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The Reclaimer running through a hallway.

CAVALCADE

What are your plans, Reclaimer?

RECLAIMER

Ever heard of something from human mythology called the Trojan horse?

CAVALCADE

We have. How is that relevant?

Reclaimer walking down a ramp.

RECLAIMER

That's how we're going to gain access to Portent.

CAVALCADE

We do not understand. Even we are unable to gain access to Portent. How then do you propose to do what we cannot?

RECLAIMER

That's where Tran comes in -- and you're going to help her.

Overhead view of the Reclaimer.

RECLAIMER

I need you fellas to work your magic with projecting a physical form. That's our Trojan horse.

TRAN

Oh, sir. That's brilliant!

CAVALCADE

We still do not understand, Reclaimer. Please clarify.

The Reclaimer running to the lower passage of the Narrows.

RECLAIMER

It's just this. I gave Tran a special ability, something the UNSC doesn't even know about. They took her away from me shortly after I completed training for the Reclaimer program and put her into locked data storage.

The Reclaimer walking under the Narrows.

RECLAIMER

Tran's going to ride inside the Trojan horse you fellas create -- and Portent's going to just let her waltz right in past his defenses.

CAVALCADE

Again, we ask -- what is it about Tran that makes her so special?

Reclaimer running up another ramp.

RECLAIMER

It's simple, really...

RECLAIMER

...I made Tran into a Mimic AI.


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199 – Mimic

June 26th, 2009 | by Jim
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└ Tags: Cavalcade, Intuitive Portent, Reclaimer, Tran

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  1. Uzi_Master
    Uzi_Master
    June 26, 2009 at 4:03 am | #

    First! Don't frown on me!

    Oooh. and a mimic AI. sounds interesting!

  2. Uzi_Master
    Uzi_Master
    June 26, 2009 at 4:03 am | #

    First! Don't frown on me!

    Oooh. And a mimic AI. Sounds interesting!

    • Jim Stitzel
      June 26, 2009 at 10:51 am | #

      It's an interesting trick. :)

      And let's please not start up with the "First" thing here. It annoys the hell out of me, and if it becomes a chronic problem, I will have to moderate such comments.

    • SnowXing
      SnowXing
      June 26, 2009 at 7:00 pm | #

      I still don't understand what "mimic" AI means. Isn't Tran already an AI? Why would she need to Mimic one?

      • Sangheilioz
        Sangheilioz
        June 26, 2009 at 8:08 pm | #

        I think it means that Tran can mimic other AIs, that or mimic things in general.

      • Sangheilioz
        Sangheilioz
        June 26, 2009 at 8:08 pm | #

        I think it means that Tran can mimic other AIs, that or mimic things in general.

        Oh, and frowns upon Uzi_Master =D

      • Jim Stitzel
        June 26, 2009 at 8:14 pm | #

        You'll see what it means soon enough.

  3. Lupus_Cruor
    Lupus_Cruor
    June 26, 2009 at 4:04 am | #

    ahhh, the plan is revealed, I'm excited for the next few now, see how this works out

    • Jim Stitzel
      June 26, 2009 at 10:47 am | #

      It's been a long time coming, that's for sure. :)

  4. OmegaEffect
    OmegaEffect
    June 26, 2009 at 4:25 am | #

    A mimic AI? this is going to be interesting to see….

    • Jim Stitzel
      June 26, 2009 at 10:47 am | #

      Indeed.

  5. Uccxxxv
    Uccxxxv
    June 26, 2009 at 4:27 am | #

    hmmm, mimic AI. And the funny hover blurbs are back!! :D

    • Jim Stitzel
      June 26, 2009 at 10:47 am | #

      There should have been one with yesterday's comic, but there was a bit of a glitch the prevented it from displaying properly.

  6. Rav Raider
    Rav Raider
    June 26, 2009 at 5:07 am | #

    A 'mimic' AI? Awesome! But what will the projection look like?

    • Jim Stitzel
      June 26, 2009 at 10:49 am | #

      You'll find out soon enough.

      • Rav Raider
        Rav Raider
        June 26, 2009 at 7:39 pm | #

        I keep thinking it might be Ferial, but it might be another Reclaimer or even a character not yet seen, so I don't know.

  7. Durin
    Durin
    June 26, 2009 at 6:11 am | #

    Interesting. Very interesting.
    Soo… why isn't Portent going to blow the projection and tran's mimic up?

    • Jim Stitzel
      June 26, 2009 at 10:49 am | #

      Who says it won't? :p

      • SnowXing
        SnowXing
        June 26, 2009 at 7:03 pm | #

        Close to my Reclaimer copy theory, but a bit different.

  8. liteRed
    liteRed
    June 26, 2009 at 4:44 am | #

    I wonder. Is Tran just a distraction for RC to get to Portent, or is Tran going to do all the work while RC sits back and watches? Either way, Tran doesn't seem to luck out much.

    Btw, nice mouse-over :)

    • Jim Stitzel
      June 26, 2009 at 10:48 am | #

      Oh, just wait and see. :)

  9. ChadPurzycki
    ChadPurzycki
    June 26, 2009 at 5:03 am | #

    at first i thought they were going to hide in this form and jump out when portent was off gaurd but the mimic AI thing threw that out the window for me. yay 200th comic is almost here:D

    oh and SIXTH!

    • Jim Stitzel
      June 26, 2009 at 10:49 am | #

      Ok, seriously, gang—let's not start this whole "FIRST" thing up. I'd hate to have to start deleting comments.

      • ChadPurzycki
        ChadPurzycki
        June 26, 2009 at 2:41 pm | #

        srry couldn't help it

        • Jim Stitzel
          June 26, 2009 at 3:48 pm | #

          Technically…. ;)

          • ChadPurzycki
            ChadPurzycki
            June 27, 2009 at 12:43 am | #

            hey i find it annoying to dude

      • SnowXing
        SnowXing
        June 26, 2009 at 7:03 pm | #

        What, I was funny!

        This really does bother you doesn't it!

        • Jim Stitzel
          June 26, 2009 at 8:16 pm | #

          It's an annoying habit that a certain subset of the Internet generation have fallen into where they think it's important where you post in the thread. Even as a joke, it's overdone and has long since stopped being even remotely amusing.

          • SnowXing
            SnowXing
            June 26, 2009 at 9:29 pm | #

            Wow, you have a very strong opinion.

            Then again, I am easily amused.

    • SnowXing
      SnowXing
      June 26, 2009 at 7:02 pm | #

      You beat be to my own Joke! Arrghh!

  10. Saint Wacko
    Saint Wacko
    June 26, 2009 at 9:23 am | #

    Maybe Tran will be mimicking Portent. That could confuse Portent badly enough that RC could get in there. Or Tran could mimic Ferial…

    • Jim Stitzel
      June 26, 2009 at 10:50 am | #

      Tran's going to mimic… something. ;)

      • SnowXing
        SnowXing
        June 26, 2009 at 7:05 pm | #

        So I am right in thinking it's an RC copy. If my theory from four comics ago is right I'm going to have start saying that you copied my idea.

        Don't disappoint me Jim. I'm like the Hulk. You wont like me when I'm angry.

        • Sangheilioz
          Sangheilioz
          June 26, 2009 at 8:11 pm | #

          Isn't it obvious? Tran's going to mimic an elephant. (Jim feels like flexing his photoshopping muscles.)

          • SnowXing
            SnowXing
            June 26, 2009 at 9:29 pm | #

            That, would be very funny.

  11. sh228
    sh228
    June 26, 2009 at 1:20 pm | #

    Portent: Hello, Something.
    Something (Tran): Hello.

    • Jim Stitzel
      June 26, 2009 at 2:12 pm | #

      Two ships passing in the night…

      • AThoth
        AThoth
        June 26, 2009 at 8:18 pm | #

        Poetic…
        Take it from somewhere?

        • Jim Stitzel
          June 26, 2009 at 8:22 pm | #

          Um, that phrase is as old the hills. I've no idea from where it originates.

          Correction: This metaphoric expression comes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Theologian's Tale" (published in Tales of a Wayside Inn, 1873).

        • Jim Stitzel
          June 26, 2009 at 8:26 pm | #

          Um, that phrase is as old the hills. I've no idea from where it originates.

          Correction: It comes from the beginning of the fourth stanza of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Theologian's Tale."

          • AThoth
            AThoth
            June 26, 2009 at 10:25 pm | #

            There is also a poem by that name.
            The author is unknown.

  12. aznguy117
    aznguy117
    June 26, 2009 at 2:02 pm | #

    wuts a mimic AI?

    • Jim Stitzel
      June 26, 2009 at 2:12 pm | #

      Standby… more to be revealed next week.

    • Captain_EVA
      Captain_EVA
      June 26, 2009 at 9:41 pm | #

      Text speak burns my eyes. AAAGH

  13. Dernwb
    Dernwb
    June 26, 2009 at 2:44 pm | #

    And if this fails, "Perhaps we could build a large wooden Badger."

    • Helium Isotope
      Helium Isotope
      June 26, 2009 at 2:57 pm | #

      XD

      • Spencer1519
        Spencer1519
        June 26, 2009 at 5:22 pm | #

        Or just sick the rabbit on him.

        • Jim Stitzel
          June 26, 2009 at 6:36 pm | #

          "Bless thou this thine holy hand grenade…"

          • SonOfTheShire
            SonOfTheShire
            June 26, 2009 at 8:02 pm | #

            Worms reference again?

          • SnowXing
            SnowXing
            June 29, 2009 at 7:20 pm | #

            "What is your favorite colour!"

            "Blue! No wait…"

  14. Diamondking
    Diamondking
    June 26, 2009 at 3:02 pm | #

    I like and respect RC's ability to surprise. Not to mention, a mimic AI just sounds cool.

    • Jim Stitzel
      June 26, 2009 at 3:48 pm | #

      Reclaimer: Man of Action and Surprise

      • RobRocker7
        RobRocker7
        June 26, 2009 at 5:44 pm | #

        I would have to say Reclaimer is the definition of Greatness…

        • SnowXing
          SnowXing
          June 26, 2009 at 9:32 pm | #

          Or perhaps skitzophrenia.

  15. RobRocker7
    RobRocker7
    June 26, 2009 at 5:44 pm | #

    Great comic, and I can't wait to see how you will do the projections… Photoshop?

    • Jim Stitzel
      June 26, 2009 at 6:37 pm | #

      Oh, I have a few clever ideas up my sleeve. :)

      • SnowXing
        SnowXing
        June 26, 2009 at 7:07 pm | #

        My guess would be in game tricks, like half camo and a small explosion for projection creation.

        • SonOfTheShire
          SonOfTheShire
          June 26, 2009 at 8:03 pm | #

          Or perhaps just a normal player? After all it is supposed to look real…

          • Sangheilioz
            Sangheilioz
            June 26, 2009 at 8:13 pm | #

            O.O Maybe he's finally going to use the active camo + overshield trick!

  16. Rez
    Rez
    June 26, 2009 at 8:32 pm | #

    Probably not Photoshop. An actual InGame model, perhaps.
    I'm guessing Ferial, one of the Cavalcade, or RC. In that order of likelyhood.

    • SnowXing
      SnowXing
      June 28, 2009 at 12:31 am | #

      I think your overthinking it. Jim would never do something as simple as that!

      ;)

  17. Anthony20022
    Anthony20022
    June 27, 2009 at 5:44 pm | #

    To quote gravemind: At last, her secret is revealed!

    • Sangheilioz
      Sangheilioz
      June 28, 2009 at 9:27 am | #

      I… can't believe I didn't think of that first… kudos!

  18. bjb yo
    bjb yo
    June 29, 2009 at 4:16 am | #

    What if Tran mimics Portant?

  19. Visitor at Home
    Visitor at Home
    June 29, 2009 at 7:20 pm | #

    I'd say she mimics multiple contacts, or repair drones, and just swarms Portent, and lets Reclaimer walk in as another blip on his sophisticated radar thingy.
    That, or a Something.

  20. Sangheilioz
    Sangheilioz
    June 26, 2009 at 8:12 pm | #

    no, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. One of the best movies ever created.

  21. Jim Stitzel
    June 26, 2009 at 8:18 pm | #

    Exactly. And SotS, where do you think the Worms developers got the idea for the holy hand grenade? ;)

  22. SnowXing
    SnowXing
    June 26, 2009 at 9:30 pm | #

    Pull the pin, and count to three.

    One, two, FIVE! Oh wait…

  23. Jim Stitzel
    June 26, 2009 at 8:18 pm | #

    I love you guys are overthinking this. :)

  24. SonOfTheShire
    SonOfTheShire
    June 26, 2009 at 8:35 pm | #

    All is now clear.
    And thanks for giving me my very own Acronym, it makes me feel special.

  25. Captain_EVA
    Captain_EVA
    June 26, 2009 at 9:42 pm | #

    They took the Holy Hand Grenade off of the Arcade Worms for 360….my favourite weapon….GONE! :(
    :)

  26. Jim Stitzel
    June 26, 2009 at 8:41 pm | #

    And here's hoping it's not some sort of British curse word… :D

  27. SonOfTheShire
    SonOfTheShire
    June 26, 2009 at 8:46 pm | #

    I doubt it, I'm as British as they get, and I've never heard of it.

  28. Jim Stitzel
    June 26, 2009 at 8:50 pm | #

    Yeah, but it'd be just my like to assign an acronym to someone only to
    have one of you blokes perk up and say, \”Hey! I can't believe you just
    called me that!\” :D

  29. Jim Stitzel
    June 26, 2009 at 8:50 pm | #

    Yeah, but it'd be just my luck to assign an acronym to someone only to have one of you blokes perk up and say, "Hey! I can't believe you just called me that!" :D

  30. SnowXing
    SnowXing
    June 26, 2009 at 9:31 pm | #

    You just called him a Bloke.

  31. SonOfTheShire
    SonOfTheShire
    June 26, 2009 at 9:34 pm | #

    Meh, I don't consider Bloke a offensive term.

  32. SnowXing
    SnowXing
    June 26, 2009 at 9:34 pm | #

    Maybe he's going to take the halo 1 dude, give him half camo in halo three, add a puppy for good measure, then get his fuel rod ready, fire it at the dudes feet, make him fly way up into the air, set him on fire, make a fusion coil explosion in the background, and then fail and start all over.

  33. SonOfTheShire
    SonOfTheShire
    June 26, 2009 at 11:00 pm | #

    Make that two puppies.

  34. SnowXing
    SnowXing
    June 28, 2009 at 12:29 am | #

    The author was me.

  35. SnowXing
    SnowXing
    June 28, 2009 at 12:31 am | #

    Why not throw in a cat while your at it. You know how much the internetz likes cats!


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