yet!?!? Lmao

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Chris McDowall's avatar

I mainly use Battletech mechs for my MACs, so it's definitely possible to bring them over!

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