Freefall 3: Death Ray Byproducts

[Rogar Demonblud]

Plus it's not like she's going to be climbing or anything, so there's little reason to consider articulated legs as opposed to a mitten-type approach.

[DavidSh]

I'd say it's because you can't walk anyway in 0g, so the one-leg design is cheaper and more efficient?

Though a lack of atmospheric pressure doesn't necessarily imply a lack of gravity or acceleration. One might be on an airless moon, or outside a ship under thrust, or a rotating station.

[sihnfahl]

My personal opinion? It's a design she made because the standard design does not accommodate a tail...

So it's simpler for a single-leg design that has her hop, rather than try to retrofit a standard design for her tail.

[Rogar Demonblud]

She has a little cart that pulls her around. She doesn't need to hop, and is probably well aware that one good thrust can achieve escape velocity.

[sihnfahl]

She has a little cart that pulls her around. She doesn't need to hop, and is probably well aware that one good thrust can achieve escape velocity.

Good for a linear path, but when one has to work angles or move 'up' in a confined zero-g environment, legs are pretty efficient.

[theangelJean]

Good for a linear path, but when one has to work angles or move 'up' in a confined zero-g environment, legs are pretty efficient.

"Cart" + "legs" = torque?

[Kantaki]

New comic

„Being polite is never a waste of bandwidth.“
The world would be a better place if more people thought like that.

[Anarchic Fox]

Yeah, this comic (2/22/2021) is one that reminds me why I love Freefall.

[Fyraltari]

Yeah, that checks out.

[Rogar Demonblud]

I'm suddenly reminded of a great line from a mediocre movie.

"We'll just cancel the return ticket."

The folks on Jean are probably just buying Sam a one-way ticket, though.

[Cazero]

Is Florence wearing hooves-shoes? When did she become a furry?

[sihnfahl]

Is Florence wearing hooves-shoes? When did she become a furry?

Hah!

In all honesty? She's probably wearing absorbent foot coverings since, well, canines sweat through their feet.

[Rogar Demonblud]

She walks on her paws anyway, so any kind of boot or shoe (say, something with a maglock to keep her on the deck) is going to look hoof-like.

[Rockphed]

I wonder how thurdad is going to judge the sqids. Is he going to say that they seem better than some humans? Will he agree with the people who have decided to close off Sam's world forever? The air is rife with drama!

[Rogar Demonblud]

When Sam puts it that way, the similarities are striking.

[theangelJean]

I wonder how thurdad is going to judge the sqids. Is he going to say that they seem better than some humans? Will he agree with the people who have decided to close off Sam's world forever? The air is rife with drama!

I suspect we may have to ask him in another 15 years.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Sam's asking the important questions again. What's a road trip without snacks?

[Rogar Demonblud]

And again Sam makes that sound very familiar.

[Rockphed]

And again Sam makes that sound very familiar.

As my granny is fond of saying, "those who enjoy sausage or respect the law should not watch either being made". Legal systems seem much nicer on the abstract.

[Cazero]

I'm surprised, really. I was expecting Sam to answer "Government?"

[Rockphed]

I'm surprised, really. I was expecting Sam to answer "Government?"

Sam may scoff at rules and steal everything that isn't welded in place, but he comes from a society that makes rules and understands ownership. Thus his people must have processes for making rules. Sam is best described as hyper greedy and acting out because he is bored. He may have a mechanical aptitude best written as a complex number, but he is very good at more social understanding (albeit through the warped lens of his skewed ethics).

[Rogar Demonblud]

Sam seems to view the whole thing as a game he's playing with children. From his cultural perspective, that's probably about as true an assessment as he can make. Hopefully, he will eventually realize that the 'kids' aren't going to grow proper scavenger instincts and he'll treat them on their own merits.

[Willie the Duck]

Sam may scoff at rules and steal everything that isn't welded in place, but he comes from a society that makes rules and understands ownership. Thus his people must have processes for making rules.

Sam clearly has the concept of rules ingrained into his mindset, as breaking them seems to be a discrete thing he aims to do. My guess (which we might actually get to test in the upcoming strips) is that Sam's society is very much like ours -- government, rules, ownership, theft, even war -- but it just operates with a much stronger tendency towards breaking the rules. A general non-violent tendency seems to be involved -- if you steal too much from me, instead of coming over there and smashing you or imprisoning you, I just steal right back.

[TaRix]

Hm. Cephalopods not passing the marshmallow test? Not according to Earth current events. Of course, I've only seen the clickbait teasers, not the articles...

[Rogar Demonblud]

Sam clearly has the concept of rules ingrained into his mindset, as breaking them seems to be a discrete thing he aims to do. My guess (which we might actually get to test in the upcoming strips) is that Sam's society is very much like ours -- government, rules, ownership, theft, even war -- but it just operates with a much stronger tendency towards breaking the rules. A general non-violent tendency seems to be involved -- if you steal too much from me, instead of coming over there and smashing you or imprisoning you, I just steal right back.

From what Sam's told us his society is pre-industrial. Which is why they don't just send him back: he knows way too much about modern technology.

[Willie the Duck]

From what Sam's told us his society is pre-industrial. Which is why they don't just send him back: he knows way too much about modern technology.

Um, yes. I'm not sure how that relates to my point, but I agree.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Sam's society is not like ours. They're back at the point where stock raiding was considered a game to show off how awesome you are. We're past that now, and probably even moreso in comic.

[Rockphed]

Sam's society is not like ours. They're back at the point where stock raiding was considered a game to show off how awesome you are. We're past that now, and probably even moreso in comic.

Counterpoint: mister Kornada.

[Radar]

Counterpoint: mister Kornada.

With the slight correction that he did not try to show anyone how awesome he is: he thought it was patently obvious on a first glance.

[Fyraltari]

Sam's society is not like ours. They're back at the point where stock raiding was considered a game to show off how awesome you are. We're past that now, and probably even moreso in comic.

I have no knowlegde of a point and place in history where cattle theft and raiding was considered a game and not a serious offense, often to be repayed in blood?