Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-3965346-20161112013428/@comment-4075764-20161112173615

Silkworm Bot wrote: RidleyKraid187 wrote:

Silkworm Bot wrote: Why dont you complain about the rubies, then? They weren't given foreshadowing. Or the GemRunner? She wasnt given foreshadowing either. Well, for the Rubies....

"There'll be a Ship headed in your direction to take you to your next assignment"

Not much, but it's something. we knew SOMEONE was coming.

The Roadrunner Gem didn't NEED foreshadowing- She was just the corrupted gem antagonist of the episode. if she comes back later, then sure, but as it stands, she's unimportant. If someone doesnt need foreshadowing because theyre an antagonist for 1 episode according to your logic, then the pilot (who seems to  be an antagonist by what we've seen) doesnt need foreshadowing either. Also, it wasnt a ship that Homeworldians commonly use from what we've seen, but a roaming eye,not sent to assign them, but to pick up Jasper. If they're going to be a major character, or even recurring character, then I expect there to be indication of their existence beforehand. Bismuth had 2 instances of it, so I would expect Pilot-Dude to have the same treatment if this special is about him, ESPECIALLY if he's coming back again to play major roles- like Bismuth probably will. This special is about a new stranger coming into Steven's life- this isn't going to be a random character with a description like that. coming into one's life usually means they're going to stay.

Yellow Diamond was almost certainly referring to this Ruby ship due to the amount of time it'd take to get from Homeworld to earth. I assume they'd be en-route by the time Peridot called. They were coming to pick up Peridot and Jasper, and those two would've received new missions from Yellow Diamond once they filed the return reports.