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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by roseandheather   » Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:59 am

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Bill Woods wrote:
roseandheather wrote: own ship?

Well, RFC is obviously grooming her to fill the same role previously filled by Honor, Aivars Terekhov, Michael Oversteegen, and Michelle Henke - the brilliant, daring, tactical genius ship's captain.

I've also heard speculation that she's now filling the role originally slated for Honor's daughter Katherine before RFC had to cancel the time-skip idea (and spare Honor in AAC too, so thanks!) Which means that, while she might not get it in the next book, it can't be too long now. She does have to put in her time in grade, after all, but RFC needs her in the captain's chair before too long.

(I may or may not be rubbing my hands in glee at the thought but I admit nothing! :D )

Be careful what you wish for. The fastest way to give her a(n acting) command is for Weber to bump off the two or three officers above her.[/quote]

So sad, yet so terribly true. (Please don't hurt Naomi Kaplan, RFC!!)
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:27 am

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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by munroburton   » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:40 pm

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Bill Woods wrote:
roseandheather wrote:Well, RFC is obviously grooming her to fill the same role previously filled by Honor, Aivars Terekhov, Michael Oversteegen, and Michelle Henke - the brilliant, daring, tactical genius ship's captain.

I've also heard speculation that she's now filling the role originally slated for Honor's daughter Katherine before RFC had to cancel the time-skip idea (and spare Honor in AAC too, so thanks!) Which means that, while she might not get it in the next book, it can't be too long now. She does have to put in her time in grade, after all, but RFC needs her in the captain's chair before too long.

(I may or may not be rubbing my hands in glee at the thought but I admit nothing! :D )

Be careful what you wish for. The fastest way to give her a(n acting) command is for Weber to bump off the two or three officers above her.


That's what I thought too - as of SoF's end, Commander Kaplan, Lt. Commander Tallman, Lieutenants Fonzarelli and O'Reilly are senior to Abigail. She is the fifth ranking officer and depending whether the XO has a backup bridge to be manning, third or fourth on the Bridge during GQ.
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by KNick   » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:06 pm

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munroburton wrote:That's what I thought too - as of SoF's end, Commander Kaplan, Lt. Commander Tallman, Lieutenants Fonzarelli and O'Reilly are senior to Abigail. She is the fifth ranking officer and depending whether the XO has a backup bridge to be manning, third or fourth on the Bridge during GQ.


Which brings up the question of restricted and unrestricted line officers. In some navies an engineering officer such as Fonzarelli would not be eligible to take command of the ship until he was the last officer left. (This is the restricted line version.) In others, he would assume command as soon as he was the senior officer (unrestricted line version). I do not recall ever seeing a discussion of which version applies to the RMN. Does anyone else?
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by Hutch   » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:12 pm

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IrishRover wrote:I don't have the book handy (was rereading and left it at work) but from Storm From the Shadows, perhaps slightly misquoted, "The usual reaction of the Manties to a threat, especially to their home system, is to kill it."


Don't want to argue, and you may be right, but I think this quote was made by Thomas Theisman in Mission of Honor, IIRC.

Not that whatever book it is in makes it less true...
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by ksandgren   » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:19 pm

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Hutch wrote:
IrishRover wrote:I don't have the book handy (was rereading and left it at work) but from Storm From the Shadows, perhaps slightly misquoted, "The usual reaction of the Manties to a threat, especially to their home system, is to kill it."


Don't want to argue, and you may be right, but I think this quote was made by thomas Theisman in Mission of Honor, IIRC.

Not that whatever book it is in makes it less true...


I didn't look it up either, but as I recall it was Beowolf's explanation to the Leagues rep as to why using the terminus to support another prong for Filareta's attack was a bad idea and why they would not oblige.
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by roseandheather   » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:34 pm

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ksandgren wrote:
Hutch wrote:
Don't want to argue, and you may be right, but I think this quote was made by thomas Theisman in Mission of Honor, IIRC.

Not that whatever book it is in makes it less true...


I didn't look it up either, but as I recall it was Beowolf's explanation to the Leagues rep as to why using the terminus to support another prong for Filareta's attack was a bad idea and why they would not oblige.


It was A Rising Thunder - said by Justyná Miternowski-Zhyang, the woman in charge of Beowulf's system-defence force.

"...everything we’ve ever seen out of the Manties suggests their first reaction to any threat, especially to their home system, is going to be to kill it."
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by KNick   » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:55 pm

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ksandgren wrote:
Hutch wrote:IrishRover wrote "I don't have the book handy (was rereading and left it at work) but from Storm From the Shadows, perhaps slightly misquoted, "The usual reaction of the Manties to a threat, especially to their home system, is to kill it.""

Don't want to argue, and you may be right, but I think this quote was made by thomas Theisman in Mission of Honor, IIRC.

Not that whatever book it is in makes it less true...


I didn't look it up either, but as I recall it was Beowolf's explanation to the Leagues rep as to why using the terminus to support another prong for Filareta's attack was a bad idea and why they would not oblige.


it is from ART and it is the comment made to ADM Tsang by the Beowulf Assist. SecDef. in April 1922.
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by Hutch   » Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:43 pm

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Yep, you are correct, I goofed.

What I was thinking of was another one-liner by Thomas Theisman, which does parallel the above quote:

"Whatever else anyone might say about Manticorans, they don't 'run scared' worth a damn."
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by roseandheather   » Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:52 pm

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Hutch wrote:Yep, you are correct, I goofed.

What I was thinking of was another one-liner by Thomas Theisman, which does parallel the above quote:

"Whatever else anyone might say about Manticorans, they don't 'run scared' worth a damn."


Oh, Tom Theisman. How I love Tom Theisman!

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Cue ecstatic screams of joy from yours truly because it was really happening and Grand Fleet actually existed.
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