: I am reminded of that now. Was Leela able to rewrite history in the colonial
: records and personal communications of individual colonists; or reprint
: hard copies and books there as well? :-)
: We know paper is still used since the Marathon has it scattered around.
Yes, but maybe Leela took a chance, reasoning that the Pfhor and S'pht might be incapable of translating hard copies. The S'pht could take computer files and manipulate them until they made sense (sort of Enigma-esque), but at the very least they didn't have time to figure out how to translate hard copies. This seems at least somewhat reasonable, especially if we like Rubicon's description of the lack of communication between the S'pht and humans during the Great War:
Strange how two supposedly intelligent species turn out to be completely incapable of communicating. The UESC and the S'pht have been on the same side in this war for over two decades, and they still haven't managed to work out a more detailed strategy than "human and s'pht good, pfhor bad". The UESC/S'pht coalition would have won the war long ago if only they had been able to communicate properly.
Instead, the two factions attack the Pfhor on their own and try not to mess up each other's strategies. The Pfhor have managed to exploit this faulty communication to its fullest. Still, the UESC is better off with the S'pht than without, despite all the blunders.
- Durandal, Rozinante IV (Term 0, 'Unfinished')
I know Rubicon isn't canon, but I love the explanations and additions it gives to the Marathon Story. If the Marathon Story was already 3-dimensional (as opposed to Doom, which was 1-dimensional, and Starcraft, which was 2-dimensional), Rubicon makes it 3.5-dimensional.
Not sure where that metaphor came from, but it sounds good, so I'll stick with it.
Vale,
Perseus
