Honorverse ramblings and musings

George J. Smith wrote:Why do the treecats sign to Nimitz when they meet?

IIRC it is his transmitter that has gone not his receiver.

George J. Smith wrote:Why do the treecats sign to Nimitz when they meet?

IIRC it is his transmitter that has gone not his receiver.

cthia wrote:Is this an inconsistency or does it infer that Tankersley was a two-timer? Or did the long legs of Harrington lure Paul away from Cindy? Or are we to just assume that their relationship had simply run its course through a rocky debris field?

Cindy was the assistant to Vice Admiral of the Red Sir Craig Warner, assigned to the space station Hephaestus. She started to see Commander Paul Tankersley of HMS Warlock when the vessel was in refit at the shipyard. Admiral Warner did not think anything of it, because he thought that Cindy had good sense. (HH1)

cthia wrote:There's an HMS Invictus and an HMS Invincible. Invictus means unconquerable or undefeated. We all know what invincible means but once these ships do suffer a defeat then what of the inappropriate name? Which shows why a ship's nomenclature designated after an intangible—and perhaps unrealistic ideal—instead of after a personage is a problem. Justa rambling.

Greentea wrote:

George J. Smith wrote:Why do the treecats sign to Nimitz when they meet?

IIRC it is his transmitter that has gone not his receiver.

I think the treecats are showing that they know sign, so Nimitz can talk to them and they will understand. It is a new language and I am sure it is spreading quickly via the mindsingers, but it appears not all treecats know it yet.

It is like speaking broken French to a shopkeeper in France. You are trying to meet them in their language, not use English.

cthia wrote:Is this an inconsistency or does it infer that Tankersley was a two-timer? Or did the long legs of Harrington lure Paul away from Cindy? Or are we to just assume that their relationship had simply run its course through a rocky debris field?

Cindy was the assistant to Vice Admiral of the Red Sir Craig Warner, assigned to the space station Hephaestus. She started to see Commander Paul Tankersley of HMS Warlock when the vessel was in refit at the shipyard. Admiral Warner did not think anything of it, because he thought that Cindy had good sense. (HH1)

munroburton wrote:I doubt it was much more than post-work drinks and unwinding. There wasn't any trace of baggage or deception suggested via either Honor or Nimitz's psi sense.

wiki informant wrote:In 1900 PD, he held the rank of Commander and was assigned as executive officer of the heavy cruiser HMS Warlock. When Warlock was in refit at HMSS Hephaestus, he did most of the work for Captain Pavel Young. During the time, he started dating Vice Admiral Craig Warner's assistant, Cindy. (HH1, HH3, OBS) When the Warlock was undergoing repairs, he would purposely slow the work in order for the ship to miss the events occurring in Basilisk.

Following the events at Basilisk, Tankersley caught the eye of Admiral Warner. He was promoted to Captain (junior grade) and transferred to the Bureau of Ships. Several years later, he was assigned as a member of the repair team at Hancock Station. He oversaw the repairs to HMS Nike, and used the private on-board gym. There, he ran into Honor Harrington and became Harrington's sparring partner. He and Harrington began a relationship which soon blossomed into love. (HH3)

cthia wrote:There's an HMS Invictus and an HMS Invincible. Invictus means unconquerable or undefeated. We all know what invincible means but once these ships do suffer a defeat then what of the inappropriate name? Which shows why a ship's nomenclature designated after an intangible—and perhaps unrealistic ideal—instead of after a personage is a problem. Justa rambling.

munroburton wrote:I always thought ships named in such a manner were just begging for misfortune. Indeed, three of the real life Royal Navy's six Invincibles foundered due to bad weather and a fourth was lost in combat with 1,020 of 1,026 crew due to a magazine explosion rather early into the engagement.

Greentea wrote:

George J. Smith wrote:Why do the treecats sign to Nimitz when they meet?

IIRC it is his transmitter that has gone not his receiver.

I think the treecats are showing that they know sign, so Nimitz can talk to them and they will understand. It is a new language and I am sure it is spreading quickly via the mindsingers, but it appears not all treecats know it yet.

It is like speaking broken French to a shopkeeper in France. You are trying to meet them in their language, not use English.

cthia wrote:My apology, I should have posted the wiki informant from Tankersley's blurb.

wiki informant wrote:In 1900 PD, he held the rank of Commander and was assigned as executive officer of the heavy cruiser HMS Warlock. When Warlock was in refit at HMSS Hephaestus, he did most of the work for Captain Pavel Young. During the time, he started dating Vice Admiral Craig Warner's assistant, Cindy. (HH1, HH3, OBS) When the Warlock was undergoing repairs, he would purposely slow the work in order for the ship to miss the events occurring in Basilisk.

I think the wiki author might be taking a single sentence from the text and giving it more importance that is really has.

On Basilisk Station: Ch 22 wrote:Tankersley's a fairly decent sort. I don't think Young's attempt to shaft Harrington sits very well with him, and you can't be exec to a man like Young without getting to know exactly how useless he really is. Under the circumstances, I sort of doubt Young's explained his real motives to him, either, so Tankersley can play the uninformed but earnest exec to the hilt, if he wants to. I imagine he'll screen Young, all right, but probably only to leave a message with his service—and not one with any special priority." Warner tapped lightly on his desk for a moment, then nodded to himself. "Won't hurt to make sure, though. My aide's not just good looking; she's a very bright young woman, and she's been spending some off-duty time with Tankersley. That's one reason I figure he must be all right; Cindy wouldn't waste her time on him if he wasn't. Would it be all right if I have her mention to him that I'd appreciate his keeping his next progress report to Young a little vague?"

cthia wrote:My apology, I should have posted the wiki informant from Tankersley's blurb.

wiki informant wrote:In 1900 PD, he held the rank of Commander and was assigned as executive officer of the heavy cruiser HMS Warlock. When Warlock was in refit at HMSS Hephaestus, he did most of the work for Captain Pavel Young. During the time, he started dating Vice Admiral Craig Warner's assistant, Cindy. (HH1, HH3, OBS) When the Warlock was undergoing repairs, he would purposely slow the work in order for the ship to miss the events occurring in Basilisk.

Jonathan_S wrote:I think the wiki author might be taking a single sentence from the text and giving it more importance that is really has.

On Basilisk Station: Ch 22 wrote:Tankersley's a fairly decent sort. I don't think Young's attempt to shaft Harrington sits very well with him, and you can't be exec to a man like Young without getting to know exactly how useless he really is. Under the circumstances, I sort of doubt Young's explained his real motives to him, either, so Tankersley can play the uninformed but earnest exec to the hilt, if he wants to. I imagine he'll screen Young, all right, but probably only to leave a message with his service—and not one with any special priority." Warner tapped lightly on his desk for a moment, then nodded to himself. "Won't hurt to make sure, though. My aide's not just good looking; she's a very bright young woman, and she's been spending some off-duty time with Tankersley. That's one reason I figure he must be all right; Cindy wouldn't waste her time on him if he wasn't. Would it be all right if I have her mention to him that I'd appreciate his keeping his next progress report to Young a little vague?"

Mission of Honor Ch. 35 wrote:-snip-

Spencer Hawke, on the other hand, never even hesitated. He simply followed his Steadholder across her flag bridge and into the briefing room, then arranged himself against the bulkhead behind her.

Honor felt him there, at her back. Technically, she supposed, she should have instructed him to wait outside the briefing room door, given the security code Brantley had said the message carried. That thought had crossed her mind more than once over the years, in similar situations, yet it had never even occurred to her to actually do it with Andrew LaFollet, and she knew she would never do it with Hawke, either. He was a Grayson armsman, and he would guard his steadholder's secrets with the same iron fidelity with which he guarded her life.

She seated herself, set Nimitz on the conference table to one side of her terminal, and brought up the display.

"Put it through, Harper," she told the com officer when his image appeared.

"Yes, Ma'am," he replied, and disappeared, to be replaced almost instantly by a brown-haired, brown-eyed man of average build in the uniform of a captain of the list. She recognized him immediately.

"Good afternoon, Jackson," she said.

"Good afternoon, Your Grace," Captain Jackson Fargo replied quietly. "It's good to see you home again, although I wish it were under other circumstances."

"I know." She smiled briefly at the man who headed Hamish Alexander-Harrington's Admiralty House staff. "It's good to see you again, too, with the same proviso."

"Thank you, Your Grace." Fargo gave her a small half-bow, then cleared his throat. "The First Lord asked me to screen you. He's actually on Sphinx at this moment. Well, more accurately, he's aboard a shuttle which happens to be headed in your direction at this moment. His ETA is about twelve minutes, and he asked me to tell you he would very much like to join you aboard your flagship when he arrives, if that would be convenient."

A tiny flicker of joy flashed like distant lightning across the horizon of the emptiness within her, and she felt herself smiling ever so slightly.

"I believe, Captain," Lady Dame Honor Alexander-Harrington told him, "that I'll be able to find the time somehow."

cthia wrote:Perusing MoH looking for something in particular and rehappened upon this particular tidbit that slightly puzzles me, slightly...

Mission of Honor Ch. 35 wrote:-snip-

Spencer Hawke, on the other hand, never even hesitated. He simply followed his Steadholder across her flag bridge and into the briefing room, then arranged himself against the bulkhead behind her.

Honor felt him there, at her back. Technically, she supposed, she should have instructed him to wait outside the briefing room door, given the security code Brantley had said the message carried. That thought had crossed her mind more than once over the years, in similar situations, yet it had never even occurred to her to actually do it with Andrew LaFollet, and she knew she would never do it with Hawke, either. He was a Grayson armsman, and he would guard his steadholder's secrets with the same iron fidelity with which he guarded her life.

She seated herself, set Nimitz on the conference table to one side of her terminal, and brought up the display.

"Put it through, Harper," she told the com officer when his image appeared.

"Yes, Ma'am," he replied, and disappeared, to be replaced almost instantly by a brown-haired, brown-eyed man of average build in the uniform of a captain of the list. She recognized him immediately.

"Good afternoon, Jackson," she said.

"Good afternoon, Your Grace," Captain Jackson Fargo replied quietly. "It's good to see you home again, although I wish it were under other circumstances."

"I know." She smiled briefly at the man who headed Hamish Alexander-Harrington's Admiralty House staff. "It's good to see you again, too, with the same proviso."

"Thank you, Your Grace." Fargo gave her a small half-bow, then cleared his throat. "The First Lord asked me to screen you. He's actually on Sphinx at this moment. Well, more accurately, he's aboard a shuttle which happens to be headed in your direction at this moment. His ETA is about twelve minutes, and he asked me to tell you he would very much like to join you aboard your flagship when he arrives, if that would be convenient."

A tiny flicker of joy flashed like distant lightning across the horizon of the emptiness within her, and she felt herself smiling ever so slightly.

"I believe, Captain," Lady Dame Honor Alexander-Harrington told him, "that I'll be able to find the time somehow."

This could have been a point of contention when first trying to incorporate the notion of Grayson armsmen into the RMN. Especially with Janacek at the helm. Did Grayson armsmen ever formally obtain the proper security clearance?