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Originally Posted by Ithekro
Could the guy in the cloak be Kane's brother that someone put up art for earier? wasn't he with the Galactic Empire? Thus could the Gamactic Empire be getting directly involved in keeping Marika safe?
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The Law of Conservation of Characters states that this should be so.
Also, I'd wager that the Galactic Empire has an overt rule that lets its members run themselves the way they do, and then has operatives that do not exist eliminating threats to the Empire from the shadows. This man, "Abel", could be one of them, and he's definitely not alone.
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Originally Posted by Ithekro
Also it will be interesting to see just what group is targeting Marika from the outside, and if it has anything to do with the high school, the tournament, or the administration group that called on Show for some illegal activities to counter the High School Yacht Club's five year old reputation.
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Speculation time!
I'd say its a vengeful parent who wants to wreck Hakuoh for one of their graduated members crashing into another dinghy and spraining her daughter's wrist back in the old tournament. Just so happens that said parent is a committee member of the judging board.
When in actual fact, both girls involved in the accident have become best friends in Space University, and that the Hakuoh senior deliberately crashed into the other girl to save her life.
So after some talking, the conflict ends and they all have parfaits. Everything ends well if you're a pirate!
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Originally Posted by Ithekro
And I am very curious what that weapon in the bow is. That was not the standard main guns firing. but that was not powerful enough to be a typical Wave Motion Gun weapon (those things can destroy continents the size of Europe.)
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I was thinking about how it resembles a Deflector Dish attack. Starfleet vessel
deflector dishes have sensors ringed around them to bypass subspace distortion of warp travel. These when repurposed by reversing the polarity can allow the dishes to "fire" special particles.
Guesstimating from our continuum, the nose cone of rocket craft usually have some sensors inside. Also, these sensors being hull-mounted are much more reinforced than the underslung MSA, and won't snap off on recoil. So by subjecting the buzzard collector sensor suite to the same treatment, you get an improvised, low impact weapon that shoots science.
Also, it takes a Science bridge officer to be able to fire off a
Charged Particle Burst or a
Photonic Shockwave, and Misa is from Science. After all, to shoot a special particle weapon through atmosphere without main computer help would require micro-adjustments from someone who knows how to do it, ie, a Blue Shirt.
Or it could just be a
Phaser Spinal Lancer dialed down to Low power settings. (Yep, Star Trek has both a Yamato, and a Wave Motion Gun, just that in 2 separate halves. It is not until 2412 when both Yamato and Spinal Lance were united as one)
*ahem*
Pardon the technobabble.
