History NightmareFuel / HonorHarrington

*** And then you get to Blackbird Base, a secret Masadan space facility set up in Grayson's own systems, which serves as a spying post for the Masadans against the Graysons. That's not the scary part. The scary part happens after survivors of a ''Manticorian'' cruiser are captured and brought to the base. Par for the course of any "infidel" captured by the Masadans, they're treated ''horribly'', being beaten, tortured, starved, and held in cages, but the female members of the crew are treated worse. So, so much worse. Consider the aforementioned treatment of their ''own'' women and their loathing for "heretics" in general, and it paints a '''very''' ugly picture about [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil what exactly happened to them]]. And when Honor finds out...''oooh boy.'' The TranquilFury seen by her that day frightened even hardened, veteran marines, and the Masadan commander (as in, the [[DirtyCoward cowardly]], [[TheNeidermeyer incompetent]] piece of excrement in human form who not only ''allowed'' the beatings and rapes but literally '''''ORDERED''''' it) in charge of the station only ''narrowly'' avoided being shot like the dog he is at Honor's hands, if only to [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim keep from stooping to the Masadans' level. Still, [[CompleteMonster no one would have blamed Honor for putting him down.]]

*** And then you get to Blackbird Base, a secret Masadan space facility set up in Grayson's own systems, which serves as a spying post for the Masadans against the Graysons. That's not the scary part. The scary part happens after survivors of a ''Manticorian'' cruiser are captured and brought to the base. Par for the course of any "infidel" captured by the Masadans, they're treated ''horribly'', being beaten, tortured, starved, and held in cages, but the female members of the crew are treated worse. So, so much worse. Consider the aforementioned treatment of their ''own'' women and their loathing for "heretics" in general, and it paints a '''very''' ugly picture about [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil what exactly happened to them]]. And when Honor finds out...''oooh boy.'' The TranquilFury seen by her that day frightened even hardened, veteran marines, and the Masadan commander (as in, the [[DirtyCoward cowardly]], [[TheNeidermeyer incompetent]] piece of excrement in human form who not only ''allowed'' the beatings and rapes but literally '''''ORDERED''''' it) in charge of the station only ''narrowly'' avoided being shot like the dog he is at Honor's hands. [[CompleteMonster Not that anyone would have blamed Honor for doing it.]]

*** And then you get to Blackbird Base, a secret Masadan space facility set up in Grayson's own systems, which serves as a spying post for the Masadans against the Graysons. That's not the scary part. The scary part happens after survivors of a ''Manticorian'' cruiser are captured and brought to the base. Par for the course of any "infidel" captured by the Masadans, they're treated ''horribly'', being beaten, tortured, starved, and held in cages, but the female members of the crew are treated worse. So, so much worse. Consider the aforementioned treatment of their ''own'' women and their loathing for "heretics" in general, and it paints a '''very''' ugly picture about [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil what exactly happened to them]]. And when Honor finds out...''oooh boy.'' The TranquilFury seen by her that day frightened even hardened, veteran marines, and the Masadan commander (as in, the [[DirtyCoward cowardly]], [[TheNeidermeyer incompetent]] piece of excrement in human form who not only ''allowed'' the beatings and rapes but literally '''''ORDERED''''' it) in charge of the station only ''narrowly'' avoided being shot like a dog he is at Honor's hands. [[CompleteMonster Not that anyone would have blamed Honor for doing it.]]

*** And then you get to Blackbird Base, a secret Masadan space facility set up in Grayson's own systems, which serves as a spying post for the Masadans against the Graysons. That's not the scary part. The scary part happens after survivors of a ''Manticorian'' cruiser are captured and brought to the base. Par for the course of any "infidel" captured by the Masadans, they're treated ''horribly'', being beaten, tortured, starved, and held in cages, but the female members of the crew are treated worse. So, so much worse. Consider the aforementioned treatment of their ''own'' women and
their loathing for "heretics" in general, and it paints a '''very''' ugly picture about [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil what exactly happened to them]]. And when Honor finds out...''oooh boy.'' The TranquilFury seen by her that day frightened even hardened, veteran marines, and the Masadan commander (as in, the [[DirtyCoward cowardly]], [[TheNeidermeyer incompetent]] piece of excrement in human form who not only ''allowed'' the beatings and rapes but literally '''''ORDERED''''' it) in charge of the station only ''narrowly'' avoided being shot like a dog he is at Honor's hands. [[CompleteMonster Not that anyone would have blamed Honor for doing it.]]

*** And then you get to Blackbird Base, a secret Masadan space facility set up in Grayson's own systems, which serves as a spying post for the Masadans against the Graysons. That's not the scary part. The scary part happens after survivors of a ''Manticorian'' cruiser are captured and brought to the base. Par for the course of any "infidel" captured by the Masadans, they're treated ''horribly'', being beaten, tortured, starved, and held in cages, but the female members of the crew are treated worse. So, so much worse. To the point that it's probably better not to explain in detail [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil what exactly happened to them]]. And when Honor finds out...''oooh boy.'' The TranquilFury seen by her that day frightened even hardened, veteran marines, and the Masadan commander in charge of the station only ''narrowly'' avoided being shot like a dog at her hands. [[CompleteMonster Not that anyone would have blamed Honor for doing it.]]

** And then there's both societies' views on women. Due to some unauthorized genetic tampering shortly after arriving on Grayson, male fetuses would have less of a chance to develop than female fetuses, resulting in a population imbalance of 3 women for every man on both planets, and it was theorized by Allison Harrington that the idea was to out-breed the losses incurred by the planet's toxic environment, which is exactly what happened, with many early Grayson women giving up everything just to produce as many babies as possible. Coupled with the patriarchal views of the Church of Humanity Unchained, and both Grayson and later Masada practiced polygamy, with women treated as second-class citizens on the former and chattel slaves on the latter. Grayson, at least, saw it as "protecting" women and it was ingrained in every Grayson male to ensure the safety of their women. Masada, however, saw women as the reason why mankind was still sinful, and sought to punish them at every opportunity.