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Find a jury of their Peers and convict the whole corp.Meanwhile you still need a cup of Rebel Radio for the Revolution you're baking. Oh yes cliff hanger part two coming up.
Easy, just hire a band of Gutters to convict them ... then after the Gutters set them free, leave them all to the Murderturd named Mr. Propolopolis. He needs food in order to regenerate his legs after all.
Two regulars, disguised as Praetorians, with a Cassian by their side.
That's a lot of authority right there.
Who knows where they might be let in without any resistance ?
When did she and Maxus make nice, though? After Malati and Hrist, I'd think Maxus would be more wary of Cassians -- at least until Noctis had explained her plan and expressed her loyalties. Maybe I just missed that part?
I'm also unclear on how Maxus is on Damnatio Memoriae's comm channels. I do understand how he could be on the Praetorian and Cassian channels, and also why Noctis wouldn't use those to contact him. Sure, she could probably eventually get a message through to him, but I'd have expected more elapsed time than seems implied here.
All that aside, still fun stuff. Kudos to the creative team, and always fun to see the little twinkle in Noctis' eye.
Just figuring that that was why Noctis wanted access to Damnatio's radio. Like I said, I doubt she'd be wanting to use Cassian or Praetorian channels -- and since Damnatio has already said 'hands off' Maxus, they'd probably be happy to include him. Especially once the story about his botched 'retirement party' became known.
But Timotheus has provided a link which explains the reconciliation, at least. I did read that, but it had slipped my memory. I was going to go back through the archives, but he got there first. ^_^. And it addresses comms in 1319, except for couple of minor points:
1) Kali is listening in on the Cassian band, which puts anything she hears at risk as long as she is in Decimus' company. Maxus should be trying to get off that channel ASAP.
2) Noctis offers to have her and her sisters serve as relays for comm and coordination for Maxus, but she appears to have been the primary comm node for Maxus and she _left_ him. How does that play risk/reward-wise since Maxus (the general of Princess Acantha's faction) is essentially incommunicado if she's not in shouting range of him? (Or is there another Cassian lurking unseen in the wings?) Again, Damnatio has working comms, and if Maxus hasn't been trying to get on them for at least as long as it takes Noctis to kill 48 Praetorians, he should be rethinking his tactics.
On the other hand, I suppose this could be him doing that -- in which case I'm just surprised he let Noctis get that far ahead of him.
The Cassian band is relatively short-range, and each Cassian works as a signal repeater; Kali is too far away from any other Cassians right now to be able to pick up on the channel.
Note that Maxus and Quintus have caught back up to Noctis; she wasn't that far ahead of them, well within range for Maxus to be able to talk to her with his suit's built-in comm.
I wonder if Noctis will correct Quintus' count? After all, Captain Canoi belongs to Captain Sapiro. A girl shouldn't poach another girl's man(slaughter). ^_^
Ah, CentComm. For someone with Noctis' refined sense I'd expect it to be subtly different.
It seems to me that she wouldn't care whether _she_ got credit for her accomplishments, but it would bother her to have the credit for the accomplishments of _others_ wrongly attributed to her and denied to them. Especially if they were someone she respected. ("Lady Noctis, thank you for finally freeing us from the tyranny of Prince Decimus." "With respect, it was Lord Maxus who delivered the blow, not I."). I don't see her standing silent in the above hypothetical scenario -- but I admit you and Rose know her much better than I. ^_^
But just how precise she is about such things and to whom she extends that awareness -- those are the nuances of character only revealed as the story unfolds. Nor would she necessarily feel the need to set things right immediately. She doesn't strike me as obsessive, just ... precise. Letting things unfold as they should in the fullness of time.
The true test of a commander in this situation: All the options are bad. Summary execution violates every legal norm, he doesn't have lots of personnel and resources to spare for capture, and letting go convicted murderers is a bad idea. Chaining them up on the spot or knocking them out and leaving them is pretty much the same thing as murdering them considering everything is on fire. Someone want to play an appropriate quiz-show theme for this decision?
P.S. Most people busy getting sliced, stabbed, decapitated, dismembered, and eviscerated to death don't have a whole lot of attention and effort to spare for 'daring' to bleed on someone. The bleeding on Noctis was probably unintentional on the part of the slaughter victim(s) whose blood it was. The real question is... how does she, and everyone else, react to this bloody shame?
Since they are criminals, and ones the Rebels would likely LOVE to see killed, by saving these two, Noctis gets their undamaged armor for later use, she also set is up for Maxus to further cement his credibility with the rebels by what he does to these two.
He can order them killed, which some may have a problem with, he can order them detained to serve out the sentences they were supposed to serve, he can order them disabled temporarily or permanently,there are just a number of different things he can do.
Noctis has given him the "Choice" of what to do with them. Plus she proves her own bonafides to the rebels that she desires to uphold the "Law" not the whims of a petty arrogant child.
eta: Cent it will be a week or so before I will know if I can bump up my patreon amount or hit paypal.
There's always the option of, "Well, I can understand not wanting to risk your lives for the current Prince; how do you feel about risking them for Princess Acanthea? Cannon fodder has its uses and they can earn points toward better sentence conditions.
True Tim; however, to use said cannon fodder you need to have someone to use them ON. If Acantha wins, I don't think she is going to be in a conquering mood. I know I wouldn't trust those two amongst my civilian population either! :-7
I was thinking more along the lines of immediate opportunities. One possibility would be proof to other preatorian units that surrender IS an option and thereby saving wear and tear on the palace infrastructure.
Most of the time I would agree, Matt. Not always though. Falling into someone like the the Gestapo's hands would normally be a slow, incredibly painful slide into death. Better to die clean than suffer that way. If these two Praetorians were in charge of the prison (it has happened before) I know I would rather die than be subjected to their attention! :-7
The Cassians are most commonly sent to deal with major offenders against the law and public safety, and the vast majority of the Praetorians are convicted criminals and walking violations against law, safety, and decency*. Offered the opportunity to kill them, most of the Cassians wouldn't even have hesitated. Maxus knows Noctis well, knows that she's very serious about her duty, and knows that she thoroughly loathes the Praetorians; he's just momentarily astonished that she actually held back from killing these two on the spot.
* There are a couple of Praetorians who weren't convicted of any crimes**. They're still utterly repulsive people, mind you.
Canoi did indeed join the Praetorians with no criminal convictions on his record. It was a great opportunity to misbehave, and he's taken full advantage of that, as suggested by that narration block a few pages back that outlined the reason why Sapiro hated him.
And now I'm imagining Noctis standing above a heap of dead praetorians in a lake of blood, making that Han-kind-of smile and saying "Sorry for the mess!"
I thought they used nanowire.
That's a lot of authority right there.
Who knows where they might be let in without any resistance ?
When did she and Maxus make nice, though? After Malati and Hrist, I'd think Maxus would be more wary of Cassians -- at least until Noctis had explained her plan and expressed her loyalties. Maybe I just missed that part?
I'm also unclear on how Maxus is on Damnatio Memoriae's comm channels. I do understand how he could be on the Praetorian and Cassian channels, and also why Noctis wouldn't use those to contact him. Sure, she could probably eventually get a message through to him, but I'd have expected more elapsed time than seems implied here.
All that aside, still fun stuff. Kudos to the creative team, and always fun to see the little twinkle in Noctis' eye.
But Timotheus has provided a link which explains the reconciliation, at least. I did read that, but it had slipped my memory. I was going to go back through the archives, but he got there first. ^_^. And it addresses comms in 1319, except for couple of minor points:
1) Kali is listening in on the Cassian band, which puts anything she hears at risk as long as she is in Decimus' company. Maxus should be trying to get off that channel ASAP.
2) Noctis offers to have her and her sisters serve as relays for comm and coordination for Maxus, but she appears to have been the primary comm node for Maxus and she _left_ him. How does that play risk/reward-wise since Maxus (the general of Princess Acantha's faction) is essentially incommunicado if she's not in shouting range of him? (Or is there another Cassian lurking unseen in the wings?) Again, Damnatio has working comms, and if Maxus hasn't been trying to get on them for at least as long as it takes Noctis to kill 48 Praetorians, he should be rethinking his tactics.
On the other hand, I suppose this could be him doing that -- in which case I'm just surprised he let Noctis get that far ahead of him.
Note that Maxus and Quintus have caught back up to Noctis; she wasn't that far ahead of them, well within range for Maxus to be able to talk to her with his suit's built-in comm.
It seems to me that she wouldn't care whether _she_ got credit for her accomplishments, but it would bother her to have the credit for the accomplishments of _others_ wrongly attributed to her and denied to them. Especially if they were someone she respected. ("Lady Noctis, thank you for finally freeing us from the tyranny of Prince Decimus." "With respect, it was Lord Maxus who delivered the blow, not I."). I don't see her standing silent in the above hypothetical scenario -- but I admit you and Rose know her much better than I. ^_^
But just how precise she is about such things and to whom she extends that awareness -- those are the nuances of character only revealed as the story unfolds. Nor would she necessarily feel the need to set things right immediately. She doesn't strike me as obsessive, just ... precise. Letting things unfold as they should in the fullness of time.
...and Noctis really has a great sense of justice.
@alt text: yeah, I wonder who dared...
P.S. Most people busy getting sliced, stabbed, decapitated, dismembered, and eviscerated to death don't have a whole lot of attention and effort to spare for 'daring' to bleed on someone. The bleeding on Noctis was probably unintentional on the part of the slaughter victim(s) whose blood it was. The real question is... how does she, and everyone else, react to this bloody shame?
Since they are criminals, and ones the Rebels would likely LOVE to see killed, by saving these two, Noctis gets their undamaged armor for later use, she also set is up for Maxus to further cement his credibility with the rebels by what he does to these two.
He can order them killed, which some may have a problem with, he can order them detained to serve out the sentences they were supposed to serve, he can order them disabled temporarily or permanently,there are just a number of different things he can do.
Noctis has given him the "Choice" of what to do with them. Plus she proves her own bonafides to the rebels that she desires to uphold the "Law" not the whims of a petty arrogant child.
eta: Cent it will be a week or so before I will know if I can bump up my patreon amount or hit paypal.
* There are a couple of Praetorians who weren't convicted of any crimes**. They're still utterly repulsive people, mind you.
** My choice of words here is quite deliberate.
This has been one excellent series. Please don't georgelucas this TOO much with the reboot.
It's totally out of character.
Also glorious.