Fox2! wrote:I expect that wherever we find Travis, Chomps will be nearby. And vice-versa. How much Lisa will get read into SIS, we don't know. It would probably make Travis' life easier if she is at least read into the outermost level (I almost said, "Layer") of what he is doing, so that she doesn't do something out of ignorance of his SIS tasking. It may be at times be advantageous having Lisa as just an honest sailor, especially if she doesn't change her name. Which she might do, as she is an established, well regarded career officer in her own right.
Agreed, looks like they will all be nearby and it might be a good idea to keep Lisa out of knowing that SIS agents are aboard. They may have to tell her before the end of the book though.
I wonder now which ship this is and who the captain is.
Gustav Anderman is known to have died in 1545, which is just the year after the end of ACTV. Lisa ended the book as a Lt. Cmdr. and she did really well, so she may get a promotion to Commander for that. And Commanders can be skippers to DDs and CLs, so she may be the captain of whichever ship they send to Andermani space.
But there are two problems with that. First, the RMN doesn't have that many ships, so giving a newly promoted Commander a ship may not be possible. Second, if they send only one ship, she would be Travis' commanding officer and having a husband-wife relationship is not a good idea. So if she's been given a command, it's probably of a destroyer and the RMN is sending two ships to Andermani space.
I hope this is it.
A single ship doesn't make sense, though. Lisa was TO on HMS Damocles, so if she's not Travis' hierarchy, the has to still be TO. Maybe a lateral/diagonal promotion to TO on a heavy cruiser (so not HMS Casey CL-01). Has Manticore finished refitting any of the CAs with grav plates and electromagnetic rail missile launchers?
It won't be a battlecruiser. Manticore has been attacked and there's definitely a conspiracy. Those BCs will be staying home for the foreseeable future, at least until they get relabelled as CAs.