Amaroq wrote:
Vizeadmiral Bin-hwei Morser, Graffin von Grau is not one of Manticore's biggest supporters...
cthia wrote:
No, she isn't. However, I like the way she quickly became so resolute in battle along with the RMN and cast all of that aside. I should find that quote. It...moved me.
Amaroq wrote:This one?
But of them all, Honor thought, Bin-hwei Morser's reaction was the most interesting. She wasn't simply an admiral; she was also Graffin von Grau. Like Hasselberg himself, she was a member of the Empire's warrior aristocracy, and she was clearly one of those who took the Andermani martial tradition seriously. She might cherish doubts about her Emperor's decision to ally himself with the Star Kingdom which had been the Empire's traditional rival in areas like Silesia for so long, but that didn't matter. Not anymore, not now. Her dark eyes—remarkably like Allison Harrington's, or Honor's own, now that Honor thought about it—were narrow and intense, focused and fiery with purpose.
Amaroq wrote:
Morser, reacting to the swiftness and brutality of MDM combat during the Battle of Manticore.
That's the one. Still have the golden touch of a tac-witch I see. Thanks.
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The Battle of Jericho is a battle in the biblical Book of Joshua, (Joshua 6:1-27) the first battle of the Israelites during their conquest of Canaan. According to the narrative, the walls of Jericho fell after Joshua's Israelite army marched around the city blowing their trumpets.
My brain parses the Andermani much like it did the Graysons. Primarily, I saw a proud people steeped in tradition with a thick, steep barrier walled between outsiders, to be knocked down by the confident tooting of a foreign Navy's own horn. Respect is born of achieved confidence. The RMN is a Navy to be respected.
For some Freudian reason Bin-hwei Morser epitomizes the Andermani. Strong, proud, confident, steeped in tradition — untrusting of anything foreign to Andermani. Much like the Graysons in that respect. Yet,
earn their respect and you
have their respect.
I sense that just under the surface there lies profound substance to this Bin-hwei Morser.