Whereupon she married up?


;-)

No distractions while you are handling the hot stuff, PLEASE!

So, Blast, would you let me put holes in things before you blew them up, or would it be a race to see if you can make it disappear before I can draw a bead?

Do they need a guy who will beat sense into the sci-geeks who are really smart but have no common sense? I so, I would do it.

I'll even leave my cat at home.

Wow. No wonder there are so many of those shows. I had no idea that they pay so poorly. Cheap jerks.

Apply here.
-Blast

I went ahead and applied. I am afraid they will take one look at my traffic here and conclude that I would make the show into something other than what they had in mind...

We shall see.

In the first season the veteran and mechanical engineer Vladmir Beck experimented with building mines. He and other "Colonists" had plenty of ideas regarding defense, which eventually went beyond their machetes, maces and axes to a working flame thrower and taser.

The problem is that these defense measures were put on the back burner initially so that they could focus on food and a clean water supply. Not to mention that the colonists were initially forced to stay awake and went through constant physical activity before the show even started as part of the simulation.

In any case, the creators, producers and writers of the show get to watch you 24/7. No matter how masterful your plans or what you build for defenses, their ever-presence will be translated into intel for the bad guys. They also have the luxury of knowing the set far better than the players ever will so there will be ways around your defenses no matter what you do. They also have the ability to "script in" things to make your precautions backfire on you.

With all the talk on the web during and after the first season, I would expect there to be a security and defense specialist this season.

Hmm, that sounds like a challenge. I wonder how smart they would really be...

"Hey Ben, what are you doing with that old microwave and that aluminum foil and that drain pipe?"

"Just looking for a field expedient way to roast hot dogs once we get power back and I can charge the batteries, nothing else to see here. Move along, move along..."

or better still, and more to Blast's MO...

"Uh guys, I'm not sure what those two liquids will do when mixed, but it might not be good"

"Don't worry, we've done this before. We know what we're doing. It's just to clean the windows with so we can get more daylight in building, nothing else to see here, Move along, move along..."

LOL

OK, if any of us was to be on this thing, I would have to get cable back.

Most of us would walk on with an evil grin and never take it off.