From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V99 #237 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: archive/volume99/237 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se Reply-To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain blakes7-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 237 Today's Topics: [B7L] [Fwd: Freedom City] [B7L] Plague [B7L] Screen shots Re: [B7L] Possible Federation Ender.... Re: [B7L] Screen shots ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 13:28:23 -0700 From: kalazar To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: [B7L] [Fwd: Freedom City] Message-ID: <37A4ADE7.E55432EB@earthlink.net> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------6B24D46AB5FE852CC2A57A15" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------6B24D46AB5FE852CC2A57A15 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thank you for replying so swiftly. I was worried about getting my next Sc fix 8-) I'm forwarding this to Lysator in case anyone else is confused. --------------6B24D46AB5FE852CC2A57A15 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by toucan.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA29698 for ; Sun, 1 Aug 1999 13:13:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mcchpd.mcc.ac.uk ([130.88.200.1]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 1.92 #3) for kalazar@earthlink.net id 11B1ys-000CkR-00; Sun, 1 Aug 1999 21:13:14 +0100 Message-Id: <18826.9908012013@mcchpd.mcc.ac.uk> Subject: Freedom City To: kalazar@earthlink.net Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 21:13:13 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Baskerville Reply-To: Robert@Baskerville.Net X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24alpha3] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Hi, yes, it's been a bit confusing :-) The FC list is moving again, but isn't "officially" open yet. Subscription instructions will be posted to space-city, and an announcement should be made on Lysator too shortly. (If you want to pass this on to Lysator feel free - I can't remember which of my addresses is subbed to Lysator, so don't know which one to post from!) Robert Baskerville Robert@Baskerville.Net --------------6B24D46AB5FE852CC2A57A15 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="kalazar.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for kalazar Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="kalazar.vcf" begin:vcard n:;KALAZAR x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:kalazar@earthlink.net note:http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/servalan/35/blake.html x-mozilla-cpt:;-1 fn:KALAZAR end:vcard --------------6B24D46AB5FE852CC2A57A15-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 06:37:55 -0600 From: "Ellynne G." To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Plague Message-ID: <19990728.063758.9622.1.Rilliara@juno.com> What were the aliens trying to do with the plague? They sent it to an obscure outpost, one where the disease might have died out without living hosts by the time any ships arrived. The derelict ship they used wasn't signaling and would have been ignored if Bellfriar hadn't been bored. The trigger on the corpse is unclear, but the plan for infection depended not only on the scientist in question having minimal precautions against infection, it depended on highly trained (if bored, then surprised) guards disobeying orders, breaking quarantine, and having no precautions of their own against infection. Was the dead guy supposed to be watching and waiting for his moment? If they wanted to infect humanity, they might at least have chosen a population center. Either they wanted to get rid of this particular base--or a person or persons on it--or they were running an experiment. As to the Liberator crew's immunity. There are four possibilities. 1) Blake knows his fairy godmother loves him and that he and his friends will be magically protected. 2) Blake knew the Liberator's teleport could selectively screen out the disease (so why didn't he save Bellfriar with it? and why didn't Avon use it in Children?) 3) In an unrecorded adventure, Blake and his friends had their immunity systems temporarily boosted 4) Blake knew more about this disease than he let on. Since he knew more about the area where it came from--and about the history of the ship bringing it--and just happened to be the only one to make contact with Dr. Bellfriar--and was giving the _virologist_ advice on how to keep the disease from spreading . . . . His motive escapes me, but Blake seems pretty suspicious at this point. Ellynne ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 20:50:19 +0100 From: Steve Rogerson To: Lysator , Ellie Baskerville Subject: [B7L] Screen shots Message-ID: <37A5F67A.C357DC07@mcr1.poptel.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jem Ward last night showed me seven photos he'd found in a secondhand bookshop in Wales. They are of episodes of B7 taken straight off the telly, and are quite good. Anyway, I've scanned them in and they are now on my web site if anyone wants to look at them. There are three Avons and four Vilas. -- cheers Steve Rogerson http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson "What is it with you and holes?" Xena to Gabrielle, Paradise Found ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 12:51:35 PDT From: "Hellen Paskaleva" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Possible Federation Ender.... Message-ID: <19990802195156.41210.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Kathryn Andersen wrote: >Okay, so how would you change canon to make it scientifically correct? >You can argue, from within canon, that Dr. Bellfriar was already >infected, and that his brain was a bit woozy, and he was trying to >explain to the layman so he oversimplified, but that doesn't mean, if >you actually do wish to argue within canon (since that is the name of >the game) that every single thing he said can be ignored. I wonder myself where must be traced the sensible compromise between the blind acceptance of What-Was-Written-By-The-Author, on the one hand, and Ignoring-Everything-Which-is-Not-Suitable-For-Me concept, on the other. I, personally, found that crosspoint (or, most probably, *hope* I have found it), making from the story, which has already happened (in front of us, on the TV screen), a framework. This framework must be filled up with the pieces of reality, as in the puzzle (sorry for the cliché). Let’s take "Killer" as example at random: - Firstly, Our Heroes need some crystal to improve their cipher machine. Reasonable, OK. This is neither personal vendetta, nor someone’s whim/caprice (like Villa’s in "Shadow"). I would replace the word "crystal" with, possibly, "device", because "crystal" biases my thoughts to things, written by Tolkien or Le Guin, more magical, may be. I don't think the *crystals* would be used in the future for such things, but it's just me... - Secondly, Our Heroes prepare a plan to obtain that devi…, sorry, that *crystal* . Sensible plan, too. - Third - they accomplish their plan (hope so). So long for the event. Everything, happening meanwhile, every possible sub-plot, is just an…, how to say…, an additional extra, may be important, but not *vital* for the storyline (which is the crucial issue, as far, as I could see it). It would cause no harm to it, therefore, to replace the phrase "contamination affects everyone who's been into deep space" (unprecise quote) with "contamination affects everyone" - up to here. That’s much more probable, because, on the one hand, we see at the very end of the episode *everybody* dying, and on the other hand, can’t imagine *why* aliens would restrict their attempt to destroy the humanity only to those lonely travelers into deep space. Therefore, it wouldn’t be a violation of The Canon (whatsoever it was) to try and adjust the script to the facts of the nature. Moreover, "Killer" seems to be one of the sensible episodes, in that particular aspect. Just imagine what could happen with "Sarcophagus" for sample, or with "Animals"… >So, oh expert, what is the answer? LOL! Well, I can fåål an edge in your voice…, no, not exactly, … in your..., hmm, keyboard? Please, do not take my words personally. I were *not* intended to irritate anyone. Really. Hellen, the Bulgarian ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 21:36:37 +0100 From: "Una McCormack" To: "Lysator" Subject: Re: [B7L] Screen shots Message-ID: <009d01bedd26$c8cac420$0d01a8c0@hedge> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Steve wrote: > Jem Ward last night showed me seven photos he'd found in a secondhand > bookshop in Wales. They are of episodes of B7 taken straight off the > telly, and are quite good. Anyway, I've scanned them in and they are now > on my web site if anyone wants to look at them. There are three Avons > and four Vilas. They're very good quality, aren't they? Una -------------------------------- End of blakes7-d Digest V99 Issue #237 **************************************