[quote=Etcetera]
Y Crisis (Paternal Anatomic Transgression 1: Decline)It could mean that the disease is in stage one, with more to come. Perhaps some mutations with the shrinking of the chromosome in part two.
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Yes, there is certainly more to come. It's not all peachy, but we will rise at the end.

[quote=Protagonist]
Hm, and idea, though I'm not sure if it's a good one: we could have our character's IC interacting on board the ship, wait for enough people, and then once we have enough, we have it arrive at its destination.
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That could happen. I'll start working on the IC tomorrow. I won't rush my post out to give others a bit more time to start from the very beginning.