Yes, it's Noir, and I was planning on setting it post-end-of-series. I have some ideas about what's going to drive the plot -- Althena's faction still survives, even if she doesn't; and the rest of the Soldats no doubt will have problems with an Althena-groomed Noir that they do not control.
I haven't decided yet whether Doug becomes aware of the vast amount of criminal activity and does the vigilante thing, or whether he just walks into the middle of one of those monstrous gunfights and takes the side of what looks initially like the underdog. All I know is that between field, armor and training, Doug is pretty much invulnerable to small-arms fire, and I have a wonderful mental image of his walking through a hail of bullets more or less untouched to rip the gun out of the hand of a Soldat goon and deck him.
-- Bob
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There's no wrong way to eat a Rhesus.
I haven't decided yet whether Doug becomes aware of the vast amount of criminal activity and does the vigilante thing, or whether he just walks into the middle of one of those monstrous gunfights and takes the side of what looks initially like the underdog. All I know is that between field, armor and training, Doug is pretty much invulnerable to small-arms fire, and I have a wonderful mental image of his walking through a hail of bullets more or less untouched to rip the gun out of the hand of a Soldat goon and deck him.
-- Bob
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There's no wrong way to eat a Rhesus.