Information I'd love to know

roseandheather wrote:I got the impression that the control nanites were separate from the BC implant. So she wouldn't have known at all that her implant had expired, because it didn't have anything to do with controlling her periods - that was a different device entirely.

You got the correct impression. As to why the nanites exist, well, half the doctors in the Honorverse are female.

roseandheather wrote:
I got the impression that the control nanites were separate from the BC implant. So she wouldn't have known at all that her implant had expired, because it didn't have anything to do with controlling her periods - that was a different device entirely.

After being reminded about the control nanites that was my impression of how it worked as well. Maybe they're available as a package but they can be gotten separately. After all, maybe you want to try getting pregnant but still don't want to have to deal with periods (which is perfectly understandable). Then you'd just get the nanites but not the implant.

Bill Woods wrote:There might have been a leak in Mannerheim, since three termini is the mid-level version of the story.

Sorry, Bill.

Textev (in ToF mainly, I think) is that no one in Mannerheim who knows only the TOP SECRET '3 termini' story about Felix has any idea that Felix even remotely relates to Verdant Vista in any way. Remember that even the existence of ANY wormhole in Felix is TOP SECRET in the Mannerheim service.

The only folks who know of any relationship to Torch/Congo are a relative handful who are ALL MAlign star lines (including the entire crews of the BC squadron stationed at SGC-902-36-G).

That makes me highly doubt that any leak about the nature of a wormhole terminus hundreds of light years away in the Congo system came out of Mannerheim.

dreamrider

Hey, as guy whose seen what they can do to my girlfriend, I wouldn't be surprised if every girl wanted them, or had them. Heck, the makers could sell them at an almost usurious markup and still have a very large customer base.

runsforcelery wrote:

roseandheather wrote:I got the impression that the control nanites were separate from the BC implant. So she wouldn't have known at all that her implant had expired, because it didn't have anything to do with controlling her periods - that was a different device entirely.

You got the correct impression. As to why the nanites exist, well, half the doctors in the Honorverse are female.

Spacekiwi wrote:Hey, as guy whose seen what they can do to my girlfriend, I wouldn't be surprised if every girl wanted them, or had them. Heck, the makers could sell them at an almost usurious markup and still have a very large customer base.

Having had them put me in the ER, I would agree with you.

You know what I want? I want an explanation of what the hell was going on in the Basilisk system after Honor and Fearless went tearing off after Sirius.

...which basically means I want to know what Estelle Matsuko was up to.

roseandheather wrote:You know what I want? I want an explanation of what the hell was going on in the Basilisk system after Honor and Fearless went tearing off after Sirius.

...which basically means I want to know what Estelle Matsuko was up to.

You mean besides hiding under her desk?

**Hutch ducks Waffle Iron thrown at him by rose.**




Seriously, there's not much she can do, given that there is no military unit outside her people and the Marines and Honor has already transmitted a Case Zulu so I expect that she would:

* See to it that Captain Papadapolous was aware of what was going on and provide him any necessary assistance.

* Meet with various Medusans "leaders" (from the cities that they dealt with) to explain what had happened and what was happening.

* Dealt with the dozens of calls from Manticorians and others who were wondering, in the words of Vincent Thomas Lombardi, "What the Hell is going on out there?"

* Dealt with the loud protests by the Havenites about the damamge to their courier...a conversation that would be short, pungent, and a joy for us to imagine (think Oversteengen and his cousin at Erewhon).

* In her spare time, worry...about the planet, about her future, and about her friend.

IMHO as always. YMMV.

Hi Hutch,

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Cheers.

L

Hutch wrote:

roseandheather wrote:You know what I want? I want an explanation of what the hell was going on in the Basilisk system after Honor and Fearless went tearing off after Sirius.

...which basically means I want to know what Estelle Matsuko was up to.

You mean besides hiding under her desk?

**Hutch ducks Waffle Iron thrown at him by rose.**




Seriously, there's not much she can do, given that there is no military unit outside her people and the Marines and Honor has already transmitted a Case Zulu so I expect that she would:

* See to it that Captain Papadapolous was aware of what was going on and provide him any necessary assistance.

* Meet with various Medusans "leaders" (from the cities that they dealt with) to explain what had happened and what was happening.

* Dealt with the dozens of calls from Manticorians and others who were wondering, in the words of Vincent Thomas Lombardi, "What the Hell is going on out there?"

* Dealt with the loud protests by the Havenites about the damamge to their courier...a conversation that would be short, pungent, and a joy for us to imagine (think Oversteengen and his cousin at Erewhon).

* In her spare time, worry...about the planet, about her future, and about her friend.

IMHO as always. YMMV.

I was re-reading AoV this morning and thought of something, has there ever been a short story covering Thomas Caparelli's Silesia incident that gets mentioned when he and Honor are discussing her medical treatment? I don't recall any but thought it might have slipped my mind.

roseandheather wrote:

SWM wrote:I am far from an expert on this, but I have heard that the limitation on a woman's fertility is not because they run out of eggs. From what I understand, most women have enough eggs to be fertile for a hundred years or more, if their bodies let them.

Ding ding ding, we have a winner!!

During their natural lifetimes, women release only a fraction of the eggs they are born with. Even tripling the woman's lifespan - and therefore her fertile years - wouldn't put a woman in danger of running out of eggs. Especially when combined with other measures that can control the reproductive cycle.

The issues I would be most wary of are simple wear-and-tear on the reproductive organs. Pregnancy is a stressful process even under ideal conditions, and while tubing eliminates most of the life-or-death risks associated with it, for those who carry their pregnancies to term without tubing - like Allison Harrington - there is still a certain amount of stress put on the uterus.

Women are not entirely fragile. As you are going to Scotland, where the relevant record was set, I would note that the record number of children born to a single woman is iirc 27. After a while, twins and triplets become more common. The record was set by a woman of the Scottish nobility some centuries ago. The important reasons for the success included (i) the diet was good by moderns standards, (ii) noblewomen were expected to be vigorously physically active, (iii) wet nursing was standard, and (iv) English physicians were not allowed.