The problem with those Enlightenment values is that when you get all hyped about them you generally end up hating human beings (because they obstinately refuse to become the New Man) and killing enormous numbers of them.

— S.M. Stirling
Chapter 17, Page 12

Chapter 17, Page 12

Hmn, maybe a bit too much glow from the table light in this one.  I guess I have J.J. Abrams lens flares on my mind…along with John William’s Imperial March.  It’s killing me that I won’t see the new Star Wars movie until Christmas Eve, when I’m in Philadelphia with my family.  🙂

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Msaka: Kentaro is deep in the tunnels. I saw Girii near the terminal building.
Jacob: Thanks.
Msaka: Before you go, Jacob, can I ask you a tactical question?
Jacob: Sure.
Msaka: What do you think of our situation?
Jacob: Grim.
Msaka: You think everything is grim.
Jacob: Well, this is grimmer than usual.
Msaka: Really. Why?
Jacob: You're making a suicide charge on the most dangerous agency that ever existed. Lola could vaporize you, or release a plague that sterilized Britain...or she could wait for any G.U.S. militia to get you. Knowing Lola she's going to invent a new way to kill you all. Having thousands of guinea pigs walk up to her door is her childhood dream come true.

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Discussion (6)¬

  1. Jordan says:

    It’s true, they are pretty much charging headlong into a mad scientist’s headquarters. Given that said scientist also has global support in terms of funds, equipment, personnel etc. Jacob is right to be pessimistic.

  2. Unmaker says:

    Ouch. So, the option is dying a slow death where they are or a suicide charge into the nastiest agency on Earth. Crazy indeed.

  3. Ming the Merciless says:

    What about the plague that Kendaro’s “daddy” already unleashed? Supposed to eventually only leave the three genociders alive…

  4. SCAScot says:

    …and that’s the good news.

  5. ghostwhitehorse says:

    Wonder if Kentaro can hack Lola’s chair. . .

  6. Z00l00k says:

    So if she likes guinea pigs, then give her that literally.