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362436 (Ron) wrote:

Yeah, our shows of force over there weren't nearly as entertaining. The
most dramatic thing I did was turn day into night by putting out all 196
of our flares, well actually the EW did it, but damn it, it was my idea


Hmmm....., I would think putting out a great number of flares might have the
effect of turning night into day.

But you see, they were black-matter secret Nazi flares from WW2, that we stole
the technology from.

Oh. Well. That explains it, then.