Skip approaches Chief Keogh of the Tuatha de Danaan Keeper caravan so that the latter will pass him on to a reputable scientist or engineer who can get him an interview with President Braverman or Commissioner Uchida. Skip reckons that no one in the US is more than ten steps away from the top. For example, he knows his father who knows a state committeeman who is friendly with Senators who know the President but Keogh must know more scientists and engineers than Skip's father and their word will carry more weight in this matter.
We made this same point in relation to Targovi and Flandry in Targovi IV. We still do not know what Skip wants to say.
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I agree, if either of us really, truly, urgently needed to reach the top leaders of the US or UK, we should be no more than seven to ten steps from reaching them.
Ad astra! Sean
Less.
Kaor, Paul!
Depending, of course, on the persons of influence we know and those they knew.
Ad astra! Sean
That's true more generally. Eg., in England in 1250 a peasant would know the guy who oversaw the manorial court who'd know the knight who held the manor in fief who'd know the local baron who'd know the King.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
That makes sense to me. Even an English peasant in 1250 could get in touch with the king if he was persuasive and persistent enough.
Ad astra! Sean
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