Jun 17
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Close up on the holographic display.
TRAN
Sir, are you sure?
RECLAIMER
No. Do it anyway. Open it up, and get it ready. Maybe we won't need to use it.
TRAN
You don't believe that.
RECLAIMER
No, I don't believe that.
Camera pulled back out to include the Reclaimer in the frame.
RECLAIMER
Tran, are you able to transfer into my neural lace?
TRAN
Already done, sir. It's been a while since you've done any housekeeping, hasn't it? There's crap all the over the place in here.
TRAN
Scooch over, fellas. Make some roo-
TRAN
Whoa. You have GOT to show me how you did that!
Close up in front of the Reclaimer, the plasma pistol glowing with energy.
RECLAIMER
Tran. Focus, please.
TRAN
Sorry, sir. I've just never seen anything like this. These Cavalcade AIs you picked up are sporting some serious technology to pull off the kind of self-compression they just did without any noticeable impact on performance!
RECLAIMER
I told you -- these guys are from way out of town.
CAVALCADE
It would be meaningless for us to show you our methods. You do not have the level of technology necessary.
The holographic projector with sparks appearing behind it.
TRAN
Alright, fine. I know when I'm getting the brush-off.
RECLAIMER
Sitrep, please, Tran.
TRAN
What level of specificity would you like, sir?
RECLAIMER
Just give me the condensed version. I've been out of contact for a while.
TRAN
One moment.
Very closeup on the hologram.
TRAN
Sir, the UNSC datanets are a mess. It's hard to make sense of it all. The Flood are still tearing hell out of our defenses...
TRAN
...and there's something new. A... this is odd. A virus. It's taking apart certain sectors of our forces, both human and Covenant. The details are pretty sketchy, sir.
TRAN
It seems to have started around Fallout.
Close in on the Reclaimer from his left.
RECLAIMER
Fallout. Isn't that where Standoff Outpost is located?
TRAN
It is, sir. Is that significant?
RECLAIMER
I should think so. We were just there a couple of weeks ago.
TRAN
Sir, are you sure?
RECLAIMER
No. Do it anyway. Open it up, and get it ready. Maybe we won't need to use it.
TRAN
You don't believe that.
RECLAIMER
No, I don't believe that.
Camera pulled back out to include the Reclaimer in the frame.
RECLAIMER
Tran, are you able to transfer into my neural lace?
TRAN
Already done, sir. It's been a while since you've done any housekeeping, hasn't it? There's crap all the over the place in here.
TRAN
Scooch over, fellas. Make some roo-
TRAN
Whoa. You have GOT to show me how you did that!
Close up in front of the Reclaimer, the plasma pistol glowing with energy.
RECLAIMER
Tran. Focus, please.
TRAN
Sorry, sir. I've just never seen anything like this. These Cavalcade AIs you picked up are sporting some serious technology to pull off the kind of self-compression they just did without any noticeable impact on performance!
RECLAIMER
I told you -- these guys are from way out of town.
CAVALCADE
It would be meaningless for us to show you our methods. You do not have the level of technology necessary.
The holographic projector with sparks appearing behind it.
TRAN
Alright, fine. I know when I'm getting the brush-off.
RECLAIMER
Sitrep, please, Tran.
TRAN
What level of specificity would you like, sir?
RECLAIMER
Just give me the condensed version. I've been out of contact for a while.
TRAN
One moment.
Very closeup on the hologram.
TRAN
Sir, the UNSC datanets are a mess. It's hard to make sense of it all. The Flood are still tearing hell out of our defenses...
TRAN
...and there's something new. A... this is odd. A virus. It's taking apart certain sectors of our forces, both human and Covenant. The details are pretty sketchy, sir.
TRAN
It seems to have started around Fallout.
Close in on the Reclaimer from his left.
RECLAIMER
Fallout. Isn't that where Standoff Outpost is located?
TRAN
It is, sir. Is that significant?
RECLAIMER
I should think so. We were just there a couple of weeks ago.
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Just got all caught up, been a while since I've been here. >.< Been really busy.
Nice, I'm lovin' Tran. She's got a fun personality it seems.
She's definitely high-energy, if you'll pardon the pun. :p
I'm willing to bet that half the people here wouldn't have noticed if you didn't mention it.
I'm betting you're right.
XD
Puns…
...I love 'em.
I agree, she kicks ass! But it's only been a few WEEKS??? Come on it's been nearly a year since we last saw Standoff? At least we might get to go back there and finally figure what the heck is going on. So let me just get this straight. For the Calvacada to explain everything to RC, they need portent. Portent went psycho, so we needed tran. To get to tran we needed to fix something. Is that a good summary? WHEN WILL WE FIND PORTENT AND HAVE ALL REVEALED???
Sure, only a few weeks. The timeline in the story is taking place irrespective of the posting schedule.
It's been a year already. Jeez, Jim. Your making my life feel shorter and shorter every week.
The story timeline is not represent of the real-world timeline.
You know what I mean.
loving Tran Jim, very nice. and @ SOB, when Eternal Refuge is no longer out of reach
Damn that
:p
Wich one's eternal refuge again?
Tran seems to be popular already.
Yay normal schedule!
This will be interesting for Reclaimer. Now he's got another voice in his head! Tran is a refreshing new character since the Cavalcade have been blending and samey (even before they were together for a long time).
Yep, agreed Tran is way more interesting, I like her! (in a non-creepy entirely platonic way :p)
I agree with you too. I still think that the reclaimer is going to make everybody else think he's a skitzo though with the way he keeps talking to the voices in his head.
Everybody hears a talking person right?
Yeah, the Cavalcade are pretty 'flat' personalities, relatively speaking.
Except the yellow dude. He's awesome.
It is great to have a new, light-hearted character brought into the story-line. Back to Standoff maybe? Sounds interesting!
Not necessarily…
That usually means no.
Discovery.
I'm interested in observing how this plays out, Jim.
You seem to have quite the handle on the Human Condition.
It is rather impressive that you have managed to channel that energy into something positive and lasting.
You are a very interesting character, Jim.
I look forward to seeing how you play out.
Uhh say again???
A mentor once said that an author's view of the world is reflected in the approach to writing and art they take.
So, in theory, one should be able to hypothesize much about the way Jim thinks and how he views life simply by reading and analyzing his works of art here.
However, It will not be done, even though Jim does such in his work all the time, for the fact that it would be a psychoanalysis, and not being licensed, the practice can not be condoned here.
Answer your question?
Is that why music videos are almost always weird?
Hey, I play outside quite a lot, actually.
Hey, I play outside quite a lot, actually. :p
HaHa, funny.
Same.
hehe looking awesome as ever jim!
couldn't believe it, exams are over AND I get a reclaimer update!!! WIN!
Yup, we're back to a regular posting schedule again.
Heh lucky you. Still got exams for the next week and I'm freaking out!!!!!
Mousover text is back!! Looking back in upon ourselves!! And I wonder what this little file/program thingy is??? Interesting….........
Solitaire. Duh.
Wait, didn't you say it was tetris?
Love the visuals for Tran. Is that the base of a deployable cover, just zoomed in really far?
Weapon holder
@Sunkicked: A weapon holder.
Sorry, there seems to be a bug that isn't letting me reply.
oops didnt see this
Funny, it seems to be working for me. Try removing any custom css you have. That worked for me earlier.
Tell me about it. I'm packed full of exams till next week.
No exams for me this year! W00t!
My teachers couldn't finish the curriculum and have exams at the same time this year so most techers choose to either shorten the class and as a result the tests as well, and others decided to just forget finals.
Best Softmore year in history.
An old friend?
i think it's funny how the cavalcade are so much more advanced that they do something awesome as though it was nothing
I love how the Machine could kick their names and take their butts.
Great effects Jim! Loving the personality of Tran and I think its hilarious how she wanted to figure out how they compressed themselves like that, I love technical jargon.
I still have no idea how they fuction with human made processors and components. If they could just bring along their own they wouldn't need his suits memory space. Funny.
I like the first panel. The weapon holders purple gravity thingy looks cool with the green of the plasma pistol shot behind it.
And panel 3 looks like Reclaimer is shooting some paint at the screen and it's just dripping down.
I actually didn't pay much attention to the pictures. Looked like a mess and the dialogue was more important.
Just curious Jim, what ad service do you use and do they pay per click or per ad?
Project Wonderful. They pay on a per-pageview basis and I think they do add a little extra in for clicks.
zOMG caught up! Greatness..now what is this program?
It makes Gordon Freeman pop out of the nearest set of crates and start kicking ass.
Gordon Freeman is dead. The Flood ate him.
When praytell did this happen and why wasn't i informed
Maybe the Flood ate you, too.
Breen thought the exact same thing but then Gordon teleported into his office on a red letter day and now Breen is dead. Don't underestimate the One Free Man.
exactly
Not Gordon Freeman.
It makes CHUCK NORRIS and LEEROY JENKINS pop out of the nearest set of crates and start kicking ass (and/or shouting their name as a battle cry while charging blindly in to war)
Hmm.. Interesting, Is the Cavaclade the Virus?!?
I very much doubt that. It would be an interesting plot twist but I don't think it would make much sense.
I really get a thrill out of the interactions between the AI's. It's nice to have an AI with a deeper personality now. A little of the old "Sentient Artificial creature" deal, good stuff.
I do?
I meant that it doesn't feel like a full year has come full circle since we saw standoff. To me it felt more like it's been a few months. I meant that you were making my life feel shorter.
neither do ii've been at camp and i have another to go to next week
That would explain alot
Congradulations, you are now cooler than Jim.