"Sally Manton" smanton@hotmail.com wrote:
Dana wrote: <I am really bemused by the idea of Servalan being in the military at all--I would find it much more believable if she were introduced as a Senator or industrialist who later became President.>
Presumably she went straight into the officer cadets, then used her connections/influences to avoid any real soldiering and make a swift rise in the military bureaucracy. It appears that field officers and staff officers are completely different career paths (see Rai and Travis in SLD, Tarrant was also a field officer IMO) and the staff one is very much a political pathway.
I wonder what made Servalan choose the military option *rather* than a career in civilian politics, at a time when the central powere still seemed to be in civilian hands (top military appointments being by the President, and influenced by members of the Council). Jacqui suggested:
<As Kasabi says Servalan comes from a well to do family it might well have been that she was 'packed off' to the military to get her out of the way,>
which is possible - I think someone as malignant and empty as she is would make a rather undesirable relative, but even an undesirable could be made use of if the family was ambitious. Be interesting to see what happened to the family when she became President, and even more interesting when she fell from power ...
Perhaps it was one of the 'traditional' ways of dealing with 'younger offspring' (as in the Middle Ages where the second son was 'often' made a cleric - as the future Henry VIII was intended to be)
Jacqui
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Has anyone ever done a study of how many bracelets were lost during the series ? Sometimes the crew seem to be shockingly wasteful with them (random example - end of Bounty when Sarkoff & Tyce get sent off and no one seems to bother about going with them to bring their bracelets back).
I thought I would maybe try to remember to check when next watching the videos, but I won't bother if someone has already done it - "duplicating the work of others is such a waste of time".
Thanks,
On Sat 23 Jun, Guy Kendall wrote:
Has anyone ever done a study of how many bracelets were lost during the series ? Sometimes the crew seem to be shockingly wasteful with them (random example - end of Bounty when Sarkoff & Tyce get sent off and no one seems to bother about going with them to bring their bracelets back).
I thought I would maybe try to remember to check when next watching the videos, but I won't bother if someone has already done it - "duplicating the work of others is such a waste of time".
I can't recall a previous study, though that may just be my leaky memory. If you do a study, I'd love to have the results for the Hermit web site - it's just the kind of trivia that appeals for some strange reason. (Actually, I like virtually every kind of trivia - I'm very easy to please <grin>)
Judith (who is supposed to be writing an essay on the organisation of memory <sigh>)
Guy asked:
Has anyone ever done a study of how many bracelets were lost during the series ? Sometimes the crew seem to be shockingly wasteful with them
Bearing in mind the size of the ship, and its possible Alta crew size, there may be a whole Teleport Bracelet Room with trays full of replacements.
(random
example - end of Bounty when Sarkoff & Tyce get sent off and no one
seems to
bother about going with them to bring their bracelets back).
In this particular instance, they may feel (IMO, with solid justification) that Sark Off may be an accurate representation of Lindor's attitude toward its ex-President, and for once they'll need to rescue someone who actually wants to be rescued.
-(Y)
"Dana Shilling" dshilling@worldnet.att.net wrote:
Guy asked:
Has anyone ever done a study of how many bracelets were lost during the series ? Sometimes the crew seem to be shockingly wasteful with them
Bearing in mind the size of the ship, and its possible Alta crew size, there may be a whole Teleport Bracelet Room with trays full of replacements.
(random
example - end of Bounty when Sarkoff & Tyce get sent off and no one
seems to
bother about going with them to bring their bracelets back).
In this particular instance, they may feel (IMO, with solid justification) that Sark Off may be an accurate representation of Lindor's attitude toward its ex-President, and for once they'll need to rescue someone who actually wants to be rescued.
-(Y)
By the way there is/was a tax dodge known as the 'Sark Lark' - making use of the Channel Islands' tax haven status. (The Channel Islands are not technically part of the United Kingdom.)
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In reply to my:
Has anyone ever done a study of how many bracelets were lost during the series ?
Neil said:
Try the Sevencyclopaedia under 'Bracelets'
Thanks Neil - that's pretty comprehensive.
Oh, and given that I see you are the primary author of that work, I think "Try" really is *very* modest of you.
From: Guy Kendall Guy@jmkendall.freeserve.co.uk
Try the Sevencyclopaedia under 'Bracelets'
Thanks Neil - that's pretty comprehensive.
Oh, and given that I see you are the primary author of that work, I think "Try" really is *very* modest of you.
Although the 7cyclo was proofread by some very knowledgeable people, ninety-plus per cent of it comes from the notes I took during a prolonged period of unemployment. It's not infallible, as Harriet pointed out only last month, and a recent discussion on bodycounts showed that my own interpretations of particular incidents (inevitably) worm their way in. So I wouldn't say that the 7cyclo represents the ultimate definitive list of lost or damaged bracelets, since I might well have missed a few here and there. In fact, there is a major omission here - although I cite at least 11 bracelets being destroyed, that doesn't include all those that went up with the Liberator at the end of Terminal:)
Any errors, omissions etc (or indeed suggestions for additional entries) should be reported to Judith Proctor, since she and Richard maintain the online version.
Neil
Neil wrote:
Although the 7cyclo was proofread by some very knowledgeable people, ninety-plus per cent of it comes from the notes I took during a prolonged period of unemployment. It's not infallible, as Harriet pointed out only last month
I was wondering why you'd been so quiet recently. I'll try not to notice anything else.
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