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  1. Ah. And Katrina is (mostly) immune, of course, but still able to
    feel his efforts. He got some ‘splainin’ ta do.

    • Scarsdale

      You and me both, I had the same idea when she ordered him
      to let them go and then Kelly reaching to strangle the frog… thing.
      Now is he an agent of the GC or another Harcort Mudd from
      TOS and SNW?

  2. Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal B Woodman Domestic Violent Extremist SuperStraight

    Aha! Now you’re “referencing”
    another scifi great, Asimov’s
    original “Foundation” trilogy.
    IIRC, in the second book The
    Mule, a telempath, almost
    wrecks Hari Seldon’s plans
    for a Second Galactic Empire.

    (In best radio announcer voice,
    “What is “Rygel’s” game and goal?
    Who sent him? Stay tuned for the
    next exciting adventure…of….the
    Gentle Wolf”)

    • Scarsdale

      Naa, just a good reason for her pulling the gun. I suspect
      That alone was the reason that these people are slavers,
      Enslave the body, sooner or later they might rebel. Enslave
      the mind, and they do it to themselves. I’m sure that was
      the plan, get control of Teresa, get control of the Empire.
      His race would control all members and expand even faster.
      “..The new galactic empire!” comes to mind. As far as how
      she knew? She doesn’t have real emotions, Rygel might be
      using their emotions to control them, when he tried it on
      her, nothing happened but she felt him in her mind.
      This reminds me of the SG: Atlantis episode where a guy
      was using an herb that made everyone fall in love with him.
      Shepard had a cold so it didn’t effect him. Rygel was doing
      the same thing with his telepathy. Who knows, he could
      just be a con artist getting by on temperately taking over
      people to rob them blind. That would be funny!

      • stargate is all about mind control,. Hathor uses a similar technique.

        • Scarsdale

          Hathor was using a combination of pheromones and a gas her body could
          emit from her lungs.
          I forget the name but that one SG-1 had tracked down in the US was
          using something he discovered when he was a small system lord.
          They mostly pretended to be gods and used fear to mind-control people.

          • funny that,, episode was called “Hathor.”
            his name was Setesh, and he used Nish’ta.
            and was defeated by taser or the Zats…
            Zat’nik’tel..

            • Scarsdale

              Yeah he died to zaps, and he had no sarcophagus.
              He was a bum to the system lords, if they found
              him they would have killed him themselves. Hiding
              on Earth from them if I remember right.

            • Scarsdale

              I couldn’t remember the guy’s name,
              it wasn’t one of my favorite episodes.

  3. Scarsdale

    Ah, it figures, a telepath. That alone is a huge red
    flag. Easy Kelly, I’m on your side, I’d want to rip
    into bite size pieces too. This guy’s the worse kind,
    he can project like the Dargonflies, but clearly to
    control rather than communicate.

    Detention my dear, not jail. I think jail might be a
    good place for the command crew, interviews with
    the staff and slaves on board would tell the tale
    on the rest.

    • TeleMpath. He can’t read minds or communicate like the dragonflies,
      he can only control emotions.
      So he can’t make someone, say, commit suicide, but he can make them
      feel so much terror that they choose to kill themselves.

      • scarsdale

        Ah I’ve known a few people like that, not at funky-frog’s
        level, but close. My mother would read strangers and
        would tell when someone was lying to her. Being near
        her it was almost like a pressure. More so when she
        wanted something.

  4. It may be my imagination, but I think I see PC hinting at just how
    driven by their odd biology and pheromones the Demons are. But
    it looks like just having a woman designated as his mate in constant
    proximity (that he was enamored with anyway) is having an effect.
    His tail already looks a tiny bit thicker and more lively.

    • Scarsdale

      Well, His g-pa did say that he needed a good woman to be a strong emperor,
      To both protect and make him able to do the job, we might be seeing the
      effect it has this fast. I know just being with my wife was enough to spark
      something in me…
      No not that!
      Well, that too, but I was calmer and had an easier time focusing.
      I didn’t have to pretend anymore and was far less prone to get angry.

    • Scarsdale

      Well said! That stolen money would go a long way
      towards the VA benefits and help the homeless
      help themselves.

      • I’m sorry, the first thing I noticed was that he strapped luggage
        on top of a pop-up camper.

  5. Did Katrina know because of the implant
    she had from her previous boss?
    If I remember correctly she had one,
    that’s how she knew she was targeted.

    • Scarsdale

      I think she had an earbud in her right ear then,
      now it’s inside her head and no one can hear it
      even when they are close up. I’m thinking it’s
      along the same lines that Musk was planning.
      In the RL it would also let companies broadcast
      ads to you in your sleep.

      • I don’t want an implant if I have to sleep with my head inside a Faraday cage.

        • Dangit. No emogees here and I don’t know how to do a “thumbs up”
          emoticon.

          • Waking up might be like turning a cell phone on with text messages waiting.
            Can you imagine waking up and as soon as you remove the cage, your brain
            is flooded with a cascade of advertisements that couldn’t be delivered while
            you slept?
            Or phishing attempts? Or data mining? Or (OH GAWD!) popups?
            Endless, endless popups?
            Viruses that won’t let you use your brain until you send bitcoin?

            • Well, I -hadn’t-. Thaaanks. 🙁

            • Scarsdale

              Or straight up mind control. Musk wanted it for communication and to
              create direct control for prosthetics, but I wouldn’t trust anyone with
              access to it. Futurama had an episode where Fry had a dream about
              some fancy underwear, when he commented about it to the rest,
              Lela said “Oh that’s just the chip they implanted before you woke up”
              Then everyone went to the store to buy some.

              • Damn.
                I first read that as “and to create direct control for prostitutes.”
                Damn it, Scars, I’m getting too used to you.

  6. We talked about Niven’s Slavers before, in reference to their
    digestive system. This guy looks more like the Grogs they
    evolved into, and may be playing the same game. Like the
    Changelings in DS9, they may be driven more by fear of
    being found out than any desire for conquest in and of itself.

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