professorpan wrote:Pegasus spent her earlier life patrolling the edges of Colonial space under Commander Cain. Cain was a renowned Colonial warrior and was often referred to as "the living legend".
And "Caine" is quite obviously a nod to The Caine Mutiny, which in turn is a nod to the biblical Cain. Which undoubtedly fits in some way with your convoluted "keyword hijacking" über-conspiracy.
Partly right about division and mutiny.
But I was following upthread discussion of John McCain. Heard of him?
How'd ya miss that entirely?
Military science fiction is a useful vehicle for reframing military history for the
kidz.
In 1978 (context) "Cain the renowned warrior" serves as both living McCains, Admiral McCain (featured on Bob Hope's 1969 Christmas Special) and his POW son (representing "their all back and fine"), and perhaps, displacement of the Great Vietnam Mutiny since in 1978 the US military was recovering from the mutiny of its own soldiers, fragging officers, desertion, etc.
After Ike freaked out the masses by warning against the 'military-industrial complex' in January '61 plus French generals trying to off Charles de Gaulle and US generals saying JFK deserved the same, there was an effort made to provide airing and catharsis for this fear with 1962 Senate hearings (I have the transcripts) and for the masses a market hyping of Marlon Brando in 'Mutiny on the Bounty' with big (USG) National Geographic tie-in and a record box set with glossy book included.
Nice native women and manly men.
That was the context of 1962.
Militarist entertainment was (is) used to remilitarize the next generation of recruits without the viruses of Vietnam Syndrome or Korean complicits or...
Covert displacement for catharis and conditioning, not "art."