Karst45 wrote:Found out another Disturbing possibility.
That the Umiak indeed found a way to mask themselves from Loroi detection. and that some of them were inside the bellarmine Wreckage when the tempests came in. They manage to infiltrate the loroi "Away team" ship and now are onboard the Tempest. The crew found evidence of that. Rhat why they have heavy armor on, and are moving Alex to a more secure area.
So they are not only telepathically invisible, but they also can disguise themselves as Loroi/make themselves invisible to the Loroi eye well enough to get past the eyes of the Loroi inspecting the wreckage of the
Bellarmine?
Doesn't seem all that likely. Of course, Alex is a prime candidate for an infiltrator of this sort, although after close inspection from the
Tempest's eager medical personnel involving long pointy metal probes it should be pretty obvious by now that he's an actual "alien" species rather than a shapeshifting Umiak or some hedgehoggery like that.
I can think of more credible possibilities than that as to why Alex' security detail is now clad in armor. They could be simply approaching a strategically important system, and are making absolutely certain that the strange alien isn't an Umiak infiltrator that's, I dunno, brainwashed to destroy valuable-looking things at first possible opportunity. (One wonders, of course, why he hasn't by now simply attacked Stillstorm herself or something if he's had the ability and opportunity--possibly he's simply waiting to find more important stuff before going through his telekinetic/telepathic assault on everything the Loroi hold dear. What's to say the alien doesn't have secret powers that we're unable to detect? His mind is impossibly shielded, after all...) Or maybe the armor's just formal attire, and he's being taken to see the emperor. Step right up, make your guess, claim your prize. It's sort of a blind man's bluff right now, until Page 99 finally gets released...
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