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Old 04-24-2008, 11:55 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Sir JonPop said, "Brother Knight Moderators, most of you that I have never had the pleasure to meet before.
It is with great sorrow that I stand before you and Your Highness King Thunder and my King Arthur, in these times of war.
We have all suffered mightily at the hands of the spammers, but I bring news from the Wizard, Sir Merlin of a new way to counter the spammers weapon."
At this, there came a great roar from the assembled Knights with much pounding of gauntlets upon breast plates and thumping of Broadswords on the floor.
Sir JonPop waited for the noise to die down before continuing.
"It is a very simple way that our great Wizard of Betterman,Sir Marlin has devised. As you all now know, the spammer weapon is a line of sight reliant weapon that is only effective during daylight hours and Sir Merlin has made, using his great Magical powers, very thin sheets of a reflective material that can be applied to all of the Moderator Knights and soldiers.
In the saddle bags of my and Sir Kdub's horses, are enough rolls of this light material to equip a small platoon of Knights to thwart the efforts of the spammers.
Many wagon loads of this same material are within a two day ride behind our arrival.
My suggestion, with the permission of our two great Kings, would be to pick the freshest and most fearless knights to be wrapped in this material and to take the battle to the spammers."
Again, there was a great roar and banging. Sir JonPop, turned and looked at the two Kings.

King Thunder stood and said, in a very loud and forceful voice, "Will all the captains of the Moderator Knights please remain and all others please clear the hall and go to the courtyard where you will find a fine meal and wine awaiting you."

Sir Bret and Sir Uberschwanz remained as did a large group of Moderator Knight captains from ThundersPlace as well as two or three surviving captains from MOS.

Sir Supra, a Moderator Knight from the Matters of Size Kingdom, raised his hand and spoke loudly. "If this is true Sir JonPop, that a reflecting material will render the spammer device ineffective, pray tell, why our armor that shines so, in the Sun, wouldn't stop the spammer Ctrl Alt Delete, Device? " "Very simple, Sir Supra," replied Sir JonPop, "All of the armor in use today has chinks and spots devoid of covering, the spammers use this small window to zoom in, penetrate and delete." Wrapping in this light weight material will prevent them from any opportunity to use this weakness to delete us."
A great cry of "OoRah" came from the assembled captains.

"Sir JonPop continued, "This weakness is as simple as a Knight raising his arm to swing his Broadsword, thereby exposing the unprotected area at his arm pit, or the simple act of raising his visor. We shall have to devise a new tactic to defeat the spammers.
Many shouts, to be heard were forthcoming and arms being waved in the air. Sir JonPop pointed to Sir Uberschwanz and said, "Sir Knight, you have concerns?" Sir Uberschwanz said, "Yes, Sir JonPop, how will this material be affixed, will it fall off in the heat of the battle?" Sir JonPop replied,
"No, Sir Merlin thought of this and ran many tests using myself and Sir Kdub in full armor. He has devised a 'sticky' side to the material that will adhere to the armor and even bare flesh, so it will not come loose." Many arms dropped and there were no more questions.

King Thunder and King Arthur stood and King Arthur said, "Myself and King Thunder shall discuss all we have heard here tonight, and devise a plan. Now, all of you remaining Knights, go to the courtyard and partake of the food and drink that has been prepared for you."
The Knights all bowed in unison as best they could in their armor and headed for the food.
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