TBird50 wrote:n7axw wrote:Cryo is probably out. Nobody has ever used the stuff for longer than 50 years, let alone a thousand. I guess that it can theoretically go up to about 150 years.
A more likely possibility is a preserved personality like Nimue or even a AI, in a virtual reality or a PICA.
Don
I don't think it would be a PICA. In OAR, Nimue brought her PICA along at the last minute, but then she transferred to the ship that would be destroyed by the Gbaba. She supposedly tranferred all her baggage including the PICA so that Langhorne would think it was gone (but actually hidden by Pei). Otherwise Langhorne would destroy it. I'm paraphrasing, but I think that was essentially the deal. So if PICA's were available, then why would Nimue's be such a threat, and if they could be manufactured at Safehold, again why would it matter if Numue had one. Instead, Nimue had to basically commit suicide by transferring to the other ship, and her PICA was hidden somewhere on the Safehold ship until turning into Merlin.
TBird50,
Your memory and mine agree but... Langhorn was caught by the pocket nuke and the 'archangels' that survived him had the capability to build PICA's and build servitors as well as the OBS, to use the NEET's and presumably to set up the whatever it is beneath the temple
Who knows, maybe they questioned one of Shaw-Wei supporters and found out something about Numue's PICA... in that case, everything down there is specifically to neutralize Numue/Merlin and technology. If there is a PICA or three stashed away, I want to take it apart before I wake it up.
Like leaving the Black Knight's limbless torso screaming threats at King Author... "("Running away, eh? You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what's coming to ya! I'll bite your legs off!")." Monty Python Don't reach into a tree chipper till you LOTO if even then