Quarto
Unknown Enemy
Yes, at the beginning.
Quite right (and this time, I'm not being sarcastic). Earth is not a stable planet. The point is, however, that Kilrah is far more unstable, and has always been.
[ICIS Timeline]
2681.018
1441 - Confed Astronomical Station K-105 picks up unidentified surge near Kilrah Prime. Surge is identified as an equipment malfunction or the reflection of a solar flare.
I don't think you understand what I'm getting at here, though. It is completely irrelevant whether they classify it as human error, equipment malfunction, the reflection of a solar flare, or even the flash of a camera. The point is, it got written off as irrelevant. I'm quite certain that they would have noticed if it had any influence on nearby planets or asteroids. After all, being an astronomical station, they might be interested in that sort of thing
. But they did write it off.
I doubt it was their intelligence that led them to the hidden smuggler base. My guess would be their advanced sensors or the smugglers thought they could take them and attacked. We have no evidence of that incident, so lets stick with one we only have a little.[/quote]
But mon ami, we're supposed to be cooking up theories
. First things first, we can discount the idea of the smugglers attacking. Had they attacked, they would not have led the bugs back to their base. And quite clearly, something did lead the bugs to that base. Furthermore, this base is estimated to have been destroyed at 0215 - that's 17 minutes after last known signal from what would have been the nearest target for the bugs (Kilrah 6).
Because there is absolutely no way in hell that they could have travelled across the intervening distance within 15 minutes, we must assume that Kilrah 7.4 had always been considered an objective, and was engaged by a separate force. In order to have arrived there at 0215, this force would have had to go straight from the wormhole at full pelt. So, they must have known about the place beforehand.
Uh-huh. Yes. However, lions do not keep records of prophecies stating that the other species will return when the lions' pride one day gets their butts kicked by a bunch of gazelles. The Kilrathi did keep records. They were also intelligent enough to be able to communicate with the aliens and with each other. Thus, we can assume that they were quite developed at the time. I'm surprised you would even think for a moment that they couldn't keep records, since this is all about their records. And whether these were written down, or simply passed on to the next generation - is irrelevant.Lions assemble in prides in africa to defend from other spieces of attackers, and kill their prey, yet I don't see one with glasses and a Five-Star notebook out their writing down when, where, how long it took, and what kind of animal they killed.
Oh yes, a point well taken. Excuse me for assuming that all those Kilrathi from Ghorah Khar, K'arakh, Natanya, and Shariha (and that's just naming our friendly Kilrathi rebels) might actually know something about their race's history.Ok, might have been. But do we really know all the official stuff about Kilrah? I mean, it's kinda hard to examine their records, since we blew them all to hell. Don't you think?
You're going to be a stickler for words, eh?Is Earth a stable planet? That depends on your defination of stable. My Astronomy and Space teachings may be fading, but my Earth Science classes last year aren't.
You may indeed...Ok. I thought that by that point in time, we'd know what solar flares do to our instruments, along with most other space anomalies. I may be wrong though.
[ICIS Timeline]
2681.018
1441 - Confed Astronomical Station K-105 picks up unidentified surge near Kilrah Prime. Surge is identified as an equipment malfunction or the reflection of a solar flare.
I don't think you understand what I'm getting at here, though. It is completely irrelevant whether they classify it as human error, equipment malfunction, the reflection of a solar flare, or even the flash of a camera. The point is, it got written off as irrelevant. I'm quite certain that they would have noticed if it had any influence on nearby planets or asteroids. After all, being an astronomical station, they might be interested in that sort of thing
I doubt it was their intelligence that led them to the hidden smuggler base. My guess would be their advanced sensors or the smugglers thought they could take them and attacked. We have no evidence of that incident, so lets stick with one we only have a little.[/quote]
But mon ami, we're supposed to be cooking up theories
Because there is absolutely no way in hell that they could have travelled across the intervening distance within 15 minutes, we must assume that Kilrah 7.4 had always been considered an objective, and was engaged by a separate force. In order to have arrived there at 0215, this force would have had to go straight from the wormhole at full pelt. So, they must have known about the place beforehand.
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