Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3011-3015 (27 - 31 July 2015)
bhtooefr:
Except she demonstrably doesn't show restraint.
See http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1474 - she fires the weapon in sheer annoyance at her companion. That's not a controlled reaction, and that's probably at full power. Marigold would have been dead if it weren't for her computer being a better path to ground, if she were capable of 250 mA.
While Jeph has shown a character plotting first-degree murder of her friends (Hannelore in 1576), I really don't think Jeph would show a character attempting either second-degree murder or involuntary manslaughter (1474 could go either way, although it'd likely lean towards involuntary manslaughter) of one of her friends. Therefore, Momo's not capable of 250 mA.
Method of Madness:
I'm pretty sure that's not her full power.
Neko_Ali:
Oddly enough, you can take a swing at people out of annoyance without it being a lethal blow. And if it is intentionally that a civilian model chassis has an onboard weapon capable of lethal discharges I would imagine that it has safety precautions to prevent them from using full power without deliberately turning off those safeties. I personally would make it at least a two step process to increase the amperage. 'stun' to 'dangerous' to 'lethal'. That way even if you do get an accidental discharge it won't mean homicide. Also, computers are a lot more sensitive to electrical and static discharges. A shock that would barely register to a human can easily fry a motherboard, popping capacitors and releasing the magic smoke that makes it work.
ReindeerFlotilla:
You're right, Spock. The local fauna might be more dangerous than I thought. Set Momos to stun.
BenRG:
It's rare that I say it but... Didn't like it. Hurried, unfunny and a bit too self-referential.
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