robkelk Wrote:When Arthur contacted him he was somewhere in the British Isles, or Eire, probably involved with something occult. I see him as someone who can move around, in particular if he's annoyed the locals. He's not a Wiccan, more (I think) a Hermatic Magician, however, a live-and-let-live attitude would work. Do you think he goes off on 'occult retreats'?Ace Dreamer Wrote:... When he'd been poking around in the occult, to get the bits for the Angels, he'd made a few interesting contacts. 'Dave Mathers' he called himself. Mad as a hatter, but a genius at making sane AIs. ...Nice touch there with the contact's name. Would you mind if we put him in residence on Ravenmoon station?
robkelk Wrote:Sounds workable... But, Arthur would have to carefully check his contractual agreements. [grin]Rakhasa Wrote:ArthurIf the girls are enslaved, there's a plotbunny for someone - who finds out first, and what do they do?
seems rather isolated from the fen comunity -a lamb among wolves,
almost. This probably will not last if even a few of his thirteen
"daughters" has any fondeness for her father.
Like the quoted part: It may be legal, but doing that is quite nasty from a fen perspective -once (because those things always get
out, the Plot requires it) it is commnly known, Mr O'Neill will get a
truly nasty reputation than not even his (alleged) dirty economic deals
did not grant him.
One way to run with this: By the time this is discovered, O'Neill is too
well-integrated into the Fen economy to attack directly, unless
somebody wants to cause an economic recession. Thus, a stealth
liberation operation is mounted, with "assets" drawn from multiple
factions and the Generalist population so that no one group has to
shoulder the blame if things go wrong... with Arthur in the background,
helping with logistics and intelligence.
You could argue about whether they are enslaved. In theory they could unplug their AI cores and walk out at any time. Has O'Neill Station got contracts with them, or, are they regarded as non-persons? Arthur didn't think about it, but, do you think O'Neill Station takes regular backups of them? Until the first one is prevented from leaving...
robkelk Wrote:No... [innocent expression]Ace Dreamer Wrote:... If they wanted a surname they could always use "Arthursdottir", but that isn't likely in their files.Have you been reading my notes about the chapter of Legend of Galactic Girls that I'm currently writing?
Why, should I? [grin]
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