Ursay freaks out
When we first met Commander Ursay in Rome's Revolution, he was far from emotionless. He was downright gruff. As the embodiment of the Overmind, he had Rome tossed out of the collective (Cesdiud) without a second thought. When Rome came to him distraught after the deed was done, he was rude and dismissive.
As with all Vuduri, Ursay held Rei's heritage against him. The Essessoni spawned the Erklirte (The Ark Lords). So when Rei started spouting off brilliant ideas, it was Ursay's inclination to dismiss them but it was impossible since all of Rei's ideas were good and practical. For example, Rei's first good idea was to load a telescope aboard a space tug and outrun the wavefront so they could turn around and watch Winfall's disappearance.
Rei's second good idea was to build the star-probes and in so doing created a lens-less camera. But when Rei presented this idea to Ursay, Ursay totally freaked out. As with Rome, he started gibbering on in Vuduri and had to be reminded to speak in English.
Why did he freak out? Because it required that OMCOM attach a Casimir Pump to a memron. This was possibly the most illegal act a person could commit. No Vuduri would ever forget the death and destruction during the Robot War. The extreme fear of OMCOM becoming Tasancetaeti (unleashed).
Ursay was forced to confront this dilemma. He knew that the act had to be performed yet he could now allow anyone to commit the act. How convenient that Rome as Cesdiud. She could do whatever she needed to, break the law even, and it wouldn't "count" against Ursay and the rest of the crew on Dara. Of course when she got to Earth, Rome was interrogated and sentenced to death but oh well.
Ursay became much more human and approachable after his experience at Tabit and became an important figure in both The Ark Lords and Rome's Evolution. No more freaking out for him.
P.S. The other day, I discussed the Stareater lips and how they did not need to travel faster than the speed of light. Rei reminded me that the 13 minute transit time was actually 13 Vuduri minutes which actually equates to over two hours. Good thing I forgot because otherwise that section of the book would have been boring!
As with all Vuduri, Ursay held Rei's heritage against him. The Essessoni spawned the Erklirte (The Ark Lords). So when Rei started spouting off brilliant ideas, it was Ursay's inclination to dismiss them but it was impossible since all of Rei's ideas were good and practical. For example, Rei's first good idea was to load a telescope aboard a space tug and outrun the wavefront so they could turn around and watch Winfall's disappearance.
Rei's second good idea was to build the star-probes and in so doing created a lens-less camera. But when Rei presented this idea to Ursay, Ursay totally freaked out. As with Rome, he started gibbering on in Vuduri and had to be reminded to speak in English.
Why did he freak out? Because it required that OMCOM attach a Casimir Pump to a memron. This was possibly the most illegal act a person could commit. No Vuduri would ever forget the death and destruction during the Robot War. The extreme fear of OMCOM becoming Tasancetaeti (unleashed).
Ursay was forced to confront this dilemma. He knew that the act had to be performed yet he could now allow anyone to commit the act. How convenient that Rome as Cesdiud. She could do whatever she needed to, break the law even, and it wouldn't "count" against Ursay and the rest of the crew on Dara. Of course when she got to Earth, Rome was interrogated and sentenced to death but oh well.
Ursay became much more human and approachable after his experience at Tabit and became an important figure in both The Ark Lords and Rome's Evolution. No more freaking out for him.
P.S. The other day, I discussed the Stareater lips and how they did not need to travel faster than the speed of light. Rei reminded me that the 13 minute transit time was actually 13 Vuduri minutes which actually equates to over two hours. Good thing I forgot because otherwise that section of the book would have been boring!
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