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Oh there's a torpedo launching alright. Redhead is a meany. Beryl, strike first! Strike first! Strike hard! Treat Alex very well . Beryl: "Oh, we have about.... *scribble, scribble, calculate* ... 680 solons left before impact. You wouldn't let me die without ever ... well..." Beryl has children, s...

We haven't read a single line from Fireblade (presumably because her caste disdain for verbal speaking). We don't know much about her personality, or how she feels about Alex. At the very least, she is a soldier in the middle of a war, and Jardin is a total unknown. Considering how ofter Loroi relay...

Huh? Who exactly is this "most powerful non-evil psi in the galaxy", who your are talking about :shock: Juke Cloudkicker? Puke Airrunner? Something like that... It breaks my heart that a script as bad as Last Jedi (and Force Awakens, for that matter) made it to production. Haven't these guys ever h...

So, did Red Harpy create a psychic bound with Alex during the probbing, willingly or not?

"Embrace eternity, Alexander Jardin".

Krulle wrote:I like Shoegirl: What is that thing?

Fireblade: "No idea, but I totally probed it".

I'm diggin the idea of Loroi using the slur "pinkos" (in trade language) applied to humans, while the later wonder why they are being called communists.

Fireblade: "What's peace?"

Krulle wrote:page 133: the most "fanservice" discussion since a long while.

I think Arioch is trolling the lot of us.

Not that I mind some Jardin/Beryl time, but one wonders if this is the place and moment for "experiments" . They are both soldiers in a life or death situation.

It wouldn't be too far-fetched to assume the whole cockpit section could serve as an escape capsule, too... But at that point I expect something like "open up the bay doors, we come in hot". ...And Beryl actually putting her arm around his shoulders (compare how she sat just before ) where she almo...

Page 103, Beryl (on the issue of a potential breakthrough): "But this is nothing for you to be concerned about. All will be well!" Page 119, Beryl (on the Sala-128 attack): "Still, this is nothing that should concern us Captain Jardin, enemy attacks on the frontier are common . Page 123, Talon (on ...

Someone should make another of Stillstorm celebrating getting rid from the alien male distraction, and the crew less-than-entusiastic reaction.

Well as to the presumed future avoidance of "romantic" developments that is a bit unrealistic but whatever. I've seen this sort of thing repeated a few times (that supposedly I said there will be no "romantic" relationship of any kind in the story), but I don't recall saying this and I can't find a...

Siber wrote:how about from page 45, after Alex's little tumble in the elevator?

I can totally see Fireblade saying that

hi hi Beryl is certainly professional, and shows an above average understanding of tact for a Loroi, but she does look like she's struggling to understand what is normal human behavior. I figure that this is, at very least, an opportunity to have more questions that she'll want answered eventually....

Dragoon: just chiming in on the strength thing, humans are most assuredly not the strongest on earth pound for pound, even given similar body shapes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfDxg0pJAX4 <--- orangutans are silly strong with enough grip strength to actually crush your tibia(lower leg bone) s...

Krulle wrote:Their election rules do not fit our definition of "democracy".
But then, neither did the Greek city-states "democracies" in ancient times....

Sketching the definition enough, even Ankh-Morpork is a democracy: "One man, one vote."

The Nazi party even included "socialist" (that's what the 'z' stands for) in it's name. 'Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei', or 'NatSi'- 'National Socialist German Workers' Party'. A strong commitment both to socialism and to nationalism. Yeah, and North Korea regime is called "Democra...

I would argue that the Loroi aren't fascist; fascism is one extreme of socialism (with the other well known extreme being communism). Fascists hold the nation as paramount, preaching that true socialism can only be reached if the people of the nation fully focus their efforts in bettering the natio...

The Loroi-Umiak conflict seems a lot like Fascism vs Collectivism.