Ed130 The Vanguard wrote:Damonby wrote:
Also, I find it interesting that the implication is that after some unspecified Adams were made aware of part of their real history, BOTH sides seem to have agreed to use archaic weapons in the War of the Fallen. Why else would Kohdy be armed with a sword and armored like a knight? Did both sides fight without using energy/kinetic weapons in the hope that the original mission could be preserved and that the majority of Safehold Adams and Eves could be kept ignorant of the truth?
Great series, can't wait for more.
From an earlier snippet (snippet 5) believe that Khody mainly faced other Adam's. I suspect he and the other sejins were auxiliary forces alongside the remaining lesser angels and whatever was mentioned in snippet 5. "The servitors who’d fought for the Archangels had largely withdrawn to the Dawn Star," I'm guessing UAV or some kind of tank drone?
Plus if you think back apart from the TFMS Hamilcar (the last remaining colony transport) where else could the fallen get advanced equipment? The Administration centre and the Alexandria Enclave were both destroyed and I doubt Langhorne would want any sort of manufacturing equipment where the new locals could get at it. History shows that Chihiro and Schueler managed to take or already controled the Hamilcar, forcing the fallen to make do with what they had.
Hi Ed,
Note that I'm too lazy to type in your full handle... But welcome to the forums anyway. Belly up to the bar and enjoy the simulated beverage of your choice... It's on the house.
I thought that the Dawn Star was Hamilcar. I think you're right about Kohdy facing other Adams.
Where this gets a bit murky is exactly who the fallen really were. The attack on Armageddon Reef wiped Pei Shanwei and her group out, although it is possible that not everybody was at home when the attack rolled in. Pei Kauyung died at the same time as Langhorne in the same blast. So who are the fallen? Khody thinks they are followers of Pei Kauyung in this last snippet. But everybody tends to label the other side according to convenience. They could just as easily been followers of Langhorne who factionalized in a power struggle. Of course, since the winners write the history, the losers get labeled the fallen, or the followers of Shan-wei When the losers might not have been followers of Kauyung or Shan-wei at all.
Don