What's next for the Honorverse

kzt wrote:

Loren Pechtel wrote:Manticore already realizes people were pulled out, finding some proof of that isn't going to tell them anything they don't already know and one data anomaly like this isn't going to convince anyone else. What Manticore needs is information on where to look.

They had that, but then the torchies machinegunned the lifeboats.

The crew of that transport knew nothing worthwhile about their supercargo (other than one scary bastard was "escorting" the others). While they knew where they picked up these special passengers and where they were supposed to deliver them, I don't believe they knew any real names.

You can put together a lot of information from what people observe and fitting it together with things like pictures of missing people. Unless you murder all the witnesses and destroy all the evidence.

Then you get nothing but complaints about how effectively the MA covered up their operations.

kzt wrote:You can put together a lot of information from what people observe and fitting it together with things like pictures of missing people. Unless you murder all the witnesses and destroy all the evidence.

Then you get nothing but complaints about how effectively the MA covered up their operations.

They could probably get that from the internal security cameras on the station the Torch Marines took over.

kzt wrote:You can put together a lot of information from what people observe and fitting it together with things like pictures of missing people. Unless you murder all the witnesses and destroy all the evidence.

Then you get nothing but complaints about how effectively the MA covered up their operations.

Galactic Sapper wrote:They could probably get that from the internal security cameras on the station the Torch Marines took over.

Do they pictures of the missing people, those that were presumed killed in the explosions on Mesa? Is it likely that some of the explosions would also take out personnel files?

tlb wrote:

kzt wrote:You can put together a lot of information from what people observe and fitting it together with things like pictures of missing people. Unless you murder all the witnesses and destroy all the evidence.

Then you get nothing but complaints about how effectively the MA covered up their operations.

Galactic Sapper wrote:They could probably get that from the internal security cameras on the station the Torch Marines took over.

Do they pictures of the missing people, those that were presumed killed in the explosions on Mesa? Is it likely that some of the explosions would also take out personnel files?

They most likely do not have any way of identifying an evacuee, unless they were someone important or a family member sees the picture and identifies them. For the people we're talking about, Zach McBride might be identified by his parents/sisters (if they weren't "cleaned up"). Or the head of the LRPB that Simoes threatened, who is "dead" but could be recognized if she was spotted in transit.

NortonIDaughter wrote:RFC's also working on the next Manticore Ascendant book with Timothy Zahn, and the next Stephanie Harrington book with Jane Lindskold.

Just curious - is there a source or timeframe associated with the next Stephanie Harrington book?

I definitely need another dose of treecat pov books.

Galactic Sapper wrote:

kzt wrote:You can put together a lot of information from what people observe and fitting it together with things like pictures of missing people. Unless you murder all the witnesses and destroy all the evidence.

Then you get nothing but complaints about how effectively the MA covered up their operations.

Galactic Sapper wrote:They could probably get that from the internal security cameras on the station the Torch Marines took over.

Do they pictures of the missing people, those that were presumed killed in the explosions on Mesa? Is it likely that some of the explosions would also take out personnel files?

They most likely do not have any way of identifying an evacuee, unless they were someone important or a family member sees the picture and identifies them. For the people we're talking about, Zach McBride might be identified by his parents/sisters (if they weren't "cleaned up"). Or the head of the LRPB that Simoes threatened, who is "dead" but could be recognized if she was spotted in transit.[/quote]

The problem for MAlign is the very fact that people are being smuggled out is dynamite. Bring in MacBryde or anyone else...and they are listed as dead in most cases and every single person in the outer layers will realize they were betrayed.

Another point: the captains of captured ships will know where they are going. The secret of Darius is one of the key ones.
Knowing where it is could be deadly.

kzt wrote:You can put together a lot of information from what people observe and fitting it together with things like pictures of missing people. Unless you murder all the witnesses and destroy all the evidence.

Then you get nothing but complaints about how effectively the MA covered up their operations.

Now that you mention it, I have wondered if all of the crews of the slave transports that carried inner onion members as supercargo were "cleaned up".

Robert_A_Woodward wrote:
Now that you mention it, I have wondered if all of the crews of the slave transports that carried inner onion members as supercargo were "cleaned up".

A series of Close Encounters of the GAUL Kind?

Robert_A_Woodward wrote:The crew of that transport knew nothing worthwhile about their supercargo (other than one scary bastard was "escorting" the others). While they knew where they picked up these special passengers and where they were supposed to deliver them, I don't believe they knew any real names.

They may not even know the destination (other than the Captain and the Navigator). When the captain of the ship xx was on started to announce their destination, the escorting GAUL made a motion which changed what she was going to say.