(rot13 for Fire Upon the Deep spoiler)
Gung synj vf va gur bevtvany nf jryy; gurer’f ab bgure ernfba gung gur tbqfunggre va Cunz jbhyq unir obgurerq nobhg gur Oyvtug syrrg neevivat nsgre gur Pbhagrezrnfher npgrq. (Naq jnf vg ernyyl jbegu gur fnpevsvpr bs unys bs Fwnaqen Xrv’f syrrg gb fnir Gvarf’ Jbeyq sbe n srj zvyyraavn?)
And yes, I just read A Fire Upon the Deep in order to understand the fic.
Yeah, that bothered me too. But maybe Old One didn’t know how long it would take to activate the Countermeasure.
Or maybe when the Blight fleet reaches the Countermeasure it can undo it and revive the Blight, so by delaying the fleet arrival they make it possible for the Tines to build up fleets of their own and defend the Countermeasure?
(rot13 for Fire Upon the Deep spoiler)
Gung synj vf va gur bevtvany nf jryy; gurer’f ab bgure ernfba gung gur tbqfunggre va Cunz jbhyq unir obgurerq nobhg gur Oyvtug syrrg neevivat nsgre gur Pbhagrezrnfher npgrq. (Naq jnf vg ernyyl jbegu gur fnpevsvpr bs unys bs Fwnaqen Xrv’f syrrg gb fnir Gvarf’ Jbeyq sbe n srj zvyyraavn?)
And yes, I just read A Fire Upon the Deep in order to understand the fic.
Yeah, that bothered me too. But maybe Old One didn’t know how long it would take to activate the Countermeasure.
Or maybe when the Blight fleet reaches the Countermeasure it can undo it and revive the Blight, so by delaying the fleet arrival they make it possible for the Tines to build up fleets of their own and defend the Countermeasure?