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David Forge
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Posted - 2012.06.24 19:19:00 -
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It's been sometime since I read the Empyrean Age but I remember having no question in my mind that the Broke had a Vitoc addiction. Now that I think about it, however, why would do that thing he did at the end of that other book that would be a spoiler if I mentioned it if he could have simple just kept taking Vitoc? |
David Forge
Forge Enterprises
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Posted - 2012.06.24 20:14:00 -
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That's what I mean which is why I'm now wondering about the whole thing. Is there some complication caused by Vitoc use and cloning that we don't know about (since Vitoc is usually used on slaves who obviously do not have clones)? |
David Forge
Forge Enterprises
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Posted - 2012.06.24 21:03:00 -
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I think the book was pretty clear that he needed Insorum to heal him and his clones of something. Since it was made to deal with Vitoc addiction it makes sense that that is what he needed to be cured of. Then it gets weird because a) if he never got the formula he could have (presumably) kept using Vitoc and b) once it was released to the Minmatar (and the Broker knew that that was Otro Gariushi's intention) surely he would have been able to procure some. There's never any hint that he needs to control it, just that he needs to use it. If that's all though his reaction seems pretty illogical and his later fate rather puzzling. |
David Forge
Forge Enterprises
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Posted - 2012.06.24 22:05:00 -
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Okay, I follow so far. I had know idea about the retro-viral form of the Vitoxin. As you pointed out, this makes his need for Insorum much clearer. Once the virus was integrated as part of his DNA then escaping through cloning becomes impossible. It also introduces the question of how the Broker was infected so early in life. Was he a slave? Perhaps he worked for the Republic and was exposed? There's a story there.
What remains unclear is the way in which the Broker acted. Continually taking Vitoc might not be an acceptable solution due to the side-effects (both immediate and those from long-term use) but once Insorum was available for slaves and former slaves he could have got hold of some then. It's puzzling. |
David Forge
Forge Enterprises
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Posted - 2012.06.24 22:57:00 -
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A man like the Broker surely valued his life enough to give up a business opportunity. |
David Forge
Forge Enterprises
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Posted - 2012.06.26 22:32:00 -
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Thanks, this is all beginning to make more sense. |
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