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  1. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    OK, I thought about it for a bit, and I think I figured out why I am seeing this differently from so many people. I may be responding to this more strongly because I am originally from Eastern Europe, a lot of my family died during WW2, and we constantly had lessons in school on the horrid...

  2. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    Wait, why are the pirates interested in basic mining ships and their cargo? That's like an international gang capturing large trucks with iron ore or coal. The ships themselves should be pretty cheap and useless - there likely isn't even a hyperdrive on them. So to get them out of the system...

  3. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    Yes, I don't understand this either - I am presenting my personal opinion and other people are trying to explain to me that my opinion is wrong somehow, based on their moral compasses. He does not control what Darth Vader does - he does (or should) control what his direct subordinate does...

  4. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    I am saying that I can think of only two, two and half possibilities - not that only two possibilities exist. Frankly, I think the author just didn't think of this interpretation, so my claims of the MC being a psychopath are a bit facetious. I am basically pointing out the logical...

  5. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    Did you miss the part above where I said there are two options, only one of which is that the MC is a sociopath? Yes. Yes, I am - that's pretty much what I am saying. In my opinion torture is evil and mostly counter-productive. There are degrees of evil, different types and levels of...

  6. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    Right, as I said in my previous post - there are two explanations. Either he is completely oblivious and doesn't even have the historical background, media knowledge, or imagination to understand what is going on, or he is a psychopath. Also, FYI - the phrase "banality of evil" was coined by...

  7. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    First of all, I suspect there are different types of pirates, some of which are much less horrible than others. I very much doubt that the officer doing the torturing is making any distinction on this or cares about such a distinction. Second, on some level it doesn't really matter what these...

  8. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    OK, this is getting crazy. The MC apparently has gone full native Imperial and just ignores the fact that his subordinate is torturing people to death. Yes, they may be (or may not be) horrible people, but that's not an excuse. His only comment about it is that his subordinate should maintain...

  9. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    This is starting to feel like CimSity or something - everything gets built almost instantly. While that sort of high-speed construction is theoretically possible in SW, it sounds like it would be very expensive. Too expensive for such a new system. Maybe if the system had tens of millions of...

  10. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    Maybe - it depends on his history, but we don't really know anything about the relationship that he had with his sisters. This one seemed to be pretty fond of him and wanted to tease him apparently. It's also possible that while the mother is a crazy bitch, the sisters doted on him, which is...

  11. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    " You keep jumping from past tense to present - this happened in previous chapters but seems to be happening more in this one. Or I just happened to notice it more. For example, the paragraph above starts in past tense, switches to present, and ends in past tense again. There are multiple...

  12. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    And the conference looked like? How did it make the MC feel? What did the station look like? What thoughts did it invoke in the agent? Any memories - did it remind her of anything?

  13. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    It seems like you once again switched from Darna's perspective to that of an omniscient observer. How would Darna know about the rest of the apartment - unless her friend was bragging to her and showing her everything including the closet? It would have been better if it wasn't a description...

  14. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    They would have huge parts of the market in certain areas (planets, sectors, etc.). The point is that they are large enough to afford their own manufacturing facilities and order custom components from up-stream manufacturers - components that are built to their own specifications. What would...

  15. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    I would expect the opposite - large corporations have their own requirements and the ability to build to their own specs. They don't need to buy parts from a single factory (like TSMC for most CPUs, Samsung for most screens, etc.), and if they do, they are large enough to demand their own...

  16. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    This is a MUCH more likely and productive area of improvement than stormtrooper helmets. First of all, helmets would likely require new hardware and software, there would need to be improved usability, training etc. Here everything is already remote controlled - you could just bolt on a...

  17. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    This sudden change of perspective is weird. I think it would have been better to add a short "reaction" segment after the one from the secretary's POV. That would have kept things consistent. Instead of keeps jumping from Darna's to omniscient observer and back again. It would have been great...

  18. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    I would expect any sort of advancement to be a long-term thing and provide only marginal improvement for himself - so it doesn't make sense to work on developing the technology locally unless he is planning to stick around. The project itself would likely take at least a year if not longer. I...

  19. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    That's a very long-term proposition - it won't have a direct effect on the taxes and productivity for at least several years if not decades. It does however make sense as a way to keep the children busy while the adults are working. That system makes no sense. I think you would be better off...

  20. Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

    Wait, this is a personal real-time address to the reader? That's a change - is it deliberate? It changes the outlook of the story since it brings up the question of the medium, who he expects to be reading/seeing this, why he is writing it, etc. Wait, another rubber ball? Is this galaxy...
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