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They have the power to rapidly transport candy from earth but didn't transport the kid and couldn't stop the hypnotism? (I'm not saying that's unreasonable, just... yeah, needs pointing out.)
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Candy is small, compact, can be exposed to the vacuum of space without too much trouble. Boys are large, obvious and hard to sneak planetside in cargo containers. The elders did what they could, maybe even sending double agents to steal the ship parts but not destroy them (After all, why NOT destroy them?) so that Keen would be inexorably drawn to aid them. They certainly seem to know what humans are and that Keen has been doing a lot of blasting.

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Levellass wrote:As for the medal, it's structure is quite simple, I see no reason why it shouldn't be v-shaped; we don't call the ying-yang 'the big s' but it's not far from one. Who knows what that medal symbolizes and is called in Vorticonic?
Reminds me of the apparent explanation for the Superman "S". Perhaps "V" is a peace symbol too?
'It's a V'

'On my planet it means "peace"'

'Here it's a V, also the Shikadian symbol for eternal war.'
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Yep, I'll accept that. Neat theory.
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Levellass wrote:Candy is small
Also candy can survive the extreme g-force/acceleration required to launch it into space, kids cannot.[citation needed]
Levellass wrote:'It's a V'

'On my planet it means "peace"'

'Here it's a V, also the Shikadian symbol for eternal war.'
Sounds about right. So is it safe to assume that Keen has his own merchandise such as officially licensed Commander Keen dolls/action figures?
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MoffD wrote: kids cannot.
Iunno man, I've been to some pretty cray playgrounds over the years.
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Levellass wrote:[W]e don't call the ying-yang 'the big s' but it's not far from one.
Can't unsee...
Math problems? Call 1-800-[(10x)(13i)2]-[sin(xy)/2.362x].
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Levellass wrote:sending double agents to steal the ship parts but not destroy them (After all, why NOT destroy them?)
I feel that Mortimer got some kind of a kick out of sending Keen through all of these hoops, which is probably why he didn't just kill Keen outright from the beginning. He wasn't even on Vorticon VI when Keen got there. He's always been one step ahead...
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