KittyMadness
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Uuuugh~ That felt goood. It's a wonderful thing when a chapter ends beautifully like that, just before someone's world comes crashing down around her shoulders.
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Arrows, bolts and quarrels have three different sets of qualities.Nice ploy.
I wonder why nobody calls crossbow bolts quarrels anymore. On the other hand, Sophia was, I vaguely recall, a user of broadhead bolts, rather than quarrels.
There's always the chance of electrical conduits.Nice twist there. I wondered if Sophia would be trying to go "to the bathroom" and then phase into the locker from the other side of the wall.
May I see your hands, please?" Her voice became harder, more commanding as she spoke.
Sophia put her hands behind her back. "I don't have to show you—"
Dad pulled me back out of the way as both Callan and Peterson pulled their sidearms and aimed them at Sophia from a distance of five feet.
"Show us your hands!" shouted Callan. "Now-now-now!"
"Slowly!" warned Peterson.
Blackwell let out a little shriek and I nearly screamed myself as my heart rate suddenly tripled, or so it felt. Would they actually shoot Sophia over something like this? I didn't like her, but I didn't want to see her dead either.
"Hands," repeated Sergeant Gainsford. "Slowly."
With exaggerated care, Sophia brought her hands around in front of her again. They were empty but, as Gainsford shone the UV light on them, they glowed brightly.
Then Sergeant Gainsford pointed at the locker. "Callan, Peterson. Move the damn locker."
"Sergeant, there's still—" began Miss Militia.
"We'll all sign NDAs," Gainsford interrupted. "We've wasted far too much time catering to the wishes and desires of a teenage delinquent who may or may not be a member of the Wards for me to give a shit anymore. Move the damn locker."
"Sergeant," responded Callan, and he and Peterson took hold of the shelves. A bit at a time, they edged the metal box out from between the lockers on either side.
This was going to come out in the next chapter.Nice, but Danny and Taylor need to contact Carol Dallon ASAP before the PRT can sequester them away and try to force them to sign anything.
That is one thing that always bothers me about the use of NDAs to cover up information. How the government compels people like Danny and Taylor to sign those NDAs. It bothered me when it happened in Stargate, and on lots of other TV shows, and it seems like it will be a problem here.
There is no reason why the Heberts should sign an NDA, and they have not committed any crime. What grounds would the PRT have to hold them for that NDA?
Hence why they need to let their lawyer, Mrs. Dallon know ASAP so they can't pull any illegal shenanigans on the Heberts to force them to sign an NDA that would hamper efforts to take legal action against Sophia.
When you called the tape recorder a decoy I was expecting a smaller backup recorder (probably digital since it is the 21st century, especially after 2010) to be on Taylor's person so that when the decoy was inevitably stolen or destroyed they would still have a recording as proof of who did it. I was not expecting them to use it as bait.
They still might have lost the audio recording if it is depending on that tape.
Early on Stargate Command did murder a guy to maintain their secrets.It bothered me when it happened in Stargate, and on lots of other TV shows, and it seems like it will be a problem here.
I thought it was suspected to be the NID, but no evidence was ever found. Unless you think Hammond was the one who ordered it, although that would have been an illegal order and any solider so ordered would have been right to goto the MPs about it instead of carrying it out.Early on Stargate Command did murder a guy to maintain their secrets.
Early on Stargate Command did murder a guy to maintain their secrets.
Given the way Hammond responded when Jack asked him about it, I assumed that he either ordered it himself or knew that it would be ordered.
Yeah. Very important fact, there: You cannot use NDAs to cover up a crime.The bad NDA I've heard of was the local News station using it to intimate people about a Anchor sexually harassing female staff. He was a very handsome eye candy viewer drawer in the 90's and would get "personal" with the make up girls and female high schooler interns. The network didn't want to lose their money bringer or have a scandal so forced NDA's on everybody that they couldn't talk about it or they'd be sued into the ground while he wound up promoted to the board. It came out during Me Too but got buried by bigger national news fairly soon. I did see the station got slapped for miss using NDA's to cover up illegal actions (some of the girls where as young as 15-16) and the whole legal department got disbarred for going along with it.
I thought you could as part of a settlement with an agreement not to press charges or talk to the media if it is approved by a judge (or maybe the DA), but you can't use an NDA to prevent somebody from going to the police.Yeah. Very important fact, there: You cannot use NDAs to cover up a crime.
Stolen property that is evidence of the bullying she does, making her lose all credibility in front of Miss Militia.Ooh, sophia is triple f'ed. Outed to Taylor as Shadow Stalker, caught red (glowing) handed with stolen property, and caught breaking her probation by none other than Miss Militia.
Go directly to juvie, do not pass go.
Pretty sure the broadhead arrows that she isn't allowed to have don't need any help to kill her credibility with MM.Stolen property that is evidence of the bullying she does, making her lose all credibility in front of Miss Militia.
Edit: nvm, I did think it was a decoy, but got a bit too into it.
Pretty cool, all that it lacks is Sophia either going berserk and trying to kill Taylor, or swearing vengeance to taylor and blaming her for her unwarranted, lol, punishment.
Erm.... If it's 16 inches or longer it's an arrow, shorter than 16 inches it's a bolt.Arrows, bolts and quarrels have three different sets of qualities.
An arrow has a sharp head and vanes (fletching).
Bolts may or may not have a sharp head, but has no vanes.
Quarrels have a four-sided (quatre) head.
Sophia uses arrows.
Sophia is a government employee, and her identity is a state secret. They very much CAN force you to sign an NDA.There is no reason why the Heberts should sign an NDA, and they have not committed any crime. What grounds would the PRT have to hold them for that NDA?
You are COMPLETELY misinterpreting that scene.THANK YOU! My god ever since Ferguson it seems like people want to write cops as 1950's era bully boys or like they're Law Suggestion not Law Enforcement. The cops job is to enforce compliance to the governments orders hence the enforcement part of the name. They do that because every single law is enforced by the fact at some point it escalates to do as we tell you or we will kill you. When a cops says show your hands you show those mother fucking hands, you do not argue about if you have to or not.
Sophia put her hands behind her back. Exactly like someone would when grabbing a knife or gun.May I see your hands, please?" Her voice became harder, more commanding as she spoke.
Sophia put her hands behind her back. "I don't have to show you—"
Technically speaking, Crossbow Bolts are generally shorter in length (16-22-inches) and have no stabilizing vanes near the back while arrows always do.Erm.... If it's 16 inches or longer it's an arrow, shorter than 16 inches it's a bolt.
Bolt's not only can have fletching, they usually do.
These, as an example, are crossbow bolts, because they're only 14 inches long.
You described Sophia's crossbows as hand crossbows, implying ones meant to be handled with one hand, which would make sense given Sophia's age, and lacking of brute strength.
The size of the bolts for a hand crossbow is very unlikely to exceed 16 inches, and is far more likely to be 8-10 inches, possibly even 6 inches.
So the correct term is actually bolt, not arrow, despite there being flettching.
Ok, let's talk about this.Sophia is a government employee, and her identity is a state secret. They very much CAN force you to sign an NDA.
Quotes from your linked article:
What the Experts Think:
"If it's under 16 inches, it's a bolt," says Phillip Bednar, director of marketing for TenPoint Crossbows. "Sixteen inches or more is considered an arrow. We shoot 20- and 22-inch arrows."
And the "fairly standard" medieval crossbow bolt shown in the video in that article has fletching as well, even if it's wood and not feather.Crossbow Bolt Characteristics
4 distinct parts: Shaft, Fletching, Broadhead, and Nock
Perhaps you should look into what happens when reporters discover something related to national security... News flash, you NEVER see the story in the news (this is not the same as a whistleblower).They PRT can't say "They just need to sign this NDA to protect us from a scandal and they can go", finding out a state secret is not a crime. Otherwise reporters would be charged with it all the time and nobody would ever see leaked classified information.
Perhaps you should look into what happens when reporters discover something related to national security... News flash, you NEVER see the story in the news (this is not the same as a whistleblower).
And yes, government employed Parahumans can be considered a national asset, which would put their civilian IDs as related to national security, especially with how China is in Worm.
Actually ...Ok, let's talk about this.
Now, assuming that the Heberts do NOT contact Carol and get taken into custody by the PRT, they are indeed vulnerable to some illegal shenanigans.
Such as being held without a writ of habeas corpus, charted with a crime, or given access to a lawyer.
However, if they do have their lawyer knowing they were taken into custody, what can the PRT do to compel them to sign?
If they threaten to lock the Heberts up until they sign, Carol will sue for their release. She will demand a writ of habes corpus, in other words bring them to court and demand they be charged with a crime.They PRT can't say "They just need to sign this NDA to protect us from a scandal and they can go", finding out a state secret is not a crime. Otherwise reporters would be charged with it all the time and nobody would ever see leaked classified information.
Said people signed security clearances and NDAs long before they came near the information.Actually ...
There are provisions written into US law for information that it's illegal to even consider disseminating. The identities of intelligence agents in foreign nations, nuclear secrets and so forth.
Yeah, but they would make it very clear that any release of the information that he now knows will get him in the deepest of deep shit.Said people signed security clearances and NDAs long before they came near the information.
Somebody discussing that stuff in public and a random passer by overhears or they are carrying an envelope that breaks and a random passer by picks up the paper and glances at it?
They can't arrest him and force him to sign an NDA.
They might arrest him and pressure him, but after a day they must charge him or release him.
Now on the other hand the hypothetical idiot that let the info be overheard is screwed. Best he can hope for is dismissal and revocation of his security clearance.
Unless he's a Congressman.