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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>David Stockhoff wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> Gerry Quinn wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> > </FONT>It's not just drop ceilings that he recognised - he worked the mirror transporter. How was he familiar with<FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT>that technology? You</DIV>
<DIV>> > would at first sight expect it to be wildly futuristic by his standards - but no, he was<FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT>instantly able to operate it. </DIV>
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<DIV>I don't think we'd expect it to be wildly futuristic. On Urth, we expect working technology to be ancient. I think the transporter</DIV>
<DIV>room is from Jonas's time but not from his ship.</DIV>
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<DIV>How likely does it seem that Jonas was injured in the crash but the mirrors and their controls survived?</DIV>
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<DIV class=plainMail><FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">You suggested that Jonas had learned something by talking with Kim Lee Soong's descendants that went beyond architecture. I think</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail>it's just that they'd been there for generations, and possibly some time-altered story of how Kim got there in the first place. Jonas</DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail>realized that "antechamber" was literal, and combined that with the architecture to realize the history of the place and the importance</DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail>of not staying there for the rest of his "life", which could probably be quite long.</DIV>
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