Audrey O’Hanrahan

Brigade XO wrote:Mesa isn't a member of the SL. An Aldermani fleet showing up- through hyperspace for any portion of the Sl it might need to cross- and "Resolving" it's differences with Mesa over attacks on the line of succession would seriously concern the SL and the SLN but it is NOT attacking the SL.

A major problem for the SL with the Andermani arriving in force at Mesa is what it represents.

1st is the really big statement that this "neobarb" star nation doesn't give a rat's ass about the SLN. They are going after a star nation that has attacke the IAE and since Mesa is NOT a member and is nominally held in comtempt and abhorrence for all the stuff they have been doing, the SL and SLN can keep their nose out of the conflict.
How is the a serious probem for SL? Yet another neobarb nation is flipping it off.

2nd is that anyting that the SLN can move there before the IAN takes the orbitals and forces surrender of the system is going to be unable to actually do anything. Short of sending 100 SLN wallers- which would probably be mincemeat if they were rash enough to open fire on the IAN- it's NOT the SL/SLN's fight.

3rd is the obvious message that SL/SLN is NOT going to be able to keep systems from doing nasty things to one another. They just can't.

If the IA shows up at Mesa, sends a declaration of war as soon as it hits normal space and just goes in…..well, that is "within the rules". They even have an actual reason to do it beyond the cesspool that Mesa is. So the Alighment will turn out not to be there…..once they have the system, the IAE can go through the process to confirm or eliminate the actual involvement. It will be a bit late for the Masa government.

SharkHunter wrote:I have another thought about our illustrious Audrey, bit late to the game but in reading the forum I haven't seen anything like what I am about to propose.

What if -- even if she's kind of a conceited snot who knows that she's better than anyone else because she's an "alpha line" in the Detweiler universe -- she turns out to be another Jack McBryde?

aka late to the game of moral thinking but -- essentially honest enough that when the Evil Overlords tell her to "jump this high and in this evil and amoral direction" she... says something along the lines of ...

"I am disinclined to acquiesce."

SWM wrote:

SharkHunter wrote:I have another thought about our illustrious Audrey, bit late to the game but in reading the forum I haven't seen anything like what I am about to propose.

What if -- even if she's kind of a conceited snot who knows that she's better than anyone else because she's an "alpha line" in the Detweiler universe -- she turns out to be another Jack McBryde?

aka late to the game of moral thinking but -- essentially honest enough that when the Evil Overlords tell her to "jump this high and in this evil and amoral direction" she... says something along the lines of ...

"I am disinclined to acquiesce."

It's certainly possible, and people have wondered about that in the past. But there is no textev to support it. All the textev seems to show she is quite comfortable with the Alignment.

SWM wrote:

SharkHunter wrote:I have another thought about our illustrious Audrey, bit late to the game but in reading the forum I haven't seen anything like what I am about to propose.

What if -- even if she's kind of a conceited snot who knows that she's better than anyone else because she's an "alpha line" in the Detweiler universe -- she turns out to be another Jack McBryde?

aka late to the game of moral thinking but -- essentially honest enough that when the Evil Overlords tell her to "jump this high and in this evil and amoral direction" she... says something along the lines of ...

"I am disinclined to acquiesce."

It's certainly possible, and people have wondered about that in the past. But there is no textev to support it. All the textev seems to show she is quite comfortable with the Alignment.

n7axw wrote:One of three people we know about. Houdini was too complex and hurried not to have loose ends that no one can control.

Also, minor nit: as of the end of end of COG, Zach and Gail are still confined to quarters on that slaver. Their Gaul keeper is dead, but they are not free.

Don

fallsfromtrees wrote:

n7axw wrote:One of three people we know about. Houdini was too complex and hurried not to have loose ends that no one can control.

Also, minor nit: as of the end of end of COG, Zach and Gail are still confined to quarters on that slaver. Their Gaul keeper is dead, but they are not free.

Don

The problem is that there is no textev that Zach and Gail know where they are to go next. I can't believe that the slaver is going to go directly to their final destination (Darius?), and that the GAUL was the possessor of the itinerary. How that resolves will undoubtedly be handled in the next book or two, and will probably play a major role in foiling the MAlign's plans.

n7axw wrote:

n7axw wrote:One of three people we know about. Houdini was too complex and hurried not to have loose ends that no one can control.

Also, minor nit: as of the end of end of COG, Zach and Gail are still confined to quarters on that slaver. Their Gaul keeper is dead, but they are not free.

Don

fallsfromtrees wrote:The problem is that there is no textev that Zach and Gail know where they are to go next. I can't believe that the slaver is going to go directly to their final destination (Darius?), and that the GAUL was the possessor of the itinerary. How that resolves will undoubtedly be handled in the next book or two, and will probably play a major role in foiling the MAlign's plans.

I agree with that. My only comment was to note that since they are still on that slaver, they are not yet free as of COG. That, of course, is subject to change. But let's not jump the gun.

Don