Hi Brigade XO,
You might be right, but I don't see this stage of the collapse of the SL and post SL reconstruction dragging on for decades.
I don't expect the GA to start taking tissue samples of system leaders immediately, in fact I didn't mention taking any tissue samples at all, though I expect those reacting badly to treecats should expect such information being sought as an understandable part of the process of checking them out.
Given the DNA tech that Beowulf and ONI's CIT teams have demonstrated, I think keeping the GA from finding the DNA they're looking for will be rather difficult, given how discrete they'll be.
Given how imperfectly human the MAlign has proven to be, Albrecht doesn't have much patience or wisdom, so his mistakes will continue to sabotage the great plan like an ever growing avalanche; in any event I don't think treecat lie detectors were included in the great plan.
Again, I'm still very curious why the patsy assassin was so hostile seeing a treecat for the first time.
Why attach such an obvious trigger?
Was it because the Mesan 'programmers' weren't certain the treecat couldn't see through the happy patsy?
Evidently another human mistake that has proven quite costly to the MAlign already.
L
Brigade XO wrote:Just when do you think that the GA is going to be able to take tissue samples and sit the leadership (an awful lot of it of what WE know are the RF members) to have a conversation or two which includes very direct and specific questions about knowledge and membership or being part of the "Alignment" (in any one of several names) ?
Even if you have a tissue sample- and no head of state is going to give you that on their own planet- just what are you looking for? That they share "some" genetic markers with genetic slaves?. That they share markers with Alighment Alpha, Beta and Gama lines--and you have reference samples of HOW MANY of which groups from which people?
The plan is to have the RF coalesce out of independent worlds that are looking to both protect themselves from the problems durring the breakup of the SL and chaos that fillows. These are ALL systems with long-term, stable political systems that have been against genetic slavery for centuries. They are NOT going to run right out and make a 12 system confederation or other alliance. They are each going to create (or appear to evolve) their own set of allied systems in defence pacts and other agreements and will PROGRESS over years and years into what will become the RF.
Albrect is very specific in his discussion with the dozen RF leaders that should ANY of the planned aquistions on their own system's list of targets balk, they should be just left to follow their own ideas instead of ANY appearence of forcing them into the new alliances. The proto-RF groups are to be above reproach in their dealing with other systems and having ANYTHING that looks like it could connect them with the Alignment.
This whole process is intended to take decades, even centuries, and anything the Alignment wants to implement as far as genetic tinkering and policies changes, they will come in very quietly and very deep from within what would appear to be normal research and development in the medical community or another source "out in the open' on a member world and "slowly" make its way into more general use. They don't even have to do that, they can just "upgrade" the children of Star and other lines by simple replacement (and adjusting the records) to keep their people "up to date".
By the time the RF actually forms as a political/military/economic/scientific power, they will be a major player with the GA and other Star Nations in the Post-League universe.
