I'd tend to agree with that. Although the government might want to destroy anything that resembles the BL (on one hand), it was something that YOU helped create, so that does make it a bit harder to wash your hands of. (Although I can't really remember, didn't Tolwyn say that the BL/GE was supposedly "canned", but really was just put under such harsh secrecy, that only a few people knew about it?)
Nubien
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I'd tend to agree with that. Although the government might want to destroy anything that resembles the BL (on one hand), it was something that YOU helped create, so that does make it a bit harder to wash your hands of. (Although I can't really remember, didn't Tolwyn say that the BL/GE was supposedly "canned", but really was just put under such harsh secrecy, that only a few people knew about it?)
Somehow I don't think that Confed would be that eager to let a group that had just tried to kill billions of its people and failed have another chance to get it right. What Tolwyn "said" (actually his thoughts while he was preparing to hang himself) was that some GE elements had been hidden away where no one could find them, presumably before it all went to hell for the BL. How right he was on that score is open to question, given the number of miscalculations he made in WC4. My own view is that *some* influential Black Lancers night have gotten away, just as Nazi war criminals did after WW2, but not a lot.
Best, Raptor
Rami Sihvo
Spaceman
I´m curious. Where was Sivar II seen and why it so small?
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
It was the Kilrathi super-weapon (Proton Accelerator Gun/gravity thing-a-ma-bob) from Secret Missions 1.
They weren't really trying to kill billions of people within the Confederation though, they were trying to kill the Border Worlders. (Which were a seperate group at the time.)
Although I think your right, he did say something about hiding them to fight the Belsarius (or however ya spell that damn word) group in the future. Which, was it true, may actually be more likely. (And he didn't really do THAT badly in the miscalculations department, if it hadn't been for Eisen and Blair, he'd actually have gotten away with the entire plan.)
Rami Sihvo
Spaceman
And Sivar 1 was seen somewhere else then?
Actually, i got the impression that the BL was part of Belesarius. I could be wrong. And it's been awhile since I read False Colors. On a side note, do any WC Mac fans have any idea on how to get WC 3 & 4 working on MacOS 10.1. I got a badass new Mac and it won't play any of my old games. Also, if you know how to get The X-Files game working too (i know wrong SF universe) that would help too. Thanx
Bob McDob
Better Health Through Less Flavor
Tolwyn was against Belesarius (which if I recall also produced Quantum Leap...hmm...) I understand Belesarius was plotting to take over Confed and turn it into a military dictatorship, which Tolwyn could not support... He may have been fascist, but he was democratic, damn it.
Whatever the hell that means...
Whatever the hell that means...
From Tolwyn's own words in TPOF, they were going to use the Gen-Select on worlds on both sides of the conflict, as a way of "seperating the wheat from the chaff". Call me crazy, but I think the "chaff" citizens in Confed might object to that.
And, yes, I'm back. The Conferance was great. Three days of eating. drinking, and catching up with my mates from pharmacy school, with a few education sessions thrown in for variety, all paid for by my boss.
Best, Raptor
pygmypiranha
Vice Admiral
Yea, Tolwyn was a brilliant man. But he lost a couple gears in his transmission and broke down. It is too bad, because he was one of my favorite characters. I remember playing WC4 and almost coming to tears when I found out Tolwyn was behind the black ops. He had been a honorable character that I had always looked at as very noble and perhaps the best leader. But maybe I am just getting too into the story... anyone else feel the same?
