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I am actually looking forward to this. Doesn't mean I'm not gonna question a few things about it though. The last three books were all riddled with issues but overall I enjoyed them.
It's good to question things, Huda.
You have a point about how W-Y and the Marines can still exist even after several centuries. I think the real life US Marines were around during WW2 and are still around, no doubt the way they operate went through some changes. I am not too knowledgeable in this, but they did exist for quite a while.
But with the Colonial Marines, things may be different because for all we know, life expectancy could be longer in the ALIEN universe (I would love for them to explore this), by the time of Sea of Sorrows, they had these "body modification" facilities where this W-Y guy who was overweight wanted to go to instead of a gym. If I remember correctly, it could alter your physique to that of a healthy well toned or even muscular man. So no doubt that with improved medical care comes greater life expectancy which could lead to organizations lasting a bit longer too.
Do we have any examples of companies existing for centuries? I know I checked some products that proudly state something like "since 1850" or something along those lines.
Imagine W-Y says "since 2099" on the back of their products in the 26th century.
QuoteThat's what I'm hoping. It worked in Aliens because the company part-owned the colony with the ECA, so they could therefore exert influence on the Marines to get it checked out. I particularly like the idea hinted at in the novelisation and elsewhere that Burke conspired to have Gorman put in charge, hoping that an inexperienced commander would let him have his own way.
But as for W-Y outright owning the Marines... No. It's too Evil Inc.
That is absolutely true, they did have influence because they co-funded the colony with the government.
I am assuming that W-Y holds a huge monopoly in things related to space exploration including other alien lifeforms. Hopefully the novel explains this. This kinda reminds me of those conspiracy theories about oil companies or the rich one percenters of the world owning the governments. Perhaps in the far future, W-Y asserts some strong influences because remember, in Sea of Sorrows, it is mentioned that W-Y "saved" Earth by cleaning up the mess made by the USM which lead to the public giving lots of support to these corporations.
So they are almost like a government, they have the most powerful asset so far - the hearts of the people.
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Flesh and Blood also included Hish but a much more refined and movie-like interpretation of them and it was still a very strong novel. The Predator ones kept getting better and better.
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Also, in this novel.. since the Yautja are at war, will we be seeing multiple clans allied or a Yautja military?
Interesting question! I'd prefer to see the tribal nature but I'm not sure we'll get that.
Those are some very good questions, guys. Maybe we'll see some more Yautja war gear here, like we saw glimpses in AvP Extinction.
