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WCDT strips 3741 to 3745 (May 14th - 18th 2018)
awgiedawgie:
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--- Quote from: SleeperCylon on 14 May 2018, 05:51 ---Something I'm curious about that I'm not sure has been answered in the comic. Is Bubbles' skin texturally similar to a human? I always assumed it was metallic. Or are sentient robots built like Data or Westworld hosts, 'fully anatomically functional'?
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Anthropomimetic chassis like Bubbles, Momo and Winslow have a synthetic skin called 'Derma' that's flexible, water=proof and soft to the touch. I don't know whether it feels like human skin but no-one who's been in contact with such a chassis has made any 'uncanny valley' references.
Bubbles' chassis covering also has a bulletproof layer to the point where Faye thinks she's invulnerable to anything short of a 308 Magnum rifle.
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Bubbles did mention that the darker armor beneath the outer armor was less protective than the outer plating, but I do not recall any conversation about Bubbles' skin itself being bulletproof.
As for their dermal covering, it's a little unclear how old Bubbles' chassis is, so hers may not be quite as realistic, but Clinton noted (to his own shock and surprise) how lifelike Momo's skin felt.
BenRG:
Faye told Bubbles that she didn't need to wear the outer plating because, even without it, she couldn't be damaged by anything other than a high-power rifle. That was when Bubbles indicated that her armour wasn't about protecting herself from physical injury.
Roborat:
Poor Bubbles, she looks so cute in this page. Also, she should have kill marks painted on her chest, for those tanks and helicopter she took out.
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: torrrential on 14 May 2018, 07:39 ---According to strip http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3004 her armourcan resist a 3 cm APFSDS round.
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However, that same comic also claims she gives terrifying backrubs.
Unless they mean "terrifyingly pleasurable...." :-)
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 14 May 2018, 10:57 ---Faye told Bubbles that she didn't need to wear the outer plating because, even without it, she couldn't be damaged by anything other than a high-power rifle. That was when Bubbles indicated that her armour wasn't about protecting herself from physical injury.
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When Faye asked about her armour, she said "Why wear it then? Anti-tank rifles are illegal in this state." That did not imply anything about what she thought concerning the protective nature of Bubbles' skin. It only implied that wearing armour is unnecessary, since people aren't carrying military-grade armour-piercing weapons around on the street.
And FWIW, an anti-tank rifle is a lot larger, heavier, and more powerful than a .308 magnum. A .308 would penetrate Kevlar, but not your average body armour. Some of the ones used in WWII fired a smaller bullet (7.62mm), but with more power, and hence a higher velocity (they also had a tendency to injure the person firing them, because the recoil was so strong), but they were only effective against light armour. With the thicker armour used on tanks in the latter part of WWII, those rifles became essentially obsolete, since they were no longer effective against tanks, but were too heavy and powerful to carry as a regular small arm. Even the British "Boys" .55 caliber anti-armour rifle became largely ineffective by the end of WWII. The Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun is still effective against light armoured vehicles, but at 121 lbs, it is far too heavy to be carried and must be mounted on a vehicle (or in an aircraft). Even the "light barrel" version weighs 60 lbs without any ammunition.
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