[robkelk]

Originally Posted by awarnock

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I hope this isn't sounding defensive. I just thought that laying out my thoughts would help in getting things nailed down.

You aren't sounding defensive at all. Talking out the ideas and reasoning behind them is part of the feedback process.

Hmmmmm... For the Morsk Code of Honor, you might want to change "Never back away from a fight" to "Never back away from a challenge". That would let their craftsmen and scientists attack particularly difficult problems the way their soldiers attack particularly difficult enemies.