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Thu Dec 28, 2023 12:57 am

Not mentioned yet? Alex reaction: Drill kicking in, no fliching, determined expression. Go, man!!

He's making Humanity proud, one dead-bug and blushing-Beryl at a time!

It's also worth pointing out that (if one assumes that aliens such as the Umiak have nerves that work similarly to ours) 'upgrading' from biochemical/electric signal transmission via biological nerves to a pure-electric signal transmission via cables would significantly reduce their reaction time, e...

Just finished blitzing through this series. Very interesting twist on the setting (and I guess what you're writing is arguably a 2nd-degree fanfiction, given that it's based on another fanfic's rough idea), and I appreciate that you've drawn out the "how to get a peek behind lotai" idea rather than ...

Given that Umiak hardtroops are likely designed almost purely to fight Loroi (after 25 years of war and all that), one can argue that maybe they've accepted a lower reaction time in favor of possibly greater survivability. Given that Loroi have, essentially, permanent wallhacks, any Umiak is *not* l...

Also: Did she miss? I can´t see any effect? It could be that there are multiple Hardtroops breaching the compartment, and Beryl chose to shoot the one with a more dangerous weapon. The only one we see 'on camera' here is already missing an arm, and seems to have no weapon other than its single rema...

<3 Drach. But yes, the kamikaze tactics are an excellent example of how IRL war & the calculations which go into it are often so much more brutal than people unfamiliar with them can imagine.

Just finished reading through the story — it's definitely an interesting take on the setting! I definitely didn't see the "Welcome to the Sword & Sorcery" shift coming, but I'm looking forwards to seeing where you go with it!

Huh. And I would have thought that it was literally the next line (Talon's "It was not a real game, seed-head!") that would have inspired your... particular artwork.

I always love the great teasing-sisters energy that Spiral and Talon have, both in Outsider canon and so many fanworks.

Question: Do Loroi space-suits have any sort of (emergency) thruster system, as something to have in case personnel get ejected from a ship/station by anything from battle damage to accident? The TCA suits that we see in Chapter 1 have what look to be thruster packs on the back, but I don't see any ...

For what it's worth, just operating in deep space (and especially at the sub-light speeds that Loroi/Umiak ships get up to) pretty much requires excellent radiation/particle shielding. In terms of 'radiation dangers' in Outsider, I've been generally treating it as having been handwaved much like the...

I don't know which mental image is funnier: a veteran Teidar who *is* the Navy SEAL copypasta (Fireblade ^2) running a hand-made comb through her ankle-length hair that would put a Disney princess to shame, or a Hardtroop doing his level best to look like an intimidating vertebrate-bug-monster while...

Hey man, when 'just quick sketches' can make two characters instantly recognizable, that's good art.

That's what makes it so charming!

...did you really draw that just for the sake of hilarious innuendo?

Bravo.

If the Umiak are filling the compartment with near-pure oxygen, then that by itself is extremely explosive and just the slightest spark would make for a very big boom. Now, while I would normally assume that an 'ordnance storage facility' would be like an internal magazine that was a good ways away ...

Always glad to get a new page! Question, though: What makes the Loroi think that the Umiak wouldn't investigate anything about one of their ships in the formation suddenly ceasing to follow orders/keep formation? I could see if, say, Tempo was on the radio doing her best Han Solo "We're all good dow...

Well, they're in a compartment full of explosives. Creating a lot of holes, real quick, isn't going to be much of a challenge!

Interesting question. Given that the hypderdrive system described for Outsider works as an essentially 'ballistic' course after the ship jumps, and that *staying* precisely on that course is very important, I'd imagine that much would depend on just how energetically one ejected anything out of the ...

Incidentally, every time I read "Loroi Union" I picture Tempo, Fireblade, Beryl, Reed, and the rest standing around, wearing high-visibility vests and leaning on their shovels while Cloud digs a trench. Loroi Union work.jpg Stillstorm: <This is really the most efficient way to accomplish this task?>...