I can’t tell, are they glowing bacterial colonies? Nutrient-based crystal formations? Microorganisms living in water? Bioluminescent moss?
All these could be interesting avenues with how aug considers the foundations of life to be, in turn revealing the basis of where their tech “style” comes from, being a more organic process, a brunt force manipulation of elements, or a wholly unknown means of manipulating material space.
My engineering and SciFi brain bits are lighting up at the possibilities.
It’s glowy bluey-white. I don’t know a thing about biology and bioluminescence past an average Wikipedia article, but I know plenty on story tropes, story structure, and tropes involving color. Cort just passed his nadir last episode: he’s on a dusty, sad deserted rock, his only friend gone, and left alone with only one person: the only person who truly believed he could be far more than what he currently is, the person who he couldn’t help but let down, and admitted the worst possible thing about himself. This is when we get back up on our feet. And thematically,… Read more »
most likely. at this point i would not be surprised if that happened. lets look at the plot elements. guard is down, check. cyborg girl has a brand new arm that could be broken. check. escape vehicle has returned and is at risk. check. melty alien is around to deathcuddle enemies unless they are immune. check. hero/anti hero is armed with a point and click death star on his arm that he might use without thinking on anything attacking, and end up doing what was said last comic by his buddy about “boring a hole through the planet” big CHECK!… Read more »
Wasn’t this feature mentioned previously, just that people have forgotten how to use that part of the Starcaster. If I am right about that, then this has a higher chance of being what will happen.
It makes sense in-canon. If the Starcasters are tools the Aug used to create worlds, then “big shooty laser go boom” is like the simplest possible use of it. It’s the equivalent of “point energy thataway.”
Giving a person a starcaster is like giving a monkey a smartphone. He might become King Monkey, but only because HE has the magic glowy rock which helps you see things at night.
Damion
2 years ago
Is there anywhere to get a rundown on who’s who in this? The characters are interesting, as are the alien species.
Dang, man, that’s like sliding into the theater two hours into The Two Towers and asking for a quick rundown. This is a series that has been worked on regularly for eight years. Quick rundown – Human (Cort) is an ex-police smuggler; the female purple alien (Nyrah) is a member of a race that was completely wiped out 100 years ago by the Dranglaex, an alien species that travels through worlds wiping out all sentient beings. She’s the last surviving member of her race, having been tourtured in that time to reveal the location of the Starcaster: the large metal… Read more »
Robert
2 years ago
I’m sure the first thought through Cort’s head was “Is this valuable?”.
Someone Else
2 years ago
Sure, they’re cute now, but in a second they’re gonna get mean, and they’re gonna get ugly somehow, and there’s gonna be a million more of them.
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I can’t tell, are they glowing bacterial colonies? Nutrient-based crystal formations? Microorganisms living in water? Bioluminescent moss?
All these could be interesting avenues with how aug considers the foundations of life to be, in turn revealing the basis of where their tech “style” comes from, being a more organic process, a brunt force manipulation of elements, or a wholly unknown means of manipulating material space.
My engineering and SciFi brain bits are lighting up at the possibilities.
It’s glowy bluey-white. I don’t know a thing about biology and bioluminescence past an average Wikipedia article, but I know plenty on story tropes, story structure, and tropes involving color. Cort just passed his nadir last episode: he’s on a dusty, sad deserted rock, his only friend gone, and left alone with only one person: the only person who truly believed he could be far more than what he currently is, the person who he couldn’t help but let down, and admitted the worst possible thing about himself. This is when we get back up on our feet. And thematically,… Read more »
Hey now, why you gotta assume the patrons mess things up! We have smarts! I bet together, we could probably scrape up 130 IQ points!
Don’t use patrons and patronus in the same comment you confused the hell out of me
First.
Downvotes for Trump!
Wait, would we be down voting you, or Trump? And would a Downvote be a vote for, or against…? My brain hurts now…
Nobody gives a flying fuck who was first …
its a troll, dont feed him
Downvotes for the troll god!
Its not as fun as you think, those toilets on planes are cramped.
Moron wasn’t even first XD
Totally was.
No; it’s just that new guys’ comments await moderation before they’re viewable by all.
^
Dibs on, that these glowy things are about to start attacking our heroes. 😮
most likely. at this point i would not be surprised if that happened. lets look at the plot elements. guard is down, check. cyborg girl has a brand new arm that could be broken. check. escape vehicle has returned and is at risk. check. melty alien is around to deathcuddle enemies unless they are immune. check. hero/anti hero is armed with a point and click death star on his arm that he might use without thinking on anything attacking, and end up doing what was said last comic by his buddy about “boring a hole through the planet” big CHECK!… Read more »
Or we find a new power of the Starcaster to prosper life, that Cort is naturally adept at.
Please let it be this one. Such a richer story vein.
that would be AMAZING
Wasn’t this feature mentioned previously, just that people have forgotten how to use that part of the Starcaster. If I am right about that, then this has a higher chance of being what will happen.
It makes sense in-canon. If the Starcasters are tools the Aug used to create worlds, then “big shooty laser go boom” is like the simplest possible use of it. It’s the equivalent of “point energy thataway.”
Giving a person a starcaster is like giving a monkey a smartphone. He might become King Monkey, but only because HE has the magic glowy rock which helps you see things at night.
Is there anywhere to get a rundown on who’s who in this? The characters are interesting, as are the alien species.
Dang, man, that’s like sliding into the theater two hours into The Two Towers and asking for a quick rundown. This is a series that has been worked on regularly for eight years. Quick rundown – Human (Cort) is an ex-police smuggler; the female purple alien (Nyrah) is a member of a race that was completely wiped out 100 years ago by the Dranglaex, an alien species that travels through worlds wiping out all sentient beings. She’s the last surviving member of her race, having been tourtured in that time to reveal the location of the Starcaster: the large metal… Read more »
I’m sure the first thought through Cort’s head was “Is this valuable?”.
Sure, they’re cute now, but in a second they’re gonna get mean, and they’re gonna get ugly somehow, and there’s gonna be a million more of them.
Such a great scene from an amazing movie.
they are breathing there so there must be some kind of life… no? or do they have a breathing apparatus of some kind?