[Mail Call] 2017/03/16 – Sleep Edition II

Guh, it’s almost Friday, and it’s almost the weekend, but I got home a bit later than I had expected.

What do I do when I’m too tired to comment or to proof our writing to make sure it doesn’t break any known lore?

Easy. Post Zuizu.

(This is not one of ours, but it’s so adorable xD)

Oh wait. Actually, no. That’s not it. I’m going to RNG a random image from our pool, which happens to be this one.

Still the same old scout Abyssal that everyone knows well, but this one’s just a tad bit scarier looking. 🙂 I’ll talk more about this probably some other time.

[Mail Call] 2017/03/15 – Further plans

Sometimes if there’s no mail call, it’s because we’ve done other stuff – for instance, tweeting yesterday or commenting on stuff yesterday on our forums. I need to figure out a better way of getting that info to everyone.

I admit, I’m still messing around with how to keep everything organized. That, probably, is the biggest challenge that we’re facing right now. We’ve got a pretty clear idea about where and how we want to take Pacific, but it’s considerably more challenging to figure out how to show it to all of our readers.

That, and the thing is that with a 12-hour difference, sometimes it takes quite a while to get things settled.


Today’s update is a new piece on what’s going on in the USSR.

I’ll talk more about this later. 🙂

Lens of History (2)

STEC Archives, Print Document Division
Curator signature: T.
Format: Textual Record
Object: Flyer or Advertising Poster
Original Language: Russian
Location (if known): Unknown.
Time (if known): 1982

(Printed by the Ministry of Labor, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic)

Comrades! Thanks to your hard work, a unique opportunity lies in front of you!

Do you see now your handiwork? Over the last four years, you have together laid hundreds of thousands of miles of track, which means moving across Mother Russia has never been simpler! Now, your loyal comrades are headed north to contribute to the next stage of our great plan and you can too.

The Ministry of Labor has a new job for you, comrade! Millions of workers are even now volunteering for the job of a frontiersman in our nation’s uncharted lands. This honorable job means for the next five months you will contribute to the short and long-term transformations of our country by carefully cultivating our abundant resources in the great northern lands.

Comrade, this work will not be easy. We will need those strong not only in body, but also spirit. In light of these challenges the Ministry of Labor has declared the following additional supporting elements to all our brave volunteers.

  • Subsidized (based on work experience and class of job) family stipend one to three ranks greater.
  • Free transportation on the new Life Line railcars.
  • Bi-weekly physical and health examination.
  • No lottery on C, D, E, F, G, H, K, T, and AB consumer good purchases.

The North waits, comrade! Mother Russia calls you to action. If you think you are capable then report with this flier to your supervisor or superior officer for further instructions.

[Mail Call] 2017/03/13 – random grab bag

Quick grab-bag of various questions, then I’ll start to work on the backlog. A promise is a promise, after all. 🙂


“Is the English release of volume 2 out yet?”

No.

Before you ask when it’s going to be out, it’ll be out when it’s out. 😉


“What kind of books is the team going to bring to AnimeBoston?”

We’re still finalizing our decisions for now. Probably you’ll see some posters and whatnots of our other works, but honestly whether or not we bring more of our books over to America is going to depend on how well Pacific does.


“What happened to Baicai?”

He’s doing fine. He’s a tea merchant now. Small business and all, you know. It’s a lot of hard work so I don’t think he’s going to be drawing again anytime soon.


“So just how “badass” (for lack of a better word) is Maury? Is she the type who knows martial arts and can take down squads of armed soldiers with her bare hands? Or is she just the athletic type with a fondness for CQC?”

Badass can’t really be quantified. You’re forgetting that shipgirls are capable of superhuman actions. In that sense, then, even someone like Shaw can probably take down squads of armed soldiers without difficulty.

“Martial arts” for shipgirls look very different than what you would think. For starters, think about the strategies employed by typical military specialists. They often leverage key advantages such as size or bulk and turn that directly into combat applications.

You might as well ask “is your arm or leg stronger than an Abyssal’s armor?”


“Is the wiki going to come back?”

Sort of. I just got frustrated trying to learn the wiki format, so I might try something else with it. We did learn how to set one up, but between that and the site it’s a handful.

Basically, I think the wiki was set-up for a purpose of cataloging and displaying our content. In that sense it wasn’t the perfect system, but it had the right functions at the time.

So we’ll see.