On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 04:04:34 -0700
David Johnston <rgorman@telusplanet.net> wrote:
However, I suspect this "new foreign group" is coming across as a bunch
of "annoying new characters". The story seems to take place after the
original OVAs and by that point the Knight Sabers are true pros (if they
weren't already when it all started). It seems these people got the jump
on them too easily, both when stealing the secrets of the hardsuits and
when "neutralising" Nene.
In the latter case, you are perfectly correct. My problem is, I'm stuck
on how Fargo is going to evade pursuit. Sylia has to try to track
Fargo, but Fargo knows that, and has to have an escape planned.
I'm open to suggestions. I suppose that's the real reason why I
posted the teaser. I'm stuck.
Fargo is familiar enough with the Sabers to know they're pretty strong
in communications and sensors, but they might not be expecting him to be
suspicious of them, given his past history of "softening up" when
dealing with Sylia. So, he might have hidden hide a powerful jammer
somewhere, and triggered it as he left the bar. That would mess up both
Nene's sensors and radio. Her skills and equipment would perhaps deal
with it quickly, but the device might buy Fargo enough time to do the
old "disappearing into a building" trick, or, better yet, enter a subway
station and catch a train. The mass of bodies down there would shield
him from any thermal detection, and the girls can't just waltz in there
wearing hardsuits.
Assuming the Sabers didn't expect such deception in the first place,
this would confuse them long enough for Fargo to slip away. However, it
probably wouldn't work twice, so he better avoid meeting them entirely
from now on!
If they have enough resources to steal
hardsuit plans from the Sabers,
Ah. Well. They don't. That's not how they got them. Thinking that's
what happened is part of what brings them into conflict with Sabers, but
that's not the way it happened. The Agents are (collectively)
less formidable than the Sabers in terms of combat ability
but they aren't the heros of the story. Nothing will be told from their
viewpoint. It's all about Sylia solving the mystery, finding out something
she'd rather not know, and then deciding what to do, now that she knows.
She can trash the Agents once she finds out what their secret is, but
should she?
That's nice to hear. I'm getting more curious about this story :).