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Offline Luis Dias

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Re: Subtle significance in Ken, misc thoughts[spoilers!]
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It's be pretty neat to see Steele fighting Shivans, and actually using their adaptability against them: imposing tactical restraints on his forces, to guide the Shivans into one tactical pathway and then attacking them with another.

Would have to be the final blow he would ever give, since by their very nature, the Shivans would adapt to his "cunning" as well.

Remember, Shivans have time on their side.

 

Offline gloowa

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Re: Subtle significance in Ken, misc thoughts[spoilers!]
Would have to be the final blow he would ever give, since by their very nature, the Shivans would adapt to his "cunning" as well.

Remember, Shivans have time on their side.

Unless Steele is a tactical singularity and each subsequent tactical pathway he attacks them with, just places Shivans to be attacked from next tactical pathway that just places Shivans to be attacked from next tactical pathway that just places Shivans to be attacked from next tactical pathway that just places Shivans to be attacked from next tactical pathway that just places Shivans to be attacked from next tactical pathway that just places Shivans to be attacked from next tactical pathway that error: division by zero.  :P :P :P
Adm. Petrarch: For your excellent record of confirmed kills, you reached status of Ace.
Laporte: Dude, WTH are you doing in Indus briefing room?

 

Offline An4ximandros

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Re: Subtle significance in Ken, misc thoughts[spoilers!]
So it would keep going forever in favor of the Shivans and Steele depending on how you approach it?

 

Offline Luis Dias

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Re: Subtle significance in Ken, misc thoughts[spoilers!]
Steele is no Quizatz Haderach. If there is a solution, it won't be a solution against Shivan and Vishnan interests. It will be a solution that will relatively appease everyone involved.

 

Offline Scotty

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Re: Subtle significance in Ken, misc thoughts[spoilers!]
On the topic of miscellaneous thoughts, today I noticed something interesting:

Both Age of Aquarius and War in Heaven both begin with preparations for a huge event involving dozens of large ships, and feature dialogues in which one party wishes the other "godspeed" - for vastly different reasons.

Exploration versus Extermination.

Interesting thematic parallel there.

 

Offline qwadtep

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Re: Subtle significance in Ken, misc thoughts[spoilers!]
Steele will defeat the Shivans by using his mind control eye on them and making them fire all their beams at once, causing their quantum computer bodies to CTD, and then retire to the countryside with Laporte where he works as a cart driver

  

Offline An4ximandros

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Re: Subtle significance in Ken, misc thoughts[spoilers!]
...retire to the countryside with Laporte where he works as a cart driver
Damn, someone discovered the Admiral's fan fic.