Isn't that pretty much what the shuttle was, a big, expensive, complex launch basket?
"DBWI" in a thread title means "Double-Blind What If," that is, you are writing as if what is depicted in the scenario is reality, and that's the perspective you would write from. (Sigh. I feel so pedantic.)
so, remember that the default perspective/point-of-view of someone posting in a thread is to adopt that of someone "inside" the scenario/timeline/"world" as it unrolls/is revealed.
this means that if you are going to say something um...
basically, if you say anything that isn't "playing in character" from the POV of being in the depicted world/timeline/scenario (gosh I feel like a freaking geek),
remember to add, "ooc" for "out of character" preceding the text in such posts.
for example,
OOC: Hey, Fred, your concept is marvelous, and, by the way, your "Maximum Leader" seems like a combination of John Corzine and Elizabeth Taylor! How droll!
IC: Naturally, we must overthrow Maximum Leader, and then feed her entrails to her Royal Turtles. Then I would be able to laugh as in old days.
I think there's a FAQ or three around the site that'll explain this much more clearly.
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