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[It took her a month to pull this together, and even then, Kate does worry that she left some things out. But the last thing Kate is going to do is openly worry. Oh, Billy can likely see the marks of concern all over her face. But that's because he's her best friend.

Beyond that, she wants to help. And she sincerely hopes this does help, if nothing else.]

So, at the end of October before the bombings happened, Kay Faraday asked me to put together an FAQ for everything that's going on. Since everything is interconnected in some way, I decided to put together a succinct (and neutral) FAQ for imPorts to help them out with everything that's happening.

The idea was this: give everyone the information they need to get around in this world, and if they want to look into more, they can. Even with that, there is a lot of information! As such, I left out any information that might be deemed as "too much" as a precursor, but if you absolutely think I left out something too important, let me know.

The FAQ is here!

The idea is to keep it as neutral as possible. I've got my own beliefs about a number of topics within this, but these are meant to be factual statements to help someone make up their own mind. And if they don't want to have an opinion, they're free to have that!

Any comments, questions, or remarks are welcome. Which I suppose comes with the natural understanding of putting this here in the first place.

As heavy of a topic as this is, I hope everyone had a pleasant Thanksgiving, and now we're into the rest of the holiday season.

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[selfimage]

You deserve a drum roll lead into this one, Kate Bishop.

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Maybe nothing as dramatic as that.

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[glowsferatu]

in terms of neutrality
you were surprisingly successful

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I'll take my gold star now.

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[grimreaping]

This is exceedingly helpful, thank you.

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[selfequipped]

You're welcome! I'm glad to help.

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[anthropophagite]

This is incredibly helpful, thank you.

Any chance of printing it and handing it out to newcomers? Perhaps during the Swear-In ceremonies?

[ he would have loved to get a pamphlet like that when he arrived three months ago ]

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[selfequipped]

It was eleven pages, so it might be a little long for a pamphlet. But I set it up so that anyone can hand it out over this. I don't mind if anyone does that!

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[schrader]

Damn, if only I'd had this a couple weeks ago.

[ He still would have fucked it all up. ]

Do this yourself?

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[selfequipped]

The writing, yes, the information gathering, no. A number of us have been working together since the beginning to keep our noses in the right places. I have most of that information on hand.

[inmyothertights]

Wow.

This is pretty awesome.

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My actual "Billy Kaplan is gone" project. It gave me something to focus on.

[somethinghidden]

How incredible. So much information on arriving and being here.
This is really amazing. Thank you so much for compiling this, Miss Bishop. It's really useful.
I only arrived here sometime last month, and had so many questions.
But not nearly as many as the ones answered here.

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Honestly, I'd be surprised if someone turned up here without questions.

[kinesia]

[ That's lengthy. But also very important. He doesn't really trust the government, and he's more likely to trust other imports. Still, the idea of registering seems off to him. But this is still important. He reads it all. ]

thank you . this was a good thing to do

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[Kate is staunchly anti-registration, but that doesn't match the spirit of the facts. The facts are that, so far, registering is more beneficial than not.

But a little bias crept in, even if she likely had to delete sentences around it. She was telling the truth: people can survive. Quite easily.]

It took a while, but I think it'll help! It's easy to take for granted how much information isn't natural for those who have just arrived, so hopefully I can help more new people out with this.

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[bulwank]

That is quite a lot of work, thank you for your effort!

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I didn't mind! It kept me busy.

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[rathercommon]

[ Well, Kitty has saved this to her hard drive and printed out a few copies. Just in case it mysteriously gets deleted. It never hurts to be too paranoid! ]

Thanks for this. You'd been mentioning this before, and this really didn't disappoint.

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[selfequipped]

I'm glad it helped! There is a lot that's left out, and I imagine you'd like to know more. But this should be a decent primer to get you (and anyone else) going.

[expatriates]

I doubt any Russian imPorts to be told they're being surveilled. The government does a poor job with discretion.

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[selfequipped]

You haven't met Jayden yet.

Though I admit that it was mostly to bring it to other people's attentions in a round about way.

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[vaccination]

holy fuck

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Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

[yatagarasu]

Kate, you're AMAZING! It's perfect! (Well, for now, while things are quiet...)

You could've rung me up if you were starting the project, though. I wish I could've helped. But when Hero Club is up and running, I'm definitely including this in the welcome goodie bag. Sort of.

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Hey, I said I could handle it myself easily, so I did!

I'm making business cards to give a link to people. It might be a better way of slipping it into the goodie bag.

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[bratziska]

This is very informative. Thank you.

( She knows where to give credit where it's due. )

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[selfequipped]

I'm glad. If you have any additional questions, feel free to ask (though it'll be on a less official neutral-for-the-sake-of-neutrality basis).

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

You've done a hell of a thing here, Kate. I'm impressed.

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[selfequipped]

I tried! I hope it helps out everyone moving forward. I figure a lot of people are surprised by what's happening, and this should help.

[acclimatized]

Thanks for doing all this. It's really helpful.

[selfequipped]

Honestly, I should've done something a lot sooner, but better late than never.

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[corviform]

You must have heard this enough times already, but this is great and useful work. Thank you for taking the time to compile all this information.

If you don't mind, I have a question.

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[selfequipped]

I didn't mind. We've been trying to make sure that all information is as transparent as possible.

What would you like to know?

[5055034455]

Adding to the pile of kudos. Nice work.

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If only we had like buttons, but I'm glad everyone had to go out of their way to really leave a remark of their own.

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[everythingisawesome]

[Emmet is impressed. How did someone type up all of this all by themself? It seemed like an insurmountable task for a guy with tiny claw hands.]

Whoa-ho! This is... a lot! Thanks! I've been meaning to getting around to finding out about what's going on here.

[He probably won't get through reading it all immediately but he's definitely going to study up.]

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[This guy looks like a LEGO.

A LEGO.

Well, all right.]

... If you have any other questions, let me know?

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[112ounces]

thank you this is very helpful

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No problem! I'm happy to help.

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[sophos]

I haven't gotten to go over it yet, and I'm sure you've gotten plenty already, but thanks for doing this.

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[selfequipped]

It's not a problem at all. If you have any questions once you're done going over it, let me know.