Darths & Droids IV: Not in Numerical Order

[Rodin]

For a moment there I was expecting Jim to be the one doing a vector optimization problem in his head.

Yeah, I had to do the same recalculation. I assumed it was Jim because I'm used to him playing Padme.

[Rogar Demonblud]

I expect it because he's the scientist and often talk science. Pete is the (rules) lawyer. Until I remember he programmed R2's beep language on the fly.

[b_jonas]

Rogar Demonblud and Rodin: the phrase "convex optimization problem" makes it obvious that it's Pete, because Pete used the same phrase in a very similar situation when he was playing Chirrut.

[VoxRationis]

You know, I have to say that I'm liking the party dynamics in this episode. It gives me pleasant nostalgia for Episode 3 and the similar tempering of wacky half-baked plans with mutual distrust and intra-party scheming.

[Rogar Demonblud]

I have got to try that good news bad news bit in the next game we have.

[Anonymouswizard]

You know, I have to say that I'm liking the party dynamics in this episode. It gives me pleasant nostalgia for Episode 3 and the similar tempering of wacky half-baked plans with mutual distrust and intra-party scheming.

We're to end up at least an eight way conflict, probably causing the group forget that the GM actually has ideas for a plot.

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I'm still going for the Poe that turns up at the Resistance base being Wedge. Plus that Jim's replacement character will be Han Solo

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, Admiral Holdo after Han's death

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, and Lando after Holdo's death.

[Kantaki]

I have got to try that good news bad news bit in the next game we have.

Good news: You dug your escape tunnel without alerting the guards.
Bad news: The cells were in a floating castle.

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Well, at least the DM's having fun...

[Rogar Demonblud]

I suspect Annie is too, given her method acting proclivities.

[theangelJean]

Regarding needing moisture farms to live, didn't the whole blue milk debacle cast doubt on that?

[Rogar Demonblud]

The blue milk in this 'verse is apparently a force suppression chemical.

[keybounce]

We're to end up at least an eight way conflict, probably causing the group forget that the GM actually has ideas for a plot.

Do we have 8 players?

[Keltest]

Do we have 8 players?

Hux, Kylo, Rey, BB8, Poe (sort of), Finn. 7 if you count the DM. Maybe theyre assuming that some players will be controlling multiple characters?

[Dire_Flumph]

Do we have 8 players?

Jim is good for at least a 4 way conflict on his own.

[theangelJean]

The blue milk in this 'verse is apparently a force suppression chemical.

Yes, and while Luke was being told about that he also realised that the moisture farming was also not all it seemed. Also the red pills weren't "vitamins".

In fact, the very suggestion of moisture farming was considered such nonsense that some random in Mos Eisley cantina was willing to fight Luke over it, thinking he was taking the mickey. So I'm not putting too much stock in it.

[Anonymouswizard]

Do we have 8 players?

Jim could cause a six way conflict with just himself and an NPC.

Yes, and while Luke was being told about that he also realised that the moisture farming was also not all it seemed. Also the red pills weren't "vitamins".

In fact, the very suggestion of moisture farming was considered such nonsense that some random in Mos Eisley cantina was willing to fight Luke over it, thinking he was taking the mickey. So I'm not putting too much stock in it.

Yeah, it's been clear that Owen and Beru were up to something shady for a long time, beyond crazy survivalism and raising Adam.

[Rodin]

Am I weird for not thinking moisture farming is weird? There are desert creatures who do small-scale moisture farming by sitting out and catching the dew. Taking moisture out of the air is something we do regularly, albeit not under desert conditions. A moisture farm in the desert wouldn't be that efficient, but it's not like Mos Eisley is a big metropolis to be supplied by it. You use the cheap and abundant power generation of a Sci-Fi setting to gather a scarce resource - in this case water.

Heck, Star Wars wasn't even the first to come up with it. The Fremen used wind traps in Dune to gather and store moisture.

[Anonymouswizard]

It's less that, more that the comic suggests that it's considered far fetched in universe. For a simple idea, Mos Ridley might be situated near am underground lake that is more than sufficient for its needs. Moisture farming just had to be impractical compared to whatever they use (anything from there being ice caps they harvest to eighty Star Destroyers of water being shipped in every day).

[SirKazum]

Heck, Star Wars wasn't even the first to come up with it. The Fremen used wind traps in Dune to gather and store moisture.

Dune is one of Star Wars' biggest inspirations, especially for anything that has anything to do with Tattooine (less charitable people might call it a "ripoff" rather than an "inspiration"). That's most certainly not a coincidence, it's probably where they got the idea from.

[Kantaki]

Yes, and while Luke was being told about that he also realised that the moisture farming was also not all it seemed. Also the red pills weren't "vitamins".

In fact, the very suggestion of moisture farming was considered such nonsense that some random in Mos Eisley cantina was willing to fight Luke over it, thinking he was taking the mickey. So I'm not putting too much stock in it.

Thanks for reminding me of one of the biggest twists in the comic:
Greedo shot first.

The biggest being Vader's identity of course.

[DavidSh]

This seems to be a domesticated version of the wild Hyperbola.
(Said nobody ever.)

[Kantaki]

I wonder if there'll be problems from drinking the Happy Hippo water.
Diseases or something.
Maybe it's not free and Finn has no (local) money.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Won't matter once the Imperials arrive and kill everyone, including the heroes. But they'll lose their hats.

[keybounce]

I had forgotten that "moisture farming" was a cake in this version of the story. Thank you for the reminder.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Heh. I was poking around the Irregulars' site and got caught up on Irregular Webcomic. The latest strip finally answers the question of how Hotblack Desiato and his band could destroy a planet with a concert. And now I want the CIs to do a 50 strip (or heck, a full comic) on Hitchhikers.

[137beth]

Oh, good: the only two ST characters whose film counterparts I actually like are finally interacting directly in the comic.

[theangelJean]

Oh, good: the only two ST characters whose film counterparts I actually like are finally interacting directly in the comic.

I'm ... actually confused. ST characters? Film counterparts?

[Rogar Demonblud]

ST=Sequel Trilogy.

[137beth]

ST means sequel trilogy. By "film counterparts," I'm referring to the characters from the movies that correspond to characters from the comics (so, for example, Luke Skywalker is the film counterpart to Luke "Starkiller" Amidala). I'm saying that the two comic characters we are seeing interact now for the first time (Rey and Finn) are the comic counterparts to the only two sequel-trilogy characters I liked.

[theangelJean]

ST means sequel trilogy. By "film counterparts," I'm referring to the characters from the movies that correspond to characters from the comics (so, for example, Luke Skywalker is the film counterpart to Luke "Starkiller" Amidala). I'm saying that the two comic characters we are seeing interact now for the first time (Rey and Finn) are the comic counterparts to the only two sequel-trilogy characters I liked.

Ahh, thank you.

[Anonymouswizard]

Oh, good: the only two ST characters whose film counterparts I actually like are finally interacting directly in the comic.

I presume you mean Finn and BB-8? Not that Rey is bad, I just felt like the films ended up going out of their way to make her flaws not matter, although I struggle to recall a major flaw for any SW film main character beyond Obi-Wan's dogmatism.