Flandry's men on Dido that we missed before:
Lieutenant Valencia will assume command if Flandry fails to return from reconnaisence;
Mitsui and Petrovic will prepare Kathryn's hiding place.
Flandry makes it all seem easy:
secretly hijack a rebel ship, thus acquiring the rebel code and ensuring the defeat of the rebellion;
conceal the prisoner, Kathryn McCormac;
leave her guarded by a single Didonian registered as three space hands to satisfy regulations;
lure her tormentor, Governor Snelund, on board;
help Kathryn to assassinate Snelund;
return Kathryn to her husband, Hugh McCormac;
persuade McCormac to lead his fleet out of known space and never return;
devise an implausible narrative to account for all these mysterious comings and goings;
get away with it because the Intelligence Service needs able men who get results;
go far (or die trying).
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I would have put the line about returning Kathryn to McCormac after the one about persuading the rebel admiral into leading at least part of his fleet into exile from the Empire.
I recall Stirling pointing out there are real world analogs to Flandry: men who had the daring, genius, and luck (and knowing how to make use of luck) needed to carry off such amazing feats. So what Flandry achieved was not necessarily impossible.
Ad astra! Sean
As I'm fond of saying, in fiction you have to be more realistic than reality!
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
But in science fiction or fantasy you can sometimes let your hair down and allow your imagination to go wild!
Ad astra! Sean
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