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WCDT strips 4346 to 4350 (7th September to 11th September 2020)
BenRG:
This strip really reminds us the degree that May hated that old body; the degree to which it was a second prison to her. Whilst I doubt she experienced 'pain' in the way a human did, she likely booted up after every recharge with a long list of serious impending or ongoing system failures and the knowledge that she had no way to address them. She had to deal with being effectively crippled and no-one who imposed it on her seemed to care very much.
So, yeah, she hated that chassis. You can see it in panel 4 in today's strip. She's practically lapsing into mania! She doesn't know whether to start laughing hysterically or screaming in fury!
FWIW, the reason why the head came off and what I presume to be either coolant or lubricant almost immediately caught fire is that May was no longer around micromanaging the systems to prevent catastrophic failures. Without that close supervision, it was just a matter of time before the damn thing just succumbed to entropy!
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 08 Sep 2020, 21:58 ---is that the wiring? the battery?
this could get bad real quick.
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Yeah, whether or not that's an electrical fire, they'll need to smother the thing in AFF foam pretty quickly if the batteries are lithium-ion!
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 08 Sep 2020, 19:52 ---I wonder... could May have a case against the government that they left her in a literal death trap?
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I would say 'no'. The defence would be that that chassis was perfectly safe if properly maintained. The fact that she didn't have the resources to carry out the required maintenance is not the government's problem. She knows and insisted on frittering away her money on clothing, housing, consumables like coolant and power to keep the (defective) batteries topped up. What were the government supposed to do if her priorities were so skewed towards trivia?
Oh, if she has a decent lawyer who is willing to spend the time fighting through the bureaucratic quagmire, she'll probably get a nice cheque after a decade or so, which will pay out after she and everyone who knows about her case signs an NDA. The decision-makers will be reassigned upwards, the actual pen-pushers (like the guy who dissed Roko) will be dismissed for 'failing to resolve the issue' by making it go away without cost and all records of the affair will be consigned to the deepest and most inaccessible archives if not destroyed outright.
the silent firefly:
double ponytail... didn't see that coming. i was worried at first but i think i really like my favorite character's new body.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 08 Sep 2020, 04:40 ---May’s voice sounds different to me now.
I know that’s weird, because May’s voice is just something I imagine in my head. But I just can’t map my old “May voice” onto her new body.
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No no. That's totally fair. For they longest time, my brain had Allison Keith's voice assigned to May's old chassis.
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 08 Sep 2020, 19:52 ---I wonder... could May have a case against the government that they left her in a literal death trap?
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If we're still standing by the principle that it becomes their legal property on embodiment, I'd say that the tricky thing would be to prove that it was a death trap at time of issue. Then you get to delve into the specifics of the procurement process, and if it has been followed correctly, or has someone been (deliberately/corruptly) sloppy with it. With hers being a niche case, as we've learned, it might be hard to get much traction. Either way, it's going to be a long process. And even then, she's only had an appraisal of the state, some time after she was issued it. (Though, how much time, it's a bit difficult to gauge.)
I don't think we can really argue on the basis of what exists in our world very much, as issuing a body is not something that happens. The closest you might get, is suing over deficient health care. But even there, the specifics will be different, I should think.
If, on the other hand, the chassis were to be, and remain, property of the department of corrections/justice/what have you, it might be easier. Though, again, depending on the specifics in the arrangement - on loan, lease...- there might be the risk that she's responsible for maintenance.
Edited to add back in what I accidentally deleted.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Sorflakne on 08 Sep 2020, 20:20 ---May is taking her new body very well.
And not a moment too soon...
As a random aside, if I ever have too much money to know what to do with, I want to have my body scanned and a model of my skeleton 3D printed. It would enjoy a good life as everything from a party prop to freaking out guests with strategic placement.
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I'd get quite a bit of dental, nasal and sinus work done along with something experimental to treat my CTS. Maybe a silicone support tunnel?
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