twinsuns7 Posted November 26, 2019 Posted November 26, 2019 I figure that I'll post it here so that if I'm right I can look back on this post with self-satisfied smugness, and if I'm wrong it'll be in a handy spot for people to find to mock my stupidity. So, it seems like the Superiority doesn't have hyperdrives and are using cytonics against their will for FTL travel, that's the scream Spensa hears when they are travelling, but I don't think that it's going to be human cytonics. I think that they are going to be the Kitsen shadow walkers and that they were enslaved by the Superiority to be their engines, probably only very senior ranks now the truth. I also think that to be a licensed human the Superiority take a close family member hostage, I'm pretty sure that Brade will have a daughter being held in captivity somewhere. Those are my two big speculations, I have others but these are the only two I want a record of. 1
Mistborn Surgebinder Posted November 26, 2019 Posted November 26, 2019 Here's my theory, as I'm not even halfway through: Spensa learns that humans are awful and almost wiped out other life in the galaxy. She also learns that her father learned that and wasn't actually brainwashed when he turned traitor.
agrabes Posted November 26, 2019 Posted November 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Mistborn Surgebinder said: Here's my theory, as I'm not even halfway through: Spensa learns that humans are awful and almost wiped out other life in the galaxy. She also learns that her father learned that and wasn't actually brainwashed when he turned traitor. I would say that theory has a pretty low chance of being right. If you're halfway in (I'm not quite there yet), you know there is at least one other planet that allied with the humans - the planet of the person Spensa is impersonating. Also, if you tie in Defending Elysium and what we learned from there it doesn't seem like the humans are on the path of simple conquest. I think that conquest and empire could be part of their motivation, but everything coming from the current powers in the galaxy is heavy with propaganda. Were the humans fighting to wipe out life in the galaxy or were they just presenting an alternate form of government that was intolerable to the powers that be. I'm maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of the way through the book and it seems like the aliens from DE are still in charge of things. Still talking about "Primary Intelligence", locking up people who don't agree with the prevailing opinions of "peace", etc. My guess is that humans started these wars to interconnect the galaxy and free the social dissidents who were locked up by the alien overlords. But, that's the moral question set up by DE - is it right to lock up people who have differing views in the name of peace? Anyway to twinsuns7 - I'm a little behind you in reading but getting a similar vibe. I'm also getting the sense that the delvers may not be what we think they are. Could they be descendants of the political partisans we saw in DE? Maybe other escaped discontents? 2
Mistborn Surgebinder Posted November 26, 2019 Posted November 26, 2019 I have not read defending Elysium...
agrabes Posted November 26, 2019 Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) It's available for free on Sanderson's website. It's a short story set in the same universe, prequel to both Skyward and Starsight. It might be worth a read to help get a little context of the history. -Also, sorry for some spoilers for it, I assumed anyone on the Starsight spoiler board would have read all published books set in that universe. In the future, I'll label any DE spoilers. https://www.brandonsanderson.com/defending-elysium/ Edited November 26, 2019 by agrabes
Mistborn Surgebinder Posted November 26, 2019 Posted November 26, 2019 No, its ok. I have zero problems with spoilers, especially on things that have been out a while.
Govir Posted November 27, 2019 Posted November 27, 2019 I just got to the part with the screams during hyperjumps, and that my immediate theory as well. Captive Cytonics. I did not piece it together with the Kitsen Shadowwalkers, but I like that theory. I was thinking it would just be whoever's on hand. They keep people suppressed, so it's possible there's a forced labor thing. My main question would be: do the captives survive a jump? I'm guessing they don't.
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