Galaxy Ranger Edits - Mission Report 6

Editing Crystal Structures 2

Editing Crystal Structures 2 today was a kind of frustrating task, consisting mostly of shuffling content and thinking about how to tell that content more efficiently without so much tech-talk (about fictitious crystal technology - the "Waldo horizon" *wince*) and doing a first rough cut out of the no longer needed emo-bits (because the investigation on Andor solved that issue between Zach and Goose quite nicely and a lot more elegantly)!
All this resulting in

1. CS 2 being down to 42 pages now.
2. the freshly written part about the investigation on Andor being done (save for the final meeting with Denise (a.k.a O'Mega) already known from "Rape" and a x-over scene with the Niko-thread about Negata having his kittens about procreating Supertroopers.
3. the Niko thread losing 2 scenes by way of condensing them into the other scenes by way of memory / mention, thus giving the existing scenes more plot-relevant substance and weight similar to the Andor bits

remaining scenes to be written in order:

• Niko starting unpacking the crates & observing Negata losing his shit in the corridor
• Niko meditating & finding her mind drifting towards work (and the obscene amount of permits needed to operate a starstone driven device at BETA) instead of dealing with her personal issues
• Rewrite of the S5 (-Niko)'s meeting with Denise
• Niko & crystal engineer getting the reader to work
• adaptation of Ranger-1 returning to Earth (minor work)

( Quote of the day: ALMA at her best (from the Niko thread) )