How The Kzin Can Win

On 10/20/10 2:11 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article ,
> Sjouke Burry wrote:
>> Tim Bruening wrote:
>>>
>>> Mike Stone wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Tim Bruening" wrote in message
>>>>
>>>>> How the Kzin can finally win: Have a kzin telepath put on a thought
>>>>> amplifier helmet (like the ones used by the thrint to control entire
>>>>> planets). Said kzinti telepath could then control the human race!
>>>> It would control any _Kzinti_ within range as well - and the Heroes would
>>>> never tolerate that.
>>>
>>> How could the Heroes stop a Kzinti telepath who is wearing an amplifier
>>> helmet?
>>>
>> Taking potshots from a large distance?
>
> Recruiting only devout vegetarians to man the guns?
>

Hell, given the wussiness of the Kzin telepaths, if you gave them such
a helmet and they tried to control humanity, they'd break down INSTANTLY
from contacting all those root-eating monsters.


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In article ,
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:
>On 10/20/10 2:11 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article ,
>> Sjouke Burry wrote:
>>> Tim Bruening wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Mike Stone wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Tim Bruening" wrote in message
>>>>>
>>>>>> How the Kzin can finally win: Have a kzin telepath put on a thought
>>>>>> amplifier helmet (like the ones used by the thrint to control entire
>>>>>> planets). Said kzinti telepath could then control the human race!
>>>>> It would control any _Kzinti_ within range as well - and the Heroes would
>>>>> never tolerate that.
>>>>
>>>> How could the Heroes stop a Kzinti telepath who is wearing an amplifier
>>>> helmet?
>>>>
>>> Taking potshots from a large distance?
>>
>> Recruiting only devout vegetarians to man the guns?
>>
>
> Hell, given the wussiness of the Kzin telepaths, if you gave them such
>a helmet and they tried to control humanity, they'd break down INSTANTLY
>from contacting all those root-eating monsters.

Heh, quite possibly.

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