Suggested changes: {before : after}
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:45:50 +1200 R E <ranma_e@hotmail.com> wrote:
Akane let her feet sink slightly into the waters of the Toyohira {river : River}, and
sighed gratefully as the soothing water embraced her aching feet with its
benignant touch. She smiled in amusement as she watched Ranma deftly hop
from foot to foot.
"Sir," Scar acknowledged with a curt nod of his head. He was, like all of
them, fully outfitted in combat gear, his helmet clutched under one arm.
The multitude of grenades and ammunition strapped to a {bandolier : bandoleer} that ran
across his chest gave him an extremely intimidating appearance; one that
was reinforced by the determined expression upon his face.
"Yes, Sir," Fox - a gravelly voice that called over Ukyo's shoulder -
acknowledged. She could see the faces of his team with her spatial sense,
Seraph Wing accurately reproducing every detail in her mind, but she did
not recognise any of them. The AI dutifully searched personnel databases
to fill in the blanks, and filed a note for Ukyo to review their profiles
at a later date.
That's quite a change from Ukyo's usual detachment.
"It's a nice thought, isn't it?" Akane said. "Humans aren't all bad. I
used to be one myself, you know."
So was Ranma, a very long time ago.
-Global Positioning System. Each member of the fireteam is equipped with a
small GPS {transmitter : receiver}, which allows for---
Their tactical systems may be transmitting their location along with
other data, but no transmission is necessary to determine location.
"Serviceable," Angel replied, her voice {noticably : noticeably} shaky. "But I've only
{just : only} got a sidearm. That's not even going to make a dragon blink."
They hadn't anticipated the dragon's ability to move so quickly over the
rough terrain. That was the problem. The gap between team members was too
great to cover the distance in time. They should have deployed two
fireteams, not just one.
Everything they have might not be enough, so it is false economy to not
bring them all.
Of course, we've seen Ranma mostly dead before.