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WCDT: 2286-90 (1-5 October 2012) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread

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SomeCanadianWeirdo:
I'm digging Faye's outfit as well.  I guess Jeph got tired of drawing her in the Bear Monster shirt, which she's been wearing a lot the past while.

For some reason the idea has come to mind that Steve and Emily wil know each other, and their connection is not a good one.  After all we haven't seen him in a while, and he has some strange connections as a result of his secret agent gig.

DSL:
Tortura's, um ... (no, wait, Tortura's Russian)  ... stepsister. Yeah.

Madmartigan:

--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 04 Oct 2012, 06:31 ---Bear with me here, train of thought coming up.

1. I was surprised people thought Pintsize would be invited. I think this is because he is not really socially able to interact with strangers in an appropriate manner. I was also surprised that Winslow was suggested, even though he can. Conclusion: I did not consider anthroPCs to count as Marten's friends.

2. I was not surprised Momo is included in the list. Momo is also an anthroPC, but she looks more human.

3. Is Momo more socially adept now than she was in her old chassis? I feel as though the dynamic has shifted since she changed body - for a start, she now has a job and friends of her own, independent of Marigold.

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Hell, if not for the fact we knew Momo used to be a chibi japanese style anime anthroPC, I would have figured she learned toward being a humanistic cyborg that was more human than robot.  I think the dynamic has changed.  Heck, she has even changed and seems to be adopting more humanlike interactions.  In a sense, she's growing.  Which is interesting considering we have the Pintsize example of pure robotic asshole nature that is unchanging and Winslow.....who, we've actually not seen in quite some time.  And who, I might add, in his human body was definitely creepy while Momo's change seems completely natural.

I think Momo is working her way to being a regular of the group and will gradually be considered more of a regular friend type than just Marigold's anthroPC.

Is it cold in here?:
Marten has explicitly called Pintsize a "friend".

Momo always wanted to be treated with respect. The new chassis was a logical step, and opens new doors for her.

The real question is whether Emily has cleared this plan with her parents.

crowbar563:

--- Quote from: Pilchard123 on 01 Oct 2012, 05:30 ---
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 01 Oct 2012, 05:07 ---Unless the windows were giant viewscreens, L1 doesn't match the depiction. Nor does GEO for that matter. And "a little bit higher than LEO" is smack in the middle of the VABs, a very bad place to put a tank full of squishies. Plus Spaceship apparently got them there in a time comparable to a transatlantic flight even with his "miss" of the station on the first orbit so a very great deal further than LEO seems ruled out by that too, unless Spaceship has a) magic rockets with super-high thrust and near-infinite specific impulse and b) inertial dampers to stop a splatting the cargo.
In which case, Station should be able to park wherever he damn well pleases because he wouldn't have to worry about petty things like "gravity" and "drag" at all.
But why would anyone think going to space was special then?

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J E-C could well have developed magic rockets with super-high thrust and near-infinite specific impulse and intertial dampeners. After all, he did invent the robot hamster.

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All space issues can be solved with a high enough thrust to weight ratio. The logistics of keeping a station in orbit are quite trivial compared to getting into orbit. Also, I don't think Jeph was as concerned as other people were with matching angular velocity in the docking procedure, or making sure the visual field of earth was the correct proportion, or drawing realistic clouds.
Besides, it is quite feasible to dock and with and keep a station in orbit seeing as we have been doing it going back to the 70s.

 What concerned me the most was the single-stage ground to LEO craft. I personally would use an air-breathing first stage (if we eve get scramjets to work reliably) and a rocket propelled second stage.

On another note: Is Faye looking awesome today (Thursday) or what?

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