Well of Souls Forums

The current plan is to resume updates in January. I'm not going to quit, and I'm not going to change the format of the comic before the end of chapter 2. When I get to the end of chapter 2, IF there are still problems with keeping a decent schedule, then I will consider changing the format. I will ...

Thanks for the explanation, Arioch. I guess I was had been wondering where the others' had heard of it, if it wasn't ever written out properly, but sounds like it's basically leaked out over the years on the forum (the fact that it had been part of this "vat" of ideas, I mean), with parts making it ...

oh. (?) I hadn't seen it mentioned or written out so it took me by surprise.

CJSF

Arioch wrote: Anecdotally, the predecessor story to Outsider, which was about a Human civil war in which they had more or less the same technological level as the major combatants in Outsider do, was set in 2384.

What story is this? Is this something you're written already? Where is it?

CJSF

Well, to be fair, the name of the comic is "Outsider," so there really might not be anything "we" do but get to watch things unfold from Alex's eyes. Does there really need to be a "Don't worry, I'LL save you!" moment from humanity in this situation?

CJSF

Arioch,

How is your nom de plume pronounced?

CJSF

Interesting. So the Umiak at Naam could, theoretically, have brought a 100% telepathy dampener with them so the Farseers couldn't detect them? I believe that could be true, hypothetically, but I find it unconvincing that the Umiak's ability to evade the Farseers is separate from humanity's appearan...

Thanks for clearing that up for me Arioch. (and thanks for your input too, Zakharra).

CJSF

Arioch, In the Jump Drive page of the Insider section, your answer to one of the questions mentions that - based on technology, the science of hyperjumps, and safety - it takes about a week to transit each star system. But in the comic, Alex mentions that he's been in the cell for "at least a week" ...

With what we know so far , the logical conclusion is that Humanity won't survive until the end of the war. We have nothing significant in the way of technology to offer that might bring the war to and end in favor of the Loroi. The only thing about humans that's significant is that we are either imm...

I'm afraid I don't remember the name of that company... I believe you are referring to Skylon. Here's a discussion topic about it on a forum I belong to. Its last post is from about a year ago: http://cosmoquest.org/forum/showthread.php?85589-british-rocketplane-by-2020 Also, the Wikipedia page has...

Do we need a miscellaneous Nazi question and answer thread? Or an alternate military history thread?

CJSF

Is it safe to assume that whilst Alex is being whisked away, an exploratory force is being sent to find and "greet" (or observe) the Prabhu, which Alex graciously told them was just 10 jumps away? Given that the Loroi haven't even asked where the Prabhu is (even though Alex was offering to tell the...

Is it safe to assume that whilst Alex is being whisked away, an exploratory force is being sent to find and "greet" (or observe) the Prabhu, which Alex graciously told them was just 10 jumps away?

CJSF

[Edited: I originally said 3 jumps, whoops]

I still contend (with full acknowledgement that I might be seeing what I want to see) that Alex dislikes Fireblade more than she dislkes him. She seems concerned about what trouble he might get into and annoyed that he's so antagonistic, but must have some understanding of what it must be costing hi...

I forget, what was Arioch's reason for not using a crowdfunding outlet for raising the money? I think "we" asked him before, but I can't remember what he said (heck, it might even have been me who asked). CJSF Hm... The answer should be here? Yeah, except he said: I think Kickstarter works best whe...

I forget, what was Arioch's reason for not using a crowdfunding outlet for raising the money? I think "we" asked him before, but I can't remember what he said (heck, it might even have been me who asked).

CJSF

Still pretty strange they'd find our gender ratio so surprising. Maybe the Loroi are some sort of post feminist society, I mean feminists are one of two things obeseed with male extermination or reduction to 1 in 10 people are men. So maybe the Loroi just found a way to kill of their male parts in ...

Regarding the idea to send scouts and tech gap: I'm sure Arioch will have a better response, but the way I see it (based on info from the Insider pages, and Alex's asides in the comic), we knew there'd be a tech gap, but the size of it's a lot bigger than we anticipated. CJSF EDITED to add: UGH! Can...

Wait, do male Loroi have better control of their bodies than human men? Wouldn't that be useless, even harmful from evolutionary point of view? Better to err on other side, having an erection when no sex, rather that failing to perform when there is occasion to do so (even if unwillingly...). Are y...