I guess I can see a little bit of that in there, yeah. 🙂 But this government is set up quite differently than the one in Mass Effect, if I remember that correctly.
tiamatt
6 years ago
Only a brief preview of them but I like these Federation heads so far. They’re not going to totally jump into action but they also seem like they’re not going to just sit on their hands until 100% proof shows up like so many other fictional government heads that just wait until death is directly at their doorstep. Great stuff as usual. 😀
James Rye
6 years ago
Oh, now I am interesting to how the power is build in the feds. Seems like humanity is not at the very top of it if those three guys are the highest in power. I bet there are tons of “human supremacists” who think humans should lead the federation or if that is not possible (because several other alien races don’t quite trust them) then lead their own future as an empire or republic or something like that. Does humanity have many colonies, like in their own star system or even in other star systems or are they still only… Read more »
worm free head
6 years ago
Ah, yes, ‘Reapers’. The immortal race of sentient starships allegedly waiting in dark space. We have dismissed this claim.
Eaelenthil
6 years ago
Is it just me or would anyone else like to see this adapted to a screenplay for a Netflix show using the, frankly, fantastic original designs? Maybe even a movie that would blow the pants off Solo.
Brent
6 years ago
Oooo, the heads of the federation. Least, that’s how it looks. And they seem to know they’ve been lied to, oh my…
“The Dranglaex lied to us? But they double-triple pinky swore that they had two!”
Austin
6 years ago
Show of hands – did anyone else think the black and gold alien was a guy until they saw the whole group?
Are you guessing his/her/its gender? For all we know the males could be the ones with the feeding responsible for their youngs, males with milk producing boobies. Or it is both genders at the same time. Or it is a neutral gender with the sole role to raise the young so that the other genders can concentrate on other stuff like work and sex and war and whatnot.
Fair point, though we haven’t seen evidence of that yet in the series. So far male and female have still been strictly defined, so when I saw boobs I made that assumption.
Spelling error in the last panel: they’v instead of they’ve.
Chaithi
6 years ago
Please take a look at your ad network. It’s starting to put in slimey ones that on an iPad at least does a pop up message and fully redirects you to their site while I’m part way through the panel.
Let’s take a vote to see which one of these will be the one who turns to their private army and urges them to hunt down and kill the guy who’s got the Starcaster: Albino Speck, Rock Monster, or NightRack.
Or maybe they’ll do it all together and make a decree, for the good of the galaxy.
No chance that this discussion is going to land in, “You know what? I’m sure the guy who’s got it is a pretty decent guy overall, let’s leave him alone” territory.
“Marshall, tell us about this partner of yours.”
“Former partner. Cort Ryder. Promising talent with a strong moral compass, provided said morals fell in line with what looked best for him. A good man, but……jaded, shall we say.”
“Can he be trusted with a Starcaster?”
“I trusted him with my sidearm once. He’s still using it.”
There’s a big difference, though, between a sidearm and a WMD that can explode a star. I think that Cort may have had some luck if he accepted Quel’s help in #5, but no way now. There are certain threats that are just too plain stupid to let continue, and leaving a Starcaster in Cort’s possession – an unproven, unpredictable criminal who routinely breaks the law, gets into conflicts with the Federation, and just recently resisted arrest – is one of them. In their eyes, he’s a mercenary with a Starcaster. You take out that threat and call it the… Read more »
Oh, sorry – I know that Quell trusts Cort, and he would probably make exactly that argument. But like he said, this decision’s above his pay grade. He’s now just the messenger giving the bad news. And while the Feds might have given Cort a try if he submitted to Quel and came to them willingly, knowing that he evaded capture means that Cort isn’t loyal to the Federation. And can you trust that amount of power in the hands of someone you can’t trust, even if he comes later to your side? I mean, look at it this way.… Read more »
FITCamaro
6 years ago
You have a typo in the last panel. “It could it be….”
Ven
6 years ago
Ah Yes, “Starcasters”. We have dismissed those claims.
Eldest Gruff
6 years ago
Anyone notice that all of these being all conveniently have their arms hidden from view, with exception to Albino Speck, who still has his right side hidden?
My money’s on Nightrack having a Starcaster. That’s just way too awesome of a character design to not be a prominent figure later on.
While they’re hidden from our viewpoint, their fore-appendages seem to be well in view of the other council members and I doubt a Starcaster would be easily dismissed by them as jewelry.
Insurance? To keep enemies guessing about which of them truly has it? Or maybe the form of this particular Starcaster requires that it be in three parts on three beings, and the other federation starcaster is……well, somewhere else.
I think Gruff is saying the Federation HAS one starcaster, and SOMEBODY is probably armed with it during this cold war… It’s probably common knowledge within the Federation who that person is, so they wouldn’t HIDE it from each other… they are just conveniently out of OUR view to keep US guessing.
And he thinks the most badass option is to give it to “Nightrack”
That’s possible, but I’m remembering something Nyrah said back in Issue 5 when they found Cort’s Starcaster, about all of them differing a bit in form. If we keep an open enough mind, then that form could be included to stretch across multiple bodies, so something requiring three wearers isn’t outside the realm of possibility
Maybe by endgame the dude on the left will get to wear one on each of his 4 arms.
schnozzberries
6 years ago
Are they implying there may be unknown Starcasters, or that there may be more than we ,the readers, are aware of? I think I read somewhere something about there being 6 known starcasters in existence. I could also be completely mixing scifi stories. 😐
You’re not wrong. Speck has said that there are six Starcasters. Whether this means there are more to be discovered or not, though, is something only Tim knows
It seems as though the heads of the federation are in fact good people- however, the lower ranks (read: hypothetically anyone else) are riddled with corruption and bribery.
And the triumvirate probably gets its bribery from time to time…or maybe they just rest on a large pile of tax money
Elizabeth
6 years ago
Can I just say how much I LOVE the costume design in this? So much.
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Oh boy….Triumvirates always are a pain in the butt….just thinking of the Charred Council of Darksiders….
I was more thinking Mass Effect.
“Ahh yes, ‘Starcasters’, a wrist mounted device with the potential energy to reshape an entire planet… we have dismissed that claim.”
classic
I was thinking more the OG Triumvirate myself. Not really a great precedent…
I have been waiting a long time for the Federation to have this conversation. Cool designs too!
Two typos in the last panel:
“It could it be a different starcaster?”
“… why they’v held their position for so long…”
Yep. Fixed. Thanks.
I’m sorry to point out one myself: shouldn’t it be “Ona VI” instead of “Ona IV”?
I was going to say the same thing.
Looking really good here Tim! I have to say, do I spy a hint of Mass Effect influence? With the three council members and the layout of the room?
I guess I can see a little bit of that in there, yeah. 🙂 But this government is set up quite differently than the one in Mass Effect, if I remember that correctly.
Only a brief preview of them but I like these Federation heads so far. They’re not going to totally jump into action but they also seem like they’re not going to just sit on their hands until 100% proof shows up like so many other fictional government heads that just wait until death is directly at their doorstep. Great stuff as usual. 😀
Oh, now I am interesting to how the power is build in the feds. Seems like humanity is not at the very top of it if those three guys are the highest in power. I bet there are tons of “human supremacists” who think humans should lead the federation or if that is not possible (because several other alien races don’t quite trust them) then lead their own future as an empire or republic or something like that. Does humanity have many colonies, like in their own star system or even in other star systems or are they still only… Read more »
Ah, yes, ‘Reapers’. The immortal race of sentient starships allegedly waiting in dark space. We have dismissed this claim.
Is it just me or would anyone else like to see this adapted to a screenplay for a Netflix show using the, frankly, fantastic original designs? Maybe even a movie that would blow the pants off Solo.
Oooo, the heads of the federation. Least, that’s how it looks. And they seem to know they’ve been lied to, oh my…
“The Dranglaex lied to us? But they double-triple pinky swore that they had two!”
Show of hands – did anyone else think the black and gold alien was a guy until they saw the whole group?
Are you guessing his/her/its gender? For all we know the males could be the ones with the feeding responsible for their youngs, males with milk producing boobies. Or it is both genders at the same time. Or it is a neutral gender with the sole role to raise the young so that the other genders can concentrate on other stuff like work and sex and war and whatnot.
You’re right James. On the other hand, boobies. Alien boobies.
Fair point, though we haven’t seen evidence of that yet in the series. So far male and female have still been strictly defined, so when I saw boobs I made that assumption.
My only guess is that on the last panel and going left to right, we have salarian equivalent, turian/krogan equivalent, asari equivalent
No Elcor? Come on! Equal representation! What kind of a federation are you?
They got wiped out by Cort’s accidental Starcast
Too slow, I guess. 🙁
Spelling error in the last panel: they’v instead of they’ve.
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When you get one of those, please use the “Bad Ad?” link to the right. It helps us track them down and ban them.
Typo – “It could it be…”
Either it works by itself, but not with both
Long time reader, first time commenter. Love your work!
Is the extra “It” in the last panel intentional?
Nope!
Let’s take a vote to see which one of these will be the one who turns to their private army and urges them to hunt down and kill the guy who’s got the Starcaster: Albino Speck, Rock Monster, or NightRack.
Or maybe they’ll do it all together and make a decree, for the good of the galaxy.
No chance that this discussion is going to land in, “You know what? I’m sure the guy who’s got it is a pretty decent guy overall, let’s leave him alone” territory.
“Marshall, tell us about this partner of yours.”
“Former partner. Cort Ryder. Promising talent with a strong moral compass, provided said morals fell in line with what looked best for him. A good man, but……jaded, shall we say.”
“Can he be trusted with a Starcaster?”
“I trusted him with my sidearm once. He’s still using it.”
There’s a big difference, though, between a sidearm and a WMD that can explode a star. I think that Cort may have had some luck if he accepted Quel’s help in #5, but no way now. There are certain threats that are just too plain stupid to let continue, and leaving a Starcaster in Cort’s possession – an unproven, unpredictable criminal who routinely breaks the law, gets into conflicts with the Federation, and just recently resisted arrest – is one of them. In their eyes, he’s a mercenary with a Starcaster. You take out that threat and call it the… Read more »
You still kinda got the point, though — probably don’t trust Cort with important weapons or objects
I was going for mimicking Quell’s pattern of talking, where when he says he trusted Cort with his sidearm, it means he let Cort borrow it
Oh, sorry – I know that Quell trusts Cort, and he would probably make exactly that argument. But like he said, this decision’s above his pay grade. He’s now just the messenger giving the bad news. And while the Feds might have given Cort a try if he submitted to Quel and came to them willingly, knowing that he evaded capture means that Cort isn’t loyal to the Federation. And can you trust that amount of power in the hands of someone you can’t trust, even if he comes later to your side? I mean, look at it this way.… Read more »
You have a typo in the last panel. “It could it be….”
Ah Yes, “Starcasters”. We have dismissed those claims.
Anyone notice that all of these being all conveniently have their arms hidden from view, with exception to Albino Speck, who still has his right side hidden?
My money’s on Nightrack having a Starcaster. That’s just way too awesome of a character design to not be a prominent figure later on.
While they’re hidden from our viewpoint, their fore-appendages seem to be well in view of the other council members and I doubt a Starcaster would be easily dismissed by them as jewelry.
Why would any of them have to hide the fact that they wore it?
Insurance? To keep enemies guessing about which of them truly has it? Or maybe the form of this particular Starcaster requires that it be in three parts on three beings, and the other federation starcaster is……well, somewhere else.
I think Gruff is saying the Federation HAS one starcaster, and SOMEBODY is probably armed with it during this cold war… It’s probably common knowledge within the Federation who that person is, so they wouldn’t HIDE it from each other… they are just conveniently out of OUR view to keep US guessing.
And he thinks the most badass option is to give it to “Nightrack”
That’s possible, but I’m remembering something Nyrah said back in Issue 5 when they found Cort’s Starcaster, about all of them differing a bit in form. If we keep an open enough mind, then that form could be included to stretch across multiple bodies, so something requiring three wearers isn’t outside the realm of possibility
https://cad-comic.com/comic/the-starcaster-chronicles-05-12/
Maybe by endgame the dude on the left will get to wear one on each of his 4 arms.
Are they implying there may be unknown Starcasters, or that there may be more than we ,the readers, are aware of? I think I read somewhere something about there being 6 known starcasters in existence. I could also be completely mixing scifi stories. 😐
You’re not wrong. Speck has said that there are six Starcasters. Whether this means there are more to be discovered or not, though, is something only Tim knows
https://cad-comic.com/comic/the-starcaster-chronicles-01-22/
It seems as though the heads of the federation are in fact good people- however, the lower ranks (read: hypothetically anyone else) are riddled with corruption and bribery.
And the triumvirate probably gets its bribery from time to time…or maybe they just rest on a large pile of tax money
Can I just say how much I LOVE the costume design in this? So much.