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Alice Grove MCDLT - June 2017
brasca:
--- Quote from: Daniel Patrick Moynihan on 25 Jun 2017, 13:51 ---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.
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I've considered third party interference a possibility since Alice first suspected the Praeses and although it would be late in the story to introduce the AIs we have enough background on their difference that it wouldn't feel tacked on. Of course Laridia may be playing dumb, but if Cupressaceae has them where it wants it seems unnecessary and it's already been done before with Pate. We only have Arden't side of the story as to how he was sent to Earth so Cupressaceae still doesn't know. What remains to be seen is if Cupressaceae is equally ignorant of sending Gavia to Earth to bring Ardent back.
--- 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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Well it looks like Ardent has some explaining to do, but if Gavia's nanotech could be removed before it can be removed again and so could whatever nanotech is within Ardent that gives him the ability to upgrade so it seems premature to declare they are exiled for life.
--- Quote from: BenRG on 25 Jun 2017, 14:06 ---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.
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I doubt this would bother Pate because right now being a baseline human is the only reason he could be permitted inside. Of course he may not want to risk entering without his bodyguard, but I think Pate has the wherewithal to know that without Church he's just an above average intelligent human.
Kugai:
So it looks like there are plans within plans here
Trouble in paradise methinks??
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 25 Jun 2017, 16:13 ---Trouble in paradise methinks??
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No such thing as paradise, mate.
DaiJB:
Jeph commented, "She seems nice".
THERE'S a good reason to get nervous...
Tova:
Indeed. Thanks to Jeph, I will never again hear that phrase without twitching.
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