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Title: 2013/04/27 [Matilda #11] Easy to defeat you say?
Post by: It-Or-Whatever-I-Am on April 27, 2013, 11:46:08 PM
I'm thinking someone doesn't agree with that statement!


Edited title for consistency. ~Mao
Title: Re: 2013/04/27 (Matilda #11) Easy to defeat you say?
Post by: Starcat5 on April 28, 2013, 12:20:37 AM
Agreed. As much as I'm liking this guy, I can't help but feel that he isn't going to live through this backstory.
Title: 2013/04/28 [Matilda #11] Always have a backup plan...
Post by: ChaosMageX on April 28, 2013, 02:02:40 AM
...and a backup plan for that backup plan if you can.  After all, it's always good to be prepared, but I can't help but wonder if Kesserk is prepared for the possibility of losing to Matilda's brother.  Considering how he's talking at the moment, probably not.

EDIT: Forgot to refresh and check before posting, so please merge with the existing thread.
Title: Re: 2013/04/27 (Matilda #11) Easy to defeat you say?
Post by: Prroul on April 28, 2013, 10:54:59 AM
Not simply a path to victory. but engineering a situation in which all outcomes eventually lead to victory
-Admiral Naismith, Dendarii Fleet Commander

But yes, I think the cart is decidedly going in front of the taur. I hope this level of arrogance and grandstanding is not typical of the species, but the feeling in the pit of my stomach says it probably is. Pride Goeth before the fall, and I think this guy is gonna fall so hard he's gonna leave skid marks all the way to Hades.
Title: Re: 2013/04/27 (Matilda #11) Easy to defeat you say?
Post by: Grey Wolf on April 28, 2013, 02:03:10 PM
Quote from: Prroul on April 28, 2013, 10:54:59 AM
Not simply a path to victory. but engineering a situation in which all outcomes eventually lead to victory
-Admiral Naismith, Dendarii Fleet Commander

But yes, I think the cart is decidedly going in front of the taur. I hope this level of arrogance and grandstanding is not typical of the species, but the feeling in the pit of my stomach says it probably is. Pride Goeth before the fall, and I think this guy is gonna fall so hard he's gonna leave skid marks all the way to Hades.

Maybe, in their culture, a male is supposed to talk big in front of potential mates?
Title: Re: 2013/04/27 (Matilda #11) Easy to defeat you say?
Post by: Gentlehunter on April 28, 2013, 04:11:34 PM
Quote from: Prroul on April 28, 2013, 10:54:59 AM
Not simply a path to victory. but engineering a situation in which all outcomes eventually lead to victory
-Admiral Naismith, Dendarii Fleet Commander

AKA, a "Xanatos Gambit".  (See  http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/XanatosGambit (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/XanatosGambit) )
Title: Re: 2013/04/27 [Matilda #11] Easy to defeat you say?
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on April 30, 2013, 08:25:57 AM
Quote from: Prroul on April 28, 2013, 10:54:59 AM
Not simply a path to victory. but engineering a situation in which all outcomes eventually lead to victory
-Admiral Naismith, Dendarii Fleet Commander

I'm still conflicted about how Cryoburn ended. And wondering where the story will go next...

Quote from: Prroul on April 28, 2013, 10:54:59 AM
But yes, I think the cart is decidedly going in front of the taur. I hope this level of arrogance and grandstanding is not typical of the species, but the feeling in the pit of my stomach says it probably is. Pride Goeth before the fall, and I think this guy is gonna fall so hard he's gonna leave skid marks all the way to Hades.

I believe the cart is before the gryphon, not the taur. Taur's won't pull carts, that's why you have a gryphon - to avoid the C types.
Title: Re: 2013/04/27 [Matilda #11] Easy to defeat you say?
Post by: joshofspam on April 30, 2013, 03:29:21 PM
Well if this is the same brother that Matilda mentioned to Dan, I'd take this as being something  not so uncommonly thought of by most males in the colony.

Makes me wonder if Matilda's brother was particularly small or possibly large and very slow. :B
Title: Re: 2013/04/27 [Matilda #11] Easy to defeat you say?
Post by: Prroul on April 30, 2013, 08:38:15 PM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on April 30, 2013, 08:25:57 AM
Quote from: Prroul on April 28, 2013, 10:54:59 AM
Not simply a path to victory. but engineering a situation in which all outcomes eventually lead to victory
-Admiral Naismith, Dendarii Fleet Commander

I'm still conflicted about how Cryoburn ended. And wondering where the story will go next...
If you are talking about the Drabble at the end, then that is a good question. However, she's apparently decided to dodge the question so far, by publishing Vorpatril's Alliance. In which That Idiot Ivan finds that he no longer has to pretend to incompetence to avoid being the figurehead of every treason plot to cross ImpSec's desk. Of course, he then decides to be a generally good natured individual and help out a damsel in distress... at Bylery's suggestion. And, well, we all know what happens when you listen to By's advice...

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Quote from: Prroul on April 28, 2013, 10:54:59 AM
But yes, I think the cart is decidedly going in front of the taur. I hope this level of arrogance and grandstanding is not typical of the species, but the feeling in the pit of my stomach says it probably is. Pride Goeth before the fall, and I think this guy is gonna fall so hard he's gonna leave skid marks all the way to Hades.

I believe the cart is before the gryphon, not the taur. Taur's won't pull carts, that's why you have a gryphon - to avoid the C types.
Oh, right. Those C-types. It's why feathered hats and prosthetic beaks are standard issue.
Title: Re: 2013/04/27 [Matilda #11] Easy to defeat you say?
Post by: It-Or-Whatever-I-Am on April 30, 2013, 09:29:43 PM
QuoteOh, right. Those C-types. It's why feathered hats and prosthetic beaks are standard issue.

That just put an ridiculous image in my head of Kria wearing that exact outfit when shes flying.
Title: Re: 2013/04/27 [Matilda #11] Easy to defeat you say?
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on May 01, 2013, 04:34:36 AM
Quote from: Prroul on April 30, 2013, 08:38:15 PM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on April 30, 2013, 08:25:57 AM
Quote from: Prroul on April 28, 2013, 10:54:59 AM
Not simply a path to victory. but engineering a situation in which all outcomes eventually lead to victory
-Admiral Naismith, Dendarii Fleet Commander

I'm still conflicted about how Cryoburn ended. And wondering where the story will go next...
If you are talking about the Drabble at the end, then that is a good question. However, she's apparently decided to dodge the question so far, by publishing Vorpatril's Alliance. In which That Idiot Ivan finds that he no longer has to pretend to incompetence to avoid being the figurehead of every treason plot to cross ImpSec's desk. Of course, he then decides to be a generally good natured individual and help out a damsel in distress... at Bylery's suggestion. And, well, we all know what happens when you listen to By's advice...

Byerly is like that. I do wonder which very smart person back in Impsec is tightening the screws on him, tho; I'd have thought that having Miles critique him from a secret-ops perspective would go a long way towards putting him back in line, but we're wandering a little off-topic. ;-]
Title: Re: 2013/04/27 [Matilda #11] Easy to defeat you say?
Post by: Kaerou on May 02, 2013, 01:40:41 AM
He is so nice looking.  Pitty he likely won't live ;/ the nice looking ones seem to always get it.