I was rereading and found this error.
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It would make sense.
I was honestly thinking the Dominators.
I think the Spider Guild is more widespread.
I would imagine he was running on very short sleep until the Orange Lanterns took the field. And possibly unsafe amounts of stimulants. At least now he isn't having to send secret agents into open combat with Scarabs.
And like he said, he can spare you the time in return for what you did.
It does look a little improper from the outside. From some angles, anyway.
Canny assessment. You don't get to be the commander of an intelligence agency like the Darkstars by being a fool, after all.
...Now that you ask the question, it becomes clear that was a possibility everyone overlooked...
And never meet your highest expectations.
It'd save her having to work with strangers. And Earth Bullshit™... Well.
Transporting them to Earth. I suspect OL can manage that easily enough. A dropship with Honden-warding, perhaps, if he's in a rush, or standard Ring FTL if he's not.
Xor should be demonstrating similar levels of improvement, with his Enlightenment. The biggest difference being relative level of practical experience...
As long as they can st it aside in combat, the byplay'll be ignored.
And you'd expect that most of them can be professional enough to limit rivalries in the field to kill-counting in battles.
Which will probably require a thousand-plus active operatives, I expect.
True, if the vote is that evenly split, then there definitely needs to be some consideration put in.
It's likely a case of self-evaluation. Is he really that vexed by the ratio of representation amongst their leadership?
And they'll be remembered for it. But the war has changed, and the needs and duties of the parties involved have to change with it.
With a good chunk of the commissioned ones too, I would warrant, especially those coming up from the ranks.
In other words, they're getting more Lanterns, but each is less potent than before, and compensating with quantity over quality.
That is OL's way, really. If it's needed to minimise conflict, it's done.
OL's in the Lantern business for life, and he intends to be around for a long time to come.
Which means there could be more than three thousand, six hundred Oranges out there. Given the scale of the conflict and their decreasing potency, I'd bet it's closer to five or six thousand?
Except for the one hive OL's personally vetted, anyway.
An effective little backroom meeting. And all it cost was an hour of the gent's sleep schedule.
I expect he'll have to temper his sense of scepticism in anticipation.
'bloc'?
With the Spider Guild, a non-military solution may be feasible. Perhaps lean on the history of Paul's homeland, and try a political marriage to secure an alliance? That would provide a direct "in" for potential reform efforts. I'm sure Jade would understand how important that was to improving galactic conditions.
No, but Rule 8.
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Are you from Themyscira?
I was referring to the wind. I have no doubt Britain like Brittany is used to the rain ;-p
We have a breed of short abhumans with large feet. They're short so that the wind doesn't blow them over and they have big feet so that they don't sink in the swamplands of their home. We call them 'Norfolk folk'.
The Spider Guild are giant spiders that eat people because they're spiders.
Princess's Hive seems to be investing gengineering cycles towards eliminating that predisposition. Nothing too eager, and they've yet to include it into the general spawn pool, but Princess's Hive has a very thorough fear of OL.
That should say 'them'.
That quotation mark should be removed.
I see Paul wasn't the first person to think of using Sivana's place as a place to hide from prying eyes and ears. What are we calling their group anyway? The Illuminati?
Why aren't they common? Does he mean that he's confused as to why they aren't? Or are there problems with them I don't remember?
'Sivanadroid'
This guy was addressed with male pronouns earlier in this chapter. Is that a deliberate inconsistency relating to some unusual pronoun usage in his culture/species?
No doubt to ensure that any visitors get looked over by him or his family before they leave. Especially if their pockets look slightly heavier than when they arrived.
Hopefully the home guard are willing to prioritise capture over disintegration.About to ask him for something he's not likely to want to give or help with without a very clear demonstration of why he should?
Probably as a 'monitor, restrain only if able' status, since unless he's put the time in devising countermeasures - which he probably has - there's not much you can do to a Lantern on a mission.
See, she's the smartest one here, because she would know the name and the reputation behind it..
Though if I remember correctly, Magnificus still has the
And it's not because a fabulously pretty woman is talking seemingly-flirtatiously with OL. Which other might take it to be...
Ah, that's how they're getting to Earth, eh? And I assume Sivana's got a suitable receiving relay at his end that isn't under League control, so there'll be no record of their arrival to give batman a clue.
Good response. Especially when the facility is on Venus, so any 'casual thieves' would be operating at interplanetary levels anyway.
Exterminating a bunch of Sheeda probably helped with some stress relief.
...And people wonder why stories of Earth sound like someone talking up their species?
Nooo... Oh, no, my sapphire friend, it is anything but.
I can just imagine the subtle difference in their tone of voice, too. OL slightly amused, Jade deadly serious.
Probably something to do with the slightly unstable nature of them, and the impression that your molecules are getting scrambled as you're beamed insane distances...
So glad he's improved his greediport technique that far.
Not that the surface is much less windy or stormy at times. But I suppose being wrapped in a nigh-impenetrable forcefield gives it a different perspective.
Or a Power Ring, but even that can be fooled, as shown by the scry-warding.
Good, it's not shooting on sight. So he's at least kind of welcome.
Easier to keep the shield off when not in use, to minimise maintenance needs.
So by and large, he's not wandering about too much, if he's here.
And I can't but picture a big clamp grabbing it by the neck, gently-ish.
And uploading physical data on each member as he says it, of course? After all, without that, would they recognise a Darkstar given one hasn't been to Earth before?
No time to waste, after all.
...Oh, goddammit, it's either an Apokaliptian strike team or...
The Illumi-nutty. Don't tell me, they got in with Sivana and he's letting them use his facility as an off-world base?
At least someone's been keeping up with OL's files.
...Okay, maybe not working with Sivana. Or at least friendly enough to have access to his worksite but wary enough to run away when strangers show up unannounced...
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The Dominion use them as their main form ftl, and they get testy with anyone else who does the same. For the Dominion it's ideal, as it lets them secure their territory with a relatively small fleet. Major powers don't find them threatening and lesser ones don't dare risk getting their entire fleet showing up.
No, that's just me forgetting.
Are you talking about the thing that was destroyed in the episode Family Day? Or have I forgotten about something?
She's thanking him for getting her back together with her ex-husband, so I doubt that's an issue.
I can honestly see the Question thinking that peanut butter was created by Lincoln's wife and then given to George Washington Carver so that white people would accept black people.
Lonnie is a smart kid, and Sivana may believe in nurturing that.
OL, you're still on Venus...
