The Queen's Gambit declined - or at least the wannabe Queens. Sareth learned a lesson about when not to make your move and her lack of experience in the face of Demerzel is exposed. But she still has pieces on the board;
The Knights Gambit rebuffed: Hober tries to tempt the Spacers with freedom and is rebuffed and dobbed into Bel. But I can't help feeling that dangling the non-Spacer jump ships in front of Bel was actually the point;
Meanwhile, the rooks and the prawns ('cos who can resist a good fish gag?) on Ignus is a rather slower game that I suspect has more to do with the next season than this. But I don't think all that we see is as it really is;
The Bishop's Gambit countered? Empire thinks he has out-thought Seldon - but if Hari is right that the maths doesn't lie (absent the odd sterile halfling), then Empire drawn out to face the Foundation is what he expects.
But does it end in fire, or ice cold execution?
Plus, Three laws explicitly called out. Now there's a carrot.
Can't wait for what comes next.
The Knights Gambit rebuffed: Hober tries to tempt the Spacers with freedom and is rebuffed and dobbed into Bel. But I can't help feeling that dangling the non-Spacer jump ships in front of Bel was actually the point;
Meanwhile, the rooks and the prawns ('cos who can resist a good fish gag?) on Ignus is a rather slower game that I suspect has more to do with the next season than this. But I don't think all that we see is as it really is;
The Bishop's Gambit countered? Empire thinks he has out-thought Seldon - but if Hari is right that the maths doesn't lie (absent the odd sterile halfling), then Empire drawn out to face the Foundation is what he expects.
But does it end in fire, or ice cold execution?
Plus, Three laws explicitly called out. Now there's a carrot.
Can't wait for what comes next.