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The Gauntlet: Who stole it and Why is it so important?
posted by chrisjdelSTAFFMOD on March 11, 2017 at 7:31 AM
Actually, the answer to the first question is fairly obvious. The Red Hand. If it was the occupation, the Raps would have it back by now and the Occupational Authority would be happy as shit. The real mystery is, how the hell did they find out where it was? Also what do they plan to do with it?
I suppose that factors into my second question, why is it so important, which is another way of asking what it does. We can speculate a bit on that. My personal theory, based on what they've already done with it (developing a way to make drones "go to sleep") is that the gauntlet device is the Raps' version of a wireless router. Perhaps it links all the Raps together. Perhaps it's simply a control interface that lets them command the drones as well as operate other pieces of hardware. But something like that, if you could figure it out, might provide the means to cripple their systems and negate their technological advantage (at least briefly). Which would be very, very bad for them.
Reply by tmdb89189586
on March 11, 2017 at 1:07 PM
i thought it would help control the drones too. the drones are a big stumbling block to get pass.
Reply by chrisjdel
on March 11, 2017 at 2:11 PM
A handful of drones you could probably beat. But they're fast, and their weapons are powerful, and they're all linked together in a network. If one of them sees you, they all know where you are. With thousands of them streaming out of the walls like a kicked hornets' nest it's easy to see how even the full might of the US army couldn't hold out for long. Yeah, they definitely have to neutralize those things or any large scale offensive will get squashed almost immediately.
I seem to remember Bram's teacher talking about an object in orbit that had some kind of active camo. It was effectively invisible. All he could see through his telescope was a slight shimmering of the stars around its edges. I'm guessing that's the Rap mother ship. Those orbital strikes (like the one Broussard narrowly escaped in the season premiere) probably came from that. If they could scramble the alien defense network and get a nuke up there fast enough, they could probably kill most of them in one blow.
Reply by Motoko_Kusanagi
on March 12, 2017 at 6:00 AM
In the third season, it looks like we have two formidable resistance forces, working against each other. Can the Red Hand leader reconcile their feelings about Will to cooperate with the outsiders plan?
Reply by chrisjdel
on March 12, 2017 at 8:23 AM
The Red Hand seems to be working to a plan of their own. Karen has let her personal anger about her daughter's death cloud her judgment; why they attacked Broussard's group and stole the Rap gauntlet instead of trying to join forces, who knows? I have a feeling the shadow insurgency among the high level collaborators is connected in some way with the Red Hand, maybe they're the tactical wing of the organization. The double agent collaborators pass intelligence to them and they act on it. Obviously it would be a good thing if the two separate resistance movements could start working together.