Power
Over the past few days I have been thinking about the good and the evil in the entire Rome's Revolution series. It seems to be that the thing that drives the baddies is always a quest for power. Here are just a few examples:
- The Overmind of Tabit: kicked Rome out of the collective (Cesdiud) because she might have an independent thought.
- The Stareaters: they are fighting to control the fate of the universe.
- The Overmind of Deucado: while its mission was misguided, it was only into maintaining and increasing its control over the residents.
- MASAL: The rogue computer wanted to reprogram humanity into his servants to he could become a god.
- The Ark Lords: Project Darwin was all about eliminating everybody who was not "us" and taking over the Earth.
OMCOM: His underlying agenda was always to gain more processing power and become omniscient. Hmmm, sounds a bit like the other side of the MASAL coin.
On the other hand, our heroes gain power as well, not because they seek it out, but as a natural consequence of their pursuit of justice.
-Rei Bierak: developed super-hearing, super-healing, "cell-phone in the head" and inner core strength. Ultimately, he and Rome became effectively the leaders of Deucado.
-Rome: developed the "cell-phone in the head", multiple PPT transceivers and eventually true telepathy.
-MINIMCOM: once the little autopilot computer fused with the airframe of a Vuduri space tug, he became the most powerful and fastest starship known to man. He was eventually emancipated and became his own free, er, entity.
-Aason & Lupe Bierak: acquired all the combined powers of their parents from birth. Aason eventually acquires more power on his trip to Heaven.
-Junior: acquired all the powers of his father, MINIMCOM, invisibility, null fold drive but he also acquired the X-drive which made him possibly infinitely faster than his father.
Why did I lump OMCOM in with the bad guys? His final machinations will become clear early on in the upcoming novel The Milk Run. I have the first draft done and am revising it now. It is up to 65,000 words and I expect it to hit 90K when I am done.
- The Overmind of Tabit: kicked Rome out of the collective (Cesdiud) because she might have an independent thought.
- The Stareaters: they are fighting to control the fate of the universe.
- The Overmind of Deucado: while its mission was misguided, it was only into maintaining and increasing its control over the residents.
- MASAL: The rogue computer wanted to reprogram humanity into his servants to he could become a god.
- The Ark Lords: Project Darwin was all about eliminating everybody who was not "us" and taking over the Earth.
OMCOM: His underlying agenda was always to gain more processing power and become omniscient. Hmmm, sounds a bit like the other side of the MASAL coin.
On the other hand, our heroes gain power as well, not because they seek it out, but as a natural consequence of their pursuit of justice.
-Rei Bierak: developed super-hearing, super-healing, "cell-phone in the head" and inner core strength. Ultimately, he and Rome became effectively the leaders of Deucado.
-Rome: developed the "cell-phone in the head", multiple PPT transceivers and eventually true telepathy.
-MINIMCOM: once the little autopilot computer fused with the airframe of a Vuduri space tug, he became the most powerful and fastest starship known to man. He was eventually emancipated and became his own free, er, entity.
-Aason & Lupe Bierak: acquired all the combined powers of their parents from birth. Aason eventually acquires more power on his trip to Heaven.
-Junior: acquired all the powers of his father, MINIMCOM, invisibility, null fold drive but he also acquired the X-drive which made him possibly infinitely faster than his father.
Why did I lump OMCOM in with the bad guys? His final machinations will become clear early on in the upcoming novel The Milk Run. I have the first draft done and am revising it now. It is up to 65,000 words and I expect it to hit 90K when I am done.
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