cthia wrote:Slneezy wrote:Too much of a coincidence for enquiring paranoid minds like Pat Givens. Detweiler is a name synonymous with dabbling in the voodoo arts of over-the-line genetic research and known for having a hardon, thus motive, for Beowulf. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to connect the dots from there.
A continuity error only means that the author either forgot where he was, changed his mind, or hadn't yet filled in the blanks. His last thought would be the one that counts. If indeed there is an error, and if that error is a lack of continuity.
Givens can't even be sure Detweiler is that persons real name instead of it being a pseudonym for the sake of further obscuring stuff.
Besides there being a high ranking descendant of the Detweiler family in the Alignment's intelligence apparatus doesn't tell a lot about its overall structure and purpose. Pat Givens would have to be pretty crazy to assume the Detweiler clone stuff because frankly that's Bond villain nuts.
At most there's some extra confirmation of Detweiler's ideology driving the Alignment but it isn't like that wasn't already known.
True.
Yet. Never underestimate the power of confirmation. Confirmation that FTL is possible can totally jumpstart Solarian efforts.
Besides, you don't want to leave any crumbs. Crumbs cause the other fire ants to come and investigate. You don't want the last member of that pack of raptors who is fleeing the T-Rex to stop and sniff at something afoul hiding under the giant fallen tree. That could be bad.
In the absence of any leads, an insane lead suddenly tastes like manna. Manticoran ONI would be highly aware of the poignant maxim...
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
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It Irks me when someone tries to quote
William Gillette
Father of Sherlock Holmes
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