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Hey Guys!

Thanks for sticking with me through this story and all of its raw glory! For the next few weeks I will be going through the chapters and making minor edits (grammar, names, and changing sentence and paragraphs here and there that don't make sense.) It's a wonder that I havne't been shot dead yet when looking at some of these errors. I'm wondering how I missed them to begin with... But! I have this new-fangled thing called the Kindle, and I've been using it to highlight and such, so there hopefully won't be anymore of those horrible, nightmarish errors.

I can't stop laughing at how short I thought this story was going to be. Damn, I was delusional. Stories seem to take over and get a mind of their own sometimes (don't you just hate that?) I don't even remember what the original ending was supposed to be... And that's what I get for daydreaming more than writing. But hopefully you guys see that as a positive thing and will continue to live on the edges of your seat as you watch my little captain and her barista friend stumble through their adventure!

This story has been in my head for quite a while- it actually all started with a friend who wanted me to create a lesbian pirate captain... And out popped this. The chapters are a bit long, I know, but I think of them as short stories that link up into an overhanging novel. Each "arc" is about two acts, and has its own plot and storyline, but has an overhanging plot to connect it all into a greater storyline. And I hope you find it enjoyable being written this way! The facts about pirates are quite a bit skewed in this story, be aware- this story was meant for fun and my sanity. (I have a lot of interesting facts that I could spout out about pirates, I love them to death.)

And if you've gotten this far in reading this, I suppose I should get the manditory stuff out of the way: All senshi, sailor moon stuff belong to Naoko. All other characters, mostly secondary, as well as locations mentioned are all my ideas. The plot is an original, by me-I'd be happy if you didn't steal it.

Warnings: lots of Shoujo-ai and fluff, Some light yuri towards the end though not enough to warrent being rated M, I don't think. Some violence and language.

And below, you can read about where I got my ideas for each of the chapters, instead of the end of them. All at once everyone!

Prologue: Ouraunos is actually another name for the God Uranus. I just made a few spelling modifications for our second in command to make it more entertaining looking. Randy is short for Miranda, one of the planet Uranus's moons. Proteus was nicknamed the "Old Man of the Sea". Elysia comes from the Elysian feilds. This place will actually come more into play later-more so than being our character's favorite place to get drunk. Ariel is another moon of Uranus', though for some reason I still always think of Ariel from the little mermaid. I felt it appropriate to name the bar that because it joined up our air and water characters quite well. ^_~

Act One: The star seed comes from the fifth and final season of Sailor moon (actually pops up a little bit sooner in the manga-SuperS) and is the essence of a Sailor Scout. Here, it is used a little bit differently. A little bit. Haruka's ship, Iphis, was named after a character in the Metamorphoses. The character fell in love with a girl and prayed to the Gods. She was turned to a He, and was able to marry this girl. Diamond's ship, is called Lune Noir, which means black moon in French. The Lucifer tale described in the story I felt was appropriate- the creator, Naoko frequently used bible metaphors for her manga, Christ imagery and such.

Act Two: Scorpus is a word modification of Scorpio, which is Sailor Pluto's Astrological Sign. I had a hard time making her country tribal-esc, futuristic, and at the same time fashionable. Naoko did have her as a fashion designer in her profile!

Act Three: I wanted this to tie up some of the question marks from the beginning (IE where Haruka came from, the details of Michiru and Haruka's meeting, which tells the reader the plot of the whole story). While I do like to just throw the reader in, I still like to explain things after the first major plot action. Though I hope I did not do this too late... There are still some blanks here and there, which I hope to fill in later. Anne Wreade's name I got from the two great female pirates: Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Though neither of those two were lesbians- upon hitting on each other and finding out their true genders, they both decided that they would make good friends. Her Pirate name, Titania, is (surprise!) another moon of Uranus', while her ships name, The Nereid, is one of Neptune's moons. While at the sametime, the barkeep of the Ariel was named Oberon, another moon of Uranus'. The two characters, Titania and Oberon, are Michiru and Haruka's kind of guides- the people who launch them into their 'second' lives. In a way, these two secondary characters in the chapter are alike in their jobs, so in my head I think of them as quite a good couple.

Act Four: None

Act Five: I wanted to give Makoto's ship a steam punk feel (as I've always loved steam punk and wanted an excuse to plunk it in), so I hope I succeeded in giving that feel... Makoto's first in command's name, Jova, was changed slightly from Jove, another name for Zues/Jupiter. Ganymeade is one of planet Jupiter's moons, as well one of Zues' lovers in the myth. Thebe as well for both. Zues was kind of man whore, wasn't he? The name of the air ship, Io's Argos, was derived from the myth where Zues was sleeping around (again) and just before Hera came in, he changed her to a cow. Suspicious, the Goddess sent Argos (a thousand eyed monster) to watch her, as well as threw in some annoying flies for good measure.

Act Six: None. Some will be placed eventually.

Act Seven: None. Some will be placed eventually.