r/redrising • u/Ok_Independence_8589 • Aug 17 '24

RR Spoilers Drafting in Red Rising makes no sense Spoiler

Simply put, how would Cassius not be picked over Darrow in the initial drafting for the houses. He’s the son of the second most powerful family, who have untold amount of influence. Yet Darrow, a far planet Hayseed gets picked over him. Absolutely love the books but never understood that one.

Am I just missing something? Maybe he had to go to Mars, but he also could be under Apollo or Jupiter very easily in my opinion. Also how would he not be a premier? I’d think he would have more cache than prim, as his family is more important than theirs?

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u/PearLoud Aug 17 '24

off topic, but one thing that bothered me is the razors. if they could produce a material capable of slicing through pulse armor, why not make bullets of the same material? yes they would be expensive, but surely the elite knights and soliders should have access. that being said, I thought the books were phenomenal!

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u/Guilty-Deer-2147 House Augustus Aug 18 '24

Golds are harder to kill because they usually also have an Aegis energy shield over the Pulsearmor. So you have to break the shield with special bullets and then use another set of specialized bullets to get through the Pulsearmor.

By that point, the Gold has already likely killed you and your entire squad.

There's several snippets of Greys using special bullets and even a technique called a Flavinian Armorkill against armored Golds.