Kathleen Adair, Theoretical Physicist and childhood friend of Hakon BlackAxe. Best friend of Clarence Gage, and primary member of the Crystal One team.
From the Department of Pickiness: “Ordnance”. Lawmakers write ordinances, soldiers carry ordnance.
Of course, it helps NOT A BIT that “ordnance” was derived from “ordinance” about 6 centuries ago. Soldiers used “ordinance” (put in order) to refer to their stores of weapons while their rulers used “ordinance” for the decrees that kept their subjects orderly. And some quartermaster dropped the “i”, and it stuck.
From the Department of Pickiness: “Ordnance”. Lawmakers write ordinances, soldiers carry ordnance.
Of course, it helps NOT A BIT that “ordnance” was derived from “ordinance” about 6 centuries ago. Soldiers used “ordinance” (put in order) to refer to their stores of weapons while their rulers used “ordinance” for the decrees that kept their subjects orderly. And some quartermaster dropped the “i”, and it stuck.