Unless I'm misremembering, Miles specifically did not swear the armsmen's oath. The betrayal isn't legal, it's personal (which makes it worse
of course).
I'd certainly agree that in general the writer is better at the writing the Vorverse than the Honorverse. Check out his non-crossover work.
Is Miles screwing up? Undoubtedly. Just on her own Honor would undoubtedly feel used and that Miles seduced her only as a source of information and as breeding
stock that happened to match his kink for tall women.
However, he's a proffessional paranoid, obsessively loyal to Barrayar and had the initial impression that Manticore (or any power holding the Manticore
wormhole... possibly any wormhole) could roll his entire known universe with relative ease (Barrayar superdreadnoughts are maybe equivalent to
Manticore cruisers in size, although the tech balance is significantly different) and then, devious little bastard that he is, automatically started trying to
work out how to win anyway. Which he reckons could be done, with massive use of biological weapons. And once he sees the possible damage of such a conflict to
both sides, he'd complusively act to prevent it.
I think he's assuming Manticore would take advantage because in his world (black ops in the Vorverse) it's axiomic that everyone will if they
get a shot. It might not be what he says, but let's be honest: Miles lies to everyone, himself included.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.
of course).
I'd certainly agree that in general the writer is better at the writing the Vorverse than the Honorverse. Check out his non-crossover work.
Is Miles screwing up? Undoubtedly. Just on her own Honor would undoubtedly feel used and that Miles seduced her only as a source of information and as breeding
stock that happened to match his kink for tall women.
However, he's a proffessional paranoid, obsessively loyal to Barrayar and had the initial impression that Manticore (or any power holding the Manticore
wormhole... possibly any wormhole) could roll his entire known universe with relative ease (Barrayar superdreadnoughts are maybe equivalent to
Manticore cruisers in size, although the tech balance is significantly different) and then, devious little bastard that he is, automatically started trying to
work out how to win anyway. Which he reckons could be done, with massive use of biological weapons. And once he sees the possible damage of such a conflict to
both sides, he'd complusively act to prevent it.
I think he's assuming Manticore would take advantage because in his world (black ops in the Vorverse) it's axiomic that everyone will if they
get a shot. It might not be what he says, but let's be honest: Miles lies to everyone, himself included.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.