Has enough time passed since we last saw Colonel Alex Anderson that I should post some helpful reminder links? Yes, helpful link are always a good idea! His first appearance was in Chapter Two (actually his first appearance is on the previous page to the one I linked to, but this one is where we first really get to meet him). He also popped up in the Pathfinder “flashback” story, and then we don’t see him again until the end of Chapter Seven when he shows up in Fusella’s office with his grumpy face on. Oh, and he was most recently spotted earlier in this chapter.
And, as we all know, Palle’s first appearance was just a couple pages ago, but here he has his first speaking lines so this page seems to me to be the true first appearance. Allow me to now officially welcome you aboard, Palle, and many thanks to the real Palle for his generous support for the Book Three Indiegogo campaign!
Finally, I have a convention appearance to announce: I will be at SFContario here in Toronto, 29 Nov-1 Dec, selling my wares. This is another new show for me so I don’t know what to expect, but hey, it’s a sci-fi con! Those are always lots of fun.
I must agree, it’s a bit like wanting to stand close to a steam engine that exploded violently on the first two tests, and then jumped off the rails and reversed into a lake on the third.
Until it has a better track record, I might actually prefer to watch through a telescope from a distance of at least a few hundred kilometres
Nah, I’d be riding it.
Anna: “I find your lack of faith disturbing”
Palle: “urgh”
Anna: “Join me, and I will complete your training! With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict, and bring order to the Galaxion.”
I have the feeling that this jumping attempt goes against the power of the plot. And that is more powerful than the laws of physic, so the engine can be dangerous now.
I have no idea what you’re talking about.
You know, going from the last ones, if the system again fails badly, then being far away might not help much.
Anderson strikes me as the sort that would have a protocol about letting rubberneckers in critical spaces when stuff is going down. The areas he would let outside observers congregate in might well be as safe as any other place on the ship.