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That's it, that's brilliant, you've got it! Save it, that's your final version!

As long as you know your matter from your anti-matter, and you remember that wearing a red shirt means you'll be killed in the first ten minutes... you'll be fine!

I wrote a short fan-fiction (nothing as good as the available stuff here, Star Wars v Star Trek is very good) once where the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E came across an inter-dimensional wormhole and scanned several TIE FIghters passing back and forth. As they moved closer, an Imperial-class Star Destroyer came out and engaged in a short battle with the Enterprise-E. Of course, Captain Jean-Luc Picard destroyed the Imperial ship, but fell through the inter-dimensional wormhole in the process... ...and then I stopped writing. Threw it away years ago. Got bored, moved on. Shame, really.

That explains why my husband is late AGAIN home from work...

Hurrah! And the new signature image?

Chief Engineer Fosh of the Virgin Space Ship "Enterprise"? Seriously, no joke, the first starship Branson is going to launch is called the VSS "Enterprise"!

Um... okay, bring it on (what am I doing here anyway?)...

Hmm... I'm not a fan of these type of games, and fantasy isn't exactly my thing (I almost died of boredom watching Lord of the Rings, those films are awful), but I must say: the graphics are nice.

A very good and valid point. It's one of the first things security services made moves towards. Ever thought of a job in the government...?

Never believe what you read in the press: I should know, I work in the news for goodness sake! But my husband cannot confirm or deny your statement about the bus camera. However, exterior CCTV camera footage from the route of the bus is being examined to detail exactly who was on the bus at what time. Alongside witness statements and the say-so of the bus survivors, they can paint a pretty accurate picture.

Fosh: I'm not talking about the Police, who are in quite a state these days thanks to New Labour (more commonly known as "Lies 'R Us" headed by Tory Flair... oops, I mean, Tony Blair). There are other security forces available that don't have so much regulation these days... some the government can't even alter... Some CCTV cameras don't work, and are dummy cameras like some speed camera devices to make people slow down/act lawful in case of the chance of actual recording. However, many do work, and the reels from Thursday's tragic attacks are being examined: the film footage from all affected Underground Stations is under review, as are the CCTV devices around the route of the doomed bus. But, if it is confirmed that we're dealing with suicide bombers, then pictures of them blowing themselves up may only be so useful...

There's no doubt of your Britishness, Fosh. However, your lack of faith in the modern day security forces and secret service is unfounded. The British government has some of the most up-to-date systems for tracking and processing possible "villains" or terrorists. They will be caught, it's only a matter of time.

You put across a... 'convincing' argument, apart from one thing: those responsible for these attacks will be hunted down like petty dogs and destroyed by the might of the British security forces.

That's fantastic stuff, Fun-We. I like the fact that you've kept that opening about snow and the impact it has on the war, because it really draws you in. It's nice and tight now, and if it's possible, I like it even more!

A couple more memorable moments worth doing if ever you get the chance... - GoldenEye using his eye to throw an unwitting guard into the sea at the beginning of the Crab Key mission in "GoldenEye: Rogue Agent". - Visiting the Disco Room found on Kamino in "LEGO Star Wars", where you stand on floor panels to start off a disco version of the Star Wars title theme and activate flashing coloured lights. Even two Kaminoan medics come over and start dancing with you... great stuff! - Listening to Yoda say "Bites the dust, another one does!" while spinning around the Jedi Temple hacking up Clonetroopers in the "Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" videogame. - Crashing into a police jeep and a glitch making it bounce onto the roof of James Bond's Porsche Cayenne Turbo, before driving around the rest of the mission in Peru with a shouting policeman on your roof, in "Everything or Nothing". - Pestering crew members on the bridge of the USS Voyager NCC-74656 in "Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force" just to hear famous people moan at you.

I'm going to need to know these things, aren't I...? Thanks for the heads-up.

I haven't given you any information they'd be interested in. I'm just a guy on a website... imagine how many people are "claiming" to know stuff all over the world!? Besides, if you did and it got out of hand, you'd be found and arrested (if you're British, which you're probably not).

The investigation is proceeding well. Whether the details are officially released or kept secret until some results are achieved is yet to be decided. But all I can say is that one or two promising leads are being followed up at the present moment.

Stupid Moments: - Nikolai Diavolo, the villain of the James Bond game "Everything or Nothing", surviving a missile in the face and a jet crash before getting another missile in the face and still screaming as he falls to his firey death involving, yes, another missile. - Knuckles the Echidna hitting Sonic's pod and making it bounce backwards while still hovering in "Sonic 3" before waiting for the perch he stands on to chuck him off. - Mei Ying from "Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb", after being posessed by a demon, saying "Follow me, I know a way out of here!" while she and Indy stand on a platform surrounded by lava streams with no bridge or escape route: it's why Indy didn't run away in the first place! - Mace Windu standing and watching Anakin Skywalker twirl his lightsaber around in order to stab him in the "Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" videogame, while still holding his own weapon and therefore able to defend himself. Funny Moments: - Obi-Wan Kenobi being unable to ignite his lightsaber in "LEGO Star Wars" while Qui-Gon Jinn destroys all the battle droids guarding Queen Amidala's party, before finally doing so with no more droids left standing and his Master putting his head in his hands. - The two pilots of the Radiant IV Republic starship hanging in mid-air before falling and breaking into tiny LEGO bits in, you've guessed it, "LEGO Star Wars" opening sequence. - The following exchange between Homer Simpson and Mr. Burns from the PlayStation2 game, "The Simpsons: Hit & Run": Burns: "Is that you, Merriweather? Come back to haunt me, have you? Well, I killed you once, I'll kill you again...!" Homer: "No, Mr. Burns! I't me, Homer Simpson!" Burns: "Oh! So you're not the ghost of my former business partner? Wow, that was... wow..." - Another quote from "The Simpsons: Hit & Run" when Homer Simpson is having to race and outwit a black sedan containing alien intruders: Homer: "Ooh! It has the speed of a sub-boss, but the tenacity of a level boss!" Best Moments: - Codename 47 dressing up as a waiter in a white tuxedo and infiltrating a reception at the Russian Embassy in "Hitman 2: Silent Assassin", carrying around chocolates on a tray in one hand and a silenced pistol in the other while walking past a piano player... genius gameplay. - Captain Sulu, thrown into the Mirror Universe aboard the ISS Excelsior, coming across his USS Excelsior being commanded by the evil Mirror Captain Sulu in "Star Trek: Shattered Universe". - The rogue agent GoldenEye being betrayed and running from Crab Key as the nuclear reactor overloads in "GoldenEye: Rogue Agent", escaping just in time to ride the nuclear detonation's shockwave to safety in Dr. No's helicopter. - James Bond 007, played by Pierce Brosnan, leaping off a Peruvian cliff face with no parachute or safety precautions and falling at incredible speeds in order to catch Serena St. Germaine and save her, and himself, from becoming small red splat marks in "Everything or Nothing".

Warp Drive systems will be first. Scientists are already experimenting with colliding matter and anti-matter to create massive amounts of power needed to reach Warp 1: the speed of light. Hyperdrives throw starships into another dimension... that's pure science fiction. We don't even know hyperspace exists, yet we know about the speed of light and, thanks mainly to Star Trek, we have a general idea of how to reach Warp Speed. In the next century, we will achieve space travel at Warp.

Indeed. However, considering this was the big terrorist attack on our nation's capital city involving four seperate explosive devices, we could have suffered much more. Thanks to the emergency services, the tragic number has been kept lower than it could have been. If this is all the terrorists can do to us, we have little to worry about... those responsible are the ones who should be worrying.

I'm in neither (well, actually, I am in the media, but that's not where I got the information from and I won't be leaking it, either). My husband works "actively" for the government... if you catch my drift. If you do, don't shout it out.

I believe you will find that that long deceased relative who fought the epic battle was Count Dooku of Sereno. This Tyranus probably modelled himself after his great-great-great grandfather and because he had reinvented the Sith Order, took on new rules roughly modelled after the old order and because he modelled himself after Dooku took on the name Tyranus. Thus it all seems to make some sense. Very good... except that Darth Tyranus (my one) is not the new leader of the new Sith Order. He and Darth Haress are merely two cogs in a much larger machine. But yes, my Darth Tyranus is a distant descendent of Count Dooku of Seranno, and admires his great-great-great grandfather to extremes, so much so that he models himself exactly on the records of Dooku. It's just an excuse for a Dooku fanboy like myself to bring back his favourite character in some fashion...!

...and you won't, either, until it's officially released to the press.

I can't say much, but you're quite wrong. MI5 have some very promising leads including one that could result in some arrests very, very soon.