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[sunphoenix]

Wouldn't a large aperture for hair in the helmet be a huge point of vulnerability in hand-to-hand combat? "Insert axe here?"

I don't think a medieval-style melee helmet would have such an aperture or need one. A typical medieval pot-helm with a lobsterback is no barrier to having long hair (and Earth melee fighters of this period typically did have long hair).

In this vein... go ahead reach your hand out to try and grab an armed combatants hair when they are threatening you with a sword or weapon... be prepared to loose that offending limb!

Also in modern combat with rifles and mostly ranged combat... no one EVER gets, on average, close enough to care or even be able to take advantage of someone with long hair... its a non-issue.

[Voitan]

Another thing I just realized:
"...no visitors except the security officers who were constantly trying to get me to eat."

Is it just me, or does that sound like the most adorable of all things?

Clearly the Choo Choo train, and the airplane was used in order to coax Alex to eat. Bubbling noises from their lips may have been used.

Wouldn't surprise me if they're babying him, since they put frequent attention on their male Lorois.

[Solemn]

Wouldn't a large aperture for hair in the helmet be a huge point of vulnerability in hand-to-hand combat? "Insert axe here?"

I don't think a medieval-style melee helmet would have such an aperture or need one. A typical medieval pot-helm with a lobsterback is no barrier to having long hair (and Earth melee fighters of this period typically did have long hair).

I just sorta assumed that if melee were so useful for so long, then current armor would still have designs shaped by its demands.

After all, scifi has taught me nothing if not that, in the future, we will fight with swords.

Trying to fatten him up for the slaughter.

Oh, so just because she's a witch, you think the Storm Witch fattens lost travelers up to eat them.
That's an offensive stereotype, and entirely false. German folktales aren't known for their factual accuracy.
The Storm Witch would gladly feast on Alex's heart even if he were nothing but gristle and bones! There'd be no point to fattening him up!
I hope I cleared up this all-too-common misconception.

[fredgiblet]

Wouldn't surprise me if they're babying him, since they put frequent attention on their male Lorois.

I would be surprised if they were looking at him like that already. Maybe in the future, but right now I suspect that most of them are falling more on Stillstorm's side of things.

[GeoModder]

oooo, new page!!

in the royal navy if the ship is entering a potential combat zone then all personal go to combat stations with all the gear they need, even if there's no real point, bridge crew will put on easily ID'd uniforms and fireproof stuff too, i guess the Tempest has entered a zone where fighting is expected, common sense then to put on some armour, especially on ship, explosive decompression make you fly through those corridors (like Alex did at the start) shrapnel will be flying around too, having that armour on might just save your life

Well, during the "sparring" with the Umiak in Chapter One, none of the Loroi bridge crew wore armoured suits...

[junk]

Wouldn't a large aperture for hair in the helmet be a huge point of vulnerability in hand-to-hand combat? "Insert axe here?"

I don't think a medieval-style melee helmet would have such an aperture or need one. A typical medieval pot-helm with a lobsterback is no barrier to having long hair (and Earth melee fighters of this period typically did have long hair).

In this vein... go ahead reach your hand out to try and grab an armed combatants hair when they are threatening you with a sword or weapon... be prepared to loose that offending limb!

Also in modern combat with rifles and mostly ranged combat... no one EVER gets, on average, close enough to care or even be able to take advantage of someone with long hair... its a non-issue.

That's actually not the truth. The only places where close quarters fighting was relatively rare was ww2 and Korea. But modern battlefields are showing a very fast necessity for soldiers to know how to handles themselves in close quarters hand to hand.

It's also one of the reasons why many modern militaries are actually still keeping he bayonett. It's not just a ceremonial piece of gear.

To be honest, the biggest reason for shorter hair in militaries is mostly traditional though as well as making sure it doesn't get in the way.

[Karst45]

I´d rather just pull their hair.

i think am the only one who caught that joke You pervert! i was there first!


As for the Armor. i doubt it related to entering into an combat zone... Naam was in a combat zone if not the center of it. and they did come to help a fleet that was there (the fleet that battled the umiak when the bellarmine Came into the sector)

I don't know why she put an heavier armor (Reed as a guard must had this on all the time when on duty) but if i had to guess. Ether it a "passenger suite" (look at smaller ship, the nota next to the acceleration "*10 G Max with unprotected passengers.") Or Fireblade usually wear the armor but wasn't doing it since she had to interrogate Alex.

[manticore7]

forgive my ignorance if this has already been adressed but is Alex getting any nutrients from the Lori Food he is eating? Do Lori need the same vitamins, minerals and nutriants that Humans need? come to think of it what does Fireblades telekinesis run on?

[fredgiblet]

For the sake of plot convenience Arioch has decided that Loroi food is nutritionally compatible to humans.

[Tamren]

What he said the last time I brought this up was that to Humans some Loroi food is edible, a few are disgusting, and some are no doubt deadly poison. No doubt when they get some time they are going to show Alex every piece of salvage they recovered and ask him what it is/was. Hopefully that includes some MREs.

And I really really hope Loroi can eat chocolate.

[Solemn]

And I really really hope Loroi can eat chocolate.

That might depend on whether the Earth of the year 2160 even has chocolate anymore.

Should such predictions come to pass, then no doubt civilization as we know it will end, and only those nations that have no cultural ties to chocolate will survive the ensuing riots and anarchy.

(Perhaps this explains how Alex knows the MIckey Mouse clubhouse song. Perhaps Disney owns the North American supply of chocolate. Perhaps, instead of a reference to a television show or anything like it, in this hellish future where chocolate is worth its weight in gold and corporate chocolate conglomerates make of it a power base [for he who controls the cocoa controls the universe], perhaps the Mickey Mouse clubhouse song has even become Alex's national anthem).

[junk]

And I really really hope Loroi can eat chocolate.

That might depend on whether the Earth of the year 2160 even has chocolate anymore.

Should such predictions come to pass, then no doubt civilization as we know it will end, and only those nations that have no cultural ties to chocolate will survive the ensuing riots and anarchy.

(Perhaps this explains how Alex knows the MIckey Mouse clubhouse song. Perhaps Disney owns the North American supply of chocolate. Perhaps, instead of a reference to a television show or anything like it, in this hellish future where chocolate is worth its weight in gold and corporate chocolate conglomerates make of it a power base [for he who controls the cocoa controls the universe], perhaps the Mickey Mouse clubhouse song has even become Alex's national anthem).

As long as coffee doesn't fall under similar restrictions and rarity I'm golden But imagine a lack of coffee. Now that would be a revolution.

[discord]

coffee tastes like crap, anyway who needs oil, fresh water or food after all so who cares...but chocolate....that's scary.

[Ktrain]

Coffee and alcohol are the two things which keep capitalism churning.

[Durabys]

What he said the last time I brought this up was that to Humans some Loroi food is edible, a few are disgusting, and some are no doubt deadly poison. No doubt when they get some time they are going to show Alex every piece of salvage they recovered and ask him what it is/was. Hopefully that includes some MREs.

And I really really hope Loroi can eat chocolate.

*imagines Beryl having a sugar rush*

THIS! ^_^

This must happen, just for the image of the confused crew and Listel caste members it will generate.

And I really really hope Loroi can eat chocolate.

That might depend on whether the Earth of the year 2160 even has chocolate anymore.

Should such predictions come to pass, then no doubt civilization as we know it will end, and only those nations that have no cultural ties to chocolate will survive the ensuing riots and anarchy.

(Perhaps this explains how Alex knows the MIckey Mouse clubhouse song. Perhaps Disney owns the North American supply of chocolate. Perhaps, instead of a reference to a television show or anything like it, in this hellish future where chocolate is worth its weight in gold and corporate chocolate conglomerates make of it a power base [for he who controls the cocoa controls the universe], perhaps the Mickey Mouse clubhouse song has even become Alex's national anthem).

Problem with this theory is that it is absolutely at odds with E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. Arioch said about the Terran Goverment until now.

[Absalom]

And I really really hope Loroi can eat chocolate.

Chocolate is a mild poison for dogs, and some humans are allergic, so the Loroi probably can't handle it. More for us.

And I really really hope Loroi can eat chocolate.

That might depend on whether the Earth of the year 2160 even has chocolate anymore.

Should such predictions come to pass, then no doubt civilization as we know it will end, and only those nations that have no cultural ties to chocolate will survive the ensuing riots and anarchy.

Should such predictions come to pass, we will surely see less of the boring solid-chocolate bars and more of the actually interesting ones that have other stuff mixed in. Seriously, pure chocolate is TOO chocolaty, in order for you to actually enjoy the amount of chocolate, it needs to be thinned out a bit with pretzels or rice crispies or something. And don't give me that "but I'm paying for that chocolate, I want my money's worth!", that's the favorite argument metaphorically blind customers, if the extra chocolate doesn't add anything to the chocolatyness of the candy, then it's nothing but the luxury of waste.

And besides which, the cost of paying growers more is so little of the cost that paying them more isn't a problem: the cost is all in shipping, as with most other things that have gone up in price in the last few years.

[javcs]

And I really really hope Loroi can eat chocolate.

Chocolate is a mild poison for dogs, and some humans are allergic, so the Loroi probably can't handle it. More for us.

And I really really hope Loroi can eat chocolate.

That might depend on whether the Earth of the year 2160 even has chocolate anymore.

Should such predictions come to pass, then no doubt civilization as we know it will end, and only those nations that have no cultural ties to chocolate will survive the ensuing riots and anarchy.

Should such predictions come to pass, we will surely see less of the boring solid-chocolate bars and more of the actually interesting ones that have other stuff mixed in. Seriously, pure chocolate is TOO chocolaty, in order for you to actually enjoy the amount of chocolate, it needs to be thinned out a bit with pretzels or rice crispies or something. And don't give me that "but I'm paying for that chocolate, I want my money's worth!", that's the favorite argument metaphorically blind customers, if the extra chocolate doesn't add anything to the chocolatyness of the candy, then it's nothing but the luxury of waste.

And besides which, the cost of paying growers more is so little of the cost that paying them more isn't a problem: the cost is all in shipping, as with most other things that have gone up in price in the last few years.

Absolute lies.
I have eaten 100% chocolate before, it was awesome. Admittedly, since I got about a 1.5 pound block, I didn't eat it all in one go. And, in fact, I did just whack chunks of it off and eat them on occasion. Though I have to admit that after a few chunks of pure chocolate, I experimented with using it as a topping, and found it did quite well. It went awesome with a double chocolate fudge ice cream with dark chocolate syrup.
Also, when you have a block, it's simpler to convert it into shavings for use as a topping (seriously, just get a peeler or a small knife and go) than it is to take chunks of it off.

Seriously, though, I hauled a block of 100% along for Thanksgiving one time, in addition to some whipping cream (you can make your own whipped cream) - some of my relatives aren't good with sugar - and it was awesome as a topping.


In all honesty, I've started finding that a lot of milk chocolates are just too sugary and insufficiently chocolatey for my tastes.

[Grayhome]

Wait a sec, has he bathed in this time?

... oh dear lord he must smell something awful.

[javcs]

Wait a sec, has he bathed in this time?

... oh dear lord he must smell something awful.

Oh gods. I don't think anyone else thought of that. If he hasn't ... that would certainly be another explanation for the environmentally sealable combat armor.

Eh ... It's likely that there are some sort of sanitation and hygiene facilities either connected to his cell or nearby, or a combination thereof. There's probably the equivalent of a toilet and a sink in/behind wall panels that they told him how to access, and a shower (or equivalent) down the corridor, serving the detention center.

[icekatze]

hi hi

Maybe they just have someone hose him down every now and again? Thats a pretty common thing for prisoners to have to endure.