Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDLT - June 2017
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Rob Lowe in Thank You For Smoking ---Easy fix, one line of dialogue. Thank god they invented the, you know, Whatever Device.
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JimC:
I do like that the only member of the party not listed as a potential danger is Pate.
JimC:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 26 Jun 2017, 01:45 ---
If you want to be technical, everything is Earth-originated as they are all descended from Earth stock
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Yeah, yeah, first prize for pedantry and all that, but back in August 2015 Alice was considering the Praeses responsible for Ardents capability. Laridia is implying they are not. A previously unknown 3rd party, or a splinter group in the giant trees?
Is it cold in here?:
There may be a classic science fiction theme here. Great power sets up an attempt at an ideal society. The society is stable for thousands or millions of years. Then an outside force, or constructive sabotage by a dissident at the construction phase, jolts it onto a new path.
sitnspin:
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--- Quote from: BenRG on 25 Jun 2017, 14:06 ---No great surprise: Gavia and Ardent have become 'contaminated' by going to Earth and are exiled for life. All for daring to be something other than what the Praeses have decided for them (ironically, in Gavia's case, to protect them).
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In a relatively closed system like a space habitat, unknown foreign elements are a legitimate risk to the entire system. It isn't a matter of prejudice or arbitrary authority, it is a serious security concern.
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Yes too many sci-fi series gloss over quarantines which would be a necessary procedure when traveling to worlds with potentially dangerous microbes, diseases, and viruses. Hopefully the decontamination process isn't too painful.
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Everything would have been fine in Alien if the crew had listened to Ripley and just followed quarantine protocol and not let the alien on board.
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