1 I still continue to hold out hope for the WWII paralells to rear their head and result in some sort of UM sub--although justifying it scientifically is beyond my means.  In practice, I suppose it will continue to be a war of maneuver... and attrition, lots and lots of attrition.  Unless they're incredibly expensive, I expect more and more and more mines, with low-maintenance defensive minefiields camping gates (in realspace) numbering in the tens of thousands, to simply overwhelm an attacking force's countermines.  Ships will be divided into mine-carriers and scout-escorts, like the frigates and assault frigates.  There's not really much point in having other classes, anymore.  If it can't launch mines or effectively shoot them down, it's useless.

Given that there's probably not gonna be a domestic release anytime soon, I fell fairly safe in recommending you sell your soul for B3; it's worth it for the last line of dialogue alone.

And yes, when somebody mentions the word "harem" to Jinto, there *is* a still shot gratuitously displayed showing his imagination.

2 Ah, dangit, I knew I forgot to include something last night.  I was going to mention the closer.  Yes, Lafiel has the last line, and it's a beaut.  I agree with BigD completely on that score.