Home Fires and Chelle SPOILERS

Dave Tallman · 26 Jan 2011, 02:01 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: davetallman at msn.com (Dave Tallman)
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:01:52 -0700
Subject: (urth) Home Fires and Chelle ** SPOILERS **
Message-ID: <AANLkTinVE0mKMumrq32nUiFT_j_hsPSVsZu5R8qXCQXx at mail.gmail.com>

Mr. Thalassocrat wrote:

> I had the same kinds of question. Plus one other: Why was Rick so
> determined

to kill Chelle?


My theory is revenge. Rick may have been uploaded with a scan of Master
Sergeant Mort Pununto, the spy Chelle killed. He was the best noncom she
ever had. A good officer (promoted from the ranks) and an talented spy would
be valuable skills for a cyborg to possess, whether he spied for the EU or
the Os. When Mort was caught as a spy Chelle was the only member of the
firing squad to aim to hit him, so she was directly responsible for his
death. I see little other reason for Wolfe to have included this otherwise
completely extraneous story in detail.
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