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    Ah, Elan. "I just fixed that!"

    So who's going to give orders while Andi's under the engine?
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    Oh wow, Andi may actually do something helpful.
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    I could get used to this pace of comic delivery

    Elan is priceless, as usual.

    Andi is now functioning as a competent chief engineer again, but no one is captain.

    Furkini Menace attacking the gas bag is not as useful as she thinks, as Elan can mend the gas bag. And the Fighter.

    "Technically that worked" is one of the all time great glass-half-full moments.

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    I think I saw "Sunrise Gravy" on the menu at Denny's once.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Torath View Post
    So who's going to give orders while Andi's under the engine?
    No-one, which is why a crew member felt the need to unilaterally stop the ship.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf_c View Post
    No-one, which is why a crew member felt the need to unilaterally stop the ship.

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    Andi can be captain, or chief engineer, but not both at once. A good captain would realize this immediately.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shining Wrath View Post
    Elan is priceless, as usual.

    Andi is now functioning as a competent chief engineer again, but no one is captain.

    Furkini Menace attacking the gas bag is not as useful as she thinks, as Elan can mend the gas bag. And the Fighter.
    Well, it looks as if the bridge crew hand holds her, then her command goes better. That's no way to captain a ship, though. Also, Elan's gotta be running low on spells now. She puts enough gashes in the balloon, he won't be able to patch 'em all.
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    Usually it's a cleric that would be saying Elan's lines.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
    Also, Elan's gotta be running low on spells now. She puts enough gashes in the balloon, he won't be able to patch 'em all.
    IIRC, he's out of level-0 and level-1 slots, but I believe he has a significant number of other slots still - it's just extremely wasteful to use them to cast Mend.

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    Great page!

    Rich is really living up to this strip's title. We just got a page like 2 days ago!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf_c View Post
    IIRC, he's out of level-0 and level-1 slots, but I believe he has a significant number of other slots still - it's just extremely wasteful to use them to cast Mend.

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    The bigger question is how he will get up there to cast it. There aren't any convenient ropes attached to that particular area of the blimp, and its facing downward so he probably cant climb up there and cast his spell without falling.

    Side note, I tried to spell climb with a p four times while writing that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keltest View Post
    The bigger question is how he will get up there to cast it. There aren't any convenient ropes attached to that particular area of the blimp, and its facing downward so he probably cant climb up there and cast his spell without falling.

    Side note, I tried to spell climb with a p four times while writing that.
    Roy explicitly states that Elan can cast Mend with his feet on the deck in panel #6. Also, since the ship stopped moving in panel #2, it's a lot easier.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keltest View Post
    The bigger question is how he will get up there to cast it. There aren't any convenient ropes attached to that particular area of the blimp, and its facing downward so he probably cant climb up there and cast his spell without falling.

    Side note, I tried to spell climb with a p four times while writing that.
    Eh, it's got a ten foot range. I think it'd reach. Also, p is really close to b, in fairness.
    Quote Originally Posted by Shining Wrath View Post
    Roy explicitly states that Elan can cast Mend with his feet on the deck in panel #6. Also, since the ship stopped moving in panel #2, it's a lot easier.
    It is possible for Roy to be wrong, since he's not a caster and may not know the range of the spell.
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    Now's their chance to free Bandana.
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    You rock Giant! Thanks for "catching up".
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    Frosty is still the most competent and likable new character here. I'm going to be sad when she dies.

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    Andi is going to explode the ship that is definitely going to happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Torath View Post
    Ah, Elan. "I just fixed that!"

    So who's going to give orders while Andi's under the engine?
    With the engines stopped, nobody needs to give orders to the helm. I will also note that Andi is a lousy ship's engineer. For fuel and electrical, and engines, before you do maintenance you use Tag Out Procedures. Lucky for her, the engine controllmen (Kwesi) knows what needs to be done and shuts off the engine to prevent an accident during maintenance. *shakes finger* Andi, you are supposed to know better than that! Good mechanic? Yeah. Good ship's engineer? Not So Much.
    Quote Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf_c View Post
    No-one, which is why a crew member felt the need to unilaterally stop the ship.
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    That shutting off of engines was to prevent a fuel leak and or / other accident, while Andi jury rigs the engines/props to increase lift. Once again some of our pirates (Kwesi, Mateo) are able to keep their minds on task and on their duties during this high stress event. Andi? Not so much. (But at least she's finally playing to her strengths in terms of fixing things ...)
    Quote Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf_c View Post
    IIRC, he's out of level-0 and level-1 slots, but I believe he has a significant number of other slots still - it's just extremely wasteful to use them to cast Mend. GW
    Not if that's what you need to keep flying. Not wasteful.
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    You rock Giant! Thanks for "catching up".
    Which giant are you talking about: Rich, or the beloved Furkini Menace? (I am really enjoying her as the antagonist...).
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    Another interesting comic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KorvinStarmast View Post
    Not if that's what you need to keep flying. Not wasteful.
    Something can be both necessary and wasteful - they are not opposites from each other.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KorvinStarmast View Post
    That shutting off of engines was to prevent a fuel leak, other accident, while Andi jury rigs the engines/props to increase lift.
    I assumed they did it to halt their otherwise imminent impact with the side of a cliff while Andi was working. That seems somewhat more likely than "What andi is doing is actually incredibly dangerous to her well being and she somehow doesn't know this."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keltest View Post
    I assumed they did it to halt their otherwise imminent impact with the side of a cliff while Andi was working. That seems somewhat more likely than "What andi is doing is actually incredibly dangerous to her well being and she somehow doesn't know this."
    Why? That hasn't stopped her so far.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KorvinStarmast View Post
    With the engines stopped, nobody needs to give orders to the helm. I will also note that Andi is a lousy ship's engineer. For fuel and electrical, and engines, before you do maintenance you use Tag Out Procedures. Lucky for her, the engine controllmen (Kwesi) knows what needs to be done and shuts off the engine to prevent an accident during maintenance. *shakes finger* Andi, you are supposed to know better than that! Good mechanic? Yeah. Good ship's engineer? Not So Much. That shutting off of engines was to prevent a fuel leak and or / other accident, while Andi jury rigs the engines/props to increase lift.
    I'm pretty sure they did a full stop to stop moving and not ram the mountain, not shut off the engines to make engineering easier
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf_c View Post
    Something can be both necessary and wasteful -
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    I do not agree. The OoTS gets mission failure if the ship cannot fly. Elan's effort is in a lot of ways the main effort: keep the ship flying. As such, whatever it takes is a resource well spent since failure to expend that resource ends the chance for mission success. The enemy has a mission success mode of "stop the ship." Countering the enemy's mission is also a path to mission success. Elan's action are not a waste. They are critical nodes on the path to success.

    Remember: it's about mission success (over all optimized collective action) not optimization of one small sub set of the operation. Larger scale optimization often requires some subordinate functions to be suboptimal. (Lessons of real life program management, project management, mission success, etc).
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    The previous episode lacked comedy but this makes up for it.

    Andi is showing herself to be a bad engineer as well as a bad captain. Whether her modification should be tried with the ship at speed is something she should know. Even if it's not known because it's a new technique, a good engineer understands machines well enough to immediately work it out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IntelectPaladin View Post
    Another interesting comic.
    Now, who else doesn't want the Giantess to die?
    I want her to die a good death. I don't think her changing sides is in character, and there's no way to get rid of her.

    Quote Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf_c View Post
    Something can be both necessary and wasteful - they are not opposites from each other.

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    "Wasteful" implies spending resources in a foolish or shortsided way. If it is absolutely necessary to spend a resource to achieve vital goals they aren't wasted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
    I'm pretty sure they did a full stop to stop moving and not ram the mountain, not shut off the engines to make engineering easier
    It's hard to tell, really. Andi clearly didn't care about it either way, though...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
    I'm pretty sure they did a full stop to stop moving and not ram the mountain, not shut off the engines to make engineering easier
    Maybe both, but I concede that I am making an inference or assumption on why Kwesi shut down the engine. (Based on my engineering and maintenance experience, on ships and planes both).

    I'd rather they just throw/push this giantess over the side. That gets rid of her threat, lightens the ship, and also lets the beloved Furkini Menace live to fight another day. So We Need To Learn Her Name! (Ref the escape from Azure city and having a name as a way to remain alive...)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yendor View Post
    Why? That hasn't stopped her so far.
    Because that would require her to have such an absurd degree of luck in her engineering that it stretches plausibility. It seems incredibly unlikely that she could consistently enter such dangerous circumstances unaware and make it out without getting hurt over years and years of engineering.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yendor View Post
    Why? That hasn't stopped her so far.
    If this forum had a like feature I would rate up this post. Andi seems to possess absolutely zero common sense.

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