Chapter 44 – Cover & Page 1
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They are used strictly as an artistic choice for the set dressing of the comic.
They are used strictly as an artistic choice for the set dressing of the comic.
Of course Auraugu is the engine…of COURSE!
It’s a good way to stay warm.
Someone should point out to Goblaurence that, if this airship’s engine was equipped with two bicycle instead of just the one, he would have a chance to warm himself.
Lack of redundancy is actually a very serious design flaw, for an engineer. Just on general principles, Goblaurence should have rigged up an auxiliary engine.
And then put Penk or Magda on it.
I suspect the stationary bike powers nothing, and there is a real engine in the hold. The bike was only installed to keep Auraugu busy so he wouldn’t pester Goblaurence.
This is my preferred theory. Maybe Auraugu’s bike is actually hooked up to a slushie machine or something.
Ahahahahahahahahaha!
But if you’ve got two bike-engines, then you have the problem of making sure the power gets distributed to the propellers evenly, from both. Especially if they’re not generating at equal rates, or one is unoccupied. And THAT would require a whole lot of extra linkages, and differentials, and assorted gearworks. And that would be added WEIGHT, the one thing you want to minimize when you’re trying to go against gravity!
On top of that, the extra linkages etc add many additional points of failure, adding massively to maintenance, and making troubleshooting your ship if it decides to stop running properly significantly more difficult. I would not want to be the engineer trying to fix that as it stalls.
Nah, just make it a tandem. The pedalers have to synchronize, but it keeps things simple.
A differential.
Have both bike drives ratcheted so that neither can pedal backwards, and put both of their outputs into the same drive shaft using a differential gearing. Then from the one shaft you can belt/gear out to paired propellors, from another differential, and then to steer you can just friction brake either final output propellor shaft, causing the opposite one to speed up.
Are you assuming they’re in parallel and not in sequence?
…and of course the goblin who’s always lighting up has the munchies.
I don’t think he can light up on account of the potentially explosive gas. Which would explain why he’s grouchier than usual. This also explains how the champions of the savage races could possibly get to the snow elves at the same rate as the Peacemakers.
I have a feeling that many lids will be blown in this chapter.
Question: is the quarry “Quartz-y” quarry or “quagmired Quixotic quarrelsome enemies” quarry? The query is queer-y.
enemies -> quislings?
A quisling is a traitor, so sadly no.
Oh man, Gastonia is still keeping Rana’s wife as prisoner, aren’t they? That happened so long ago.
I’m afraid Yalaria was to be hanged, as an example of what happens to Gastonia’s enemies. Syr’Nj tried to appeal to Ardaic’s better side, to no avail. It’s right at the start of Chapter 16.
We can hope that one of the House Lords decided to keep her as an”ace up his sleeve”. Or, given the nature of these lords, maybe it’s better not to.
And today I’m Goblaurence. Cool!
While that was mentioned I am under the interpretation that she has not actually been executed yet. Since a date was never set for it and it was hinted that both the adventurers guild with support from specific members of the heads of houses were trying to stone wall that movement.
Unless she was pregnant, her execution would’ve been carried out within the next few days. The idea that execution dates are set far in the future is an extremely modern idea, invented by lawyers to help them earn more money.
No, it was invented because you want to make damn sure that you got the right guy — after all, if there’s some new development that somebody else did it, you’re gonna have a hard time apologizing to the accused. It’s also a good way to prevent legal lynchings; it’s much easier for one riled-up jury to get an innocent man killed than a riled-up jury plus several appeals.
Oh I dunno. I forget about people in the dungeon in Crusader Kings 2 all the time.
Master Yoda, is that you on the chapter’s cover?
A reality alternate this is. Trapped here you are.
Cold leads to popsicles.
Popsicles lead to head freeze.
And head freeze leads to… Damn! I always forget how that goes… ob hhyessssss!
Questions, you have.
Answers, you want.
Platform boots, I’m wearing.
Is this not the first time ever that Rana has spoken?
Nope, http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-29-page-17/
And maybe others
He’s a bird of few words.
B-b-b-bird, bird bird.
Bird of few words!
A well-a don’t you know about the bird?
Well everybody knows he’s a bird of few words!
B-b-b-bird bird bird
Bird of few words
TACITURN BIRD
[you know how it goes here, I’m not typing that out.]
Holy crap. A second one?! Fuck me sidewards.
That’s what I thought too. (Also, I missed the “meat” in Goblaurence’s sentence, so it made total sense!)
Thge place where they keep their rocks… and roll, now that Best’s back.
That alt text though.
The one with all the answers. Its about damn time!
Here’s hoping that the answer is not that there is no answers.
Problem is, the whole party’s in Jeopardy, so you’ll get answers, but you’ll still need to figure out all the questions.
That’s exactly why The Answer of 42 didn’t make any sense at first. They didn’t know the right Question.
Which alt text?
The cover looks a bit like sleepy face. With the arch outlining the face, the silhouette of the figure being the nose, and the structures in the background being the eyelids.
In that the intent (in which case well done!)? Or do I need new glasses? ;-)
No, I saw that too.
The pareidolia is strong in this one.
Oooh, new chapter.
Please be one of the many O_O faces from the last few pages…
icon check
First two times I tried to load this page, it froze.
Poetic.
Now I am become Dedalus, creator and/or destroyer of worlds.
Was Gobby always Scottish? He sounds especially Scottish here.
I think it’s supposed to be Cockney, but it’s hard to tell as long as he doesn’t speak in rhyming slang.
Mission accomplished, let’s head home.
…
If the place you keep all your rocks falls into a big hole, aren’t you just left with a bigger one?
Auraugu, in extra clothing… Looks kinda silly.
Airships. The only way to travel.
Those ‘savage races’ are awfully advanced in the technical department…