Lt. Dibbles

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frostytheplebe

Seventh Part of the Seal
Who exactly is he? He's briefly mentioned in the Kilrathi Saga manual, and Forbes mentions him in the movie, "Now if Lt. Dibbles had the flying skills of a woman, he'd still be alive."
 
He's just a guy mentioned in the Kilrathi Saga manual and briefly in the movie. His origin is really Claw Marks - his death served as a cautionary tale to all the young, over-eager pilots not to get sloppy on the job.
 
It's an interesting line for a bunch of reasons - namely, it's evidence that some game-specific references were added in *after* the movie was shot (this line wasn't in the script - nor was Maniac's one about Hornets.)

I also think that it's a start towards something the movie really really needed - Star Wars style 'you're there' dialogue. To an outsider, the reference to Lt. Dibbles is just like the Millenium Falcon making the run to Kessel.

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Yeah - if it isn't clear in the movie, that's supposed to be a crazy Angel force-of-personality thing rather than some standard Confederation rule.
 
Y'know, I've thought about making a few 'Hornet's Nest' strips, just for fun, and to commemorate 'ol Dibbles / WC.

But since my current comic is on hiatus, I don't think I could justify it to my readers, heh.
 
Bandit LOAF said:
Yeah - if it isn't clear in the movie, that's supposed to be a crazy Angel force-of-personality thing rather than some standard Confederation rule.
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yes but it is also quite obvious in the movie that Angel isn't the only pilot who emotionally detaches themselves from the death of a comrade in this manner.

It wasn't a Confederation Rule per se, but it was certainly likely Angel's rule for Baker wing.
 
Yeah, it was Angel's rule for her pilots... Gerald notes that it's something he's not fond of, in the performance review he does of Angel in the Confed Handbook.
 
You're talking about a lass that never existed, nugget.

One thing to note about the 'unveiling' of that practice in the film; when Blair storms out of the mess and Angel persues him, she's all "Who the hell do you think you are?"

Her anger always seemed unwarranted to me. If anything, Hunter was being the dink. She didn't even really know what happened - kind of presumptuous for her to just expect him to know her rule. Leads me to believe it was more widespread.
 
It could be that Angel wanted to get the point across that Blair would likely be killed very quickly since he is a rookie. Remember, Claw Marks quotes her as having no patience for "hot-doggers" and she may have got that impression from their first encounter on the flight deck.
 
Her anger always seemed unwarranted to me. If anything, Hunter was being the dink. She didn't even really know what happened - kind of presumptuous for her to just expect him to know her rule. Leads me to believe it was more widespread.
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No one can stay mad at Hunter!

I think it's a valid complaint on her part, though. He'd already embarassed himself on the flight deck (as AD pointed out), and the whole idea that he's wearing a Pilgrim cross is certainly deserving of such a comment. Imagine the new guy at work showing up with some kind of Nazi pendant...
 
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