Whew. Told you I was close. And here it is! And with tanks! And a Bravo-class Rumbler! It’s Mike’s older but smaller brother. Oh yeah.
It’s been a really unnecessarily stressful summer for me, I have to admit. So much so that one day into the week and I’m already basically speechless. So rather than do any lengthy pontificating this week, I’m just going to turn in.
Be well, folks. See you next week!
Trust me, I know the feeling.
Having to deal with multiple personal issues during most of this summer, I can understand the need to try and recharge.
Great artwork so far, am surprised the Continental Army doesn’t have a desert camo scheme for desert deployments.
Then again, it could be similar to the first part of Operation Desert Shield where some units were still in woodland camo instead of the ‘chocolate chip’ 6-color desert camo BDUs…just not enough time for logistics to catch up.
Hang in there, hopefully things will be better soon.
The camo is actually based on one of the schemes the Commonwealth used in North Africa. But you make a good point in any event!
I’m assuming you have some file or website for all this seeing as how much work you put into this whole webcomic…
Can a Rumbler download the “memories” of other Rumblers?
Also, just how much of the Arab League does the rest of the world know?
Rumblers can download information from each other. Before the Echo class refit introduced gel data memory, it was categorized in a file system, though, not procedurally formed by the making and breaking of chemical connections the way Mike does it. He could read Oscar’s memory, but Oscar would have trouble reading his.
In regard to the Arab League, it is not a closed society, per se, but they had a contentious relationship with the FSR and the UNA early on, and so they tend to act suspiciously toward foreigners, just as a matter of course. Most international discourse is carried on through intermediaries in the Southern Coalition so not a lot of people in the UNA or the FSR do business with them directly, and expatriate communities typically only live in government-sponsored compounds, and that leads to rumors. The common man would not know a lot about what goes on there – a good analogy would be pre-Meiji Japan. Operation Scimitar was a rare cooperation between the League and the United States, Cuba, and Mexico, which was negotiated directly, not through the UNA.
Interesting. The armored cars only have slitted windows on what I presume is the driver’s side. I wonder why.
Now to go hunting for those old data cards.
Passenger side. The plate protects the radio operator and his equipment.
Got it.
What happened with the old equipment cards for the AFVs? I went looking for the one for the scout car and couldn’t find it.
I took most of the extras out of the stream of the comic so people could read the story more easily. I routinely purge that stuff. I keep a deviantArt portfolio where I keep that stuff though, and one day I’d love to make an actual 6-Commando Technical Manual!
http://mraverage.deviantart.com/gallery/40552053/6-Commando-Tactical-Handbook
Yes please!
Sorry to keep up this thread of conversation but I just had a thought. In someways this is potentially a hopeful story when we have these “young” AI who are capable of self direction and seem to lack the indoctrination of the humans. They represent a vector of communication and connectivity with each other and humans that is outside of normal power structures. Through them there seems to be a chance that actual peace may break out.
Or they’ll go all berserker on us.
“Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!”.
That’s the spirit.
Oscar is not a Dalek. He’s BETTER than a Dalek! 😀
Yes, Daleks are only interested in slaughtering all living things in the universe except their own kind. Oscar kills absolutely every thing in front of him, indicriminantly
This page has got me thinking of the real world drone program. We won’t be seeing anything like the Rumbler but I’m sure someone out there is trying to think of a way to slap a .50 cal onto a BigDog (hey, it worked for UAVs, right? )
There have been experiments with autonomous tanks, mostly auto-driving HMMWVs and small infantry support vehicles. Who knows?
I’ve heard, the self-driving-car is off shoot of the program
I’ve been following this strip for a while now, which should tell you something because I’m not a big comic guy. I am a big OGRE fan and would like to someday use this setting for a campaign of sorts. You need to either expand upon the glossary or add a comprehensive tech section as there are so many cool revaluations in the comments every week.
😀 I’m glad you dig it!
I’d love to discuss making a 6-Commando game system with someone, some day. But I am actively working on the 6-Commando Technical Manual, which is close!
Did you plan all of this out? Or is it in some part making it up as you go along?
What type of super tank model is that he seems more logic based.
Bravo-class. Earlier version, not as sophisticated as Mike, who is Echo-class.
Re-viewing this, I just noticed that the Big Tank has a Dark Horse regiment emblem on it. That was my uncle’s outfit when he was in Vietnam. (I still have his dress uniform jacket.)