[Report This]Date: 02 Sep 2020 16:10 Title: Part 3
Nice exploration from the other side of the argument. Reminds of a movie I saw that took place in the control room for a drone strike. 2 hours of flight officers agonizing over the decision to take out a terrorist and waiting for a little girl who was selling bread nearby to get out of the way.
I don't recall the name of the movie, but Alan Rickman was in it - one of his last movies. The operators were British. Tweed sounds a lot like their American advisors.
Thanks!! rbs
Author's Response: Absolutely remember that movie. I think it had Helen Mirren in it as well as a female general, which was pretty novel in a military movie. It was pretty interesting and may have helped inspire this tale to some degree. Although, of course, the focus here is not on the operators so much as it is on the people working on the intelligence behind the scenes. The short-lived AMC series Rubicon was an inspiration as well.
Date: 12 Jul 2014 18:35 Title: Part 3
Looks like Rhory is learning some hard lessons here. Good, strong stuff.
Author's Response: Lessons which will probably stay with him for a very long time.
Date: 25 Apr 2014 15:39 Title: Part 3
It seemed fitting that the Professor should make such a point in lecture. Was it always on their curriculum or they specifically chose to explore that theme following recent events. I can rather imagine them doing so. They have the mission to teach and instil the values that will make the officers of the future, the ones who will make the calls that perpetuated this crime (little knowing that one of the players is seated in their lecture).
Despite the lecture it seems it only took another Talarian attack to occur and to bring casualties on the Federation scoreboard for many of the cadets to quickly forget their consciences and get mad wanting revenge.
Then we come to Rhory himself. He's struggling with all of this naturally and it is good to see that the others were too. He isn't the only one with guilt and a conscience here but when words start to get whispered into his ear and theirs will they remain so steadfast?
Author's Response: There is always, I suppose, a level of disconnect between that what people teach and what they actually do. Nowhere is this more true than at a school like Starfleet Academy with so many different types and races attending, so many different viewpoints and temperaments merging in one place. Not everyone immediately thinks of revenge but it's certainly part of the spectrum of emotions.
Date: 13 Apr 2014 02:35 Title: Part 3
That apple! Very good detail and of course it's the symbol of The Fall and temptation.
Author's Response: Symbology is a fun thing to play with.
Date: 15 Dec 2013 22:05 Title: Part 3
It's like the serpent in the garden of Eden there at the end. It really is. Poor Rhory; keep your soul clean if you can, and don't listen to that claptrap. I mean, the argument sounds convincing on the surface, but the chill that went down my spine when the cadets ran by blood thirsty...
You really do know how to bring the reality, my friend. And do so well.
Author's Response: Thanks again. I love the Garden of Eden analogy. I wasn't consciously aware of it when I wrote it but it seems very fitting, especially if you don't agree with "claptrap" here.