Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1


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Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1

Posted By: Jabberwok Date: 8/29/12 5:35 a.m.
In Response To: Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1 (PerseusSpartacus)

: Ah, but the real question is, why does he go back? After all, it doesn't
: seem to do him much good. If anything, returning to Earth would just alert
: the UESC to Durandal's rampancy, which may be a bad thing.
I doubt that, at that point, Durandal would care whether humans knew he was rampant or not. He had his own ship, so it wasn't like they could just turn him off like Traxus. I would guess that he was powerful enough to handle most anything the UESC could throw at him, or at least escape if he needed to.
Given his personality, I think he would want _more_ people to know he was rampant, to satisfy his ego.
: Given this past experience with rampant AI constructs, wouldn't the UESC want
: to destroy Durandal, out of fear that he might be dangerous and
: uncontrollable? I mean, if Jack the Ripper was walking the streets of
: Chicago, wouldn't the Chicago police either want to contain or kill him,
: because he would be dangerous and uncontrollable? Same goes for Durandal.
They probably would want to destroy him, although I think the Jack the Ripper analogy is a bit off. Durandal came back and gave them new technology. He didn't go around murdering prostitutes.
: Durandal just implicitly claimed that he is meta-stable. Wouldn't UESC
: scientists (i.e. clones of Bernhard Strauss, *wink* *wink*) be delighted
: to hear this? After all, they haven't even gotten a meta -stable AI
: construct before. Would they want to study Durandal? Would they want to
: crack open his core?
It seems likely that any Earth scientists would want to either eliminate or study Durandal, but it's sort of a moot point, as none would have the means to accomplish this. And aside from showing off his new ship and allies, Durandal had at least two motivations for helping Earth. He admits to a degree of affection for humans later on, and helping them would also cause problems for the Pfhor, who are the main foil to his plans throughout the series.

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: I doubt that, at that point, Durandal would care whether humans knew he was : rampant or not. He had his own ship, so it wasn't like they could just : turn him off like Traxus. I would guess that he was powerful enough to : handle most anything the UESC could throw at him, or at least escape if he : needed to. : Given his personality, I think he would want _more_ people to know he was : rampant, to satisfy his ego. : They probably would want to destroy him, although I think the Jack the Ripper : analogy is a bit off. Durandal came back and gave them new technology. He : didn't go around murdering prostitutes. : It seems likely that any Earth scientists would want to either eliminate or : study Durandal, but it's sort of a moot point, as none would have the : means to accomplish this. And aside from showing off his new ship and : allies, Durandal had at least two motivations for helping Earth. He admits : to a degree of affection for humans later on, and helping them would also : cause problems for the Pfhor, who are the main foil to his plans : throughout the series.

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Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Yossarian	8/28/12 2:05 p.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Godot	8/28/12 11:04 p.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	PerseusSpartacus	8/29/12 5:16 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Jabberwok	8/29/12 5:35 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Yossarian	8/29/12 10:36 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Yossarian	8/29/12 10:42 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Yossarian	8/29/12 10:15 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Jabberwok	8/30/12 5:50 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Philtron	8/31/12 9:11 p.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	chiasaur11	8/31/12 11:07 p.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Godot	9/1/12 2:45 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Bob-B-Q	9/1/12 7:23 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	PerseusSpartacus	9/1/12 1:34 p.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	jonny	5/28/13 9:05 p.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Dispatcher	5/28/13 10:03 p.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	jonny	5/30/13 7:30 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Godot	5/29/13 11:55 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Bob-B-Q	5/30/13 5:09 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	PerseusSpartacus	5/30/13 7:18 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Godot	5/31/13 11:18 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	PerseusSpartacus	5/31/13 2:07 p.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Godot	5/31/13 11:31 a.m.
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Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Godot	6/2/13 2:14 a.m.
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Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	jonny	5/30/13 7:22 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Simon Araque	5/30/13 9:50 p.m.
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Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	PerseusSpartacus	6/1/13 12:43 p.m.
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Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Godot	6/1/13 11:03 p.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	PerseusSpartacus	6/2/13 10:17 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Yossarian	5/30/13 9:46 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	PerseusSpartacus	5/30/13 9:53 a.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	Bob-B-Q	5/30/13 6:27 p.m.
Re: Come and Take Your Medicine Term 1.1	PerseusSpartacus	6/1/13 11:01 p.m.



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