Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:07 PM
[thinking about fiction] So Honor Harrington is a series of military sci fi books about recreating the feeling of 19th century navel warfare in space
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:08 PM
The way spaceships work, the most efficient attack strategy is to give the other guy a broadside and try to maneuver around so he can’t give YOU a broadside
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:09 PM
The story follows the career of naval officer Honor Harrington, a tough cool lady with nerves of steel who gets in a lot of exciting battles
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:10 PM
I only read the first few books before getting distracted
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:11 PM
In the early series there is a conflict within the community of naval officers and admirals and such about the future of warfare
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:12 PM
The “new school” says that research and development of new technology and weapons should be a priority because it gives you an undeniable edge over the other guy if you have bigger sexier guns
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:14 PM
The “old school” says that development of new technology and weapons should be slow and cautious and aimed towards fitting new weapons into pre existing tactical roles
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:14 PM
Because
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:14 PM
If you just mindlessly go after the biggest and most unstoppable guns you can
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:15 PM
Then wars become brutal slug fests with enormous casualties and collateral damage
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:16 PM
Better to have well trained professionals going at each other in limited conflicts so we don’t end up going the full warhammer 40,000
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:19 PM
Ultimately, the new school wins, because the old school requires an agreement between both sides to hold back their true power
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:21 PM
there is a quote from someone reading these books that may make you glad you stopped reading
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:23 PM
and it's so big it's time to break out the Plurk Paste.
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:23 PM
And this core struggle of “keep your conflicts limited or there’s unnecessary damage to both sides”
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:23 PM
The last HH book I read was book 9: Ashes of Victory...
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:24 PM
Is repeated, in WILDLY different forms
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:24 PM
In Touhou Project and Heaven Will Be Mine
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:27 PM
With the spell card rules of the former and the action figure metaphors of the ship selves in the latter
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:27 PM
Vehrec : “Mary sue” is a stupid way to complain about characters with deeply sexist roots
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:28 PM
But MAN
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:28 PM
Honor Harrington is SUCH a Mary sue
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:28 PM
this post was made 8 years ago, so it was in much broader use back then.
Vehrec
@Vehrec
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:29 PM
and when you can say `Admiral Honor Harrington sets out to win the day from her flagship, the stupendous Honor Harrington-class Superdreadnought Honor Harrington.` then maybe squint a little harder at your character.
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:30 PM
Anyway
Gabiluzbad
@Overbringer
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 5:30 PM
I think the whole problem is an interesting one to grapple with
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