GRGR(29): Jessica backfires

Jeremy Osner jeremy at xyris.com
Mon Jun 12 17:31:11 CDT 2000


Paul Mackin wrote:

> Jessica is sent over to Cuxhaven to participate in the operation. There is
> discussion of Jessica believing Them--that the War is over, and now there
> is the Peace. Roger does not accept this.

Right, that's what brings him over to the Counterforce. The knowledge that he
is being lied to -- by Pointsman, by the levels of Bureaucracy that say They
need Jess to experiment w/ captured V2's, by the Signers of treaties
proclaming the War over. When in fact we have not yet begun to fight.

"Don't you know there's a War on?"
Jeremy




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