I’ll take the blame for the Brahmin’s turbans and Abhik’s beret. I gave Michael rough descriptions of what I wanted, and some pictures I found on Google, and he came up with the character details. He’s fantastic at that.
There’s a reason the Brahmin are flashy; Fumiaki and India wanted to go public with their joint genetic program, although probably not the way it’s happening now. We’ll learn more about that in time.
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Abhik: My name is Brigadier Abhik. I apologize for outwitting and abducting you. Sincerely. Is that weapon a problem?
Aide: No, sir. The Brahmin are immune to standard GM neurotoxin.
Jacob: I just have one question -- You have the cure for Fumiaki's pupae virus. Do you intend to give it to everyone?
Abhik: Yes, of course.
Jacob: Not reserved for any caste system?
Abhik: That's behind us. Fumiaki dreamed of genetic equality.
Jacob: Looks to me like he wanted everyone to die.
Aide: No, sir. The Brahmin are immune to standard GM neurotoxin.
Jacob: I just have one question -- You have the cure for Fumiaki's pupae virus. Do you intend to give it to everyone?
Abhik: Yes, of course.
Jacob: Not reserved for any caste system?
Abhik: That's behind us. Fumiaki dreamed of genetic equality.
Jacob: Looks to me like he wanted everyone to die.
It wouldn’t be inconceivable for the Indian state to offer up Sikhs to Fumiaki’s experiments, which would explain the turbans and potentially give Jacob an in.
That’s a beret? Huh. I thought he just had terrible taste in haircuts and/or hairpieces.
@Dogma
As I said on the last page: Turbans aren’t only worn by Sikhs – there’s a lot of different turbans in India. Rajasthan is described by German Wikipedia as “having a different kind of turban every 15km”. 🙂
And from looking at the Brahmins, their turbans don’t really look like like a Dastaar.
“We apologize for outwitting and abducting you.”
*snerk*
Oh, he’s in for such a rude surprise when he reviews the flight recorder.
For some reason, the Brahmins look here make me think of classic Johnny Quest.
So they are priests of sort? ‘Cause I fear to see kshatriyas when…
They’re not priests. I’m afraid that you know more about Hinduism than I or most of my readers. 🙂
‘Brahmin’, in this case, is just another mythic word co-opted by the military for one of their weapons, like the Aditya armored vehicle, the Pinaka rocket launcher, or the Bhishma tank.