Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDLT - August 2016
Kugai:
Plot Twist: The Glasses are May
brasca:
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--- Quote from: BenRG on 27 Aug 2016, 11:22 ---Note the lack of smoke coming from the cart so it is unlikely to be using coal or wood to heat its boiler.
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Ideally you arrive at your destination with the fire just going out, so not necessarily.
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True, but if this carriage is steam driven then it would need to lug around its fuel source since there isn't much wood to burn out there and I doubt there are any colliers. I could be wrong since the wagon train could've passed through some settlements that have coal for sale, but if this carriage is like a locomotive without tracks then it would need wood or coal. It could also have an internal combustion engine, but unless it's very fuel efficient it's even more unlikely that there would be a gas station along the way to refuel which would make such a vehicle unreliable. As such it is quite possible that it runs on some advanced solar power technology that was recovered as BenRG conjectures.
As for the glasses Mr. Pate may prefer mirrored glass to obscure his eyes either because it looks intimidating or to disguise some abnormality. I find it difficult to believe that anything as sophisticated as Dale's glasses could be found intact and still be operational after so many millennia and even if it miraculously did work there isn't any internet for it to link with.
However, it may be a gift from someone who does possess such technology. Perhaps Mr. Pate is a collaborator of the Praeses and for his loyalty he's rewarded such trinkets.
FunkyTuba:
I'm pretty sure Heterochromia Goon was the tall guy we only saw the torso of in the "two weeks previous" strip.
He looks like he was badly broken and put back together uncarefully.
Skewbrow:
Possibly. But also, when the population is large enough, there will be people who are taller than 6ft10in and have shoulders the size of barn doors. Such a person is more likely than your Joe average to get hired as security. Even if they have the character of an Elliot-like gentle giant.
Mismatched irises add to the fear factor (meaning that the character will hardly ever be tested).
The point was that with enough natural diversity in the population, there is less need for bio-engineering folks to meet rare specs. That's why China did well in the Olympics.
FunkyTuba:
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 30 Aug 2016, 04:46 ---..with enough natural diversity in the population, there is less need for bio-engineering folks to meet rare specs...
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Sure... your point is well taken and is valid for natural populations. This population is being carefully selected for our viewing pleasure by Mr Jacques... I think Chekhov's Heterochromia might apply :claireface:
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