Honorverse ramblings and musings

cthia wrote:

Weird Harold wrote:There was a board investigation.

Cmdr Jarawalski didn't offer a defense to that board.

The Board couldn't believe that even someone as stupid as they all must have known Santini was could have been that vindictive in his last moments without good cause.

Thanks Harold, for that passage. 'sigh' Touching, it is. Quite touching.

The fact that Andrea was concerned about a lack of tact or decency discussing Santino when he couldn't verbally defend himself spoke volumes of her character. She merely tried to protect the lives of Santino's crew from dying a senseless death. Now here she is trying to protect his sorry ass even after he's dead. What an officer! There was "An Officer and a Gentleman."

Then there is "An Officer and an Asshole."

The Board couldn't believe that even someone as stupid as they all must have known Santini was could have been that vindictive in his last moments without good cause.

That actually makes good sense to me. It really does. Thanks.

Harold basically got it. The idea that Elvis Santino could, in fact, be that damn petty was not considered a possibility.

(In case anyone was wondering, yes, Andrea Jaruwalski is quite high on the "Characters Rosie Wants to Give A Goddamn Hug" List. )

While we are rambling and musing here, Andrea never went through the crusher, yet Honor recruits her to help supervise and maintain it.

Does this mean that she will be in line to command a warship herself? She's Honor's tac officer on the flag deck. I wonder if she will have to do the crusher herself or if she could receive a command on the strength of a recomendation from Honor.

Don

n7axw wrote:While we are rambling and musing here, Andrea never went through the crusher, yet Honor recruits her to help supervise and maintain it.

Does this mean that she will be in line to command a warship herself? She's Honor's tac officer on the flag deck. I wonder if she will have to do the crusher herself or if she could receive a command on the strength of a recomendation from Honor.

Don

I think that would very much depend on what Andrea wants. If she's found her niche as an admiral's tac/ops officer and doesn't want an independent command of her own, then the whole point would be moot.

If, on the other hand, she does want an independent command, I would imagine that a recommendation from the most prestigious military figure in three star nations might do a bit for her chances of getting asked to go through it, yes. (Honor or no, she'd never be given independent command without going through it. Honor's prestigious, not a goddess.)

roseandheather wrote:

n7axw wrote:While we are rambling and musing here, Andrea never went through the crusher, yet Honor recruits her to help supervise and maintain it.

Does this mean that she will be in line to command a warship herself? She's Honor's tac officer on the flag deck. I wonder if she will have to do the crusher herself or if she could receive a command on the strength of a recomendation from Honor.

Don

I think that would very much depend on what Andrea wants. If she's found her niche as an admiral's tac/ops officer and doesn't want an independent command of her own, then the whole point would be moot.

If, on the other hand, she does want an independent command, I would imagine that a recommendation from the most prestigious military figure in three star nations might do a bit for her chances of getting asked to go through it, yes. (Honor or no, she'd never be given independent command without going through it. Honor's prestigious, not a goddess.)

Um, she is the Goddess of Honor.

All of my sci-fi worlds eventually merge in my mind's nexus. Excessive warp drive in the StarTrekVerse is very harmful to the fabric of space. It got me to thinking about whether or not maximum mass transits, which temporarily shut down wormholes, have an accumulative negative effect.

Oh my gosh. I was so concerned about RFC killing off Honor that I plum overlooked Nimitz.

Someone please tell me that RFC has stated somewhere that he won't kill off Nimitz.

If Nimitz was to die, how long before Honor is adopted? Can a treecat bond be resisted? Honor's track record with replacements make her sad.

Will an SD be named after Nimitz? USS Nimitz err RMS Nimitz, GSN Nimitz, RHN Nimitz. How long before two ships from different navies with the same basic registry? Certainly the three navies has to cooperate in ship naming.

Nimitz' funeral will be huge, and just like Honor's, held on two planets.

cthia wrote:Nimitz' funeral will be huge, and just like Honor's, held on two planets.

Wouldn't that be three planets? Surely the Treecat clans would honor his passing as well.

Mirror mirror on the wall, whose the fairest tac-witch of all?

Is it Shannon hands down or will Honor's stint be found? Abigail is tried and true, or shall your pick upon you rue? If by someone else you stand, cast your vote and tip your hand.

I often wondered about who slotted best into the tac position. Honor was a darn good tac-officer herself!

roseandheather wrote:
I think that would very much depend on what Andrea wants. If she's found her niche as an admiral's tac/ops officer and doesn't want an independent command of her own, then the whole point would be moot.

If, on the other hand, she does want an independent command, I would imagine that a recommendation from the most prestigious military figure in three star nations might do a bit for her chances of getting asked to go through it, yes. (Honor or no, she'd never be given independent command without going through it. Honor's prestigious, not a goddess.)

Lester Tourville has some input:

"I never said the lady was a 'war goddess,' " Tourville replied, then chuckled out loud. "On the other hand, that might not actually be all that bad a description of her, now that I think about it.

She's had other "divine" references made about her (some not as flattering). Lol.

cthia wrote:Oh my gosh. I was so concerned about RFC killing off Honor that I plum overlooked Nimitz.

Someone please tell me that RFC has stated somewhere that he won't kill off Nimitz.

If Nimitz was to die, how long before Honor is adopted? Can a treecat bond be resisted? Honor's track record with replacements make her sad.

Will an SD be named after Nimitz? USS Nimitz err RMS Nimitz, GSN Nimitz, RHN Nimitz. How long before two ships from different navies with the same basic registry? Certainly the three navies has to cooperate in ship naming.

Nimitz' funeral will be huge, and just like Honor's, held on two planets.

The first time I read something from RFC about his reasoning for *not* killing Honor (a few years ago), one of the reasons given was that his wife Sharon realized that would mean killing Nimitz, and I believe she forbade him from doing that.