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Re: One theory is this...
Posted By: [Tycho?]Date: 2/26/02 2:27 p.m.

In Response To: One theory is this... (Grasshopper)

: 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.

Well, the player lived covertly, even Leela didn't know who you were. The only people who we know for sure knew who you were were Durandal and Strauss. This seems fairly covert. And the cyborgs would be able to tell eachother from the colonists because of their heightend ass-kicking abilities. The BoBs in marathon 2 sure noticed you.

: 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."

Unfortuantly we really know very little about what role Strauss played on the marathon and before on mars, save for the fact that he caused Durandal's rampancy and he seemed to know of the cyborgs on board the marathon (err, I could be missing somthing).
And I'm puzzled by the statement made my Durandal in M2. He said that Strauss never dreamed of using the player as Durandal did. Does this mean that Strauss used the marine? Does it mean he tried (and failed?). Or did he use another of the 9 cyborgs prehaps? Any thoughts?

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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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