David Weber/Eric Flint SNERK Youtube interview

Amazon wrote:
THE CROWN OF SLAVES SAGA CONTINUES. ADVENTURE AND INTRIGUE IN THE STAR KINGDOM FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHORS DAVID WEBER AND ERIC FLINT.

The Solarian League lies in defeat, crushed by the Grand Alliance of Manticore, Haven, and Grayson.

Obedient to the Alliance's surrender demands, the League is writing a new Constitution, to prevent the reemergence of out-of-control bureaucrats, like the "Mandarins" who led it to disaster. Frontier Security has been disbanded, the Outworlds' have regained control of their own economic destinies, and multiple star systems will soon secede from the League entirely.

Yet the League is — and will remain — the largest, most economically powerful human star nation in existence, and despite the overwhelming evidence that their unelected political leaders were the driving force behind the war, many League citizens deeply resent the fashion in which their star nation — the Solarian League — has been humbled. And those who most resent the Grand Alliance continue to blame Manticore for the nuclear bombardment of the planet Mesa after its surrender. They refuse to accept that the League — and the members of the Grand Alliance — could have been manipulated by a deeply hidden interstellar conspiracy called the Mesan Alignment. The Alignment is only an invention of the Grand Alliance, no more than a mask, a cover, for its own horrific Eridani Violations.

Those Solarians will never accept the "war guilt" of the League, because they know the Grand Alliance was just as bad. Because they deeply resent the way in which the Grand Alliance pretends to be the innocent "good guys." And in the fullness of time, those Solarians will seek vengeance upon their enemies.

Not all Solarians feel that way, but even some of those who accept that there was an interstellar conspiracy cherish doubts about its origins. But it is still out there, and now defeated Solarians and agents of the victorious Alliance must join forces to find it. Even if they don't believe in it, it believes in them.

They must find it and identify it, to prove to revanchist Solarians that there was a conspiracy.

And they must find it and destroy it to end its evil once and for all.

George J. Smith wrote:Those Solarians will never accept the "war guilt" of the League, because they know the Grand Alliance was just as bad. Because they deeply resent the way in which the Grand Alliance pretends to be the innocent "good guys." And in the fullness of time, those Solarians will seek vengeance upon their enemies.

Remind anyone of anything?

ThinksMarkedly wrote:

George J. Smith wrote:Those Solarians will never accept the "war guilt" of the League, because they know the Grand Alliance was just as bad. Because they deeply resent the way in which the Grand Alliance pretends to be the innocent "good guys." And in the fullness of time, those Solarians will seek vengeance upon their enemies.

Remind anyone of anything?

The Harrington Plan was meant to avoid that outcome. But it was never executed all the way through. The war ended much more quickly and with an astounding defeat for the League.

cthia wrote:Hot damn! Whatta helluva blurb!

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I intend to consume that interview. And I'll be Bach.

Louis R wrote:Unless you're an amazing organist, I rather doubt it. Anyway, I suspect your wife would have something to say about the 20 children

Sometime in October, BTW, will be the 5th - Baen always releases on the first Tuesday.

cthia wrote:Hot damn! Whatta helluva blurb!

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I intend to consume that interview. And I'll be Bach.

cthia wrote:It is interesting when David and Eric talks about the awful characters of which Pavel Young seems to be among the most detested. I think David refers to him as disgusting aristocratic scum with no redeeming qualities. But don't quote me on that, that may be my own summation of Young getting in the way.

At any rate, I began wondering who he served under. Any leads? I don't recall any mention of any of his COs. Whoever he or she is, have to be very proud of him. And he hardly could have built up a loyal following of crew. Any crew who served under him were probably stunted in personal or career growth. I just don't recall any tell of anyone having served under him other than the crew of Warlock. Anyone???

ThinksMarkedly wrote:

cthia wrote:It is interesting when David and Eric talks about the awful characters of which Pavel Young seems to be among the most detested. I think David refers to him as disgusting aristocratic scum with no redeeming qualities. But don't quote me on that, that may be my own summation of Young getting in the way.

At any rate, I began wondering who he served under. Any leads? I don't recall any mention of any of his COs. Whoever he or she is, have to be very proud of him. And he hardly could have built up a loyal following of crew. Any crew who served under him were probably stunted in personal or career growth. I just don't recall any tell of anyone having served under him other than the crew of Warlock. Anyone???

Remember that Young was part of a clique of officers that looked after each other. And his father had very powerful files and influence with those same officers. He was probably assigned from snotty cruise to his XO billet to commanding officers who would turn a blind eye to his shortcomings and would also be inclined to believe him because of his "pedigree" when it was his word against a "lesser" officer or, worse, an enlisted.

In all, he probably had the easiest of all careers. His being given HMS Warlock, which looks to be one of the first Star Knight ships in 1900 PD, was probably part of that. And it would likely have continued with a squadron commander's position as a commodore, then something as Admiral, etc.

He may not have had redeeming qualities, but he probably wasn't stupid either. He probably did the minimum needed not to get into trouble with the officers who weren't in the clique and who couldn't be intimidated by the North Hollow Files. He probably also stayed away from senior NCOs, who had vastly more experience than he did. He may have looked down on them, but he wasn't stupid to cross them.