Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDLT - June 2017
Neko_Ali:
Low solar orbit, if they really want to be sure about it.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan:
There are definitely a lot of ways Church could be dealt with, and I would find it very satisfying if the standoff between Gavia and Church ended with Laridia teleporting his head into Pate's hands. But that seems too abrupt, even if we are close to the end.
Re: Parlay. I wonder if Jeph is making a joke on the parlay/parley homophone so Pate thinks there's going to be a negotiation, when really Laridia means she's going use Pate and the superhumans appearance (the winnings of their previous gamble in sending Ardent to Earth) to make another gamble by upsetting the status quo between Earth and Sky. Probably just a typo though.
Old thought that I had months ago and don't necessarily want to resurrect the old thread for: if this was all building to a Praeses invasion of Earth by moving the superhumans to space, was Gavia sent as a lure to neutralize the Night Walker (assuming it's dead/burned out and not just dissipated)?
brasca:
That seems like a distinct possibility. There really aren't many reasons to send her since she was no match for Alice and couldn't return with Ardent no matter how much she wanted. The Night Walker first appeared before they knew anything about Ardent's upgrade ability so she may have been sent as as a target so it would attack her first instead of Ardent who wouldn't be the same threat to the status quo if he lost his then unknown ability. What remains to be seen is if firing at the moon was something the Night Walker was programmed to do or if Gavia was also carrying some secret programming that she knew nothing about.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan:
Hmm. So is Laridia playing dumb (or created with imperfect knowledge of the Praeses' plans) or does this confirm that everything has been put in motion by a third party looking to stir up trouble between Space and Surface? It seems late to introduce another faction with the technology and savvy to pull this off.
Knowing that Jeph loves Iain Banks I wonder if there's going to be a crazy twist/reveal, but I haven't read much of his other Sci-Fi influences and no mangas at all so maybe he's going in a wildly different direction.
BenRG:
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).
I'm not surprised that the super-soldiers are forbidden to enter. However, what I find interesting is that Pate wasn't even mentioned. Welcome to the real world, Pate. You're just a sub-evolved monkey to them; you're not even worth the mentioning. I think that you can forget about your 'upgrades' right now.
What is really interesting? The Praeses are denying responsibility for Ardent's 'upgrade' special ability. This is either a lie or, as Daniel suggests, evidence of a third party who has been manipulating events for their own agenda. I'm pointing a finger at the synthetic AIs, by the way. They've been in hiding since The Blink and I have predicted before that they are still semi-actively involved with events involving the humans and post-humans alike.
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