Harriet Monkhouse wrote:
OK, there is a fourth-declension noun victus, which is also victus in the genitive, but it means nourishment (victuals), so that would mean the High Guard's motto was "the one chance of getting something to eat".
And there goes another keyboard. ;-) Maybe the High Guard were infiltrated by the Mugog (sp?), in which case, the motto would make a lot of sense.
This has a certain appeal, but I don't think it's what the writers intended.
It's one of the problems I have with Andromeda. There's a real lack of humour. And Jarriere, unless I missed him.
The 2nd season is a lot better than the first. In fact, the cliff-hanger at the end of the 1st season was the first episode that had any tension. And there is a story arc now in the 2nd season, even if it is about a big, unquestionably bad enemy with a fully operational death star (well, you know what I mean).
And speaking of time gaps, which we are now, that missing time between Spacefall and C.A. has a parallel in Andromeda. In the 1st season cliffhanger episode, Beka, has a short curly (see, there's another link) blonde bob. At the beginning of the 2nd season, which immediately followed, on both Sky 1 and series time, that cliffhanger, she has a long plait (must have found Soolin's hairdresser). Now I know she has hair that she can change the colour of whenever she likes without the aid of chemical dyes in packets but bombs and explosions are a far more interesting effect so we don't ever actually get to see it except that one episode it was mentioned, but never have they suggested that she has a knob in her neck that you can turn to produce a lot more hair instantly (anyone whoever owned a Girl's World will know what I mean). Or why it would be triggered by a Mugog attack since, as a survival technique, it's about as effective as that of the red kite. </rant - yes i know there's no opening one but hey this is EL not XML>
Kat W