Hi Paul,



 PE> Well this has got to be the most confusing of all the Blake's 7

 PE> episodes.



?!?!



I didn't think so. It was quite curious to watch it; I am presently
watching the whole series again and I watched that one a when I was halfway
through series C. The contrast was very interesting indeed; it could have
been a different series almost. Watching it like that made it very
apparent.



 PE> And then Orac goes on to tell them that Xerok seceded/acceded (?)

 PE> to the Federation, so that all the bank notes would be invalid

 PE> within 7 days. So they start tearing up the bank notes.  Why?

 PE> They've got 7 days to get them converted haven't they?  Also,



They couldn't walk into a bank and convert the money; they were wanted and
would be arrested. That amount would cause a lot of checking anyway (it's a
*lot* more than $10,000,000,000, remember, in Gambit the loss of 5,000,000
credits in the casino was catastrophic.)



 PE> where did Servalan get the $10 billion from?  I guess it could be

 PE> a straight borrow, and she has to pay the $10 billion back, and

 PE> make a $7 billion profit.  So who actuall gets the $10 billion?

 PE> A rich bank manager?  Perhaps Avon can't cash in the money

 PE> because they've said "watch out for an outlaw with $10 billion,

 PE> don't let him cash the money".  Perhaps there was some way that

 PE> Servalan can get the $10 billion without making the bank manager

 PE> rich???  BFN.



Servalan probably printed her own, I'd think. Her resources seem enormous,
there's no reason why she couldn't. Otherwise, she may have had it stolen.



Actually, she's had so much power for so long that she's probably stolen
millions, maybe billions from the Federation and hidden them safely.



Audrey



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