I do love Speck, but I feel his acid skin is a tad overpowered. He hasn’t met any resistance so far and I’d expect they’d be a bit more prepared against an alien species with the power to melt practically everything.
I’m thinking his race, for whatever reason, is on the very uncommon side. Maybe they rarely leave their home planet, maybe they’re like Nyrah and most of them were wiped out with Speck being one of the few that’s left, etc. Which would explain why they can sell off his slime for credits, it wouldn’t be worth much if it was super easy to get. So I’m guessing the other species are like “Do I feel like spending the extra credits to make sure my door doesn’t get melted by a race that chances are will never show up? Naaaahh”… Read more »
Also, we did get to know one thing he cannot melt. In Starcaster Chapter 3, Comic 5, a guard mentions Nivium as something that would be used for a Mimion cell, so they apparently cannot melt that stuff(or it is really slow).
I get the impression that’s what his walker’s made of. And really, we have no way of knowing whether the bulletproof thing is true or rumor, could just be hyperbole, people playing up a trait of a weird, uncommon alien race. We’ve yet to see him shot yet after all. And he was certainly worried about getting his organs crushed by a concussion grenade when the Grin threatened him, so there’s certainly ways to kill him, it’s just, people don’t seem to be armed specifically for fighting mimions because why would they be? I’m sure there’s plenty of ways to… Read more »
If the bullet is dissolved, there’s nothing for the momentum to push. An incredibly higher calibur bullet meant for piercing could penetrate it, but it might as well be a rubber bullet being shot at that speed.
momentum is conserved – if the bullets are instantly dissolved on contact with the slime, they’ve already transferred their momentum to it in that instant.
Also, don’t discount kinetic energy – it doesn’t matter if it’s a rubber or tungsten cored bullet once you go fast enough the difference becomes negligible – at 2.3km per second, a mere 7 times the speed of sound, that rubber bullet hits you with the same force as if it had been made of TNT and detonated in contact with you.
be that as it may, considering how much stuff Speck needs to just walk around and open a door (mechanical walker, glove, special slippers), it seems to be just as much a handicap. I imagine that if he slipped and took a tumble, he’d be on the fast track to melting right through the hull and suffocating in the depths of space. And if that happened, it’s not like someone could just reach out and pull him in.
Poor Speck is living one slip and fall away from a horrible death at all times.
Hmhmhm…
But what would it be? An RPG could work, but it would probably need to be more live than just turn based. Also Tim apparently dislikes JRPGs so…
FPS would flat out not work. It’s not that kind of story. I could easily see it being a tactics game, but I’m not sure if there are enough protagonists for that.
@Tim I feel like the universe just SCREAMS pen and paper RPG. Party of Federation commandos, bounty hunters, or members of a criminal organization, all from unique new races, aboard a custom starship zipping from planet to planet? Sign me the fuck UP.
I would pay damn good money for that, even for an unofficial module/expansion to an existing system (with some sweet art and lore, of course) rather than a whole new standalone game. But obviously that’s a hell of an undertaking and a lot to hope for.
How they interact with anyrthing their planet besides the metal deposits? How they not sink to the ground? Does that mean they are low tech a tribe people?
A large percentage of their planet is covered in rocky terrain, which is Nivium ore. So they are free to move about without fear of sinking into the planet. This ore can also be smelted down into Nivium Iron and smithed, which is what Mimions built their civilization from.
See the comment above. Nivium is pretty common on their homeworld, so its safe for them to walk about. Also this means that they have reliable access, but I get the feeling that the environment is…different than most planets. You don’t get omni-dissolving muck through calm, life rich seas and pleasant mild summers.
I suppose the ore is easy to get when you’re on niven II, it’s the refining process that has to be a logistic nightmare
the thing is mimion proof, after all
Hey Tim, after this issue is over, Can you get back to Analog and DPad? Lots of people miss Ethan and Lucas, and it would be nice to see a new zany adventure.
I love our Dynamic Duo as much as the next fan but they did have a nice long story earlier this year and I’m hoping that the campaign gets their turn after this. But I’m happy with w/e Tim puts out so I would be happy either way. 🙂
i’m pretty sure that’s the plan. it seems he cycles after each story arc, which gives him enough buffer room to flesh out the next arc for each respective series
Nick
6 years ago
Also, no, he’s probably too scared to try.
Man of the West
6 years ago
If I had voted for the threaten option, I would have gone with Speck because of his abilities. I feel pretty secure in that assessment now.
To be fair, a minimum wage station employee is probably more easily intimidated than an armed cop.
foducool
6 years ago
let’s shake hands then
Tumbleweed
6 years ago
Ah, face-melting, it never gets old, it just melts.
BakaGrappler
6 years ago
“Are you going to be a good little Gorb? Or a baaaaad little Gorb? Convince me how good you are.”
Brent
6 years ago
I bet Gorb is gonna need a nice long hug from someone when all this is over. Too bad he’ll probably be too traumatized by everything Speck has said and done to him to accept the hug, but that’s his problem.
juckto
6 years ago
Awww, “Melt his hands y/n” wasn’t a vote you wanted to put to the interweb masses?
melting hands is not his thing he not do that unless it was life or death. however he might melt the controls after he has set it up orfind some rope or wire or the like to bind the guy up and get him off the hook for letting them go
Couldn’t Speck pull out a can of tomato soup, claim it is a complex mechanism which will spray out droplets of goop if Syrn inteferes, and then leave? Because melting fingers is kinda exhausting.
James Rye
6 years ago
So far everything is going well. Too well for my taste, meaning something will fuck us up badly either next page or the page after next page.
Harold Wong
6 years ago
Awwww I wish we got to vote. Melt hands or no melt hands
Easy Pete
6 years ago
See, THIS is the kind of thing we need a vote for.
Nick
6 years ago
Do you think Cort is going to accidentally split the platform in half? Let’s face it: it will happen at some point .
Kevin
6 years ago
@Nick
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Wait… book? When is it out? What is it for?! I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS, TIM!
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You don’t need to, no, but you certainly could.
I do love Speck, but I feel his acid skin is a tad overpowered. He hasn’t met any resistance so far and I’d expect they’d be a bit more prepared against an alien species with the power to melt practically everything.
I’m thinking his race, for whatever reason, is on the very uncommon side. Maybe they rarely leave their home planet, maybe they’re like Nyrah and most of them were wiped out with Speck being one of the few that’s left, etc. Which would explain why they can sell off his slime for credits, it wouldn’t be worth much if it was super easy to get. So I’m guessing the other species are like “Do I feel like spending the extra credits to make sure my door doesn’t get melted by a race that chances are will never show up? Naaaahh”… Read more »
Also, we did get to know one thing he cannot melt. In Starcaster Chapter 3, Comic 5, a guard mentions Nivium as something that would be used for a Mimion cell, so they apparently cannot melt that stuff(or it is really slow).
His glove in this comic apparently does not melt.
I get the impression that’s what his walker’s made of. And really, we have no way of knowing whether the bulletproof thing is true or rumor, could just be hyperbole, people playing up a trait of a weird, uncommon alien race. We’ve yet to see him shot yet after all. And he was certainly worried about getting his organs crushed by a concussion grenade when the Grin threatened him, so there’s certainly ways to kill him, it’s just, people don’t seem to be armed specifically for fighting mimions because why would they be? I’m sure there’s plenty of ways to… Read more »
It’s made of Nivium.
He is apparently immune to fire and I’m guessing the sludge is an insulator, but quake bombs would kill him.
I don’t see him being bulletproof. Even if the bullet is dissolved, that doesn’t stop the momentum.
If the bullet is dissolved, there’s nothing for the momentum to push. An incredibly higher calibur bullet meant for piercing could penetrate it, but it might as well be a rubber bullet being shot at that speed.
momentum is conserved – if the bullets are instantly dissolved on contact with the slime, they’ve already transferred their momentum to it in that instant.
Also, don’t discount kinetic energy – it doesn’t matter if it’s a rubber or tungsten cored bullet once you go fast enough the difference becomes negligible – at 2.3km per second, a mere 7 times the speed of sound, that rubber bullet hits you with the same force as if it had been made of TNT and detonated in contact with you.
be that as it may, considering how much stuff Speck needs to just walk around and open a door (mechanical walker, glove, special slippers), it seems to be just as much a handicap. I imagine that if he slipped and took a tumble, he’d be on the fast track to melting right through the hull and suffocating in the depths of space. And if that happened, it’s not like someone could just reach out and pull him in.
Poor Speck is living one slip and fall away from a horrible death at all times.
^This.
It is a VERY difficult and dangerous life for a Mimion off of their homeworld.
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Can we get more such background infos on races and organisations of this universe at the end of each Starcaster Chronicles chapter?
You can get a ton of them if you buy the book when it comes out 😉
Just take my money already!!!!
Can I have it with the shiny silver foil?!!??!?!
Wait… book? When is it out? What is it for?! I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS, TIM!
I’ll definitely be looking for it.
how about a starcaster game
Hmhmhm…
But what would it be? An RPG could work, but it would probably need to be more live than just turn based. Also Tim apparently dislikes JRPGs so…
FPS would flat out not work. It’s not that kind of story. I could easily see it being a tactics game, but I’m not sure if there are enough protagonists for that.
Interesting that you default to video game.
If I made a Starcaster game, it would be of the tabletop variety.
Maybe a telltale like game? That would make the most sense for this type of story.
@Tim I feel like the universe just SCREAMS pen and paper RPG. Party of Federation commandos, bounty hunters, or members of a criminal organization, all from unique new races, aboard a custom starship zipping from planet to planet? Sign me the fuck UP.
I would pay damn good money for that, even for an unofficial module/expansion to an existing system (with some sweet art and lore, of course) rather than a whole new standalone game. But obviously that’s a hell of an undertaking and a lot to hope for.
Someone suggested creating a module for Starfinder, which is an idea that intrigues me. I’ll look into it at some point.
@Alex You could try Traveller. Just adapt the setting.
One question on the theoretical removal of the Mimion glands. Have they tried a Mimion surgeon? It may improve the survival rate of the surgical team.
How they interact with anyrthing their planet besides the metal deposits? How they not sink to the ground? Does that mean they are low tech a tribe people?
A large percentage of their planet is covered in rocky terrain, which is Nivium ore. So they are free to move about without fear of sinking into the planet. This ore can also be smelted down into Nivium Iron and smithed, which is what Mimions built their civilization from.
Is this saying that Nivium Iron is expensive even for Mimions on theor homeworld, ot just the travel apparatus is expensive?
See the comment above. Nivium is pretty common on their homeworld, so its safe for them to walk about. Also this means that they have reliable access, but I get the feeling that the environment is…different than most planets. You don’t get omni-dissolving muck through calm, life rich seas and pleasant mild summers.
At least I don’t think so.
I suppose the ore is easy to get when you’re on niven II, it’s the refining process that has to be a logistic nightmare
the thing is mimion proof, after all
Senpai noticed me! 😀
mimions are metal af
Hey Tim, after this issue is over, Can you get back to Analog and DPad? Lots of people miss Ethan and Lucas, and it would be nice to see a new zany adventure.
I love our Dynamic Duo as much as the next fan but they did have a nice long story earlier this year and I’m hoping that the campaign gets their turn after this. But I’m happy with w/e Tim puts out so I would be happy either way. 🙂
Expect one December ish maybe
i’m pretty sure that’s the plan. it seems he cycles after each story arc, which gives him enough buffer room to flesh out the next arc for each respective series
Also, no, he’s probably too scared to try.
If I had voted for the threaten option, I would have gone with Speck because of his abilities. I feel pretty secure in that assessment now.
To be fair, a minimum wage station employee is probably more easily intimidated than an armed cop.
let’s shake hands then
Ah, face-melting, it never gets old, it just melts.
“Are you going to be a good little Gorb? Or a baaaaad little Gorb? Convince me how good you are.”
I bet Gorb is gonna need a nice long hug from someone when all this is over. Too bad he’ll probably be too traumatized by everything Speck has said and done to him to accept the hug, but that’s his problem.
Awww, “Melt his hands y/n” wasn’t a vote you wanted to put to the interweb masses?
he knows the yes would win XD
melting hands is not his thing he not do that unless it was life or death. however he might melt the controls after he has set it up orfind some rope or wire or the like to bind the guy up and get him off the hook for letting them go
Of course he’s not going to melt the guys hands. Speck just has a sick sense of humor. It’s one of the things that makes his character so enjoyable.
So… Why there’s not a poll on this one? 😀
Option one – melt both hands
Option two – melt both feet
Option three – melt nothing
Option four – melt one of each pair
Or just melt the controls so that no one can change it (easily)
I think, we’re only meant to vote on Cort’s decisions.
Not solely Cort, but the immediate “crew”.
Couldn’t Speck pull out a can of tomato soup, claim it is a complex mechanism which will spray out droplets of goop if Syrn inteferes, and then leave? Because melting fingers is kinda exhausting.
So far everything is going well. Too well for my taste, meaning something will fuck us up badly either next page or the page after next page.
Awwww I wish we got to vote. Melt hands or no melt hands
See, THIS is the kind of thing we need a vote for.
Do you think Cort is going to accidentally split the platform in half? Let’s face it: it will happen at some point .
@Nick
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Wait… book? When is it out? What is it for?! I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS, TIM!
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Is that an intended reference to dbza ?
Books are for reading, or occasionally beating off Intruders and siblings. Hope that helps.
He’ll just dissolve the controls. You wait and see.
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