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Forum Name: Undocumented Features General
Topic ID: 2035
Message ID: 12
#12, RE: The Big 9 in UF?
Posted by Zox on Jun-20-09 at 10:03 AM
In response to message #11
(ObDisclaimer: I haven't seen Giant Robo either. All my data comes from UF sources.)

>The Big Fire flunkies seem to actually get more done than their
>leaders; they're at least able to make giant robots appear and cause
>property damage in Zeta Cygni.

Well, we readers spend most of our time hanging out with the top fraction-of-one-percent of people in the universe. I suspect that, when Big Fire's top echelon shows up without a Major Character in the vicinity, there's very little that can stop them--or even keep them busy until help can arrive.

(Think about a typical group of Imperial stormtroopers from the Star Wars universe. They have a proud, 20-year-plus tradition of defending the Empire against all enemies foreign and domestic. But the camera crews don't show up until they get posted to Endor...) :)

I also get the impression that what makes Big Fire so dangerous is indeed not the individuals, but the masses. Somehow, this organization has gained galactic scope, and has "branch offices" just about everywhere. In terms of overall power, they're not a gang; they're a hostile stellar empire that just happens to share your homeworlds.

So for your average policeman, Shockwave Alberto isn't Big Fire. Big Fire is the 300 thugs with laser pistols that have taken over the city.