Am I the only one freaked out by Salome's message?

My commander didn't read this book.

Quite so. My commander:
  • is old, thoroughly and expensively cyborg, and remembers the Thargoids from before (but they're different enough now that other than a sense of foreboding that knowledge is not very helpful and until recently, widely covered up);
  • as an EFP Founder, has a vague idea the Dark Wheel lost their way from being seekers of mystery to keepers of secrets some while back;
  • doesn't care either way about any faction leaders;
  • suspects some part of INRA probably survives, which she (now) wants nothing to do with;
  • knows something about "Hexedit"'s clinical trials;
  • cynically figures everyone in the galaxy is manipulative, even if they don't realise it, including the people who do the media, so doesn't consider any of the above anything particularly special or new;
  • would have rolled her eyes at nearly all of what Salomé said, considered it completely useless information, and simply carried on doing what she's doing!
 
I know for a fact that this misconception that's taken root in the community is absolutely ridiculous. And I know for a fact there was no pre-organisation. Drew was hoping she survived and did his best to make it so, but equally wanted CMDRs to have a decent shot at taking her out. It's ridiculous how quickly certain ideas so quickly became 'facts' when they're nothing of the sort. We live in a post-truth age where people think something and just assume that's so.

I only found out about the whole thing afterward. Not sure many are saying it was predetermined, but what occured was oh-so predictable.
 
Assuming there was no presetup before the startoff time, it's still "absolutely ridiculous" how there was still a mess about threatening players to disarm, how soon Salome got invovled with sdc, how HP managed to be there again , and having won the drawing at the stream a month earlier , and also at the forefront over and over.

Doesn't matter to me. I am never going to buy the author's book which deserves the killer's mug on the book cover as well as the griefer gang's symbol as extra decor, although I did pick up some of the others , so shove my opinion.


Yeah there's a mess around the organisation, that much is clear.

I only found out about the whole thing afterward. Not sure many are saying it was predetermined, but what occured was oh-so predictable.

I've come across 'it was a fix' line so many times. But yes, this was one of the things I thought would happen myself, not necessarily Harry himself, but someone of that ilk. I don't mind people having had issues with the event, but I know Drew well enough to know that what he says happened is what happened. He had the good grace to roll with it. Besides, if it was fixed, he'd have chosen someone other than Harry Potter (a name he actually has to avoid) to get the killing blow. So that makes no sense anyway.
 
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