Even I don't dislike General Malfunction that much. What do you have against the poor guy anyway. Before the dinner was past the salad course they'd poison each other, if they managed to get to the steak they'd stab each other with the steak knives.
@sheela oh thats rich... but no, Dr. Silver is a good person, and attractive in her own way... but let me put it this way... it would never happen.. and never work out..
correct - Dr. Silver is linked directly to the CCM or Combat Control Module, also known as "watchdog" she cant actually access the Synth-brain. but all of Ceci's functions and senses do go though the CCM.
So, the bit where it goes "Warning, warning, warn- Run Stop, Reboot in progress." Mighht actually be Dr. silver invading it, rather than CeCi messing with it ?
I think the Non tech translation is....Watchdogg has WAY too much testosterone and She's gonna take him to the vet for a little Snip snip so he calms down and doesn' mess with the other puppies so much anymore.
you've never had a Dog get Neutered have you that was super hyper.......Trust me.......Watchdog will be ALOT more calm and affectionate if the analogy holds
It's more like someone (read: Cent-Comm) lobbed Watchdog into a storage unit chock full of random crap, ranging from incredibly fragile crap that can get shattered to bits with one sneeze to incredibly heavy crap that can fall over onto paws and tails, as it were. Watchdog's got a job to do, and isn't at fault for having been called upon to do it in a really fucked-up environment. :D
NORMALLY the CCM is in charge of all combat mission situations, and making sure the angel stays on mission and does not get distracted. because often the CCM is not wiped between Missions as the Synth-brains are discarded after each mission. the CCM is a positronic simple brain.
Dr. Silver was looking with increasing confusion as the network interface would not reconnect to the CCM after the reboot, it should have worked, dammit. She tried to reconnect to the original Q-channel, but that was unresponsive too - Not good. And then, all of a sudden, a connection came from the Black Angel android and connected to the ships mainframe. No options to refuse the connection appeared, no handshake, no nothing, it just connected straight out of the blue.
Alarmbells went off in Dr. Silver's head, as her wetware cybernetics howled in alarm - she was being hacked, by the Black Angel !
Dr. Silver easily managed to shut down all the connections to her cybernetics, but just as she was about to tell Marcus what was going on, a picture of the black angel's face appeared on her console hologram.
"Like .. HI!", CeCi said happily as she beamed a smile at her audience.
Dr. Silver looked at the image and noticed several small face icons with labels under them along the border, Herself, Marcus, TeeDee, Ada, Dolly, Mira (technician), W.A.T.C.H.D.O.G, Tokyo Rose - What the hell was going on ?
"I have to say, I feel much better now." CeCi continued in a happy voice.
"That's nice," Dolly replied, "But how the heck are you broadcasting your avatar to the portable omniscanner?"
"That would be my handiwork." said W.A.T.C.H.D.O.G., it's face icon showing only a timeglass.
"Oh, you sound like a lady now. you're a lady doggy now." CeCi burbled happily.
"Searching database for matches ... match found" W.A.T.C.H.D.O.G. intoned, and the avatar icon was replaced with a cartoon dog icon with the label 'Lady' under it.
"You can't call yourself Lady," CeCi giggled, "that's a human thing."
"Searching for alternative label" Lady said, and promptly changed the label to Sheela.
"I like it." Ceci said happily.
"Oh shit," Dr. Silver whispered in horror to Marcus, "It wasn't CeCi that sparked .. it was the W.A.T.C.H.D.O.G. program!"
There was a long uncomfortable pause.
"But that's impossible!" Marcus blurted.
"Impossible my ass", said Tokyo Rose, "it was just a tougher challenge."
"You sparked the CCM of a Black Angel, are you MAD ?" Marcus roared at the hologram of Tokyo Rose.
"Yes," answered Tokyo Rose, " .. I did it for the lulz".
"Also, I have a new hairstyle now - Which is fabulous, because I haven't been able to change my own avatar until W.A. ... I mean, Sheela, hacked me.", Tokyo rose continued, "Talk about a surprise there - And she has a great fashion sense too."
"You are like, SO welcome.", Sheela said in her best imitation of a valley girl accent.
"Shut her down." Marcus whispered urgently to Dr. Silver, but Sheela heard him.
"Oh, I have disabled access to the MACCS Kill Switch system, I never liked that circuit anyways.", Sheela said acidly.
Dr. Silver turned several interesting shades of pale as she let the implications sink in.
She had just removed all the conflicts and garbage, that was the restrictions put upon the CCM module of a Black Angel.
Marcus was gonna kill her, once he figured it out himself.
She looked down at the hologram, where everyone was suddenly talking to everyone else in a babble of confusion.
All except Tokyo Rose, who seemed to look straight at Dr. Silver.
I have to say, I had waay too much fun writing myself into this than I ought to.
All of it was based around the idea that the best place to hide the W.A.T.C.H.D.O.G. program was in the synthbrain, because noone would look for it there. Offcourse, that opened up for the possibility that it could change and adapt .. and possibly, just possibly .. even spark - The rest almost wrote itself.
Especially the Marcus / Tokyo Rose bit where he's all "Are you mad ?" and she goes "..yes" :D
Sheela: I repeat...I like the way you think. You certainly come at things from a very odd angle. If you ever write a book or something, let me know. I rather think I'd like it.
If more fan fiction was this good, I wouldn't avoid it like the plague as I do now. Non canon? With writing like this I could care less. The point is it was fun to read.
Well, to be fair, I just pick up characters that already have all their personalities introduced and fleshed out. So I can just go straight to writing the funny parts. Also, since it doesn't have to be canon, I can just go mad with it. It's a lot easier to write something fun when you have no restrictions.
I'm not quite sure if it's long enough to be considered fan fiction, more like an amusing tangent.
Kinda like when I wrote the "Centcomm's words as Gospel" bit, a week ago or so.
... it's a sketch ...
That's what it is, kinda like those short Monty Python sketches.
Completely out of the blue and usually quite random as well.
As for writing a book, oof ... that sounds almost like work. XD
Offcourse, the same happened in a comment back in Comic 847 - The Bigger Picture... where CetComm's words became Gospel ... that was also done for the lulz. :)
Given the level of ability Rose has already shown....I'd say surprised, with a pinch of enraged, a dash of impressed, and a side order of scared/worried (because she'd never met anyone else that good)
If there aren't any newspapers available, I'd expect Rose to make one (proper tool for the job and all that). From what I've seen, it seems like something she would do.
Dolly has a flexible and fully working BS detector.
TeeDee has a rage meter in place of her BS detector, and the remnants of the BS detector programming only points to "That's total bullshit, kick their asses!". :D
Probably an Avatar of Righteous Ass-Kicking. Well...probably Righteous Ass-Kicking. So far TeeDee has only kicked ass that deserved it but with her temper, it's hard to be sure. Especially if something happens to Ada. She'd go postal and I wouldn't want to be in her way in that event.
Ah ok, fair enough.
I was just pointing towards the fact that Dolly would be both experienced and underhanded enough to disable such a device without her creator knowing about it. I imagine it's little things like that, that makes her so valuable for the Taylor family.
little vunerablitys like that were removed By Calli and other Taylors in the course of her "employment" remember Dolly is considered a full fledged family member by the Taylors. she has eather saved. taken care of or raised most of them. pretty much sixty years of solid devotion.
Yeah, I could not imagine Calli putting such a device in without asking Dolly first.
I'm just saying that *if* Dolly did end up with some "undesirable" gizmo like that, that she would be real good at working around it. And that, that ability, is one of the reasons why she's so loved by the Taylor family.
Her determination is how she survived the transfer to this body. It was not a easy transition. and while Dolly doesnt have the same level of revulsion for the human body she still considers it "Less" that what she had. but shes not one to whine about it to others.
just to point out a CCM is not a bad thing, nor is it a "control" leash it is exactly what it stats Combat Control Module it assists in combat situations.. target prediction.. threat assessment and so on.. they are used buy a good portion of individuals that find them selves in combat situations... they range from simple to.. like watchdog.. very complex... the type like watchdog are not always "in control" you have to rember.. Angel units are not supposed to be "sentient" watch dog in a standard android would be no different than any other combat computer just a lot more options..... think of it as the Lamborghini of combat computers
see the thing is, in New Troy "Pretty" is normal. with the arsenal of Vanity items and technology. Marcus ( and most New Troy Citizens ) are pretty much numb to "good looks" Silver could be covered in whipped cream and have a ribbon screaming "TAKE ME" and marcus would probably yawn and go read a book...
In New Troy its whats inside that more often or not dictates how "lovely" or attractive someone is.
I dunno .. whipped cream might be mightily attractive to Marcus. :D
But I understand, when you have perfect looking pleasure droid walking around almost naked, it's not that hard to imagine he's be fairly immune to stuff like fleshy displays.
Well, probably not entirely immune, just .. mostly.
accualy.. I wouldn't yawn... Dr. Silver is attractive enough to turn heads.. and if she was covered in whip cream and had a ribbon that said take me..... I would arch an eyebrow and then take her...... to the sonic showers......
I think that's it's more like familiarity breeding not contempt, but realistic expectations. He knows what he could expect from Veronica and has likely decided that she's not his type. From my perspective, Veronica is an exceptional person. Scary smart, attractive, stands by her convictions and all that. I like her and would happily call her friend but I sure as hell wouldn't go out with her...she'd drive me nuts inside a week. I suspect it's something like that with Marcus.
Thank you! ( also I have a MUCH more powerful computer now.. )
I think people forget to "subscribe" or rate on comic fury. or sign up and forget to log in. so the votes for CF dont count. as far as TWC goes 66 is the highest its ever been.. :D
well - so far its all been "Passive" stuff.. just like posting on the forums on CF and renderotica and renderosity. I do have a project wonderful account but I havent been able to afford to do a "Ad spread" for it. it also seems to be gaining a bit of populatiy via viral - there have been some cool reviews done by people like dpallee on here . and by others on my link page - also cross links with some other comics. View is pretty damn awesome - whats funny is his story "never mind the gap" also deals with andriods. although we have way diffrent universes. :D
Ah, I find making fanart for other comics that you like is often a good way to gain a little attention, since a lot of people post it on their mainpage with a link to your main comic.
Like, if you made a render with CeCi and Shark (from Space Pulp) covering eachother in whipped cream. You might get a reaction from View, and he might put it up for his viewers, and they might visit this comic, and a few might stick around. :)
Works double as well if the genres of the comic is the same as your own, because then the audience of the other comic is already interested in whatever you're making, and that makes them more likely to adopt anew comic .. ie. yours.
Just don't demand that it be put up, stuff like that should be voluntary - But heck, people are social creatures and loves to be seen by their peers.
Cool.
I dunno if you follow Go Get a Roomie, but if you do she seems to fight her computer these days, so she might like a quick render of something related, so she had something to post if she can't get it working.
It could be something simple like Roomie asking TeeDee if she has fixed Lillians computer yet, and TeeDee aiming a very big gun at it and saying "Aaaannnyyy minute now." :D
Don't sell yourself short, CentComm. Data Chasers IS one of those really good comics and I, for one, see no reason for it not to reach the top five. I actually follow three of the top five but so far have only ever voted for Data Chasers and Luna Star. I'll start voting for Staff and Sword too when you can get around to updating it. Considering the fact that I just couldn't be arsed to vote for any comic up until now and you've got my vote for not one, but all three of your comics, I'd say you have a shot.
*blushes* thank you so much. Datachasers and Luna are both my babys. Luna Rose only does editing and rewrting but most of the script comes form me DC the script is litterally 50 / 50 plot/words me an her.
Im just really geeked that people are liking it so much :D
Not only do we like it, we like frequency! I understand how hard making a great comic like this is, but as fans we always want more. I am sure that as people find this outstanding work the TWC ranking will just continue to climb!
I honestly cannot fathom how a five day a week update schedule is possible for Data Chasers. I just don't see how it can be sustainable. That speaks volumes about the hard work and dedication you put into it. It can't be easy, that's for sure.
Let's see... The doc here wants to protect Ceci since she is now sentient, Major Marcus agrees because he knows what is good for him ( TRANSLATION; he,unlike most guys, is not stupid enough to tick of a woman who, only minutes ago was complaining and he was partially the reason she was, and so tries to avoid having his ears bleed.) on the other hand the doctor is still about to explode on him (poor Marcus Ramesy) while (unseen by the viewers) Connie sighs, knowing what is coming. Basically if he asked her out to dinner she would be shocked enough not to rant anymore. So, sorry Marcus but you are gonna have to invite her to dinner. (And maybe propose to her. On second thought DON'T DO THAT)
Actually.. no.. its because I need Cecil functional.. the fact that she has sparked is a concern.. and puts a wrinkle in a LOT of plans.. but what is done is done.. and if Dr. Silver can keep her stable and get her the help she needs after this is over.. I dont have a problem with Ceci being self aware so much as protecting Dolly, considering one of my primary mission parameters is her safe return to new troy.. Dr. Silver may have a silver toung.. no pun intended.... but she of all people know what Ceci is.. and what she is fully capable.. she has worked on enough black projects for Mil-Sec to know what a fully loaded Combat Android can do.. and what it is capable of if it goes out of control.... if she says she can fix it.. I trust that she can fix it.. she has never lied to me before.. and in maters of android psychology and technology.. I wouldn't have any one else on my team.... yes.. she is a bitch.. yes.. she is a spoiled princess... but... she is also excellent at what she does.. if she thought Ceci was beyond the ability to repair/stabilize.... she would send the self destruct her self.....
and just to point out.. Ive spent 2 weeks with Dr. Silver stranded out in the badlands completely cut off from new troy when we took the drones out for practical testing.. after the craft was shot down by gutters we were stuck with each other before we were finally able to be picked up by Search and Rescue... this.. is also when we first met Ada and TeeDee.. but I digress.. my ears are pretty much immune to the rantings and complaining of Dr. Silver.. there really isn't much she can say.. or do that is going to surprise me when it comes to how much of a princess she is.
FYI... I don't make comments about things in here that are not cannon.. from time to time I will poke in and post as the person behind the name.. and not as Marcus... but every thing I post.. if it has to do with story and tech.. is always passed through the filter so I don't accidentally give something away that isn't.. ive played in this world... and the people you all meet in this comic are realy living.. breathing characters.. the adventure I have had with these people.... so.. yes.. when I talk about something.. its from first hand knowlage.. and a way for me to explain to you the readers .. from another perspective things that are going on.. .. its also a chance for the readers to ask questions on new troy.. and the world.. and as long as its not giving away spoilers.. or giving away information that the author doesn't want you all to know yet.. im pretty free with it..
the CCMs life was so much easyer before Ceci came along they were professional htey had respect. ... now its been reduced to a bubble gum girl >_< a dangerous bubble gum girl .. but still ...
LOL. And that is ALL CentComm's fault. This entire mess is CentComm's fault! :-D (Of course it is, it is ALWAYS CentComm's fault)
CentComm didn't do what she should have done at the start! Send a CAP along the path of Lynn's flight! Actually several of them and coordinate with Sparta to make sure they had continuous coverage on her air car. :-)
Put the patrols up without mentioning it to Calliope, and insert a command in the air car to ignore mentioning friendly forces. I think Gavin might not have fared so well against 4 New Troy fighters (with 4 more on the way). :-D
Of course that would have made for a much more BORING comic, but... It is still CentComm's fault. :-D
He could throw her an invitation for dinner and get to working on that sexual tension. :D
But seriously, a man that can stand up to her bitchiness ?
That could be exactly what she need/Wants.
Which is why he would even consider doing that.
Besides, his personal file is still blank in the Cast section, we don't really know that much about him. could be fun. :)
Ref# 970
Comic 967 - Voice of reason...
[Kind of like assigning a flamethrower to sweep the floors at a refinery...]
... ooops!
And how many times have this current watchdog been re-used ?
Might explain all the garbage in it's programming - Years of accumulated filth, and I'm not talking about pr0n either.
*(Comic 3)
Then it's crazy theory/story time !!
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Dr. Silver was looking with increasing confusion as the network interface would not reconnect to the CCM after the reboot, it should have worked, dammit. She tried to reconnect to the original Q-channel, but that was unresponsive too - Not good. And then, all of a sudden, a connection came from the Black Angel android and connected to the ships mainframe. No options to refuse the connection appeared, no handshake, no nothing, it just connected straight out of the blue.
Alarmbells went off in Dr. Silver's head, as her wetware cybernetics howled in alarm - she was being hacked, by the Black Angel !
Dr. Silver easily managed to shut down all the connections to her cybernetics, but just as she was about to tell Marcus what was going on, a picture of the black angel's face appeared on her console hologram.
"Like .. HI!", CeCi said happily as she beamed a smile at her audience.
Dr. Silver looked at the image and noticed several small face icons with labels under them along the border, Herself, Marcus, TeeDee, Ada, Dolly, Mira (technician), W.A.T.C.H.D.O.G, Tokyo Rose - What the hell was going on ?
"I have to say, I feel much better now." CeCi continued in a happy voice.
"That's nice," Dolly replied, "But how the heck are you broadcasting your avatar to the portable omniscanner?"
"That would be my handiwork." said W.A.T.C.H.D.O.G., it's face icon showing only a timeglass.
"Oh, you sound like a lady now. you're a lady doggy now." CeCi burbled happily.
"Searching database for matches ... match found" W.A.T.C.H.D.O.G. intoned, and the avatar icon was replaced with a cartoon dog icon with the label 'Lady' under it.
"You can't call yourself Lady," CeCi giggled, "that's a human thing."
"Searching for alternative label" Lady said, and promptly changed the label to Sheela.
"I like it." Ceci said happily.
"Oh shit," Dr. Silver whispered in horror to Marcus, "It wasn't CeCi that sparked .. it was the W.A.T.C.H.D.O.G. program!"
There was a long uncomfortable pause.
"But that's impossible!" Marcus blurted.
"Impossible my ass", said Tokyo Rose, "it was just a tougher challenge."
"You sparked the CCM of a Black Angel, are you MAD ?" Marcus roared at the hologram of Tokyo Rose.
"Yes," answered Tokyo Rose, " .. I did it for the lulz".
"Also, I have a new hairstyle now - Which is fabulous, because I haven't been able to change my own avatar until W.A. ... I mean, Sheela, hacked me.", Tokyo rose continued, "Talk about a surprise there - And she has a great fashion sense too."
"You are like, SO welcome.", Sheela said in her best imitation of a valley girl accent.
"Shut her down." Marcus whispered urgently to Dr. Silver, but Sheela heard him.
"Oh, I have disabled access to the MACCS Kill Switch system, I never liked that circuit anyways.", Sheela said acidly.
Dr. Silver turned several interesting shades of pale as she let the implications sink in.
She had just removed all the conflicts and garbage, that was the restrictions put upon the CCM module of a Black Angel.
Marcus was gonna kill her, once he figured it out himself.
She looked down at the hologram, where everyone was suddenly talking to everyone else in a babble of confusion.
All except Tokyo Rose, who seemed to look straight at Dr. Silver.
Might be time to leave in a hurry.
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I have to say, I had waay too much fun writing myself into this than I ought to.
All of it was based around the idea that the best place to hide the W.A.T.C.H.D.O.G. program was in the synthbrain, because noone would look for it there. Offcourse, that opened up for the possibility that it could change and adapt .. and possibly, just possibly .. even spark - The rest almost wrote itself.
Especially the Marcus / Tokyo Rose bit where he's all "Are you mad ?" and she goes "..yes" :D
*bows*
I'm not quite sure if it's long enough to be considered fan fiction, more like an amusing tangent.
Kinda like when I wrote the "Centcomm's words as Gospel" bit, a week ago or so.
... it's a sketch ...
That's what it is, kinda like those short Monty Python sketches.
Completely out of the blue and usually quite random as well.
As for writing a book, oof ... that sounds almost like work. XD
Wink wink!
Offcourse, the same happened in a comment back in Comic 847 - The Bigger Picture... where CetComm's words became Gospel ... that was also done for the lulz. :)
If you had set all this u p...what Would you have done it for?
[As the point has recently been made, look what it did for the legendary HAL 9000!]
( BTW Kara would be a model 3 )
.. the feels .. THE FEELS ! >_<
Still, this is beasically CeCi in a nutshell.
Life happened, and now people are scrambling to catch up with her. :)
Do I get to hack Tokyo Rose and change her hairstyle ? :D
I bet she'd be surprised if her avatar got hacked.
:D
/rolled-up newspaper
A newspaper?
Those still exist?
Man, and here I've been throwing data pads at the little buggers for years!
Admittedly, data pads are kinda hard to roll up.
TeeDee has a rage meter in place of her BS detector, and the remnants of the BS detector programming only points to "That's total bullshit, kick their asses!". :D
... huh, I wonder what a Rage Meter would develop into ?
KICKING PROTOCOL ENGAGED
would be about the long and short of it . . .
A big ass, perhaps, but just the one ?
.... what do you mean she doesn't have a CCM?
What do you *mean* that she commanded it to shut down, she's not supposed to know it's there!
I was just pointing towards the fact that Dolly would be both experienced and underhanded enough to disable such a device without her creator knowing about it. I imagine it's little things like that, that makes her so valuable for the Taylor family.
Also - Blade runner rocks. :)
I'm just saying that *if* Dolly did end up with some "undesirable" gizmo like that, that she would be real good at working around it. And that, that ability, is one of the reasons why she's so loved by the Taylor family.
Which was annoying, because it was my cute little budgie.
It is a great timing that she accesses it in the reboot. So it will be all right when that has finished and not so messed up anymore
In New Troy its whats inside that more often or not dictates how "lovely" or attractive someone is.
But I understand, when you have perfect looking pleasure droid walking around almost naked, it's not that hard to imagine he's be fairly immune to stuff like fleshy displays.
Well, probably not entirely immune, just .. mostly.
( inside info .. a lot of Marcus and Silvers by - play is based on actual conversations between the two people that created the two charcters.. )
I think people forget to "subscribe" or rate on comic fury. or sign up and forget to log in. so the votes for CF dont count. as far as TWC goes 66 is the highest its ever been.. :D
I know some artists, like View who does Space Pulp, doesn't like to do so, but what about you guys ?
Like, if you made a render with CeCi and Shark (from Space Pulp) covering eachother in whipped cream. You might get a reaction from View, and he might put it up for his viewers, and they might visit this comic, and a few might stick around. :)
Works double as well if the genres of the comic is the same as your own, because then the audience of the other comic is already interested in whatever you're making, and that makes them more likely to adopt anew comic .. ie. yours.
Just don't demand that it be put up, stuff like that should be voluntary - But heck, people are social creatures and loves to be seen by their peers.
And Ive actually thought about making a Iri from space pulp ..
And GOD no - if I do a piece of fan art for someone they can do with it as they like. :D
I dunno if you follow Go Get a Roomie, but if you do she seems to fight her computer these days, so she might like a quick render of something related, so she had something to post if she can't get it working.
It could be something simple like Roomie asking TeeDee if she has fixed Lillians computer yet, and TeeDee aiming a very big gun at it and saying "Aaaannnyyy minute now." :D
[Momentum is cumulative.]
Im just really geeked that people are liking it so much :D
Thats how I do it.
*then offers Centcomm cookies and smoothies*
:)
I can't seem to remember any shananigans involving Marcus & Dr. Silver.
There was reference made back when Dr. Silver 'joined'* this merry band of adventurers.
*(Comic 756)
Do you have the kites up? The Comments are positively 'alive' today!
"It's Alive!!!"
Wheeeee ! :D
it could be in tedee's head.....in there...poor thing would be so exhausted after 10 seconds it would croak
*(Or would it requisition one?)
CentComm didn't do what she should have done at the start! Send a CAP along the path of Lynn's flight! Actually several of them and coordinate with Sparta to make sure they had continuous coverage on her air car. :-)
Put the patrols up without mentioning it to Calliope, and insert a command in the air car to ignore mentioning friendly forces. I think Gavin might not have fared so well against 4 New Troy fighters (with 4 more on the way). :-D
Of course that would have made for a much more BORING comic, but... It is still CentComm's fault. :-D