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Subject: Re: "Alone Together" - Swallowtail production


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Rob
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Date Posted: 09:22:40 06/01/11 Wed
In reply to: Wes 's message, "Re: "Alone Together" - Swallowtail production" on 18:42:15 05/31/11 Tue

>>In "Alone Together", Chapter 17, Jon and Tanisha are
>>talking with Stan, Jennlynn, and Jim about the outcome
>>of the 'Swallowtail" tests and negotiations, Stan
>>talks about a possible contract to build the unit, he
>>talks about:
>>>
>>>
>>"But if we do wind up with the contract, production
>>won't really be an issue. I happen to know of a
>>company in southern Michigan that's running out of a
>>contract to build sonobouys for the Navy. They don't
>>use them like they did when there was a Russian
>>submarine threat, and the company is scrambling for
>>business. They're used to doing production of
>>classified stuff, the tech fit is real good, and they
>>were real interested when we talked to them this
>>morning, even though it's probably a year away from
>>actual production work."
>>>
>>>
>>Have we ever seen anything else about this company, or
>>could it be a basis of another story coming?
>
>No, and no. It was just a throw-in.
>
>-- Wes

Wasn't Jennlynn originally just a throw-in as well?

--Rob

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Wes
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Date Posted: 10:14:46 06/01/11 Wed

>
>Wasn't Jennlynn originally just a throw-in as well?
>

Well, yeah, but a little more compelling. She grabbed my imagination. It takes a lot of throw-in details like that to make a story -- some of them lead elsewhere, most don't.

-- Wes


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