by Stardrake_ on Tue May 01, 2007 3:31 pm
Earlier...
"Ladies and gentlebeings,
With the signing of the Board-Bunny alliance, some of you are probably wondering: Just who are these people who have suddenly arrived on our doorstep with an offer of help? Somehow, I don't think just saying "Hello, we're from the Board and we're here to help" is quite going to cut it, is it? Well, I'm here to answer you're questions and hopefully quell any fears you might have.
First, as you may have already have noticed, the Board can be seperated into two groups: FLEET, and the Board itself. Now, there's a lot of overlap between the two, and many higher-ranking members of the greater Board can be said to be standing with one foot in each. Nevertheless, a basic distinction can be made between FLEET and the rest.
The average Boardie is much like the average Bunny - there's a reason we advise visitors to the Board to leave their sanity at the door, after all. Not that I expect that to be an issue here. Anyway, apart from the fact that we don't standard-issue TFGs - instead, we distribute the POST, which along with other functions provides the wielder with the ability to warp reality in limited ways at will - you can expect much the same from Boardies as Bunnies - high degrees of individualism combined with a variety of weird powers sourced from magic, mad science, or natural ability. However, the Board does have a tendency to organise into factions - some, such as Weird Science, Speculation and the Magitech Division - are essentially professional organisations, while others gather in support for a common objective.
And then we have FLEET. Some see this as the military arm of the Board - although the rest of the Board is certainly capable of fighting, it is FLEET that truly makes the war against Stanny - our nickname for the Devil in the CRFH universe - their business. The majority of FLEET started arriving, shortly after the period in Board history known as The Adversary. It came in the form of starfleets arriving, through various navigational accidents, from star nations existing in various neighbouring universes, most of which, on seeing the threat that Stanny could potentially pose to their own universes, decided to remain and assist the Board against said threat. Given the fortuitous timing of their arrival, many have hypothesised that their coming was not through accident at all, but that the Goddess - or, perhaps, a powerful Boardie - arranged for them to arrive.
You
"The conflict is not between Christianity and Islam or between East and West - instead, it is between stupid people and other stupid people." - Terry Pratchett
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Stellar_Dragon (lost when an attempt to change the linked email address went wrong) and Stardrake (obliterated in the Great Keenspot Crash of '03).
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