Axon Clips Chapter 4

Herzog
the_labyrinth Note: AXON CANCELLED

Herzog: Were you ever on Reach? Lieutenant: No sir. You have me scheduled for a duty rotation, leaving for Reach December 15th. Herzog: Hmm, right. Lieutenant: Sir? Have I somehow not performed to your requirements? Herzog: What? Oh, no, boy. I'm sending you to the labyrinth. ONI's workshop is on Reach, where ONI elves build their toy soldiers. Lieutenant: Sir? Herzog: The place where children are the toys. That's where the Spartan 2.0's are from. All Dr.Halsey's pretty ones. Lieutenant: Oh. I see, sir. Herzog: Where, if you see anything you must not contact me. Of course. Since for the 6 months of your rotation there you will not be working for me. Of course. And would never let your loyalties to us, to human decency, to the protection of standards interfere with your work. Lieutenant: Oh... Yes sir. Herzog: Well look at it this way. It's probably the safest place in human inhabited space. How's your history?

English_longbow

Lieutenant: Well, fair, sir. Herzog: How are you on World War II? Lieutenant: Cressy - English Longbow against Futile French Cavalry. Bloodbath, sir. Herzog: Very good. Except... that was the Hundred years war, World War II was 500 years later. Lieutenant: I always get them mixed up. 30 Years War, and Hundred Years War -- Herzog: --The Germans were winning. They used an elaborate encryption scheme, the British cracked it, and then they had a problem. Lieutenant: ...After they cracked the code... Herzog: That's right. Now the Brits knew what the Germans meant to do, but if they acted on that knowledge--<BR> Lieutenant: --The Germans would realize the code had been broken.<BR> Herzog: Now what would you do if someone had cracked your code?<BR>

calculus

Lieutenant: I'd make a new one.<BR> Herzog: Full marks!<BR> Lieutenant: Thank you, sir.<BR> Herzog: So they had to a terrible calculus. Had to decide how much they could use the intelligence, and how many times they would just have to stand there and watch a german operation they knew they could have stopped.<BR> Lieutenant: A dilemma worthy of Solomon, sir.<BR> Herzog: Yes. Have you been thinking about Harmony?<BR> Lieutenant: Yes sir! Oh... oh my god... you mean Troy and Harmony are--<BR> Herzog: --(cranky) I don't know. I'm stuck in a dusty old office and no one tells me anything!<BR>