Please forgive me for sidetracking this conversation a bit, but I though this might be the best place for such a topic, and since there appears to be a lull in the discussion…
First, an anecdote: I had an idea for a WC story a long time ago, which drew heavily from Biblical/mythological lore. It had all sorts of good stuff in it: A Confed task force and a group of pirates/privateers (being lead by an ex-Black Lancer no less) wind up in uncharted space (ala Star Trek Voyager) and basically the two group have to make peace with each other and fight/run back to friendly space. Along the way they run into the Mantu (envisioned by me a large minotaur-like beings) who had been fighting the Aliens for years, if not decades. Needless to say, the friendship with the Mantu presents some natural problems with some of the Kilrathi pirates.
Indecently, the idea for the Mantu came from a section in Revelations describing four anthropomorphic beasts: A human, a lion, some sort of bird, and an oxen. Naturally, being of quick wit, I took this to symbolically represent Humans, Kilrathi, Firekkans, and Mantu.
Let’s see…There was also Church of Man fanatics working with the Aliens (much like the Pilgrims working with the Kilrathi I realize, but this was before I saw the movie).
In retrospect, its funny that a lot of the simple ideas I had for the story, such as the devastating attack on earth and the Hurricane II fighters all appear in Star*Soldier. Great (and predictable) minds truly think alike.
But enough of this. To my main point, being Blair, and his relation with the Aliens:
A December 26, 2000 post at the CIC listed a segment from a IRC interview with former EA producer Mark Day, regarding the planned fate of Blair, post Prophecy:
Eagle-1: Mark... did Blair die in WCP... or did he live? (your opinion)
Mark Day: He lived. That's the way Adam and I had it planned...
Eagle-1: Mark, how was he getting out of that? Kills the bug, then runs to his ship, right?
Mark Day: The bugs never wanted to kill Blair. They wanted Blair. The Bugs were never the main threat
Eagle-1: Mark... what was the main threat... if not the bugs?
Mark Day: ....the Bugs were merely one of three races under the command of an entity. The entity was never well described or thought out because it wasn't necessary for WCP. The entity had become interested in the human race and it's natural abilities for killing death and destruction. Blair was a perfect specimen in its opinion. How many men have been responsible for wiping out an entire homeworld of a race?
Eagle-1: Blair!!!
Mark Day: And imagine being Blair... Living with the guilt and memory of all that had been lost... ... and all that he had done. Actually he minded quite a bit (IMHO). Then Blair gets captured... and suddenly everything seems so clear. Suddenly someone tells him that its ok to be a Natural Born Killer. No more feeling alone... no more guilt.
Eagle-1: ok...
Mark Day: He didn't hang back at the end of Prophecy because he was being stupid. He hung back because he wanted to.
Eagle-1: well... sure he did what he had to do... but still it may have gnawed at him. Possible?
Mark Day: .......the plan was to have Blair alive with the bad guys. Whether a prisoner or a member was unclear. But I had planned that he would return to the Border World to enlist new recruits. And become the third horseman......
Now, the Third Horseman is “Famine” or “Pestilence”, whom rides a black horse and carries scales, which could be a representation of the 'scales of pitiless justice' which commonly represent inequality and corruption. All and all, the guy is representative of Famine, Hunger, and Economic Breakdown.
The "a measure of wheat for a penny" from the King James Version might not sound like a famine to modern ears, but in the Worldwide English Version we read "four cups of wheat for bread will sell for a day's wages".
Now, Cobalt 60’s lyrics for the song Prophecy have always struck me as rather cryptic, but perhaps rather than being poetic, they are supposed to reflect the thoughts and intentions of Christopher Blair:
https://www.wcnews.com/music/lyrics.shtml
One way or another, it’s clear that the controlling Entity of the Aligned Peoples (U-DO, anyone?) or at the very least the bugs themselves have big plans for Blair…