Well, I suppose if you have to pick only one person to be a bodyguard, you pick the most serious, level-headed person you can with the best physical vitality and observation skills. Most of security in general is proactively avoiding or responding to threat potentials before they can become realized threats, and the energy of youth helps with vigilance.
And him not yet being a Golden Boy probably brings the added advantage of other people tending to underestimate him.
That's hardly a bad thing for a bodyguard.
Historically speaking there are two ways of dealing with that
1. Treat them so well they have no desire for freedom because they have a better life under your house. (not common but it has been done)
2. Make them fear what is behind them far more than what's in front of them (Far more commonly used despite the possibility of backfiring)
Oh thats not to say Roma does not use Slave legions. Rome did it to criminals and other such undesirables. Often the reward for such was well worth the time spent.
Looks like Douchebag's finest have gotten sloppy only dealing with civilians and sitting on their collective asses in the barracks .. now they're just sloppily dead.
Um, yeah, I'd run too if Nox was coming. Feets don't fail me now!
Nox just loves humans. The fine print in between "loves" and "humans", however, is "to messily and gratuitously slaughter, dice, chop, eviscerate, and dismember".
Oh I don't know, she'd probably let it out, into the waste as a first line of defense. Maybe even decontamination. Someones gotta kill the murderturds that decide attacking supply convoys is easier than actual hunting.
Just thought of Nox's comment about another "hunter", she could have come upon Democlus' work and assumed that an outsider did it. Not thinking that Democlus would do anything but be a good little mindless drone and stand down.
It is possible, Mark; however, I consider it unlikely. I think Nox is skilled enough, thorough enough that she would recognize Democlus was WITH Acantha. And they aren't hunting, but escaping. No I think it is in response to someone else.
My first thought is still on Miraiko. Though it could be CeCi and Dolly, I guess. Or maybe someone we don't even know about yet.
This is DataChasers, there is ALWAYS the possibility for a plot twist we don't even know about with M'lady Cent and M'lady Rose doing the blueprints. ;)
Please no. My two roommates love that show. I mean I love acting with the local theater group but the acting on that show is so bad sometimes I'm embarrassed to admit I'm an actress.
I know that stage acting is different from broadcast, but still, there are standards.
If the blood on the wall is coalescing then New Roma needs better nanite controls. I think you want the blood on the walls coagulating. That's what usually happens if you take blood out of its meat sack.
I wish that would happen, cliché murder is so very, very necessary and there's been a little bit of cliché-overspill in the comic already. I think this might just be a level of threat promotion: Hype up Democlus for competence to make Nox scarier when she quickly eviscerates him later.
What's bad is when you have to use a scrapper and shovel before you can start mopping. And keep changing the water in the bucket until it stays clear. The bleach and acetic acid fumes get to you after awhile, too.(Ah, fun times.)
I'm fairly sure several slick salesmen approached the Black Palace staff within a year of Decimus taking the throne with a wide variety of products for cleaning up these, and other human remains-type messes.
I can just hear the pitch now: "Are you tired of your slave spending half the day cleaning that baked in blood, brain, and guts off the wall from yesterday's 'festivities,' when that slave should be available to get you a snack? Worry no more, because with this amazing product..."
Rapid thermal mechanical expansion is whats causing the brain matter fountain. Technically it should be coming out both sides. MY bad. DO not ask me about the research I do for injury's and death. And I admit to holly-wooding up some injury's to make it more obvious whats going on.
Timotheus, I know your pain.
I clean bathrooms in a burger king.
When you're ontop a ladder with a paintscraper removing stuff from the ceiling before soaking it in high concentration chlorine sanitizer, you decide you really want that education.
Middle School Bathrooms.
Youthful Energy,
Pre-Adolescent Obsession With Bodily Fluids and Solids With Adolescent Creativity and Intelligence,
And a total lack of regard for the consequences and effect on others.
I thought I remembered Arianna showing signs of attraction to Democlus when they first met. Looking back (waaay back) to page 754, I now see that it was actually Malati that was impressed with him, but there might still have been some faint attraction on Arianna's part.
On a different note, nice trigger discipline by Acantha in panels 3-5! Sorry, pet peeve. It is disgusting how often "well-trained" people are depicted with their finger on the trigger when they pick up the gun. Nice attention to detail here!
Acantha's shirt says CG girl? Love it!
I can tell from panel 4 that she's V4. I'm so glad that fixed that in V5 - V7. But upgrading isn't worth it. I was in the process of making new morphs for my character's cat features to V6, then V7 came out so I said "f" it and quit. lol
That depends on which manufacturer and model they are using. E-clips and E-Cells aren't fully interchangeable between weapon models.
I think it would be like trying to use a magazine for a antique 9mm Beretta in an antique 11.43mm SigArms or antique 6mm FN-Colt in an antique 7.5mm Remington-Winchester
I guess an energy pack from the blue-turds could help Deme, but so far he has fired 1 shot and used the energy blade for what looks like 20 seconds. Id say he probably has his own spares to use first. Acantha's weapon is a custom build with a double sized miniturized magazine that the AI manufactured for her. I doubt he intended it to be more than a holdout.
People accidently getting handed 7.65mm ammo for their 9mm pistols happens every now and then during the Eidgenössisches Feldschiessen and Obligatorisches Bundesprogramm. And not all notice before firing the first shot.
First of all, your shot will go wide. Even at 25m only. Second, the pistol won't reload on its own as it should.
The size of the cartridges, especially the diameter for the most part (leaving out the bullet itself obviously) is actually not that different. Meaning they somewhat fit into a 9mm clip.
The thing you should be worried about is that it's entirely possible to chamber a .380 or 9mm in a 5.56, the case head has exactly the same dimensions and the overall length of the smaller cartridge is less than the longer one before the shoulder...and your shot isn't going to go wide, although parts of the rifle might ;)
Rolls dice.. You find.. 2 Sub assault weapons ( both code locked to prevent anyone from using them ) 2 MK2 power blades IDs that no longer work ( thanks to Doc Silver. ) and 2 suits of slightly used LBA Armor. ( both damaged ) And two adaptive shield units :D
That's hardly a bad thing for a bodyguard.
It's a time honored tradition to use the slaves and peasants as cannon fodder.
1. Treat them so well they have no desire for freedom because they have a better life under your house. (not common but it has been done)
2. Make them fear what is behind them far more than what's in front of them (Far more commonly used despite the possibility of backfiring)
Of your opponents brain matter.
Um, yeah, I'd run too if Nox was coming. Feets don't fail me now!
I think I am beginning to like this guy!
How she EVER was allowed out of the creche is a condemnation of New Rome's leadership. 3C would NEVER allow someone like her out.
It seems very likely.
My first thought is still on Miraiko. Though it could be CeCi and Dolly, I guess. Or maybe someone we don't even know about yet.
But how can that be?
/lost in translation
that. that right there is pretty much how "Lost In Translation" segments happen.
I rather enjoy this little oddity that keeps popping up everywhere.
I know that stage acting is different from broadcast, but still, there are standards.
But how can that be?
/also lost in translation
But how can that be?
/lost in the tumbledrier
I need my shoes!
Oh, he indeed is a gold star - and Arianna got flustered =P
Yeah, probably a good idea, Acantha...
PS: only about 400 votes to rank 10 - vote people we can make it top 10!
Go, Dem!
What are we gonna do????
I can just hear the pitch now: "Are you tired of your slave spending half the day cleaning that baked in blood, brain, and guts off the wall from yesterday's 'festivities,' when that slave should be available to get you a snack? Worry no more, because with this amazing product..."
I clean bathrooms in a burger king.
When you're ontop a ladder with a paintscraper removing stuff from the ceiling before soaking it in high concentration chlorine sanitizer, you decide you really want that education.
Never have I ever, seen anything worse.
Youthful Energy,
Pre-Adolescent Obsession With Bodily Fluids and Solids With Adolescent Creativity and Intelligence,
And a total lack of regard for the consequences and effect on others.
Also, I really enjoyed Democlus' line in the first panel. :)
I think he'd make a really good trainer for our emergency response teams or self defense classes at the Academy.
On a different note, nice trigger discipline by Acantha in panels 3-5! Sorry, pet peeve. It is disgusting how often "well-trained" people are depicted with their finger on the trigger when they pick up the gun. Nice attention to detail here!
So she has made her intentions quite clear. :)
I can tell from panel 4 that she's V4. I'm so glad that fixed that in V5 - V7. But upgrading isn't worth it. I was in the process of making new morphs for my character's cat features to V6, then V7 came out so I said "f" it and quit. lol
also that shirt always amused me. Cg Girl indeed :D
(tech page mentions E-clip & E cell and fusion cells for weapons)
I think it would be like trying to use a magazine for a antique 9mm Beretta in an antique 11.43mm SigArms or antique 6mm FN-Colt in an antique 7.5mm Remington-Winchester
I'm not familiar with the weapons of New Rome, so I can't say what the specs on his pistol are.
However everyone I work with and know who carries a weapon always has at least 4 spare E-clips or E-cells.
First of all, your shot will go wide. Even at 25m only. Second, the pistol won't reload on its own as it should.
Thats not to say some weapons don't have specialized cells. Demo's pistol is still almost fully charged.
And Acantha really does not have to worry about shots.
hehehe :D
I take any credit chips they might have on them !
*rolls dice* woohoo, 19! :)
At Lukkai
2 shield units weigh about 1 pound with battery's Black market price on the guns is around 1400cr a piece.
Also, what's the black market price on those guns?