Blakes7 September 2001

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RE: Fwd: [B7L] Ensor's fish
by jacquispeel＠netscape.net 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

"Sally Manton" <smanton(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Jacqui wrote: ><Were actually Phibian 'tadpoles'> > >That actually makes sense to me :-) > >Still feel sorry for them, however. > > Where else would Ensor get the 'beasties' from apart from locally (the local seawater was acidic - did Vila end up with burns on his unbooted foot?) - and one reason why the Phibians would try and 'invade' - they wanted their offspring back. (I know frogs have lots of tadpoles but...) Jacqui __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

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RE: Re: FW: [B7L] Alma Mater
by jacquispeel＠netscape.net 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

"Marian de Haan" <mariandehaan(a)chello.nl> wrote: >Sally wrote: >>Dana wrote: >><I can't make up my mind whether I think Blake went to one of [the >universities] or to a specifically engineering school (something like >CalTech or MIT, maybe).<< >> >>Well, specifically we don't know that he's an engineer ... but I think he >is :-) It's impossible to tell, of course.< > >I can't help seeing him as a schoolmaster - of the old-fashioned kind. He >knows what's best for his pupils/crew and he'll make damn sure they're going >to do what he tells them to, whether they like it or not :-) > >Marian > He #could# be both - teaching apprentices etc Jacqui __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

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Re: FW: [B7L] Alma Mater
by Marian de Haan 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

Sally wrote: >Dana wrote: ><I can't make up my mind whether I think Blake went to one of [the universities] or to a specifically engineering school (something like CalTech or MIT, maybe).<< > >Well, specifically we don't know that he's an engineer ... but I think he is :-) It's impossible to tell, of course.< I can't help seeing him as a schoolmaster - of the old-fashioned kind. He knows what's best for his pupils/crew and he'll make damn sure they're going to do what he tells them to, whether they like it or not :-) Marian

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Fwd: FW: Fwd: Re: [B7L] Chenga
by Sally Manton 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

Ellynne wrote: <Avon can get awfully protective sometimes towards the crew members he claims not to care about and he may be in a very foul temper after the past few days (war, outmanuevered by Servalan, his ship taken over by strangers he accidentally let onboard, outsmarted [for the first and last time, wasn't it?] by Tarrant, multiple head wounds).> True, but at least one of the ones he tends to get protective about is still on the search-and-rescue lists. If it was going to even slightly delay getting to the galaxy's most wanted man before someone else got to him, I still can't see Avon putting revenge for a *failed* near-murder - after the fact - ahead of going *straight* on with the next pickup. He did have rather clear priorities, and unlike us he wasn't to know at this stage that the search-and-rescue *had* just come to a screaming halt :-) by the time this point sunk in, his temper may not have improved (IMO quite it was quite *definitely* the worse for wear in Volcano through to Kairos) but he had other things to think about. <Still, they could tell Lindor, Destiny, Albion, most rebel groups, and any of Jenna's Free Trader contacts she left the e-mail addresses for and expect to at least be listened to.> This is a more practical option (and is probably something they all three would know Blake would want them to do). Although <grin> given the contacts of Jenna's we meet (Tarvin, Largo) *she* might not have many on that email list who'd care ... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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RE: Re: [B7L] Chenga
by Sally Manton 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

Jacqui wrote: <As the Federation were aware of Chenga's activities (and we don't know what proportion of their acquisitions they Burke and Hare'd) something might have been done about it 'eventually'. Especially when somebody with 'connections' got done.> <veg> but how would the connections know? Servalan knew, but somehow, I can't see her caring very much ... I suppose Terminal could have been worse - she *could* have told Avon "Blake was also on Chenga, you just didn't search long enough ..." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Fwd: [B7L] Ensor's fish
by Sally Manton 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Jacqui wrote: <Were actually Phibian 'tadpoles'> That actually makes sense to me :-) Still feel sorry for them, however. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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RE: Re: [B7L] Chenga
by jacquispeel＠netscape.net 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Kathryn Andersen <kat(a)welkin.apana.org.au> wrote: >On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 07:41:17PM +0200, Marian de Haan wrote: >> Ellynne wrote: >> >After Liberator rescued Vila and Cally from Chenga, has anyone ever >> wondered what happened next? I've always wondered if, after they were >> revived and the situation was explained, if the crew took any further >> steps.< >> >> Would Avon and Vila have felt that public spirited? After all, one day they >> might become in need of a "spare part" themselves and then it's nice to know >> where to acquire one without questions being asked :-) > >The other thing to consider is that, if I recall correctly, Chenga >*already* had a reputation as "the slaughterhouse", and when they were >going around picking up refugees, they carefully didn't say what planet >they were from. > >It may have been that the planets round about also had a similar >abivalent attitude towards Chenga. > >Kathryn Andersen >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- As the Federation were aware of Chenga's activities (and we don't know what proportion of their acquisitions they Burke and Hare'd) something might have been done about it 'eventually'. Especially when somebody with 'connections' got done. Jacqui __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

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Latest News from Avon:PDS (fwd)
by Judith Proctor 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

LATEST NEWS FROM AVON:PDS 20TH SEPTEMBER 2001 MEMORABILIA - NEC, BIRMINGHAM Paul will be appearing (subject to work commitments) at this year's Memorabilia event to be held at the NEC Birmingham on Sunday 4th November. Paul is a guest of 10th Planet and will be signing a range of merchandise and photographs from Dr. Who and Blake's 7 at their stall from approx. 10 a.m. onwards. More voice-overs for Paul.... He can be heard on the Discovery channel advertising 'Shark Weekend' And...Don't forget, Paul will be doing a 'signing' on the 22nd September (this Saturday) at Sheffield Hallam University, Howard Street, Sheffield. I've been asked 'how do I get there'......Well, to get there you follow the signs to the City Centre, then follow signs for the National Centre for Popular Music. Sheffield Hallam is alongside this structure. Both the rail and bus/coach station are directly across the road from the venue. Couldn't be easier! So why not pop along and give Paul your support. ANN

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Alma Mater
by Dana Shilling 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

We know the subject of Egrogian's thesis at Bellhangria University, and several people who are presumably not M.D.s are referred to as Doctor, so there must have been at least some universities. I can't make up my mind whether I think Blake went to one of them or to a specifically engineering school (something like CalTech or MIT, maybe). I think it's at least some evidence that Avon's family was not terribly wealthy that he EVER stopped being a post-doc and got a job. (Although they might have lost their money or disowned him for one reason or another.) In fact his Flight Deck argument style seems carried over from academic infighting. We haven't been told whether one goes to Federation Space Academy after or instead of college--presumably the latter, if Tarrant is old enough to have various post-graduate adventures. Presumably Servalan also went to FSA, although my mind boggles. We aren't told that Jenna DIDN'T go to FSA, but I tend to doubt it. So where, if anywhere, did she go to college? I have no idea about Auron higher education. Gan and Vila probably didn't go to college-- although if there were a B7 version of Doonesbury (...let me hurry to state that I don't think there could be...) Vila would make an excellent Zonker Harris. (I wonder if he's a relative of Xander's BTW.) -(Y)

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Re: [B7L] Second in Command
by Marian de Haan 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Dana wrote: >A six-carbon-based-entity crew is probably too small to actually need a second in command, but Cally would have been the logical choice. Not only does she have experience in a guerilla band (however ill-fated) but she's the only one who actually shares Blake's objectives.< She doesn't show much leadership qualities, though. In S3, where she could have tried to step into Blake's shoes, she seems content with letting Tarrant take the initiative. (As does Avon at first. It seems to me he only takes up the role of leader - very reluctantly - after Tarrant has made a mess of commanding Liberator in Harvest and City.) >That she didn't take on this role probably says more about TPTB's attitudes than Blake's, though.< Probably. Yet it does increase the tension to have an ambigious and unpredictacle character in that role rather than someone who can be relied upon to support Blake through thick and thin :-) Of course, as already pointed out quite recently, for most of S1 Jenna was second in command. Marian

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