Honorverse ramblings and musings

I have always thought that, even before Honor's own empathetic sense was heightened to almost treecat levels, she was probably one of the most empathetic humans extant, in her own right, given her background.

Combine that with her martial arts, her genetic quirks, and her Sphinx-earned muscles/reactions, and I have never had any problem believing her success in either duel. Among other things, its not like either of her opponents weren't already 'just a tiny bit' shook.

dreamrider

My lifetime has seen two different kinds of c-rats. What are c-rats like in the Honorverse? Textev?

cthia wrote:My lifetime has seen two different kinds of c-rats. What are c-rats like in the Honorverse? Textev?

For Navy rates? - dreck.

For Marines? - delightful (except for that one hated selection in the list)

This is the way of all universes.

dreamrider

I may have got my wires crossed a bit but assuming that Karl married Stephanie and that Karl was the eldest son of Baron Zivonic and thus became Baron when his father died, how come the Harrington family at the time of Alfred are still classified as Yeomen?

Interesting don't you think....


T&R
GJS

George J. Smith wrote:I may have got my wires crossed a bit but assuming that Karl married Stephanie and that Karl was the eldest son of Baron Zivonic and thus became Baron when his father died, how come the Harrington family at the time of Alfred are still classified as Yeomen?

Interesting don't you think....


T&R
GJS

IIRC, there is textev to the effect that
Stephanie deliberately kept her own name and status; in effect, a morganatic(sp) marriage if she did marry Karl.

Weird Harold wrote:

George J. Smith wrote:I may have got my wires crossed a bit but assuming that Karl married Stephanie and that Karl was the eldest son of Baron Zivonic and thus became Baron when his father died, how come the Harrington family at the time of Alfred are still classified as Yeomen?

Interesting don't you think....


T&R
GJS

IIRC, there is textev to the effect that
Stephanie deliberately kept her own name and status; in effect, a morganatic(sp) marriage if she did marry Karl.

I think I remember textev to the fact that Stephanie rejected an award which would have made her a peer, preferring a lesser award which did not affect her civil standing. I assume you are correct that the marriage was morganatic.

T&R
GJS

cthia wrote:My lifetime has seen two different kinds of c-rats. What are c-rats like in the Honorverse? Textev?

I drastically preferred c-rats to the misbegotten crap that was the first generation MRE. Give me back the John Wayne Bars! you could heat the cans on the mufflers from my 5kw generators, didn't even need a hotplate. And you could warm your tent in winter by lighting up the tin of peanut butter so you could wash up without freezing. About a quarter inch of oil floating on the top.


I think the only time emergency rations are mentioned was in Echoes of Honor, on Hades. It was more about how long they could last on rations intended for 200 personnel, not about quality, though.

Rob

Armed Neo-Bob wrote:

cthia wrote:My lifetime has seen two different kinds of c-rats. What are c-rats like in the Honorverse? Textev?

I drastically preferred c-rats to the misbegotten crap that was the first generation MRE. Give me back the John Wayne Bars! you could heat the cans on the mufflers from my 5kw generators, didn't even need a hotplate. And you could warm your tent in winter by lighting up the tin of peanut butter so you could wash up without freezing. About a quarter inch of oil floating on the top.


I think the only time emergency rations are mentioned was in Echoes of Honor, on Hades. It was more about how long they could last on rations intended for 200 personnel, not about quality, though.

Rob

Oh, the quality (as well as the quantity) was definitely mentioned. Honor thinking:

Echoes of Honor, Chapter 8 wrote:Not that "tidbit" was actually a word she would normally consider applying to Peep emergency rations. Prior to her arrival on Hell, she'd thought nothing could possibly taste worse than RMN e-rats.

Italics are the author's.

re: rations

Vince wrote:Oh, the quality (as well as the quantity) was definitely mentioned. Honor thinking:

Echoes of Honor, Chapter 8 wrote:Not that "tidbit" was actually a word she would normally consider applying to Peep emergency rations. Prior to her arrival on Hell, she'd thought nothing could possibly taste worse than RMN e-rats.

Italics are the author's.

Thanks!

Rob

I'd like to know what a treecat's take is on the idea of a higher being. Nimitz should certainly be able to feel Honor's 'religious' emotions. Has Nimitz ever been to a worship service with Honor?

What an interesting memory song, it must have been, that first rendition of Christianity.

And I wonder who might have supplied that first notion, Stephanie Harrington?