>I've made occasional side references to "biocontrol" in various UF
>pieces, particularly those set in the FI era. I've never determined
>exactly what this entails, other than that it's taught in
>schools as a fairly routine Thing You're Going to Need to Know at
>around the time that These Matters would be covered in health class,
>but its practical significance is that it's a reliable method of
>regulating one's reproductive capability that nobody else (doctor,
>pharmacist, et al.) needs to be involved with. Possibly a
>survival of an ancient Bene Gesserit technique that's gone mainstream,
>like yoga. (BG sisters married off to the nobility of Padishah times
>were supposedly able to conceive or not basically at will, and even
>select the sex of their children.) Works for male and female humans
>and most near-human species; possibly adaptable to still wider
>varieties of sapient lifeforms as well. Talking like Mordin now,
>probably because biology is involved. OH. See, for some stupid reason I thought biocontrol was a Detian only thing, but looking back, that was moronic. Why would there be a -class- on it in that case?
>
>Anyway, it stands to reason that Rhian, being Rhian, would have gotten
>the best possible grade in that class, even if she anticipated no
>immediate use for the ability. It's a biomed thing, after all, and
>she's generally keen on those. Know your body, know your mind, as
>they say.
That, and if there's one person in the class who would take it seriously instead of giggling inanely at the subject matter...
>
>Note that this is distinct from the various mind-over-body tricks
>available to Detians, which are also called by that name, but it may
>actually be a subset of the same thing that's available to anyone with
>proper training.
>
>
>True, although if Laura did notice, dollars to donuts she
>wouldn't have the slightest idea what she'd noticed. There are
>things they simply didn't cover at the Facility. :)
Oh, absolutely. I have no idea when or how Laura actually figures out the birds and the bees (no doubt on the internet; there's some subjects Victor would be -useless- with), but it's sure as hell not anytime soon. Fortunately, she's one of the very few attractive young ladies for whom it's -not- dangerous to be out in the world without that knowledge.
"I have no idea what you are hinting at. But any part of you that touches me is a part you are not getting back."
>
>Oh yes, that's definitely all they are at the time of, say, Laura
>Kinney and the Black Shuck. Beyond that point, not sure.
You know what they say. There's a time and a place for everything. It's called college.
>
>>>>(Caesar's Legion must have been heeling and toeing it from
>>>>Fisto!)
>>>
>>>... as it were!
>>
>>S'pose...er, turning tail, as it were, wouldn't be the recommended
>>tactic against him.
>
>Not unless you know without a doubt that you're not the slowest runner
>in your cohors. Remember, you don't have to outrun Fisto, you
>just have to outrun Drusus Germanicus.
*SNRK*
>
>>I actually thought about this already--Boone lives for one thing, and
>>that's putting sniper rounds through Legion craniums. I sorta thought
>>Fisto would flush out game for him. =)
>
>Heh.
>
>
>INT. DAY. The dining room of the Lucky 38 Presidential Suite. The
>whole crew's having a meeting.
>
>BOONE
>(adamantly)
>No. I am NOT sneaking up onto that ridge alone with the sex-crazed
>robot.
>
>AZULA
>Oh come now, Craig. You know Fisto's the best spotter we've got.
>
>ED-E beeps.
>
>ED-E
>(subtitled)
>I resent that remark.
>
>BOONE
>It wants to jump me! I'm not OK with that.
>
>LILY
>Don't take it personally, pumpkin.
>
>ARCADE
>(nodding sagely)
>Fisto wants to jump everybody.
>
>VERONICA
>It's his job!
>
>AZULA
>And he's very good at it.
>
>RAUL
>(skeptically)
>... Uh, how would you know that, boss?
>
>AZULA
>(blithely)
>I programmed him to take pride in his craftsmanship. Besides, I'm not
>ashamed to say I test all my work before releasing it into the field.
>
>CASS eyes her mostly-empty whisky bottle blearily.
>
>CASS
>(shaking her head sadly)
>I picked the wrong week to stop sniffin' Wonderglue.
>
>REX barks.
>
>REX
>(subtitled)
>I know, right?
>
*SNRK* Bwahahaha!
For those who don't know, what Azula's describing is very much an option in the game. I admit I was curious, but didn't have the guts to ask. (I was kinda telling myself, okay, is she just an -ice queen- or she just doesn't have time for that interpersonal relationship crap?)
Poor Cass. =)
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this world created by the
hands of the gods
everything is false
everything is a LIE
the final days have come
now
let everything be destroyed
--mu