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* In ''Iron Fist,'' Dia is able to analyze [[spoiler: Castin's]] body language to realize that he's already dead. However, earlier in ''that same book,'' it was a minor plot point that Face is also a master of analyzing body language. Why did he miss that? Well, because his narration implies he's totally freaking out over [[spoiler: Castin's]] stupidity. Dia, who's got NervesOfSteel and is less emotionally involved, was able to think clearly and SpotTheThread, while Face's panic prevented him from understanding the data.
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* In ''Iron Fist,'' Dia is able to analyze [[spoiler: Castin's]] body language to realize that he's already dead. However, earlier in ''that same book,'' it was a minor plot point that Face is also a master of analyzing body language. Why did he miss that? Well, because his narration implies he's totally freaking out over [[spoiler: Castin's]] stupidity.stupidity and how ''completely'' screwed the group was - they were literally in the same room as Zsinj and his forces, who would easily capture or kill them the moment they realized that Castin had stowed away in Face's ship. Dia, who's got NervesOfSteel and is less emotionally involved, was able to think clearly and SpotTheThread, while Face's panic prevented him from understanding the data.
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* Tycho in the comics had a very different personality compared to how he is in the books. In the comics he's a wisecracking hothead who gets fired up and attacks people for claiming someone from a pacifist world must be themselves a pacifist. In the books he's very sober and accepting and seems basically incapable of getting angry, even in very frustrating situations.
** Could be his experience on the ''Lusankya''. He didn't get brainwashed into being Isard's agent, but her attempts and the general experience, not to mention all of the suspicion he went through, left him changed (this is actually stated in ''Starfighters of Adumar''. Similarly Myn Donos was noted to be a typical Corellian pilot - egotistical, basically - and had enough aptitude for command to be Talon Leader. Upon disastrously losing Talon Squadron he became withdrawn, even as he started to recover, and never seemed to look for promotion again.
** Could be his experience on the ''Lusankya''. He didn't get brainwashed into being Isard's agent, but her attempts and the general experience, not to mention all of the suspicion he went through, left him changed (this is actually stated in ''Starfighters of Adumar''. Similarly Myn Donos was noted to be a typical Corellian pilot - egotistical, basically - and had enough aptitude for command to be Talon Leader. Upon disastrously losing Talon Squadron he became withdrawn, even as he started to recover, and never seemed to look for promotion again.
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* Tycho in the comics had a very different personality compared to how he is Tycho in the books. In the comics he's a wisecracking hothead who gets fired up and attacks people for claiming someone from a pacifist world must be themselves a pacifist. In the books he's very sober and accepting and seems basically incapable of getting angry, even in very frustrating situations.
** Could be his experience on the ''Lusankya''. He didn't get brainwashed into being Isard's agent, but her attempts and the general experience, not to mention all of the suspicion he went through, left him changed (this is actually stated in ''Starfighters ofAdumar''.Adumar''). Similarly Myn Donos was noted to be a typical Corellian pilot - egotistical, basically - and had enough aptitude for command to be Talon Leader. Upon disastrously losing Talon Squadron he became withdrawn, even as he started to recover, and never seemed to look for promotion again.
** Could be his experience on the ''Lusankya''. He didn't get brainwashed into being Isard's agent, but her attempts and the general experience, not to mention all of the suspicion he went through, left him changed (this is actually stated in ''Starfighters of
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*** Among the only Imperials who were willing to work with her were Lumiya, Pestage, and Thrawn. With the latter, it's probable that, as a minority in the xenophobic Empire himself, he was less sexist, especially having previously served under women such as Ar'alani. And even then, Isard stays out of his grab for power, likely because he would have demanded that she work for him. As for Pestage, the only reason Isard was willing to work for him was that she was engineering his downfall.
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*** Among the only Imperials who were willing to work with her were Lumiya, Pestage, and Thrawn. With Lumiya, obviously, is a woman as well. As for Pestage, the only reason Isard was willing to work for him was that she was engineering his downfall. And with the latter, it's probable that, as a minority in the xenophobic Empire himself, he was less sexist, especially having previously served under women such as Ar'alani. And even then, Isard stays out of his grab for power, likely because he would have demanded that she work for him. As for Pestage, the only reason Isard was willing to work for him was that she was engineering his downfall.
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* In ''Wedge's Gamble'', the assault force against Coruscant consists of maybe a half-dozen capital vessels and a larger, but still small, fleet of gunships, transports, and fighters. The defense force is smaller still. Why are the units involved so small? (For comparison, in ''Solo Command'' the climactic battles involve 10-20 capital vessels per side, whereas in ''Iron Fist'' at least a dozen major capital ships are defending Coruscant.) In Isard's case it was deliberate, since she wanted the "Rebels" to have the planet -- but the New Republic may have been playing a con themselves by sending a very large force [[WeNeedADistraction running up to some nearby, critical system]] to draw away Imperial defense assets, a tactic they had used in the previous book. Sure, Isard might see through it, but since she wants them to win, it's no trouble to play along (and she ''does'' want to keep other Imperial possessions).
** Imperial Center had several ships in position to protect it, but the crux of it's defense was the dual-layered forcefield surrounding the planet. Concentrating enough firepower to take down one section of the forcefield was considered suicidal, as you would be vulnerable to attack from the defensive ships and orbital stations. Taking out an entire layer was considered impossible. Taking down ''both'' layer simultaneously was beyond the pale, and never even considered as a possibility. The Rebels didn't consider the light starship count too suspicious because of the defense platforms and the forcefields
** Imperial Center had several ships in position to protect it, but the crux of it's defense was the dual-layered forcefield surrounding the planet. Concentrating enough firepower to take down one section of the forcefield was considered suicidal, as you would be vulnerable to attack from the defensive ships and orbital stations. Taking out an entire layer was considered impossible. Taking down ''both'' layer simultaneously was beyond the pale, and never even considered as a possibility. The Rebels didn't consider the light starship count too suspicious because of the defense platforms and the forcefields
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* In ''Wedge's Gamble'', the assault force against Coruscant consists of maybe a half-dozen capital vessels and a larger, but still small, fleet of gunships, transports, and fighters. The defense force is smaller still. Why are the units involved so small? (For comparison, in ''Solo Command'' the climactic battles involve 10-20 capital vessels per side, whereas in ''Iron Fist'' at least a dozen major capital ships are defending Coruscant.) In Isard's case it was deliberate, since she wanted the "Rebels" to have the planet -- but the New Republic may have been playing a con themselves by sending a very large force [[WeNeedADistraction running up to some nearby, critical system]] to draw away Imperial defense assets, a tactic they had used in the previous book.book and, it's implied, in ''Return of the Jedi'' with the reports of the Rebel Fleet massing near Sullust. Sure, Isard might see through it, but since she wants them to win, it's no trouble to play along (and she ''does'' want to keep other Imperial possessions).
** Imperial Center had several ships in position to protect it, but the crux of it's defense was the dual-layered forcefield surrounding the planet. Concentrating enough firepower to take down one section of the forcefield was considered suicidal, as you would be vulnerable to attack from the defensive ships and orbital stations. Taking out an entire layer was considered impossible. Taking down ''both''layer layers simultaneously was beyond the pale, and never even considered as a possibility. The Rebels didn't consider the light starship count too suspicious because of the defense platforms and the forcefieldsforcefields.
** Imperial Center had several ships in position to protect it, but the crux of it's defense was the dual-layered forcefield surrounding the planet. Concentrating enough firepower to take down one section of the forcefield was considered suicidal, as you would be vulnerable to attack from the defensive ships and orbital stations. Taking out an entire layer was considered impossible. Taking down ''both''
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* In ''Starfighters of Adumar,'' the clothes the pilots wear to the first meeting with the ''perator'' make a lot of sense on reflection. Wedge wears green and white: Corellian colors. Tycho wears subdued but still stylish clothing, which sounds very Alderaanian. Janson wears a normal-ish bodysuit and an elaborate cloak--but as noted later, the cloak allows him to hide and withdraw a vibroblade literally up his sleeve without anyone noticing, and the bodysuit would allow him to move freely in case of trouble. And Hobbie wears a riot of colors, meaning he'll stand out. And for an ambassadorial celebrity making his first appearance, that's not at all a bad thing.
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** Could be his experience on the ''Lusankya''. He didn't get brainwashed into being Isard's agent, but her attempts and the general experience may have left him changed. Similarly Myn Donos was noted to be a typical Corellian pilot - egotistical, basically - and had enough aptitude for command to be Talon Leader. Upon disastrously losing Talon Squadron he became withdrawn, even as he started to recover, and never seemed to look for promotion again.
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** Could be his experience on the ''Lusankya''. He didn't get brainwashed into being Isard's agent, but her attempts and the general experience may have experience, not to mention all of the suspicion he went through, left him changed.changed (this is actually stated in ''Starfighters of Adumar''. Similarly Myn Donos was noted to be a typical Corellian pilot - egotistical, basically - and had enough aptitude for command to be Talon Leader. Upon disastrously losing Talon Squadron he became withdrawn, even as he started to recover, and never seemed to look for promotion again.
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** For that matter, there's nothing to say that she couldn't have been slipped off the ''Lusankya'' offscreen before it was used for the ramming maneuver and held in the Borleias facility, then imprisoned elsewhere afterwards until she died of old age. Or, if Wedge wanted to be really cruel (unlikely but possible) he could've just let her wander the Vongformed Borleias by herself with nothing but the clothes on her back.
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** For that matter, there's nothing to say that she couldn't have been slipped off the ''Lusankya'' offscreen before it was used for the ramming maneuver and held in the Borleias facility, then imprisoned elsewhere afterwards until she died of old age.age, assuming she hadn't already died by that point. Or, if Wedge wanted to be really cruel (unlikely but possible) he could've just let her wander the Vongformed Borleias by herself with nothing but the clothes on her back.
