: Yeah, he does speak like he's got higher-ups telling him
: what to do, but he also carries the Codex and
: apparently could have an opportunity to destroy it,
: and he was glad not to be the person carrying the
: Watcher's arm (implying that he could have been); and
: those are things that I doubt a lowly private or
: ensign would be carrying. So he's got some rank over
: the average grunts, but he's got his own commanding
: officers as well, putting him just about where a
: Captain should be.
Again, I think it's necessity coupled with a trustworthy nature. His superiors don't have time to tote the book around, so they pick a grunt they trust to carry it. Remember, by the time he's got the Codex his squad has been horribly beat-up by the Dark; the usual chain of command's probably got a few holes knocked in it.
As for the arm--I'm glad I'm not the President. Doesn't mean I have an opportunity to be.
: And when he meets Mauriac outside Covenant, he says
: "We met Mauriac, and he had this cool idea about
: a tunnel..." instead of "We met the great
: Captain Mauriac, who took command of our leaderless
: patrol, and valiently led us to saftey." So they
: sound like more-or-less equals to me.
Well, does he *ever* speak of "the great...who valiantly...?" I mean, he even snipes at Alric. The world of TFL isn't the most conducive to idealistic hero-worship, and if he's gonna be a grouchy cynic anywhere, it's going to be in his private journal.
: Seanchaide. :-)
: I figure heroes must have some rank because, seeing how
: great their skills are, they must be hundred-time
: veterans, and in that process would have accumulated a
: good bit of rank.
True, but almost all of the heroes are non-Legion--zerks, or Warlocks, or Heron Guards. So they're outside the normal chain of command. And the Legion ones don't really have a chance to do any officering, since they're relied upon so much in battle.
: OR WAS IT? Maybe Connacht won the aid of the Bruig just
: so they would fight alongside him and the Emperor
: would get killed and HE would be the new Emperor! ;)
Connacht killed JFK!
: That old book? I doubt it. Gates is a dumbass highschool
: drop-out, why would he be reading classic literature?
: Besides, in his mind he IS the prince, so why should
: he need to read about another one?
Bill Gates is Machiavelli Reborn!
"Many of these amoral political thinkers were doomed to return in the following age as software moguls..."
--SiliconDream
