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The Reclaimer running through the ruins.

RECLAIMER

I am REALLY getting tired of people shooting at me, throwing things at me, and trying to blow me up.

RECLAIMER

it's time I quit playing by everyone else's rules and started enforcing a few of my own.

INTUITIVE PORTENT

What do you have in mind, Reclaimer?

Close up on the Reclaimer from in front and slightly below.

RECLAIMER

Portent, is Tran still online?

INTUITIVE PORTENT

She is. She's been nestled quite comfortably in my code ever since you Trojaned her in.

RECLAIMER

Good. Can she talk?

INTUITIVE PORTENT

You, of all people, should know, Reclaimer, that when you talk to me, you're already talking to both of us.

The Reclaimer weaving between fallen blocks.

RECLAIMER

Fine. Shut up and listen. Tell her to activate the Smoker program. Pool your resources, give her a signal boost, and route it through my armor's radar system.

RECLAIMER

She knows what I'm looking for, so let her do her thing.

BOLD

It's no use hiding, Reclaimer! There's nowhere for you to run!

The Reclaimer kneeling beside a block, his battle rifle at the ready.

RECLAIMER

C'mon, Tran. Let's get our hustle on.

INTUITIVE PORTENT

Tran reports that, and I quote, "His Highness needs to get a firm grip on his britches." End quote. To her credit, there is still a lot of interference, despite the signal boost, so this may take a few moments.

INTUITIVE PORTENT

In the meantime, I would recommend that you take a more defensible position.

Overhead view of the Reclaimer, revealing that he is still quite visible.

RECLAIMER

Take a look around, Portent. My options are pretty limited. But hey, I'm all ears if you've got any brilliant ideas.

RECLAIMER

Bold is playing a game of cat-and-mouse with us -- and I much prefer being the cat. Is Tran any clo--

INTUITIVE PORTENT

Tran believes she has found what you are looking for.

View of a tunnel opening.

INTUITIVE PORTENT

There is a service tunnel immediately behind you. That is where you need to go.


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217 – Signal Boost

September 16th, 2009 | by Jim
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└ Tags: Bold, Intuitive Portent, Reclaimer, Tran

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  1. Juesoni
    Juesoni
    September 16, 2009 at 4:14 am | #

    Yay Tran! :D

    • Jim Stitzel
      September 16, 2009 at 11:14 am | #

      She warms to your praise. :)

    • SnowXing
      SnowXing
      September 17, 2009 at 1:41 pm | #

      Yay tran Indeed, I hope soon I can say childish things like “Ping!!”

      • Jim Stitzel
        September 17, 2009 at 1:42 pm | #

        Huh?!

        • SnowXing
          SnowXing
          September 18, 2009 at 3:19 am | #

          Dude, I don't even remember typing that, I think my friend used my account.

          Maybe my memory just doesn't serve and there was an autospell typo.

          Maybe I was delerious from all the math homework.

  2. Larrykan
    Larrykan
    September 16, 2009 at 4:19 am | #

    lol hes starting to sound a bit like mario… all these tunnels etc :P

    smoker program? whats he flushing out?

    • Jim Stitzel
      September 16, 2009 at 11:10 am | #

      Better question—Just what exactly is a Smoker program?

      • sh228
        sh228
        September 16, 2009 at 12:47 pm | #

        Maybe the Reclaimer likes cigars? :D

        • Jim Stitzel
          September 16, 2009 at 12:50 pm | #

          Norwegian brand.

      • Sangheilioz
        Sangheilioz
        September 16, 2009 at 5:16 pm | #

        SMOKER!!!!!

        Watch for unnaturally long tongues…

        • Jim Stitzel
          September 16, 2009 at 5:23 pm | #

          Ok, that reference is completely lost on me.

          • Ilyich
            Ilyich
            September 16, 2009 at 6:39 pm | #

            It's a Left 4 Dead reference.

          • Ilyich
            Ilyich
            September 16, 2009 at 6:40 pm | #

            It's a Left 4 Dead enemy.

      • Larrykan
        Larrykan
        September 17, 2009 at 4:16 am | #

        Hmm if we are possibly going with a link to serenity then I am going with reclaimer going into hiding somewhere and hacking a coms system to communicate with Bold…. lying in wait to get bold to go somewhere and then ambush him and push him into space….
        also we have allready seen reclaimer cast a hologram of himself therefore could he not project one of those to draw bold out??

  3. xSOB a DooBy
    xSOB a DooBy
    September 16, 2009 at 4:24 am | #

    Cool. But who is Mal? :D

    • Sangheilioz
      Sangheilioz
      September 16, 2009 at 5:06 am | #

      I concur. Who is this Mal?

      • Felipe 058
        Felipe 058
        September 16, 2009 at 5:16 am | #

        Malcolm Reynolds, captain of the Firefly class transport Serenity. :D

        • Jim Stitzel
          September 16, 2009 at 11:10 am | #

          Bingo. If you guys don't know who Mal is, then I highly recommend you go out and buy yourself a copy of the show. I guarantee it to be well worth your while. :)

          • Yukob
            Yukob
            September 16, 2009 at 11:14 am | #

            Firefly as in H3: ODST voice acting cast kind of Firefly?

  4. Lupus_Cruor
    Lupus_Cruor
    September 16, 2009 at 5:01 am | #

    @larrykan: if i'm reading this correctly, i believe the smoker program would be some sort of camo program, of course, this IS Jim we are talking about, so it could be something completely different…

    nice edition by the way, built up suspense, loved it _

    • Jim Stitzel
      September 16, 2009 at 11:11 am | #

      Glad you liked it! :)

    • bjb yo
      bjb yo
      September 16, 2009 at 4:05 pm | #

      Yeah, that's what I thought. I think it has something to do with making Bold's radar fail.

      • Sangheilioz
        Sangheilioz
        September 16, 2009 at 5:17 pm | #

        If you listen to Reclaimer, he's having Tran LOOK for something, not hide himself.

        • Jim Stitzel
          September 16, 2009 at 5:19 pm | #

          ;)

        • SnowXing
          SnowXing
          September 17, 2009 at 12:59 am | #

          I hope it's that gravlift again.

  5. Camper51
    Camper51
    September 16, 2009 at 5:08 am | #

    very nice jim, cant wait to see how tran upsets not only viper's plans, but ferial's plans as well, since she caused some havoc with his/their streams in the past. She may be the advantage the reclaimer has

    • Yukob
      Yukob
      September 16, 2009 at 7:33 am | #

      I'm pretty sure that any of Viper's original plan have been fully dashed by the virus somehow. Am I right?

      • Jim Stitzel
        September 16, 2009 at 11:11 am | #

        More or less. They ended up just being more pawns in Ferial's game.

        • Yukob
          Yukob
          September 16, 2009 at 11:14 am | #

          I love it when I understand vaguely what's going on around here.

          • Jim Stitzel
            September 16, 2009 at 11:16 am | #

            Doesn't happen very often, does it? ;)

  6. Felipe 058
    Felipe 058
    September 16, 2009 at 5:12 am | #

    I must say, I'm not entirely sure what it is that the good Captain would be proud of, unless of course the object of his pride has yet to be…

    • Jim Stitzel
      September 16, 2009 at 11:12 am | #

      "You can't stop the signal, Mal."

      • Felipe 058
        Felipe 058
        September 16, 2009 at 11:47 am | #

        Riiiiiiight, of course! I guess I've just watched all of Firefly so many more times than I've watched Serenity that I occasionally forget things from there. Shame on me, I know :(

        • Jim Stitzel
          September 16, 2009 at 5:25 pm | #

          Hehe, I've watched the series a couple of dozen times now and the movie at least half a dozen. :)

          • SnowXing
            SnowXing
            September 17, 2009 at 1:04 am | #

            I've watched neither, well except for half of the first episode of firefly online. 1.5 hours of sitting and watching stuff gets boring pretty fast.

            Maybe one of these days when I have time.

  7. 18wheeler18
    18wheeler18
    September 16, 2009 at 5:13 am | #

    let me be the first to congratulate you, Jim, on a new streak this makes 4 consecutive mwf posts.

    hoping these great comics keep coming with such regularity!

    • Jim Stitzel
      September 16, 2009 at 11:12 am | #

      Yes, well, it's nice to be back on a consistent schedule again. :)

      • SnowXing
        SnowXing
        September 18, 2009 at 3:23 am | #

        Not for long Jim.

        Stupid server.

        • Jim Stitzel
          September 18, 2009 at 2:17 pm | #

          Yeah, I got Bungie-rushed, which isn't usually a problem, but apparently ODST-themed screenshots were very popular yesterday. Took me an hour to fix it once I got home last night (and involved a quick request over to urk to remove the post from the Comm Chatter that shanghaied me). :)

  8. Kaya_051
    Kaya_051
    September 16, 2009 at 6:59 am | #

    My dedication remains..

    • Jim Stitzel
      September 16, 2009 at 11:13 am | #

      The neighbors again? Are they creeped out yet? ;)

    • SnowXing
      SnowXing
      September 17, 2009 at 1:06 am | #

      I'm sorry…

      Did I miss something?

      • ChadPurzycki
        ChadPurzycki
        September 17, 2009 at 1:29 am | #

        yes, yes you did snow

        • Jim Stitzel
          September 17, 2009 at 1:47 pm | #

          He doesn't pay very good attention, does he? ;)

          • ChadPurzycki
            ChadPurzycki
            September 18, 2009 at 12:48 am | #

            I guess not, Jim

          • SnowXing
            SnowXing
            September 18, 2009 at 3:23 am | #

            Pay attention to what?

          • SnowXing
            SnowXing
            September 18, 2009 at 3:23 am | #

            Pay attention to what?

            ;)

            OMG I actually made a winking dude.

  9. mister_bear
    mister_bear
    September 16, 2009 at 7:12 am | #

    Does the smoker program project a young teenager smoking some illegal substance whose addled brain will distract Bold with its constant request for some munchies?

    • Jim Stitzel
      September 16, 2009 at 11:13 am | #

      Damn. You've figured out my game. I'm going to have rewrite this whole sequence now.

      ;)

    • SnowXing
      SnowXing
      September 18, 2009 at 3:25 am | #

      I think you might actually be right.

  10. bjb yo
    bjb yo
    September 16, 2009 at 4:00 pm | #

    Smoker? Wow, RC can do ALOT of things now that he's got Tran back.
    And I bet Jim's gonna make every one of those things crazier than the last…

  11. Visitor_at_home
    Visitor_at_home
    September 16, 2009 at 4:23 pm | #

    Go Tran, Go!

    • SnowXing
      SnowXing
      September 18, 2009 at 3:25 am | #

      Grrenlight!

      Redlight!

      • pichux3
        pichux3
        September 19, 2009 at 4:42 am | #

        falls over Dang it, I lost!!

  12. steakz
    steakz
    September 16, 2009 at 5:17 pm | #

    this is getting good, what tricks RC's got in mind?

    • Jim Stitzel
      September 16, 2009 at 5:20 pm | #

      He's going to pop around a corner in Bold's face, and yell, "BOO!"

      • steakz
        steakz
        September 16, 2009 at 6:49 pm | #

        what happens when Bold replies "was that supposed to scare me?" :p

        • ChadPurzycki
          ChadPurzycki
          September 16, 2009 at 10:54 pm | #

          then RC kicks bold in the nuts

          • Waltrip0055
            Waltrip0055
            September 17, 2009 at 12:36 am | #

            RC too good for low blows like that.

          • Waltrip0055
            Waltrip0055
            September 17, 2009 at 12:36 am | #

            RC is too good for low blows like that.

    • SnowXing
      SnowXing
      September 18, 2009 at 11:23 am | #

      There are things of which I know nothing about.

      • Jim Stitzel
        September 18, 2009 at 2:15 pm | #

        So say we all.

  13. Steve
    Steve
    September 17, 2009 at 3:10 am | #

    Tran reports that…"His highness needs to get a firm grip on his britches"

    Excellent line! :D

    • Jim Stitzel
      September 17, 2009 at 1:48 pm | #

      I do so love her sassy attitude. :)

      • SnowXing
        SnowXing
        September 18, 2009 at 3:26 am | #

        Getting intimate with your own imagination now Jim?

      • SnowXing
        SnowXing
        September 18, 2009 at 11:22 am | #

        This is Snow’s monkey. He can’t stop flinging poo against the walls, so I have to speak for him. Tragic, I know.

        • Jim Stitzel
          September 18, 2009 at 2:14 pm | #

          You're really hung up on this monkey theme, aren't you?

          • SnowXing
            SnowXing
            September 18, 2009 at 9:27 pm | #

            My account has been jacked, but I got it back because he didn't change the password. Just ignore my previous posts.

  14. SnowXing
    SnowXing
    September 18, 2009 at 3:28 am | #

    I think I missed something (again, big surprise). Whered this smoker project thing come from?

  15. pichux3
    pichux3
    September 19, 2009 at 2:27 pm | #

    Uuuhh, Jim. I got it the first time you said it, you didn't have to repeat it six times.
    Anyway they could at LEAST show the ones that don't have the limitations.

    • Jim Stitzel
      September 19, 2009 at 5:53 pm | #

      Oh, gotta love them technical glitches. :D

  16. Jim Stitzel
    September 16, 2009 at 11:17 am | #

    One and the same. Probably one of the greatest shows ever. Fox didn't know what a good thing they had.

  17. Yukob
    Yukob
    September 16, 2009 at 11:20 am | #

    What are you trying to say…

    Its good. Keeps things nice and suspenseful. I just hope you write a synopsis when this story arc wraps up (its not that bad).

  18. steakz
    steakz
    September 16, 2009 at 5:16 pm | #

    firefly was awesome. i still cant see why they would stop it in the first place. nice reference jim.

  19. Sangheilioz
    Sangheilioz
    September 16, 2009 at 5:17 pm | #

    Ah. I've seen the movie Serenity, but haven't seen Firefly. Didn't even make that connection.

  20. Jim Stitzel
    September 16, 2009 at 5:21 pm | #

    Well, I understand network ratings and how much they drive a network's decision to keep or cut a show. I'm sure they had no idea how much of a runaway hit it would end up becoming.

  21. Jim Stitzel
    September 16, 2009 at 5:22 pm | #

    See, then, you're missing out. Serenity is a good movie, but it makes a lot more sense when seen in the context of the original show. If you go over to Hulu, you can watch the entire show for free.

  22. steakz
    steakz
    September 16, 2009 at 6:47 pm | #

    so many things end up that way, never big at first then become classics after the fact.

  23. SnowXing
    SnowXing
    September 16, 2009 at 9:17 pm | #

    My favorite to play as, you can shill back.

  24. SnowXing
    SnowXing
    September 16, 2009 at 9:17 pm | #

    My favorite to play as, you can chill back away from the survivors making it easier to nab a quick kill.

  25. SnowXing
    SnowXing
    September 17, 2009 at 1:01 am | #

    A synopsis would be nice, yes.

  26. SnowXing
    SnowXing
    September 18, 2009 at 3:21 am | #

    He's trying to confuse you, don't listen to him.

    Don't listen to the voices. They only want to hurt you.

  27. SnowXing
    SnowXing
    September 17, 2009 at 1:07 am | #

    Other way around, RC is too good to not go for low blows.

  28. Jim Stitzel
    September 17, 2009 at 1:47 pm | #

    If you could see me, you'd see that I'm rolling my eyes at how short your attention span is.

  29. ChadPurzycki
    ChadPurzycki
    September 17, 2009 at 1:44 pm | #

    this may not be about a smoker but its just as good
    [youtube 53_FA1MYA9Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53_FA1MYA9Q youtube]

  30. SnowXing
    SnowXing
    September 18, 2009 at 11:24 am | #

    I like to speak just to hear myself talk, even when it means I’m being extremely rude to people. Shame on me.

  31. pichux3
    pichux3
    September 19, 2009 at 4:15 am | #

    Hulu SUCKS!!!
    They're only streaming to USA >:( grrrrr
    BTW I'm Canadian (Molson Canadian (ba dum tish)(it's a beer btw))
    once again >:( grrrr

  32. pichux3
    pichux3
    September 19, 2009 at 4:34 am | #

    If only the whole world really was your comatose imagined little world, then there'd be random stuff all over the place, the sky would rain pickles and cheese spread, alarm-clocks would make bizarre noises, and people would can themselves on railings and such MUCH more often. You know, assuming you have ADD, like me.

  33. stitzelj
    September 19, 2009 at 7:15 am | #

    Unfortunately, there ARE licensing limitations on our programs that prevent Hulu from streaming to most other countries.


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