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| Author | Topic: WOW!! |
| Wen_Amon |
posted 02-09-99 05:11 PM ET  
OK, no one predicted this. I thought Yang would be the killer, not the UNITY. Anyone else get fooled? |
| Brother Greg |
posted 02-09-99 05:47 PM ET
I was pretty danged sure that it wouldn't be one of the Factions. That would just make them too hated, esp by Pravin. What surprised me is the Spartans killing Pria. How could Pravin ever make peace with them after that... |
| Jimmy |
posted 02-09-99 06:07 PM ET
let's not forget that a spartan did mortally wound the captain. I think the captain did a very heroic thing, sacrificing his own life to save the factions even though he knew that once on planet the factions would probably still tear each other apart. |
| Borodino |
posted 02-09-99 06:08 PM ET
As I read it, Pria isn't dead yet, just seriously wounded... |
| Old_Guy |
posted 02-09-99 06:17 PM ET
The way I read it, Pria isn't dead yet, but it's a foregone conclusion... |
| Brother Greg |
posted 02-09-99 06:31 PM ET
Uh, maybe I missed something (hey, it IS early in the morning here), but where did it say a Spartan shot Garland? I thought it was quite non-specific as to who killed him... |
| Nightfox |
posted 02-09-99 07:08 PM ET
I think it was another REALY SMALL faction The Nihilists (sp?) Nightfox |
| Jimmy |
posted 02-09-99 07:56 PM ET
I think the woman who shoots him is spartan because of what she says to him. It indicates an ideology that (in my opinion) fits the Spartans. I could be wrong, though. |
| Brother Greg |
posted 02-09-99 09:42 PM ET
Yeah, but if you read her Diary afterwards, that don't sound like no Spartan to me... =) |
| DHE_X2 |
posted 02-09-99 09:52 PM ET
sounds like a very anti-social goth-like spartan with a personality disorder, in other words, a hiver. ~DHE, useless insect jokes abound. |
| ThRiLL |
posted 02-09-99 09:55 PM ET
Hahaha... are you implying that the Hivers are Goths? I just can't picture Yang in a frock with eyemakeup. =) |
| Trotsky |
posted 02-09-99 11:07 PM ET
quite an amazing episode they released in the end... I think the assailant definitely belonged to the Spartan faction. "...your leadership stolen from under you by others with vision and the will to survive..." she says to Garland, her words sounding so much like those of Spartans. She seems tough, commanding and ready to use weapons with obvious signs of training behind her. Captain describes her as "...a young woman, her face pale and very smooth and clean, but bland..." which immediately reminds me off Santiago herself. Though the girl's name doesn't give much away (Sarah Jaydo), she could be related to Santiago herself, maybe even her daughter. That could give a possible explanation for her pessimism in the diary notes and in her general attitude. She could be seeking revenge from Garland for imprisoning her mother, or at least her leader earlier in the story and after the imprisoment views the whole crusade as a failure and a hopeless attempt at a dream. |
| PawtheUnstuk |
posted 02-10-99 01:33 AM ET
Read the quote on the Cloning Vats in the Datalinks, this suggests that maybe Pria survived after all. I don't think it has to be particularly clear who killed Garland. Besides of which, he would have died anyway after he released the landing pods. At least this way he's a martyr. Pretty decent story, got to read it all the way through some time. I read the first episode some time last August, the story lacks a sense of continuity to say the least |
| Wen_Amon |
posted 02-10-99 01:38 AM ET
it lacks continuity, eh. Thats probably cause its written like a dickens novel. Bit by bit every week. I actually like this style. It leaves you waiting for the next part! |
| White_Cat |
posted 02-10-99 06:06 AM ET
One thing that would indicate that she isn't a Spartan is Garland's observation that her shredder pistol fire could breach the hull. That would pose a serious threat to humanity's survival (or at least the survival of those two), which flies in the face of the Spartans' primary goal. |
| CumuloNimbus |
posted 02-10-99 09:07 AM ET
To me it sounds more like a Believer than a Spartan, or at least it does from the diary. Remember what she said about an enlightened being would need to someday come in order to lead us out of all our troubles? Your Friend in the Skies |
| Vanilja |
posted 02-10-99 08:02 PM ET
Maybe she was a Loner...a depressed, self-absorbed, nilhistic Loner... |
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