@Acoustic Rob I wrote up a long rant about why I disagree with your comment and thankfully decided to delete it as it was too wordy and harsh sounding.
In the end I suspect Nick would not need a minigun, anyway. He has the ability to control electronics in a world where everything is run electronically. He’s a GD superhero already. A-Sig doesn’t stand a chance.
He doesn’t have a minigun at-hand. He does however have an insanely powerful super-hacking device that seems to be able to bypass almost any security just by getting upset. The damage that can do to an organization that relies on digital security is rather high. The only thing needed is to keep him alive long enough to effectively use it.
Nick is adept at employing appropriate levels of force.
I envision a platoon of armoured Anasigma shock troopers arrayed between Nick and where Virginia is being held. With a hand gesture, Nick raises the locked portcullis, to discover Mr. Green standing at the rear of the gauntlet, sinister smile overriding his surprise that Nick is even alive. “Ready!” (Nick marches resolutely forward, unhesitating and single-minded in his purpose) “Aim!” Green commands… and without even a gesture from Nick all the ASig goons pivot and point their rifles at Mr. Green, powered body armor locking in place…
What’s the difference in time rates between Real Time and Sim Time?
He might be back tomorrow to ask that question, immediately after he realized he didn’t know, but after 250 of the 300 drinks have been comsumed.
When I read ‘Boneyard’, I immediately thought about the term as a place where old aircraft are stored to be used for spare parts. Nick would definitely know where that is.
Having read this strip for a while, I’m pretty sure that, given the number of zombies that appear, my instincts were wrong and the Boneyard has actual bones.
Ooohh! Imagine Nick reaching out in the aircraft graveyard, discovering a few (dozen) still operational craft he can get airborne as a support squadron!
Since being drunk temporarily impairs the functioning of your mind, does simulated drinking temporarily modify the functioning of a virtual intelligence? [1] I’d say that sounds a little dangerous, but then so is physical-world drinking.
[1] I wonder how the Baron’s reality simulates binge-drinking. Does it bring you to a plateau level of drunkeness and keep you there after a certain number of drinks, or is it programmed to include the Blackout and Wake up in a Dumpster stages of drinking?
Look out, Anasigma. Hell has come for breakfast.
^this š
I agree wholeheartedly with Moe and David!
Did I just hear the Popeye fanfare?
Bravo!
If they’re lucky. Otherwise it’s more like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUYjpKg9KY
“300 bottles of beer on the wall, 300 bottles of beer.
Take one down, pass it around.
299 bottles of beer on the wall…”
So, did Nick get over his “non-violent” phase? Or is the sound that Anasigma is about to hear that of a GAU-17 minigun?
If you’re careful you can do a lot of property damage with a minigun without directly harming anyone.
@Acoustic Rob I wrote up a long rant about why I disagree with your comment and thankfully decided to delete it as it was too wordy and harsh sounding.
In the end I suspect Nick would not need a minigun, anyway. He has the ability to control electronics in a world where everything is run electronically. He’s a GD superhero already. A-Sig doesn’t stand a chance.
IMO it’s almost certainly a reference to a certain scene from T2: Judgment Day.
(HUMAN CASUALTIES: 0)
He doesn’t have a minigun at-hand. He does however have an insanely powerful super-hacking device that seems to be able to bypass almost any security just by getting upset. The damage that can do to an organization that relies on digital security is rather high. The only thing needed is to keep him alive long enough to effectively use it.
Depends on how far away his helicopter body is. Because it does have a minigun.
Nick is adept at employing appropriate levels of force.
I envision a platoon of armoured Anasigma shock troopers arrayed between Nick and where Virginia is being held. With a hand gesture, Nick raises the locked portcullis, to discover Mr. Green standing at the rear of the gauntlet, sinister smile overriding his surprise that Nick is even alive. “Ready!” (Nick marches resolutely forward, unhesitating and single-minded in his purpose) “Aim!” Green commands… and without even a gesture from Nick all the ASig goons pivot and point their rifles at Mr. Green, powered body armor locking in place…
After having to sit through Baron Mistycorn’s Wild Ride?
I’m glad I was wrong about Lovelace being villainous, even if Baron proved to have hooves of clay…
She doesn’t seem particularly heroic either though. She’s just letting Nick go off on his own instead of helping him in some way.
She has no physical body. She was smuggled into the server with a pendrive. She cannot follow.
I half-expected Nick to blip back in and ask where the Boneyard is.
What’s the difference in time rates between Real Time and Sim Time?
He might be back tomorrow to ask that question, immediately after he realized he didn’t know, but after 250 of the 300 drinks have been comsumed.
Or not. Who knows?
When I read ‘Boneyard’, I immediately thought about the term as a place where old aircraft are stored to be used for spare parts. Nick would definitely know where that is.
Having read this strip for a while, I’m pretty sure that, given the number of zombies that appear, my instincts were wrong and the Boneyard has actual bones.
This is Anasigma- I’m sure they can arrange for a way for both to be true.
Ooohh! Imagine Nick reaching out in the aircraft graveyard, discovering a few (dozen) still operational craft he can get airborne as a support squadron!
Zombie Airplanes!
Are we about to see Nick Dance Fight?
Though, there is pretty much no way he could top Wanda. Would still be funny though.
Here comes the Osprey blasting “Ride of the Valkries”…
Absolutely!
No other song would work so well. š
The AI the Nick eventually became was after all, initially an Anasigma weapons project. They may have succeeded beyond their wildest nightmares.
*Sage nod*
Everyone at the Boneyard just had a chill run down their spine.
When Lovelace says “have 300 drinks”, she means apiece, right? After that display of power, it would sound good.
There’s a rap song called “300 Bars and Runnin’.” No, I haven’t listened to it, rap isn’t my thing.
Anasigma has taken away. The babe and the dog are astray. There, was that so hard? They are at the Boneyard. Baron’s eyes and his ears were in play.
Nooooooo Iām finally caught up!
Now you have to wait for the next installment, just like the rest of us! (If you haven’t already, I suggest reading Narbonic during your downtime.)
Even if you have, I’d suggest reading Narbonic (again) anyway. It’s just that good.
Since being drunk temporarily impairs the functioning of your mind, does simulated drinking temporarily modify the functioning of a virtual intelligence? [1] I’d say that sounds a little dangerous, but then so is physical-world drinking.
[1] I wonder how the Baron’s reality simulates binge-drinking. Does it bring you to a plateau level of drunkeness and keep you there after a certain number of drinks, or is it programmed to include the Blackout and Wake up in a Dumpster stages of drinking?
“…the Blackout and Wake up in a Dumpster stages of drinking”
In virtual worlds, it’s called “fast travel”
Baron, for all his faults, is a perfectionist. I’m confident his binges include hangovers, vomiting, blackouts AND dumpsters. š