PaRARGdox 163
Moon-Gate: The Mars Base New-Moskow was established by the Soviets post Q’Arth attack on Moscow in 1972. The base is independent of Earth and Russia following the closure of the Mars-Gate portal that allowed travel between sites. It’s been mentioned from time to time but never seen. Maybe, one day we’ll get to that story.
Euro Magellan: You might remember the brief and ill-fated attack of Contessa Q and Der Rote Verteidiger (and the rest of Euro Magellan) against the Rarg starting from page 7.107.
“Throught”?: A wonderfully helpful Patron pointed out the typo in Punchin’ Judy’s first panel text. And then I was going to fix it… and totally forgot. So “throught” is still there for the moment… I’ll fix it up in a few hours.
Patrons: Over on Patreon page 164 is now up – page 165 soon…
Next update: August 13, 2022: Strategies…?
So, Mars is now the last outpost of Soviet Communism given that the USSR collapsed in the 70’s per Tros in History 07?
Yes, pretty much 🙂
The Red Planet…
Communism works best for small, tight-knit communities, which a Mars base would need to be.
Uhhh…
Does some of The Man Who Can’s nanobots need to stay behind for portal connectivity?
And if so, does that mean that they’re going to have to fly back?
Definitely good questions to ask… 🙂
I don’t believe The Man Who Can is involved in this. Did you mean Rocket Bill, Autoskip?
Although, that raises an interesting question . . . could The Man Who Can interface with the Rarg ship’s technology if a telepathic individual uploaded Rarg communication knowledge to TMWC?
*Ranger Bill
Now now, look at all that egg on my face.
To be fair, I looked at the nanobots, and went “oh, tech – must be The Man Who Can”, and completely forgot that that is nothing like what The Man Who Can looks like.
You did a way better job at remembering who was who than I did.
Their powers are slightly different. RB is more of a tech wizard, while TMWC is more a techno mentalist. Basically, RB uses his own machines, while TMWC uses other people’s machines.
Okay, so they’re not THAT different.
The Man Who Can gets uppity if you mess up his name.
Imagine how thrilled he’d be at you forgetting what he looks like 😂
On the other hand, I remembered his name correctly, whilst also forgetting about someone else with a somewhat similar area of expertise, so that’s got to count for something.
lol, that’s bad of me, I didn’t even notice…
LOL… So engaged with the story that I didn’t even notice the typo!
I wonder how much life-support Ranger Bill’s little house on Luna has. If it can only generate enough oxygen for 1 person and you stick 6 people in there, especially people who probably use oxygen at a higher rate than normal, you could have a problem.
Ranger Bill: Uh, guys? Take a BIG breath before going through. I only sized the life support for 2 people, which would have been me and redundancy.
Given that he likely intended to stay longer than a few minutes, they’re probably okay.
I don’t remember where I got the idea but isn’t it said/implied that Ranger Bill is a bit of a rich kid? “Closet” might not mean the same thing coming from him. Wouldn’t be surprised if his moon base was actually a serviceable size, just not super comfortable.
“Yeah, this is it, I’m afraid. Sleeping space maxes out at 20, there’s only 12 restrooms, and the kitchen only serves fillet mignon between the hours of 2pm to 8pm. I know, it’s a real dump, it’s still a work in progress. Tennis, anyone?”
Gotta get the Parahumans away before the Rarg Dox them. ;D
Hmm. Next update: August 13, 2022: Strategies…?
Considering Maya’s Mind Mojo can make a mental torture session that seems like a long time, in a few seconds… Anyone consider the possibility of radically swifter planning and simulation session within a cooperative Maya’s Mind Mojo, or is does the illusion of a longer duration, not actually allow more rapid visualization of strategies?
I wonder if Mars Gate Tech include any passage though demon dimensions, or on a bigger scale flying vehicle puddle jumpers powered by an element that is not found on Earth, that alters mass properties of matter allowing acceleration and deceleration to the speed of… sci-fi crossover.