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In-story, I laid the groundwork early on for #5 of that slideshow, in the form of a no-fly zone defined by whether the top of the CN Tower has line-of-sight to the target.

After re-reading the citation, and the description of the CDS Commendation, that sounds reasonable. I can even try to expand a bit on my protagonist's initial desire to go for the VC and CV, with the bunker's AI offering commentary and conversation that leads to the CDS being chosen.

Thank you for the feedback - learning that what I tried to write isn't quite what a reader read is why I posted the initial draft. What I want to get across with whatever those paragraphs get written into is less the free hand of my protagonist with the medals, and more the level of the...

A first draft of a few paragraphs I'm currently planning on including: -----8<----- A couple of the messages 'addressed' to me summarized almost all the others. I already knew most of the outline, and could have guessed at most of the rest: Halloween night, comms cut off, bunker sealed up, the...

That's a rather nice version - I rarely see such maps extended beyond Mars. (Eg, http://clowder.net/hop/railroad/deltaveemap.html ) Usually, for Hohmann transfers, I refer to the tables at http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/appmissiontable.php ; and when I start dealing with rockets...

If you're talking about the pre-Singularity tensions between Canada and Russia... I assume that it would be essentially the same sorts of people as do that sort of thing today, slightly modified by many more ubiquitous cameras, computer processing to interpret all those images and generally...

Do you know if there a complete list of those is available? (The page linked to by the previous poster mentions the Canadian Forces Decoration; is that the only one?)

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Canadian_Forces#Rank_insignia (which refers to http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/downloads-telechargements/reserve/dress-tenue/CF_dress_instructions_mod2008_0514.pdf , which no longer seems to exist), I've learned that the...

A point. (I frequently refer to the books of a certain role-playing game, GURPS Vehicles, to come up with useful stats that are at least in the general ballpark of reality - but reality always includes aspects that the RPG designers had to simplify out.) Maybe not, which is why it's always...

Hm... for the potential containerized Arctic depots, how about putting some portion of them underwater, to shield from both radar and from thermographs, not to mention simple visual observation?

Assuming we're talking about Arctic preparations, possibly based on containerization... I have some pre-Singularity civilian equipment capable of changing its surface colors, at least to one of a set of pre-programmed patterns. The military version might be able to change to arbitrary designs...

VA3BOS, at your service.  ;) One approach I've been considering is that the process of the Singularity sent some of the geoengineering projects meant to ameliorate the negative effects of climate change running amok, one or more of which might have sent the shockwaves through the ionosphere...

Nunavik is one name for the region, but not the only one; http://www.quebecpolitique.com/circonscriptions-electorales/geographie/geographie-ungava/ was my main reference in deciding the new borders. In this scenario, Nunavik is likely a sub-division of Ungava. I went for the larger region...

I'm aiming for post-Singularity feelings about Canada to be slightly more mixed. After the 2030's crisis, the Canadian government did try to institute at least some reforms, such as a Basic Guaranteed Income and a more representational legislative system, so I expect there will be some people...

I could make a note along the lines of Canada's military research being based on a baseline of American technology, with a focus on improving it for cold weather and long distances between resupply. I'm a moderate fan of cargo-container construction. I can easily imagine a network of logistic...