Sally said: After all, he fully intended - and told
Cauder - that they were pulling out when the countdown reached fifty
This is really for the Evil Overlord Page and not here, but I'll never know why the damn thing HAS a readout in the first place*. The Federation soldiers know that triggering the bomb is basically a kamikaze mission for them anyway, but they're going to haul ass if they can. Most of the Albians would get their first and last intimation when they got blown to !@@###$% (although I'm sure intergalactic television would get great ratings covering the countdown).
And if it has a readout, why an accurate one? Why not blow at 223, with a streamer saying "Fooled you!"
*Or, for that matter, why there's a vortex or whatever the hell Travis falls into on Star One. What I'd REALLY like to have seen: Blake and Avon finally cooperate on something--shooting Travis--and he collapses onto the Final Act button.
-(Y) PS--has anyone ever done a Cally/Del Grant fic? Sometimes she has the same awful quack-y voice as he does, so I thought they might hit it off.