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Brickman Since: Jan, 2001
#251: Jan 8th 2010 at 9:36:14 PM

To be fair, I doubt he knows what a megaPascal is.

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#252: Jan 9th 2010 at 7:57:07 AM

"You can take away his sidearm, but you can't take away his training... or his enhancements."

Sakamoto demands an explanation for this shit.
LarryD Incognito Since: Jan, 2001
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#253: Jan 9th 2010 at 7:40:16 PM

I think the Toughs working naked would be scarier to the customers than them in uniform.

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Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#254: Jan 9th 2010 at 11:36:02 PM

I think the Toughs working naked would be scarier to the customers than them in uniform.

Well, for most of them, maybe, but my Inner Pervert wouldn't mind a team so attired (or not attired, as the case may be) comprised of Elf, the doc, and Para Ventura (hey, she's legal... Tagon's 50, and she said when building Tagii that she was 31 years younger than him).

(This forum needs an eyebrow waggle emoticon... tongue )

Even if I can't think of any possible reason to justify that setup that wouldn't sound like a 2-bit porno flick "plot", or a crappy parody thereof.

edited 9th Jan '10 11:36:30 PM by Nohbody

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GGCrono Since: Jan, 2001
#255: Jan 13th 2010 at 8:55:53 PM

Jeez, would it have been that horrid just to kiss the guy? *eyeroll*

Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
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#256: Jan 13th 2010 at 10:18:48 PM

The reverend takes physical affection very seriously, so it would have been a big issue for her marriage.

But more importantly, Rule of Funny.

edited 13th Jan '10 10:19:06 PM by Haven

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TeChameleon Since: Jan, 2001
#257: Jan 13th 2010 at 11:37:01 PM

Also, you can see it in her eyes- the poor Doc's reaction to the idea of kissing Nick was basically EWWWWWWWWW!!! Not that I can blame her, honestly tongue

LarryD Incognito Since: Jan, 2001
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#258: Jan 22nd 2010 at 8:02:51 PM

Lt. Shodan evades a minefield, and Capt. Tagon walks right into it.

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Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
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#259: Jan 22nd 2010 at 8:09:29 PM

So uh. Anyone else find the last few comics really dumb?

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KnightofL-sama from The Sea of Chaos Since: Sep, 2009
#260: Jan 23rd 2010 at 12:28:18 AM

Well most of the Toughs' brainpower is divided between Kevyn and Elf's team. Apart from the Doc, Mallcop Command really only has Shodan when it comes to the heavy thinking . Legs has her moments, but mostly when it comes to snark.

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TeChameleon Since: Jan, 2001
#261: Jan 23rd 2010 at 4:10:10 AM

Eh... I think this one's pretty much running on Rule of Funny, Haven, although this being Howard Tayler, you know it's going to bring in something... interesting... much like Kevyn's team did. It may not be quite as impressive as Chekhov's Death Ray over Credomar way, but you never know. My guess is that, since it's an historic site, there'll be some clue to either neo-LOTA or else yet another skeleton in the UNS' closet.

KnightofL-sama from The Sea of Chaos Since: Sep, 2009
#262: Jan 23rd 2010 at 3:07:47 PM

Actually another point worth mentioning is that if you read the other three, its Tagon who calls in the other three teams for some kind of emergency so there's definitely something brewing.

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TeChameleon Since: Jan, 2001
#263: Jan 23rd 2010 at 10:30:11 PM

... huh. You know, all this time I'd been assuming that the emergency meeting was in response to whatever info Kerchak brought from Petey (honestly, how can you not love a godlike being named 'Petey', of all things?), since he'd naturally bring it to Tagon. The way things have been going, though... hmmm.

Brickman Since: Jan, 2001
#264: Jan 30th 2010 at 8:44:33 PM

Ninjas? In YOUR mall? It's more likely than you think. But significantly less plausible, if you ask me.

edit: Oh hey, peeking at archives a bit, I can conclusively say this plot is not going to tie in to the news about Kevyn's clone and Tagon's father going missing. Why? Because Thurl still needed to call Tagon to bring him in.

edited 30th Jan '10 8:53:12 PM by Brickman

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#265: Jan 31st 2010 at 1:09:46 AM

Ninjas in a mall? What's next, Snakes On A Plane?

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Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
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#266: Jan 31st 2010 at 1:14:32 AM

Heh. Reminds me of this Dr Mcninja.

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LarryD Incognito Since: Jan, 2001
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#267: Feb 1st 2010 at 8:41:21 PM

OK, now he's gone and made it personal.

Edit: Oops!

edited 3rd Feb '10 10:03:47 PM by LarryD

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Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
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#268: Feb 5th 2010 at 8:56:30 PM

Ooh... *wince*

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LarryD Incognito Since: Jan, 2001
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#269: Feb 14th 2010 at 1:23:51 AM

I Can Still Fight!, averted.

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LarryD Incognito Since: Jan, 2001
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#270: Feb 16th 2010 at 3:42:33 PM

And the doctor makes You Are in Command Now stick.

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Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#271: Feb 16th 2010 at 4:20:58 PM

In the interests of encouraging discussion, that does bring up an interesting (or at least interesting to me) question: Where does the doc and the lawyer fit into the Tough command hierarchy?

In Real Life militaries, neither doctors nor lawyers are eligible for command of a combat unit (JAG had the main male protagonist as a line officer before the lawyer thing, so he doesn't count... even ignoring the whole Bellisario's Maxim thing tongue ), but what about for the Toughs?

We know that they don't stick rigorously to what most would consider military discipline, and AFAIK there's never been a thorough in-universe or narrator discussion about the Tough's charter or the fine details of its rules/regs outside the specific context of any given point, so we can't just point to Real Life and say "there, question answered. Have a nice day".

edited 16th Feb '10 4:23:46 PM by Nohbody

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Brickman Since: Jan, 2001
#272: Feb 16th 2010 at 5:09:06 PM

I know the reverend is a lieutenant. No clue on the doc and the lawyer. My guess is Massey is always kept away from fighting so he doesn't have a military rank, and same for the doc. Then again, you'd probably expect the same for Theo...

LarryD Incognito Since: Jan, 2001
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#273: Feb 16th 2010 at 6:55:29 PM

Massey is always in mufti, but the doc has a uniform. The expectation may be that she may get in harms way, or harm may get to her, during her duties. In the USAF, doctors are automatically part of the officer corps. Hmm, the docs uniform is red, with rectangular rank insignia, so I'm sure she's an officer, but I don't know what rank.

Edit: Ebby and Pie have the same colors and insignia, so the doc holds the rank of lieutenant.

edited 16th Feb '10 7:01:48 PM by LarryD

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TeChameleon Since: Jan, 2001
#274: Feb 16th 2010 at 10:36:12 PM

We've seen Massey in uniform before- unless he's been promoted since then (unlikely, given Shodan's comments about him and the Doc arm-wrestling for command), he's also a Looey.

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#275: Feb 17th 2010 at 8:59:06 PM

Shodan accepts that he's now in command.

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