Information I'd love to know

Jonathan_S wrote:

cthia wrote:Johnathan, would you mind executing that search with 'hemisphere' as the keyword instead of 'continent'? I seem to remember that specific word.

Sure, easy enough (and fortunately not too many hits to sort through). I found 2 hits for hemisphere that relate to Grayson.

The most interesting (and one that might possibly have gotten the idea stuck in your head) was this from Field of Dishonor

"It was also, she noticed in surprise, badged in gold with the coat of arms she'd selected as Steadholder Harrington: side-by-side representations of the western hemispheres of Sphinx and Grayson, joined by the stylized key that was the patriarch's sigil of a steadholder, under a vac helmet crest. The helmet looked very little like modern equipment, but it was the symbol which had denoted naval service for almost two thousand T-years."

The other was from Ashes of Victory and talked about how the undomed parts of Austin City were snow covered as "it was winter in Grayson's northern hemisphere"

The other twenty odd hits were for other planets, references to Earth's Western Hemisphere (as "in most colonists came from"), or uses related to just the geographic shape.

Dca wrote:I want to know what Horace Harkness had against Marines, and how it played out.

Dca wrote:And how he got engaged with cyber ops, which doesn't go with small craft at first glance.

roseandheather wrote:I want to know what Estelle was up to before OBS. Did she piss somebody off, and is that why she was banished? Or was she sent off there because she was the only one with the skills to handle it properly? Was she really best friends with Dame Amandine Corvisart, the way I think she was? Where did she go to university, and what did she major in?

Basically I just want a whole series of novels about Estelle detailing her entire life.

Yow wrote:Ok. I finally remembered the one thing that has confused the ever living whatever out of me for the last twenty years.
Someone please explain or point out to me the info dump that explains the differences and nuances of seniority of red and green of Admirality. Ex. ( from HoS)“Henke, Lady Gloria Michelle Samantha Evelyn, Countess Gold Peak
Vice Admiral of the Red, Royal Manticoran Navy”

roseandheather wrote:

Yow wrote:Ok. I finally remembered the one thing that has confused the ever living whatever out of me for the last twenty years.
Someone please explain or point out to me the info dump that explains the differences and nuances of seniority of red and green of Admirality. Ex. ( from HoS)“Henke, Lady Gloria Michelle Samantha Evelyn, Countess Gold Peak
Vice Admiral of the Red, Royal Manticoran Navy”

Ok, here's the rundown:

There are two designations for flag officers. The more senior half is designated "of the Green", or part of the Manticore Division; the more junior half is designated "of the Red", or part of the Gryphon Division. Basically what it means is that Henke is (at the time) one of the more junior Vice Admirals in Manticoran service. When more than half of the RMN's Vice Admirals are junior to her, she'll be "of the Green" - but probably not for long before she gets promoted to full Admiral!

Mobryan wrote:
However, I *think* it's possible to be promoted red/green without waiting for attrition and promotions to clear space above them. I seem to remember someone in the Talbott books getting such a promotion, but I'm away from my library at the moment.


Matt

jtg452 wrote:.....In the British Navy of that era, if one made "Post" or Captain and didn't die, resign or get cashiered, you were guaranteed to eventually reach Admiral just by seniority. You might be a doddering, toothless 80 year old that hadn't been to sea in 40 years but you'd still be an Admiral.