Daetrin[Admin] Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 I think everyone on CTN is issued a copy of Karen Traviss' excellent EU novels based on the Republic Commandos: Hard Contact and Triple Zero. IMNSHO they're the best EU novels out there : Karen has lived and worked alongside law enforcement and the military and she portrays her characters as real people. I'd recommend them to all TK's as well. It's great backstory on how our spiritual forefathers came to be, and our warrior heritage as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD2802[501st] Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Traviss definitely knows her stuff and good writing to boot. I hope she writes about the TKs someday instead of relegating them to peripheral roles like most of the other writers. So Paul, are you going to don a kama and start the Mando war dance? Don't forget the chanting (j/k! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin[Admin] Posted July 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Actually, I'm having a kama made so I can convert my TC into an ARC when I want to. I really do see this progression from TC/ARC-CT-TK as a heritage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD2802[501st] Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 I wonder if the kamas were inspired by Scottish kilts or the Samoan lava-lava. Both have that tribal warrior antecedent thing going for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin[Admin] Posted July 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 The renderings of the ARC kamas to me look more like kilts, but the ones the clone commanders use in EPIII seem more Japanese inspired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-855[501st] Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 The renderings of the ARC kamas to me look more like kilts, but the ones the clone commanders use in EPIII seem more Japanese inspired. The Mando war dance reminded me of the Maori Haka, but also of a nasty little game called Suicide (which I've never played, only had described to me). Suicide involves a line of players, each equipped with a boomerang. First throw is a straight out-and-back throw, catch with right hand. If you fail to catch your boomerang or are hit by another's boomerang, you're out. Second throw is out-and-back, catch with left. Third throw is catch behind the back, either hand. Fourth throw is catch under the leg, either hand. Like the Mando war dance, you mess up, you get smacked. I have just finished Karen's non-Star Wars novels, City of Pearl, Crossing the Line, The World Before, and they're every bit as good as her RC books ... her work with police/military/political/press really shines through. Check 'em out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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