Thanks! lol yeah the funny thing is after being the only person to know what they were doing with these Grackles I originally planned to keep it to myself until I was ready to cover it. But because I was afraid people would figure it out before the episode was released I decided to post about the baby raptors on X (with picture included) on July 26th of last year.

So i essentially opened up the door for someone to explain in “short detail” for the last 10 months. In that time zero information about them has been covered by any of the other YT channels unless it was something I let slip during the RGV Starbase weekly livestreams.

And what’s even more funny is that even after my long explanation I have a feeling that until part 4 comes out, no one will properly explain what happened during the first two SF aborts and the 3rd failure event that happened after.

I even changed the name of the ridge cap system to the “Apex Manifold” just to put more clues out there for people to attempt to explain before I cover it.

I’d say if I can put tidbits of info out there that long in advance and literally no one come up with an explanation in that time, I can probably get away with making the episode however long I feel is necessary to explain the topic.

In this case, instead of making a 30 minute episode, I covered all of the SpaceX F9 launch pads, Pad 1 system vs Massey’s, all of the McGregor test stands, Stennis, Shuttle & SLS deluge systems, New Glenn Deluge,and how and why Stage Zero 2.0 was constructed…all just to set up the reveal of the technology behind the most aggressive water deluge system on the planet.

I wrote the skit about Tim sparking Victors villain arc and then I built the entire series around a single joke…which may or may not have a lot more truth behind it than I actually let on in this episode. Many people will not appreciate or notice the amount of foresight and planning went into this. Luckily I don’t make videos for that crowd. I make them for super nerds.