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[cassandra]

My current spec is that the compound or what have you is surrounded by some sort of defensive (EM/plasma?) shield, or perhaps even, er, a sinister "scalar" field Not necessarily linked, but I think that Brede's severe injury has to do with his key's message being sent (perhaps he kept his key in his shorts pocket?).

Or perhaps they just ran into some men in black.

[ryandrew]

Maybe Sente did it to Brede to make sure he was true to Scarlett.
"Haha, try and run off with someone else now!"

[Jakeo]

I like Cassandra's spec. I suspect that Brede's leg got mushed up bad because his key exploded in his pocket.

[Arashi]

Er - do you have any how much energy would have to be in that explosion to cause someone's leg to be "shattered". Unless the key is a miniature nuclear device...

I do like Cassandra's spec too though - there has to be defenses - I mean what good sinister ruined city doesn't have any?!

[Atrophied]

Um, I dunno, I was thinking a grenade would shatter someones leg quite admirably given half the chance. And, if my Halo isn't leading me astray here, pineapples aren't all that big.

[Arashi]

Key is a handheld device - a convenience.

A) why would a refined household convenience explode - especially in a technologically superior civilization

B) Why on earth would there be anything explosive in a key - a household convenience

C) If it had the explosive force of a grenade, he would be dead

Edit: Im not trying to be snippy, just trying to see where the convo goes

[Atrophied]

A- even batteries can explode under the right circumstances (I assume here that they use batteries, not broadcast power)

B- see A

C- possibly some kind of concussion device.

Then again, it could've been a landmine-type explosive set to detonate when certain frequencies are broadcast in it's vicinity.

[Arashi]

But that still begs the question - do you carry something in your pocket that would explode and shatter your leg? It doesn't make sense - I mean I realize that household items can explode, hell my microwave exploded - but the key isnt the side of a microwave and sure as hell doesn't have the internal circuitry and hardware a microwave does.

I would however like to point out (obviously trout-ed-ly so) that Brede's key was in the same condition as Monica's - twisting the end off seems like a poor solution to disposing of a key... so WHO keeps doing it?!

[cassandra]

[BrianEnigma]

[Oops, I posted this in the wrong thread. Here it is in the correct place.]

I thought Brede's key was the one that monitored his health, detected his leg had been crushed, and automatically phoned the authorities? If that is the case, you have a chicken-and-egg problem. If his key exploded, causing the injury, how could it have detected the injury?

To me, it sounds like something happened at Videnbourg, whether it was an accident (a machine, statue, or Indiana Jones style stone door from the ceiling dropped on his leg) or on purpose (someone in their party or already at the city/facility/whatever had an aluminum baseball bat and the will to use it.)

If I knew that my cellphone had the potential to explode and maim, I would probably stop carrying it on my belt. Or at all. And potential explosions are hard to cover up--think of all the phone and laptop batteries that had to be recalled just because one or two actually caught fire or exploded.

[step]

sometimes I wonder about how you folks come up with spec...

[Atrophied]

Thank you step... now can we all move slowly and carefully away from the discussion of explosives before it detonates again? (my apologies for the bad pun)

[WolverineFan]

[European Chris]

I'm not sure we do know this for sure, however it certainly has been strongly hinted at.

http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2005/09/iona_interviews_3.html

[cassandra]

Okay, perhaps "know" is a strong term. The interview with Anja Marlowe prints it as a belief: