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DF Spoilers / Re: White Court, Venatori and Kemmler
« on: August 24, 2017, 03:08:03 PM »
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Heheh, ya. His writing instructor warned him not to let Bob's character become purely a vehicle for exposition, something commonly referred to as a "talking head". So Jim went and made him a literal talking head.
You mean like ... it's a story about a trip to the zoo. They see lions there. DId you know that the female lions are the ones who do all the hunting. and ...
Then you go on about different things about lions.
Is that an info dump?
I'm wondering how close real-world politics are to touchy topics
whoops and forgot Ramps are just special forms of windlass one floor deep if you think about it but see the problem with overall number of crystals, maybe lift crystals quicker and easier to grow. Need 250. hmmmmmmm
Good reply Shecky. But... grins .. I still have some issues. There are 3 entrances exits. Surface Habble Landing Habble morning. Habble Landing did "create" itself but where is it in the series of 250 Habbles. Impression I got was at first surface or near re read and thought . But if all goods have to hauled up and down internally [a hell of a task not to mention how no draught animals no vehicles described and we have a city to service here population jim suggests of Manhattan.] then makes sense its around Habble 125. Still think humans as lazy as we are would have demanded and created lifts internal we have lift crystals after all . Doesn't need many Habbles largely self sufficient vats water gardens etc but hauling say wood internally and heavy goods machinery need some internal transport system other than pure muscle power.[ Otherwise I have images of Egyptian Slaves hauling waggons up ramps by rope. [OOOOhhhh have we invented the wheel!!!!!]
Suggest just not mentioned yet as been no particular need.
As for the attack. From memory the admiral of the Fleet [Wilson?] was embarrassed by the sneak attack that dropped the marines. He ordered the fleet out to form a cordon around the spire so no attacker would get close. But they were already here and he reacted exactly as the Aurorians expected.
Mistshark was a neutral merchant under a Dolosian flag and already docked. Grimm suspected for his own reasons but no evidence and would the fleet believe him. Knowledge of Marines was not common knowledge and Spirearch kept it secret to flush out the traitor or traitors who could be in the Guard. So no Guard deployment. Just Grimm and his small crew who's orders were to protect and support Ferus and the others. He did what he could when he could. The marines blew up the landing Mistshark caused chaos by destroying neighbouring ships thus assisting in the escape. The fleet is miles away looking out not in so relatively easy for Random to dodge the cordon until of course the Fleet knew it had been fooled again. Await with interest to see the political fallout in the fleet as a result.
Also the Spirearch has his resources witness the rallying of the Habble to putting out the fire etc. He simply was using Ferus et al as his trigger in a long wider game in which risks must be taken.
As for power sources in the habbles we have lumins [crystals] the spirestones themselves channel etheric energy Jim hasn't said that i recollect what fuel they use to cook for example but could be electricity from an "etheric"source we just don't have the detail. We know there are steam engines they need power to heat water wood is expensive no petroleum coal [surface problems] so my money is on electricity generated for public use and to power steam. We have Grimms electric tea pot as an example. Demand and supply!
Yes. I still imagine the spires as towers, more or less cone shaped. I don't care for reality, I imagine what I want
Jim talks in his public appearances of the spires as Borg cubes. Which sort of destroys any visual image as a spire which has to at least be taller than wide and should taper but a square based tower ie rectangle would sort of cover a spire. In the book chapter 33 further confusion as the spires are described round with the habbles having a square floor plan fitting inside. This contradicts the maps drawn for the books which reverse to square containing circle.
Perhaps its pedantic and can be dismissed as the characters Bridget in this case having no real idea of geometry and having never gone outside to see the actual shape of the spire. Whether the earth is flat or round matters very little to most people in conducting their day to day lives.
But editing should have spotted this for Jim.