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by SoronelHaetir
Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:42 pm
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Re: Retribution (chapter 6) - spoilers!
Replies: 47
Views: 53974

Re: Re: Retribution (chapter 6) - spoilers!

Aye, very powerful chapter.
by SoronelHaetir
Mon Jan 15, 2018 6:03 pm
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Retribution, chapter 5, (spoilers)
Replies: 78
Views: 76364

Re: Retribution, chapter 5, (spoilers)

There are plenty of other members of the gens Homo, the very early H. habilis for example and the slightly younger H. erectus. There were even other species around during the early period of H. neanderthalis. Take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo As for the interbreeding test marking the...
by SoronelHaetir
Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:07 pm
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Retribution, chapter 5, (spoilers)
Replies: 78
Views: 76364

Re: Retribution, chapter 5, (spoilers)

Umm, where did you get the idea that only the one set of Neanderthal remains were found? (at least that's what I read you to mean by "and those remains in the valley that gave them their name were the only ones we ever found"). They have been found all over Europe and southwestern Asia, an...
by SoronelHaetir
Sun Jan 14, 2018 12:45 am
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Retribution, chapter 5, (spoilers)
Replies: 78
Views: 76364

Re: Retribution, chapter 5, (spoilers)

Re. real-life generation ships: you have to have a reasonable target first (that is one that you want to be at once you arrive), plus a reason for the investment. Right now both of those are lacking. As Larry Niven wrote in one of his comments on Ringworld, with the idea of setting the star in motio...
by SoronelHaetir
Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:50 am
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Retribution, chapter 5, (spoilers)
Replies: 78
Views: 76364

Re: Retribution, chapter 5, (spoilers)

Martin, Except that if the entire world was re-made then I would expect that too to be incredibly apparent, based on a very short fossil record. Right now we have been told that Feay and vulpers are close enough to inter-breed with their Earth counterparts. Either that holds across the biosphere (in...
by SoronelHaetir
Fri Jan 12, 2018 9:19 pm
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Retribution, chapter 5, (spoilers)
Replies: 78
Views: 76364

Re: Retribution, chapter 5, (spoilers)

I say 'no' to an alternate site based on the fact of how insanely far they chose to place the Dreamers from the Consortium. An alternate would need to be far enough away from the original site that whoever is in charge of that main site would have no influence over the alternate yet the alternate wo...
by SoronelHaetir
Fri Jan 12, 2018 4:56 pm
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Retribution, chapter 5, (spoilers)
Replies: 78
Views: 76364

Re: Retribution, chapter 5, (spoilers)

Given what we know (even if those in-universe don't) about the Feay originally having come from Earth and that human-Feay crosses still breed true (at least they did a few hundred years ago, and there is no reason to believe that has changed in the short intervening time), I would say they are still...
by SoronelHaetir
Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:06 am
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Retribution, chapter 4, (spoilers)
Replies: 25
Views: 27609

Re: Retribution, chapter 4, (spoilers)

am I the only one wondering if the interdiction is just not mentioned ( going on behind the scenes) , or forgotten by fel ? <blasphemy?> they are in the middle of benga galaxy, benga have real time hyperjump , so reinforcements should be able to arrive within 2 hours max. reading the story, i seem ...
by SoronelHaetir
Tue Dec 19, 2017 4:22 am
Forum: Subjugation
Topic: Retribution, Chapter 4.
Replies: 35
Views: 57164

Re: Retribution, Chapter 4.

That was an amazingly good chapter. Out-fucking-standing.
by SoronelHaetir
Sun Nov 12, 2017 3:06 am
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: The value of generations
Replies: 2
Views: 5282

Re: The value of generations

There is no reason to believe that the precognitive power would breed true, we have been told that the telekinesis does because that was specifically engineered into the Generations line.
by SoronelHaetir
Sun Sep 24, 2017 5:53 am
Forum: Earth Bond
Topic: Chapter 28, possible ideas and theories (spoilers)
Replies: 2
Views: 10648

Re: Chapter 28, possible ideas and theories (spoilers)

I think the dragons had the right idea by starting with medium-sized cities. They most likely don't want to deal with the mass of people that would be involved if they were to drop in on a sporting event C.A.P. extraction style. Even just being around that many people would be likely to generate lot...
by SoronelHaetir
Sat Sep 23, 2017 3:34 pm
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Retribution, chapter 1, (spoilers)
Replies: 33
Views: 37435

Re: Retribution, chapter 1, (spoilers)

I just don't see any such conspiracy being oracle-led. There is reason to believe that Aria's retention of the early childhood teaching was not because she later turned out to be an oracle but simply because she is a Dreamer. I say that because that teaching was imparted long before she woke up to e...
by SoronelHaetir
Sat Sep 23, 2017 5:12 am
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Retribution, chapter 1, (spoilers)
Replies: 33
Views: 37435

Re: Retribution, chapter 1, (spoilers)

Given the short life of an oracle (remember they are killed when they wake up talent-wise and also kept physically asleep) I have a hard time believing they can be any sort of unifying force for the Dreamers. And given how they are hunted at such an early age by the Benga I equally have a hard time ...
by SoronelHaetir
Thu Sep 21, 2017 3:16 pm
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Retribution, chapter 1, (spoilers)
Replies: 33
Views: 37435

Re: Retribution, chapter 1, (spoilers)

Okay, the fact that the attack might have to be allowed to complete was the item I was missing, either it wasn't discussed or I missed it. And yes, in that case I can understand the Dreamers not being able to see through the ruse.
by SoronelHaetir
Thu Sep 21, 2017 6:05 am
Forum: Subjugation Universe
Topic: Retribution, chapter 1, (spoilers)
Replies: 33
Views: 37435

Re: Retribution, chapter 1, (spoilers)

One bit I find odd is how poorly Kellin is doing at the exo-mech training. He has been described as an avid bachi player and has had numerous reconstructive procedures to repair injuries suffered while playing. I would have expected him to have mostly gotten over the Faey male mind-set, particularly...