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Re: Was Bernhard pulling more strings than we thou | ||
Posted By: poena.dare #CP# | Date: 1/14/03 4:51 a.m. | |
In Response To: Was Bernhard pulling more strings than we thought? (Officer 19502) : Firstly, why did Durandal try to kill us before we even reached the Marathon,
Sigh. Durandal was never trying to kill you, the cyborg. Well, at least overtly, that is: Matthew Smith <matthew@quest.net> writes: Matthew refers to the following text in the Marathon manual: During the daydream, you barely notice the change to zero gravity or the instruments and lights signifying the rendezvous of the shuttle with the Marathon. But as a warning light goes on, and Durandal's voice comes over the communicator, you jump to attention. "Docking bay one: decompression completed. Mirata this is Durandal, abort landing. Repeat. Abort landing," a faint chuckle. A chuckle which means that something has gone horribly wrong. Immediately, your reflexes take over, as you fall into automatic response mode. You hit the switch for open communication, "Colony station, Durandal just decompressed the landing bay. Marathon, anyone listening, we are having a problem with Docking Bay one. It's Durandal, I think he's gone..." the com light goes dead "...crazy." You look frantically around the control panel for some explanation when you see another light on the panel turn red. The sweet voice of the shuttle computer twerps, "Shuttle airlock cycle initiation sequence start-" "-One minute to cabin decompression."
You nimbly pull yourself into the suit- "Thirty seconds to cabin decompression" - and pull the helmet onto your head. Marathon Manual pages 2-3) Matthew writes: - a place for you to go, but still a "normal" command that would be executed before a docking maneuver. Mirata this is Durandal, abort landing. Repeat. Abort landing - to wake you up - so you wouldn't waste time trying to explain the situation to the colony ORDER- cycle the shuttle airlock - to get you moving (and into your Battle Armor) [Hamish] - to provide a target to distract the Pfhor He wanted you to live! If he wanted you to die why would he have tipped his hand and issued the order to abort the landing? He could have opened the airlock right away, one would think. And why would Durandal need to REPEAT the abort landing order? Was the shuttle Mirata hard of hearing, or was he trying to get your attention?
Of course you may prefer to believe that he would say something like:
If Durandal's actions prior to the attack on the Shuttle Mirata by the alien spacefighter were designed to actually save you from the attack why does Durandal then go on to say:
(Marathon Manual page 3) and also:
(Marathon Manual page 3) Matthew offers the following explanation: I wonder if I should let the Aliens know that you aren't just space debris? Hmmmnn... - Usual Durandal sarcasm. Ah, lucky you. I've found a new distraction. I am going to play with the Alien virtual parasites. I'll look you up when you arrive... - I think it's like saying, "Tell Leela I'm playing with the bad guys and she'll have to defend the ship herself. And tell her, too, that I will be borrowing one slightly used cyborg later to do some dirty work. |
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