Snippet #13

Randomiser wrote:So the whole situation may turn out to be more interesting than 'Go commit genocide on them as revenge for them trying to do it to us.' After all, unless they have truly prodigious lifespans, which I'm not entirely ruling out, all the Gbabba who actually attacked earth will be long dead by the time a Safehold Grand Fleet goes to off to deal with the problem. Besides, the whole series has strong themes of personal moral responsibility and relationship with God. It would be unlike RFC to simply abandon those for part 3 and turn it into what he sometimes calls 'war porn'.

phillies wrote:

Loren Pechtel wrote:I don't see step 3 being much of a story. They'll develop the tech that can kick Gbaba ass with ease, then go kick it. It won't be anything like a fair fight, thus not an interesting story. It's not like the Honorverse where there's a fifth column problem.

Orthey discover the Gbaba don't believe in pushing new tech warships to the front until the supply of old tech warships is exhausted, and the war is much more even than expected.

phillies wrote:

Loren Pechtel wrote:I don't see step 3 being much of a story. They'll develop the tech that can kick Gbaba ass with ease, then go kick it. It won't be anything like a fair fight, thus not an interesting story. It's not like the Honorverse where there's a fifth column problem.

Orthey discover the Gbaba don't believe in pushing new tech warships to the front until the supply of old tech warships is exhausted, and the war is much more even than expected.

Loren Pechtel wrote:And they're defeated while they're building those new warships. There's no doubt Merlin will hit them with overwhelming firepower, it's going to be a short war.