| From: | plotd@*********.com (Paul J. Adam) |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Thunda? |
| Date: | Mon Mar 25 20:55:01 2002 |
<Pete@*******.demon.co.uk> writes
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul J. Adam" <PlotD@********.demon.co.uk>
>> Easy did... but in her background story, not on the list. And she got a
>> glancing hit from a small-calibre backup pistol in the temple, which
>> skidded around her skull between bone and skin until it ripped out
>> through the back of her scalp.
>
>People survive these things from time to time. There are accounts from
>various medical sources of bullets embedded in the scalp not having
>penetrated the skull.
Which is why I wrote that into her history when I created her, back in
1990 :)
>It depends on various factors but a head shot is
>survivable. My logic in that statement is that the larger majority of
>characters on the list are pretty well skilled in the use of firearms and a
>headshot is going to be a pretty terminal experience. Cue large man in black
>cloak carrying a scythe who only speaks in capitals. :)
Yep. Matters were a little chaotic when she got shot and all the
legitimate participants had other things on their mind than detailed
ballistic analysis...
>> And while Abbadon is gruesomely dead, Shaitan his leader found herself
>> abducted by Something Bad to pay off some debts. It sounds like she
>> either may not be back in the lifetime of mortal Men... or that if she
>> did return, she has _far_ higher priorities than saying nasty things on
>> Shadowland about Lynch.
>
>Just slightly. In all honesty if she ever did appear back on the list again
>Lynch would be such a low priority in her appointment book he'd be lucky to
>get a corner of the last page.
Same as before, in other words. Shaitan hardly acknowledged Lynch's
existence, unlike the late Abbadon.
>She doesn't consider him a threat above
>nuisance. There are far more important enemies to consider than a man who
>really hurled nothing more threatening than words at her.
Did Lynch and Shaitan ever actually speak to each other? I think not,
from memory. Lynch was gunning for the CoT leadership, as was much of
the UCAS military-industrial complex by then, but never got near
Shaitan. Abbadon did his job of maintaining the airgap until he was
killed by an outside party.
>> He's having recurring nightmares at the moment (unusual of itself, he's
>> never been a dreamer) about finding himself in a green-lit five-sided
>> spaceship, pursued by monomaniacal cyborgs, and hearing a booming voice
>> roar "WE ARE PENTAGON OF BORG! RESISTANCE IS IRRELEVANT! YOU WILL BE
>> ASSIMILATED!"
>
>That's ok, just so long as the nightmare doesn't extend to "ALL YOUR BASE
>ARE BELONG TO US!"... He'll be ok, it's probably just the "Monika"
cigars
>that are hand rolled in cuba with a secret ingredient for that extra flavour
>exclusively for the Whitehouse that's causing these nightmares. LOL
>
>(sits back and patiently awaits the Eewwwww comments)
Well, there's a Lynch'n'Lilith-centric run coming from a failed attempt
at a vacation, and a "General Lynch" storyline that's also stolen from a
novel I liked ('The Cobra Event' by Richard Preston, and "High Citadel"
by Desmond Bagley are the sources for my shameless ripoffs) but Lynch is
still not likely to start on cigarettes. He's finding it alarming enough
that he keeps calling O-4s and below 'son', when he was so recently an
unpromotable O-2 and fiercely proud of it...
Still, if life was easy, everyone would do it.
--
Paul J. Adam
