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Posted By: Yossarian | Date: 5/25/02 11:02 a.m. | |
In Response To: Re: Political Structures in Marathon (Tru7h) : Durandal is Boomer, but hes way to occupied to chose who.
I can't recall any specific mention of the size or limitations of Durandals cognitive functioning, but I suppose that any entity that could count the molecules in a nebula and make predicitions for every one (as I beleive he said he could do) wouldn't have too much trouble running an alien scoutship or coordinating the efforts of a few thousand humans. And let's not forget: "I'm certain that you are curious about what
Also, about Blake, I think he probably had less military and leadership training/skills than you may think. COnsider this: "I'm Robert Blake. I used to be a
The "somehow in command" would suggest that events had occured which were unexpected and he is now in charge. I don't think that upon leaving Boomer Blake had any part of deciding strategy or had any expectations of being in command. Also: "I should tell you that many of us here see
Hardly something you'd expect a second-in-command man to say about his "captain". Further: "Frankly, nobody liked the way Durandal
Unless Blake is trying to shift the blame, this snippet proves that Durandal was responsible for BoB placement on Lh'owon and that Blake was not only not involved in the process, but actually detested it.
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