Quote: ordnance11 wrote:As far as I can tell, they both act in the same way - remember that the Gosroth was attacked in planar space - through a sord the UM had spent a
You can make the case of the drive the Abh uses to be an improvement over the dirtsiders. They do have a "third eye" which is similar to the
implants that jump pilots on the Vorkosigan uses..only much more better. They do need a wormhole to enter "planar space", but they can pop out of
it at any point of their choosing. I get the feeling from the anime that the United Mankind does not have an equivalent capability and need to go point to
point..which is probably the reason why the Abh where defending a wormhole point in Battleflag of the Stars.
As for the Abh being a bunch of imperialistic warmongers by Barrayan/Cetagandan standards..heheh. The Cetangandans conquered Barrayar in Pyotor's
Vorkorsigan's time and also did the same with the Marilac system in Mile's time. Aral Vorkorsigan conquered Komarr and was 2IC and later head of the
expedition to take Escobar. Both empires calling the Abh warmongers is like the kettle calling the pot black, no?
decade moving to range of a system. The Abh third eye is used to interface with their computers - which gives them a serious advantage when piloting. And I was
quite specific in calling the Abh imperialistic by Barrayar standards. Barrayar conquered Komarr because ortherwise they were stateigically f**ked and another
uninhabited world. The Abh fully intend to claim the entire galaxy and monopalise space travel. They may be less imperialistic than Cetenegans - I don't
know enough about them - but they make Barrayar look like Beta.