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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Scouts that don't come back aren't very good scouts!
Besides, if Quetzal came back, the landers must have brought
him.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Silk as Typhon's son seems more feasible than Silk as
Typhon's clone, at least from the recognition point of view. But why would
Typhon send an embryo of his son to occupy himself?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Why not another Piaton, if that's what he plans to
do?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>- Gerry Quinn</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ash_crill@hotmail.com href="mailto:ash_crill@hotmail.com">Ashley
Crill</A> <BR></DIV>
<DIV>> <BR>> I haven't seen that theory before. The main difficulty, as
I would see it, is that nobody remembers such a first exodus. Not the
Councillors, not the Crew. Nobody knows Green is dangerous and Blue is the
place to go.<BR>> <BR>> As for Silk being a clone of Typhon, James is
fond of that theory, but it has a major problem in that nobody familiar with
both of them mentions any resemblance! Not Kypris, Echidna or Scylla. Not
Mamelta or Rigoglio. Not the Crew (whom I'd expect to have much better
historical data). There's also this guy with a perfect memory who meets Silk
first and Typhon later, and he notices nothing either!<BR>> <BR>> Also
there's the problem that Tussah is alleged to have paid a large sum for Silk's
embryo. However you get hold of a Typhon clone, I'm pretty sure you don't just
buy it.<BR>> <BR>> - Gerry Quinn<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>There are a few possible reasons why nobody would remember a first
Exodus:</DIV>
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<DIV>- It could have been launched from other cities in the Whorl, not from
Viron. </DIV>
<DIV>- it could have been launched from Viron, and the Calde knew about it but
the general population was unaware.</DIV>
<DIV>- It could have been a small scouting party.</DIV>
<DIV>- It could have been launched from Mainframe, with representatives from
different cities including Viron.</DIV>
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<DIV>As far as learning that Green is dangerous and Blue is good, nobody on
the whorl would have learned that because the landers refuse to return while
people are on board. If a scouting party was launched, nobody would have known
their fate.</DIV>
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<DIV>A thought just occurred to me - Perhaps the real Patera Quetzal was sent
as the Chapter's representative on such a mission. An inhumi on Green could
have learned to imitate him (downloaded his digital persona via blood) and
then returned to the Whorl as the only 'survivor' from the scouting
party.</DIV>
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<DIV>The councillors and His Cognizance are aware that Pas is dead. Perhaps
they kept knowledge of a scouting mission secret because they feared
retribution by Echidna and her brood.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm not sure if The Crew were aware of any prior launches to Blue/Green
or not. I can't remember evidence for or against it.</DIV>
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<DIV>Also, I don't think that Silk is a clone at all. He is Typhon's son.
Tussah probably bought embryo from black market traders who had ransacked the
embryo chambers in the tunnels. Perhaps he even paid them to go down and do
the ransacking. Perhaps the 'large sum' that he supposedly paid for the embryo
was actual a batch of cards used to repair a lander.</DIV></DIV>
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