Compilation of Documents Relating to Foedissimum Os / Discussion

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Dick Sheldon 24 Oct 2011 17:50

Format is loosely based on this. I was interested in the idea of actual doctors and proffessors working part time for the hand, letting them use their labs to dissect weird things as well as the idea of the hand hiring private companies to capture dangerous things. Basically, less institutionalized than the foundation.

If anyone sees any grammar or spelling errors, feel free to change them. Also, if the flow doesn't work or the articles seem disjointed please tell me. I'm new to this whole deal. I may add sketches depending on how sciency I can get them. I hope you like it, all three of you active members.

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thedeadlymoose 31 Oct 2011 23:06

I liked it enough to upvote it…

…but jesus christ you had a ton of errors. The worst was your "its/it's" mixups. I fixed a bunch of them but I doubt I got everything, so maybe give it another once over please :P

(Also, since you misspelled it three times at least, I'll also point out: it's 'professor' with only one 'f')

Dick Sheldon 01 Nov 2011 03:52

Thanks, adding extra letters to words happens to be a speciality of mine.

I, for some reason, decided to post it before I was completely finished or satisfied, and from a device with no spell check. I'm probably going to revise and compact the whole thing at some point.

thedeadlymoose 01 Nov 2011 20:51

Well, post here when you do and I'll read it again. It's still good. :)

Dick Sheldon 27 Jan 2012 19:42

Here's version two, besides quite a few little tweaks the biggest change is the formatting. Hopefully this will reduce the wall of text I had earlier as well as more closely match the link I posted above.

The reason the fast spreading cheesegraters never became public knowledge was partially because they rotted extremely quickly like their successors, and because of The Foundation. Newbie agents were tasked with dropping anchors down the things' throats and dragging them out of the ground with a truck.

I didn't put that in because it was gross.

In all likelihood I'll continue to change things 'cause my skill don't match my standards.  

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thedeadlymoose 16 Feb 2012 20:26

I normally don't care for formatting tricks, but I think you did an excellent job in this case. It does increase the readability for me. Also, I like the use of sketches.

science shaman 15 Jan 2013 14:41

what is an aim sheet?

RE science shaman

Dick Sheldon 22 Jan 2013 05:23

An aim sheet will firmly constrict around the creature leaving enough room to breath while completely immobilizing it. Most catchers paint a coat of tranquilizer on to the inner face to calm the creature. Some use small strips of the sheet to bind broken limbs or dangerous jaws. Very useful, Highly used.

It has the added benefit of obscuring it from view and obfuscating its form. The outer face can be presented as several different camouflages including: quilt, blue tarp, painters tarp garbage bag or body bag, matching costumes for personnel escorting the creature can be provided.

I pretend.

(account deleted) 13 May 2020 04:56

I would like this more if some of the pacing was fixed at the end, at which point the story was just dragging. I feel like the description reports would go at the start, in all honesty, as background knowledge. There are also some minor errors, and I think there were even more before Lt Flops cleaned it up…Overall, it's not an extremely good example of what a report should look like.

Crow-Cat 14 Jul 2020 02:57

When I was younger I loved speculative biology (I still love it, but not as much as I did when I was a kid), so naturally I was drawn to the Howes Bestiary articles. But when I first read this article, it blew my 11-year¹ old mind.

Thank you for that, author. +1

Footnotes

1. Actually it was more likely I was 13 or 14

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Joshdafunker 12 Nov 2020 06:13

Nice art. Interesting content. And, most importantly, well-written text

Jackody 23 Jan 2021 10:56

Wonderful, especially the particular format you used +1

Martle 16 Mar 2023 15:46

This is some really neat stuff! +1

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