“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” -- H. L. Mencken Even a Quaker grandmother, evidently. Good job, C. J. Cherryh.
This part of the book was amazing to read, just the general Kameradery when Mazian, and then Mallory made the announcement that they were breaking from earth company. A wonderful feeling of standing in the face of the awesome power of the union, even if It is probably futile and would be better not to.
People clinging on to hope of freedom can't see the fear and apprehension in some oneaking a stand against inequity and unrighteous dealings with our great nation's constitution and bill of rights
Check your local/city public library! Mine had the omnibus version of merchanters luck and 40,000 in gehena. Sadly it only had the ebook of downbelow but oh well (And no I dont know why ebook versions are limited, probably some sort of money thing)
@@Marcus001 my brother in christ you are listening to music written 40 years ago that wouldn't have survived by word of mouth alone had it not been for tapes and the internet. you are in no place to complain about technology being bad. Ted Kacsynski is in prison right now begging modern medicine to save him from cancer.
That last line resonates with me. They call us pirates, they call us villains, they liken us to the monstrous people of millennia past. Well lets be the best damn pirates they they ever made the mistake of creating. What a powerful sentiment to motivate a people, none of this "I am evil because good is dumb" motivation that they have now. Being the bad guy used to be special.
It's almost as though a paramilitary force bent on revenge and convinced on their own righteousness might just be lashing out any targets they can find, rather than having any kind of actual plan to achieve their aims in a meaningful and realistic way. But, of course, there's no real-world examples of that so we can only speculate.
All i'm saying is, Lancer BATTLEGROUP has some serious Alliance-Union vibes and you could totally run a campaign with similar themes in it. I got the book when it came out for public sale and its very good.
It annoys me that the whole thing with Mazian was never concluded. I love the merchanter books, their by far her most interesting parts of the universe but there's so many things that are just never concluded.
revisited in 2024 Now that's a war song every soldier should know and sing! As a christian i feel deeply what horror is being spread. So let this song sing out the truth of our past and future and of present times! Sorry for my clumsy English, a German is writing here. The voicing is brilliant and fresh, the rhythm seems out of step but is peculiarly harmonious, this is a piece of music I can treasure.
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You know a song is good when it makes you sympathize with pro-war pirates
Ok, this song made me want to read this series
All of them made me wanna read it lmao
Whats the series called? Where can I read it?
@@Jo-ys3qx Alliance-Union series. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Cherryh_bibliography#The_Alliance%E2%80%93Union_universe
@@Jo-ys3qx Downbelow Station is the first one to read. I just read it recently because of this album and it's bloody great.
@@owenf5222 Reading it now, also because of this album, and my god is it good!
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” -- H. L. Mencken
Even a Quaker grandmother, evidently.
Good job, C. J. Cherryh.
I have had this song stuck in my head for 2 solid months now, such a great album, thanks for uploading and keeping this type of music alive!
This part of the book was amazing to read, just the general Kameradery when Mazian, and then Mallory made the announcement that they were breaking from earth company. A wonderful feeling of standing in the face of the awesome power of the union, even if It is probably futile and would be better not to.
People clinging on to hope of freedom can't see the fear and apprehension in some oneaking a stand against inequity and unrighteous dealings with our great nation's constitution and bill of rights
Make it a movie! Bust those lame SciFi makers!
And give me a time machine to read all of them!
They're findable with a bit of patience and a bit of luck! Just picked up Downbelow Station second hand and on the hunt for the rest.
Check your local/city public library! Mine had the omnibus version of merchanters luck and 40,000 in gehena. Sadly it only had the ebook of downbelow but oh well
(And no I dont know why ebook versions are limited, probably some sort of money thing)
I literally bought all on amazon?
Not everything has to be a movie.
You know what? I'm starting to think the union is really bad at their jobs .
Hey, if “enslaving clones” counts as a job, Union is pretty great at it!
Union is based
@@Jaann1919 ...based on the industrial revolution and its consequences
@@SongsfromtheStars so bacially, the galactic republic in the clone wars
@@Marcus001 my brother in christ you are listening to music written 40 years ago that wouldn't have survived by word of mouth alone had it not been for tapes and the internet. you are in no place to complain about technology being bad. Ted Kacsynski is in prison right now begging modern medicine to save him from cancer.
That last line resonates with me. They call us pirates, they call us villains, they liken us to the monstrous people of millennia past. Well lets be the best damn pirates they they ever made the mistake of creating. What a powerful sentiment to motivate a people, none of this "I am evil because good is dumb" motivation that they have now. Being the bad guy used to be special.
We're living this tune, right now.
How exactly attacking and killing the unarmed merchanter family in merchanter's luck makes the union bleed?
Money is the lifeblood of a nation.
@@Some_Really_Random_Dude. indeed. It's a blow to their economy.
COPE AND SEETH
It's almost as though a paramilitary force bent on revenge and convinced on their own righteousness might just be lashing out any targets they can find, rather than having any kind of actual plan to achieve their aims in a meaningful and realistic way.
But, of course, there's no real-world examples of that so we can only speculate.
@@victorlockwood5924 You do realize the Mazianni are the bad guys yeah?
I wanna play LANCER..
All i'm saying is, Lancer BATTLEGROUP has some serious Alliance-Union vibes and you could totally run a campaign with similar themes in it. I got the book when it came out for public sale and its very good.
lancer is great!
It annoys me that the whole thing with Mazian was never concluded. I love the merchanter books, their by far her most interesting parts of the universe but there's so many things that are just never concluded.
I'm pretty sure a new book to the series came out just last year so it may still be continuing
Actually I like that it wasn't. Half of fantasy is potential.
Beware the fury of the legions.
Aah, makes we want to play Traveller.
I am starting up a Pirates of Drenex campaign and this is my background music.
revisited in 2024
Now that's a war song every soldier should know and sing!
As a christian i feel deeply what horror is being spread. So let this song sing out the truth of our past and future and of present times!
Sorry for my clumsy English, a German is writing here.
The voicing is brilliant and fresh, the rhythm seems out of step but is peculiarly harmonious, this is a piece of music I can treasure.
The Mazianni did nothing wrong