"I'll join you!...For no reason!!"
Maybe its because Sir Astral had a history of sexual melastation, and looking at kiddy porn...You know how he likes them centaurs :wink:
And another thing, they never actually formed the shining force. I can't recall any moment throughout the game when somone called them the Shining Force, apart from the "{Blank} the {Blank} has joined the Force" parts throughout the game. I think they just so happened to form a thirty member band of powerful, weapon wielding misfits who had to reseal Zeon because Volcanon had to be such a bitch about helping them.
Finally, yes, I think NJ is the most random state in the US. Other than the fact that every ball we (and by we, I mean I) throw is magnetically pulled toward the same, alarm armed (if that is how it should be phrased) car on the block, we also can't seem to go anywhere without seeing something funny. I mean, some people around here are just so utterly hideous, you have to point, laugh, and even insult them just because they are so DAMN ugly. Now I'm not trying to put down ugly ppl, but if your ugly, don't swear that your not. Other random things around here include dogs that bark at you, and then when your too far away, seem to appear in the yard closest to you on the street and continue barking. People that wait until its a green light to cross the street, so they can walk incredably slow in front of a car to look cool, and even some ppl who think Carrot Top is funny. Now thats just wrong, isn't it? That is why NJ is so damn random. Don't you ever, EVER, come here.
Sorry for ranting, but there is still so much to tell about this country's randomness. Maybe RJ can finish the rest...