Thanks all for the input.
I have learned a lot already. My spokes are DT made by the Swiss and not no names made in China. They are not favored by some but should be good enough. That good wheel builders wouldn’t need to offer an inspection after a break in period. I kind of knew that a wheel is a space frame of sorts and there are all kinds of internal strains contained in the wheel and forces being transferred around in the wheel when motion is achieved. I will for sure look into the book suggested I have read some excerpts from it on line on other forums. Thanks also for the Peter White link as that was very interesting read.
There are a collection of forces in spokes I would assume other than tension and like anything pre-tensioned I would assume the idea to be let the pre-tension exceed the working tension and thus reduce any movement. When I first saw disc brakes on spoke wheels I thought wow all that torque is going up thru those spokes to the tire and into the road. Fishing poles are tapered for a similar reason chasing the bending moment down the rod as the force is increased.
I didn’t want to try and answer any question in particular about what makes a good spoke a good spoke. That science is way beyond me at this point. It is true in bicycles as in most machines that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Be it the spoke itself or the assembly process you would think cost cutting at the humble spoke wouldn’t be the best place to start. Being a machine designer by trade it's interesting that machines haven't been invented to better assemble a wheel than they have by now.
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Booger1 Thanks for the input and what bolts did u have in mind? 
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