Talk:Foundation and Empire

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[edit] Questions

Dead Hand

• Was Seldon's dead hand, in fact, the live hands of the Second Foundation?

Timing

• Why did Bayta Darell wait until the last moment to shoot? Hillgentleman 05:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

1) I don't think so... an explanation is given at the end of the story that explains everything without the need for a 2nd foundation. Though who knows, perhaps they helped it along a little bit.

2) Because I imagine she didn't want to shoot a dear friend of hers unless she was absolutely sure that it was necessary. She couldn't know that he would actually find the location of the second foundation - he very well could have failed, in which case killing him would have been a tragic waste of a life. Esn 07:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Slight confusion

Bel Riose took Ducem Barr on his "expedition". Barr is the one who told him about the "dead hand", not Devers. Barr also told him about the advanced technology, all of this way before Riose sets off on his conquest. Slartibartfast1992 00:04, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

You're not even mentioning Barr. Could somebody make that edit? I'm busy, so I can't. Slartibartfast1992 22:43, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Meh, forget my excuses. I'm lazy, so I will likely procrastinate until I'm bored enough to do this. --Slartibartfast1992 02:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Plot Summary

Again much like the article describing Foundations, this one also carries long winded Plot summaries. Things to do, brief descriptions of each segment with 1-2 paragraphs. Nw15062 (talk) 19:38, 29 January 2008 (UTC)