Honorverse ramblings and musings

Dauntless wrote:I believe prolong extends the human lifespan to roughly 200 years and dementia are much better understood, if not completely conquered.

so in theory if she retires at age 100 (she was about 40 when we first met her OBS) she could i suppose be recalled if the need was dire enough (and mentally competent) until she was i'd guess about 180.

possibly later if it was an incredibly bad situation, something along the lines of rebuilding the navy after a repeat of the battle of Manticore has wiped out 50% of its manpower and 80% of its veterans.

cthia wrote:How would you like being a young miscreant thug on the street in your twenties and getting your ass kicked by a 150-yr-old lady while her cat laughs at you?

Bill Woods wrote:

cthia wrote:Michelle was placed on probation by Eloise -- as terms of her release she couldn't participate in any more offensives against the Republic. If she had been present during the epic Battle of Manticore would that have reasonably stood? That really wouldn't have been an offensive - rather a defensive. What of the oath she made to her Star Kingdom? Or would that too closely toe Michelle's line of morals, scruples, values and integrity?

At any rate, I imagine it would have been a bitch for her to mimic a young Abigail Hearns and watch the pinpricks of light from a balcony on the sidelines!

Does anyone accurately recall the details of her release from the Haven stalag?

From SftS:

"There was a minority opinion," Roach told her when Cortez nodded for him to resume, "that the exact wording of your parole technically disqualifies you from active service anywhere until you've been properly exchanged, on the basis that allowing you to serve somewhere besides directly against Haven would still free up another officer for that service. That's a very strict interpretation of the Deneb Accords, however, and it's one the Star Kingdom has never formally accepted. ...

"Like any good lawyer, I went looking for the precedents most favorable to my client's case—the stronger and more specific the better—and I found what I was looking for in a decision from the old Greenbriar-Chanticleer War. In 1843, they agreed to submit a dispute over officers' paroles for Solarian League binding arbitration. The decision of the arbitrator was that any legally paroled officer could be utilized for any duty in which he or she was not personally and directly engaged against the enemy who had paroled him or her. Staff, logistic, and medical services assignments for any unit directly committed against the enemy who had paroled him or her were held to be unlawful, but service in another astrographic area, or against another opponent, was specifically held to be a lawful employment of paroled officers. In other words, Milady, as long as you aren't actively shooting at the Peeps or helping someone else do the same thing, the Admiralty can send you anywhere it wants."

Weird Harold wrote:

cthia wrote:How would you like being a young miscreant thug on the street in your twenties and getting your ass kicked by a 150-yr-old lady while her cat laughs at you?

Better than getting your ass (and other body parts) shredded by her 'cat while the old lady laughs at you.

cthia wrote:

Dauntless wrote:I believe prolong extends the human lifespan to roughly 200 years and dementia are much better understood, if not completely conquered.

so in theory if she retires at age 100 (she was about 40 when we first met her OBS) she could i suppose be recalled if the need was dire enough (and mentally competent) until she was i'd guess about 180.

possibly later if it was an incredibly bad situation, something along the lines of rebuilding the navy after a repeat of the battle of Manticore has wiped out 50% of its manpower and 80% of its veterans.

Just seems so abnormal. Honor will be kicking ass for well over a century for her Kingdom.

And get this, ahe will probably have earned at least a 50th degree black belt in that time.

How would you like being a young miscreant thug on the street in your twenties and getting your ass kicked by a 150-yr-old lady while her cat laughs at you?

Dauntless wrote:would you what a first space lord whose last ship duty was a century ago? have they kept up with changes in tactics/hardware etc

cthia wrote:

Dauntless wrote:I believe prolong extends the human lifespan to roughly 200 years and dementia are much better understood, if not completely conquered.

so in theory if she retires at age 100 (she was about 40 when we first met her OBS) she could i suppose be recalled if the need was dire enough (and mentally competent) until she was i'd guess about 180.

possibly later if it was an incredibly bad situation, something along the lines of rebuilding the navy after a repeat of the battle of Manticore has wiped out 50% of its manpower and 80% of its veterans.

Just seems so abnormal. Honor will be kicking ass for well over a century for her Kingdom.

And get this, ahe will probably have earned at least a 50th degree black belt in that time.

How would you like being a young miscreant thug on the street in your twenties and getting your ass kicked by a 150-yr-old lady while her cat laughs at you?

Dauntless wrote:one of the intresting questions that RFC has yet to get around to addressing is how long people are allowed to serve/work before retiring.

we know Honour's parents are prolong recipients and will leave to about 200 min barring no issues like having a piece of space station fall on them etc and they are essentially self employed but at what point do corporations/navy say "sorry you are too old now, so you have retire".

prolong is meant to keep the body age frozen (at what exact aprox age varies upon which version) almost all the way to the end. so barring some other complication they should stay physically capable until nearly the end.

would you what a first space lord whose last ship duty was a century ago? have they kept up with changes in tactics/hardware etc