Jacqui wrote:
Harriet Monkhouse hflysator@jarriere.demon.co.uk wrote:
Jacqui wrote:
When Vila says he bought his 'grade four ignorant' status (and
elsewhere
Avon calls him a 'grade five ignorant') to avoid being made a captain -
but
why assume he means a military/space service captain - perhaps he was trying to avoid being made a captain of a prison ship such as the
London
Or a cricket captain.
-- Harriet
<Given Vila's 'social class' >
Isn't social rank in the Federation (Alpha, Beta etc.) exam-determined? So why would his accent be a barrier to being a space captain? And the crew of the London sounded dead posh.
<he is more likely to end up being captain of the London (and who would want to have a load of bolshy revolting (probably in both senses) prisoners to look after - it would be a perfectly sensible decision to avoid going down that path.>
Vila says that all the space captains got killed in the war. So what would a civilian ship like the London be doing attacking Alien battle fleets? In that scene Vila was obviously comparing himself to Tarrant.
And IMO he was lying anyway, why would he have to buy a grade when all he'd have to do is fail the exams? Much more cost effective.
Jenny
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