Re: A new Game story (From the begining)
El_Phil writes:
"The prophet either actually believes or is a conman. If he actually believes he wouldn't of crumbled at the end, if he's a conman he wouldn't of squared up against an entire fleet."
That was my first thought: I would have expected the fanatical Prophet to commit suicide (e.g. Hitler) or refuse to cooperate (e.g. many Al Qaeda prisoners).
On the other hand, some Al Qaeda leaders (presumably they're the most dedicated) have reportedly cooperated, and with much less "persuasion" than Yu Lin used. If the Prophet truly believed his Goddess would annihilate the invaders, his faith must have been completely shattered when he was brought before the very much alive "infidel" leader.
Of course in many scifi stories the futuristic societies have advanced interrogation techniques (e.g. panties on the head, super truth serum, brainwipes, etc.) that make resistance futile. As I recall from one of Starhawk's "side notes" on Icaran culture, criminals are brainwiped and given a law-abiding personality. If the Prophet and his cronies could be reprogrammed in a timely maner, the Icarans' new puppets could order an immediate end to resistance.
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