"I'm not a chess girl myself, but if there's one thing I can appreciate it's the necessity to think 20 moves ahead of the moment you're actually playing."

It's hardly an exact science, but there is no single example that would translate perfectly. This game in Alpha, no matter how long it lasts for them, is going to end messy, that's for sure.

"And we as Specials are already 20 steps behind. It doesn't even seem to me that anyone knows the reason we're here. And ignorance does tend to breed the most vicious hate. I don't think any of it is coincidence, or a mistake."