225 – Precursors to Information

It wasn’t until I exported today’s comic from Photoshop that I realized this is Friday the 13th. Have a wonderfully ghoulish day!

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The Reclaimer walking around the bend in the tunnel, which opens up into a new room.

RECLAIMER

That... was strange. I feel like I just walked over my own grave.

CAVALCADE

We have just passed through a Todash Gate.

The Reclaimer about to exit the tunnel and step out onto a platform.

CAVALCADE

We appear to be about to enter a Forerunner structure.

RECLAIMER

Where exactly are we now?

The Reclaimer on the platform, battle rifle at the ready.

CAVALCADE

We are uncertain. Analyzing the data streams flowing this place--

CAVALCADE

--and there are many.

RECLAIMER

Anything that tells us just what Bold was up to here?

The Reclaimer standing at the ready on the platform.

CAVALCADE

We believe so. We are parsing the data now.

CAVALCADE

This structure may be Forerunner in origin, but the data streams are Precursor.

CAVALCADE

The format of the data is far more complex than that of Forerunner.

View from behind the Reclaimer as he looks out into an empty room.

CAVALCADE

We are attempting to extrapolate an algorithm for differentiating the data streams and decoding the information contained therein.

RECLAIMER

Well, do try and be quick about it. This place is starting to give me the heebie-jeebies.


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Discussion (32) ¬

  1. Jim Stitzel

    Yes, that doorway is doing exactly what you think it's doing…
    My recent post Borrowing from Other Cartoonists

    • Larrykan

      what doorway??

      • Jim Stitzel

        You don't see the doorway in the first two panels? It opens right up onto the platform.

        • Larrykan

          oh that… hehe i thought that was obious what you were doing…. so i was looking for another hidden doorway somewhere that i had missed!

          • Jim Stitzel

            Hence the reason for my original comment on the topic. ;)

  2. Beast

    Glad to get my reclaimer fix :-D

    • Jim Stitzel

      Happy to oblige. :)

  3. Larrykan

    ohhhh using the new maps :)

    i suspect a trap…. but for some reason i also suspect a new ally so maybe im just covering all bases :P

    • Jim Stitzel

      Hedging your bets, eh?

      • xSOB a DooBy

        Well I would be willing to place a bet that this will somehow be related to Ferial…. :p

        • Jim Stitzel

          Well, duh. The Cavalcade have already more or less said as much. :)

          • pichux3

            And not to mention how everything is somehow related to Ferial, and I mean everything.

  4. PAul

    i differently think thers a new ally somewhere from the past perhaps maybe a monitor of an installation

    • Jim Stitzel

      That's what you think, huh?
      My recent post HowTo: Install Ghostscript on MediaTemple

      • xSOB a DooBy

        Hmmm, interesting??? Oh wait, Jim neither confirmed or denied it… Wait why does that surprise me? Jim have you ever considered going into the military? You would be a natural at denying those awkward questions. :D

    • pichux3

      You couldn't possibly mean Ruelard, could you?
      I miss Ruelard…sigh :(

  5. 18wheeler18

    huzzah for the use of hebbie-jeebies on friday the 13th. Congrats on what would seem to have been a successful preparation for winter as well.

  6. scorpionridge

    WOOT! new comic!! This Fri the 13th is looking up already!

    • Jim Stitzel

      This is how we keep the monsters at bay…

  7. ChadPurzycki

    how did you do the door? that's awesome!

    • Jim Stitzel

      Photoshop magic, as always.

  8. steakz

    nice comic, i get the feeling some big stuff is in the not too far future

    crosses fingers and hopes jim doesnt delay said things because i said that:S

    • steakz

      i post that then read the blog post facepalm

      • Jim Stitzel

        Oh, there's definitely some big stuff coming. Reclaimer ain't dead yet! :)

  9. xSOB a DooBy

    Good photoshopping :D Does look a tad out of place, but skillful nonetheless :D

  10. Jim Stitzel

    It's supposed to look a tad out of place. It's a wafer-thin portal standing in the middle of thin air.

  11. Jim Stitzel

    Many threads and an almost infinite amount of time in which to weave them…
    My recent post Borrowing from Other Cartoonists