Othaglot and Cane - Story Thread

[TerranC]

Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
That makes them an organized crime syndicate similar to the Mafia.

Or a power-hungry freemason's society of the future...

[dogscoff]

Sloo is not confirmed dead. The ultimate 'Oh ****!' moment is still lurking out there if she should turn up.

Oh, just you wait.
*dogscoff supresses an evil chuckle.

Also, the Vikings on earth must be a rather large organization, and operated like an intelligence agency, if he could have known so much about Sloo while never having met her.

She was a member of Jormungund's Earth Chapter, which Hammer used to run. Then he handed it over to his second in command and came to found the PLenty chapter. Presumably he kept up with current events in his other chapter. This is all in chapter 25 (?) The one with Othaglot's briefing from Cane Sr.
I hinted, but perhaps didn't specify in this latest chapter that she was the one to provide information about the Cue Cappan technology and how it could advance the mysterious project Asgrd. That alone would be enough for him to become aware of her.

Anyone got any guesses as to the nature of project Asgard? THere are plenty of clues in there, especially if you were to go back to some of the earlier chapters...

[ April 10, 2004, 08:47: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

[Baron Munchausen]

I'd say the nature of "Project Asgard' is fairly obvious even without the clues. The name gives it away. Asgard is the home of the Norse gods. This guy is plainly a megalomaniac who wants to found his own empire. The details remain to be revealed, so I can't guess if he plans to over-thrown the whole 'Terran' government structure and rule all of the human-inhabited planets, or if he just wants to carve out a smaller domain for himself. Maybe a nice remote planet like Plenty could be taken and held more easily, especially with outside help, than taking on the whole Terran navy?

The next question, of course, is how straight would his 'foreign' allies be playing? I suppose the 'Puppet Political Parties' intel project shows us that sometimes a government will support an independence movement just to screw with another government. (Amusing thought -- this whole story is about a PPP intel project... ) But in the real world a revolution is just as often sponsored as a way to open the door to intervention. I'd expect to see a Sallegan and/or Sergetti invasion fleet before this thing winds up.

[ April 11, 2004, 00:26: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

[dogscoff]

Oops, I forget to mention that while speculation is welcome, I will not be confirming or denying anything anyone guesses.

Still, whether he's right or not, Baron M is clearly paying attention.

[Atrocities]

Good story.

[dogscoff]

Thanks At, I really respect your opinion.

[Puke]

think he's founding a p&n empire?