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One theory is this...
Posted By: GrasshopperDate: 2/26/02 2:13 p.m.

In Response To: Why was Strauss scared of the Marine? (Pedrof)

Your question can be answered in two ways.

The easy answer: the "you" in "he was scared of you" is plural, as in Strauss was scared of you, i.e., the Mjolnir Mark IV military cyborg MODEL, because of instability, potential for destruction, whatever.

The hard answer: there's something especially "scare-worthy," or at least different about the player that's NOT present in the others, something that would make Strauss feel uneasy -- even scared. This is a long shot, but here we go.

Let's take a look at Term 3 on Ingue, where Leela tells us:

There is surprisingly good news planetside: nine military Mjolnir
Mark IV cyborgs were covertly living among the
colonists, and acting together they were able to
single-handedly turn back the latter stages of the Pfhor
assault.

The argument could be made that in order to live "covertly," and to then act "together," these Cyborgs KNEW what they were. In other words, they had self-awareness of their state of being part human, part machine. The player, on the other hand, appears to have no such self-awareness. The manual text itself reads:

It's funny, but you've always been the colony's
trouble shooter. You're bigger and stronger, and a better shot. In games, you always scored the most points
and looked the hero.

There would be nothing "funny" about the Player being so good at these activities, had he knowledge of his cyborg "enhancements."

So, perhaps what made Strauss sacred of you, the player, is the fact that, to paraphrase Deckard in Blade Runner, "IT doesn't know what IT is."

Like I said, a long shot.

-gh

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Replies:

Why was Strauss scared of the Marine?Pedrof 2/26/02 12:22 p.m.
     Re: Why was Strauss scared of the Marine?Mark Levin 2/26/02 1:19 p.m.
     Re: Why was Strauss scared of the Marine?Johannes Gunnar 2/26/02 1:45 p.m.
           Re: Why was Strauss scared of the Marine?Dorfie 2/26/02 1:55 p.m.
     Re: Why was Strauss scared of the Marine?Callie21V 2/26/02 2:06 p.m.
     One theory is this...Grasshopper 2/26/02 2:13 p.m.
           Re: One theory is this...[Tycho?] 2/26/02 2:27 p.m.
                 Re: One theory is this...Pedrof 2/26/02 3:21 p.m.
           Re: One theory is this...darky 2/26/02 2:46 p.m.
           Re: One theory is this...archon 2/26/02 2:51 p.m.
                 Re: One theory is this...Boomer 2/27/02 12:34 a.m.
                       Re: One theory is this...archon 2/27/02 12:44 a.m.
                             Re: One theory is this...Tru7h 2/27/02 6:11 p.m.



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