On 2026-03-16 03:06, David Johnson wrote:

>> From the context in the story, three slaves were each hit once with
>> a rifle butt. That is clearly brutal but torture?
>
> Whether we see it as "torture" or we see it as "flirting," the fact
> remains that the interrogation techniques Beam's shows us -- remember,
> he's _choosing_ the circumstances in any given scene -- for the Empire
> Landing-Troops is _more brutal_ than what he shows us for Trask's
> Vikings.

Differing intentions? Trask's Vikings were out for what they could get.
The marines may have been following a playbook.

How big was the verification equipment? Too large for field work?