On Saturday, November 17, 2012 7:52:21 PM UTC, jack wrote:
> Some fifteen years later am going through the series again, now on DVD.  =
Still such a great series.   One question on the Z episode.  Did Shadows pr=
efer telepaths to run their vessels, they were better at it than
"normals"?=
  Anna was never written as a telepath but she was written to have been hoo=
ked up to drive a Shadow ship.  Did the Shadows use non-telepaths in other =
ways in their vessels or is there an error in the writing? =20

Just two more points to add that sprung to mind (just catching up on missed=
 threads).

The Shadows wiped out those with Narns the telepath gene a thousand years b=
efore. So they weren't using them at that point. If they used telepaths in =
their ships then that would be a massive waste of 'components'. I vaguely r=
emember Garibaldi's head and neck areas being checked over after he went mi=
ssing?=20

Clearly Mundanes were the standard Shadow vessel components up to the devel=
opments revealed in Ship of Tears
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