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jerk irl
Apr 26, 2018

Amos is da poo poo.

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Collateral
Feb 17, 2010

Mu Zeta posted:

Chrisjen's swearing in the book is embarrassing like it's edgy material written by a 13 year old kid stuck in Catholic school

That is kinda the point. It's an act she uses in front of the children (men).

Kaedric
Sep 5, 2000

Collateral posted:

That is kinda the point. It's an act she uses in front of the children (men).

Yup, I'm sometimes going "ehhh that was a little 2EDGY, Avasarala", but then I think about how an aging indian lady talking like that would put people way off-balance (her intent) and I can dig it. People just don't have the equipment to handle someone like that.

kanonvandekempen
Mar 14, 2009

eke out posted:

she needs to swear more in order to set up the various beats from the book where people outright say "Avasarala didn't even say gently caress once.. this must be serious"

I haven't read these books, but you make the writing sound atrocious.

Rocksicles
Oct 19, 2012

by Nyc_Tattoo

kanonvandekempen posted:

I haven't read these books, but you make the writing sound atrocious.

It's not. Well no more than a lot of books.

sebmojo
Oct 23, 2010


Legit Cyberpunk









kanonvandekempen posted:

I haven't read these books, but you make the writing sound atrocious.

Its robustly adequate

lol but
Feb 24, 2007

body is a dinosaur
Slippery Tilde
So I've just watched this. It's good! The only novel insight I have is that Christian in the wingsuit is some pretty good "Mom from Futurama" cosplay.

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




Cram a bastard in it, you crap :argh:

AlternateAccount
Apr 25, 2005
FYGM

Mu Zeta posted:

Chrisjen's swearing in the book is embarrassing like it's edgy material written by a 13 year old kid stuck in Catholic school

100% accurate. Shohreh really elevates it into something good, but the source material it's just kind of like WE WERE TOO LAZY FOR ACTUAL CHARACTERIZATION!! She provides 95% of that character.

blockchain prenup
Mar 8, 2018


unwatchable

Strom Cuzewon
Jul 1, 2010


Maybe its a hyperbaric chamber for all that...deep sea space diving they do

Big Bowie Bonanza
Dec 30, 2007

please tell me where i can date this cute boy

kanonvandekempen posted:

I haven't read these books, but you make the writing sound atrocious.

this is one of the rare situations where the show is way way better than the book

Toxic Fart Syndrome
Jul 2, 2006

*hits A-THREAD-5*

Only 3.6 Roentgoons per hour ... not great, not terrible.




...the meter only goes to 3.6...

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Strom Cuzewon posted:

Maybe its a hyperbaric chamber for all that...deep sea space diving they do

But 0.8 atmospheres = 81kPa?

Moose-Alini
Sep 11, 2001

Not always so
I feel like that was saying the suit’s sensors don’t know what the gently caress is going on in here.

MA-Horus
Dec 3, 2006

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.

What scene is that from? Miller in Eros or Holden in the ring station?

GuardianOfAsgaard
Feb 1, 2012

Their steel shines red
With enemy blood
It sings of victory
Granted by the Gods

MA-Horus posted:

What scene is that from? Miller in Eros or Holden in the ring station?

The latter. And they presumably meant it to be kPA rather than just Pa.

MA-Horus
Dec 3, 2006

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.

I really liked how Holden's intense distrust of anything the Protomolecule does shone through there

Spooky Ghost Miller; "The station made some breathable atmosphere for you"

Holden; "NOPE gently caress THAT"

Cojawfee
May 31, 2006
I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius
Even if it were the proper pressure, it's mostly neon and an unidentified gas.

Toxic Fart Syndrome
Jul 2, 2006

*hits A-THREAD-5*

Only 3.6 Roentgoons per hour ... not great, not terrible.




...the meter only goes to 3.6...

Pork Pro

Cojawfee posted:

Even if it were the proper pressure, it's mostly neon and an unidentified gas.

I liked the post where someone said the PM was basically like
:smug: "I heard you body-things like ~ATMOSPHERES~ so I made one for you!" and Holden basically says:
:ohdear: "Bruh...that isn't breathable."

GuardianOfAsgaard
Feb 1, 2012

Their steel shines red
With enemy blood
It sings of victory
Granted by the Gods
You'd think since it's absorbed miller and julie it would know that humans can't breathe neon.

bloom
Feb 25, 2017

by sebmojo
It didn't need either of them alive so what does it care what they used to breathe.

Invalid Validation
Jan 13, 2008




I hope we get more schizo Miller cause the doors and corners line is real good. All the batshit things he said was A+.

double nine
Aug 8, 2013

I've taken his advice to heart while playing corridor shooters. Dude was on to something.

theCalamity
Oct 23, 2010

Cry Havoc and let slip the Hogs of War
I’m a loving nerd now. I’m learning Lang Belts

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

MA-Horus posted:

I really liked how Holden's intense distrust of anything the Protomolecule does shone through there

Spooky Ghost Miller; "The station made some breathable atmosphere for you"

Holden; "NOPE gently caress THAT"

I like how the characters in this show are pretty practicable.

No I will not take my helmet off in this weird alien space station.

etalian fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Aug 19, 2018

Some of the Sheep
May 25, 2005
POSSIBLY IT WOULD BE SIMPLER IF I ASKED FOR A LIST OF THE HARMLESS CREATURES OF THE AFORESAID CONTINENT?

theCalamity posted:

I’m a loving nerd now. I’m learning Lang Belts

I guess lesson one is learning to spell it correctly.

xthnru
Apr 6, 2007

FUCK YOU GUYS. I'm out.

theCalamity posted:

I’m a loving nerd now. I’m learning Lang Belts

Imim fosho ta pashang to, kopeng!

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug

Some of the Sheep posted:

I guess lesson one is learning to spell it correctly.

how do you say "typo" in lang belta.

Some of the Sheep
May 25, 2005
POSSIBLY IT WOULD BE SIMPLER IF I ASKED FOR A LIST OF THE HARMLESS CREATURES OF THE AFORESAID CONTINENT?

uber_stoat posted:

how do you say "typo" in lang belta.

kula buro

theCalamity
Oct 23, 2010

Cry Havoc and let slip the Hogs of War

Some of the Sheep posted:

I guess lesson one is learning to spell it correctly.

Felota. Autocorrect got it.

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




Another star ship entry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uezHDcGbjlk

Dancer
May 23, 2011
Lol ProtoGen threw 75% of their fleet down the drain to blow up the Donnager.

sebmojo
Oct 23, 2010


Legit Cyberpunk









Dancer posted:

Lol ProtoGen threw 75% of their fleet down the drain to blow up the Donnager.

what was the point of that? it didn't help start a war with earth and mars, so why attack the donnager?

Milkfred E. Moore
Aug 27, 2006

'It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.'

sebmojo posted:

what was the point of that? it didn't help start a war with earth and mars, so why attack the donnager?

Kill witnesses to the attack on the Canterbury, recover a Martian data core and/or entire warship or some such.

StashAugustine
Mar 24, 2013

Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

sebmojo posted:

what was the point of that? it didn't help start a war with earth and mars, so why attack the donnager?

Have a kickass space battle?

sebmojo
Oct 23, 2010


Legit Cyberpunk









Milkfred E. Moore posted:

Kill witnesses to the attack on the Canterbury, recover a Martian data core and/or entire warship or some such.

StashAugustine posted:

Have a kickass space battle?

fair

double nine
Aug 8, 2013

additionally, given Jules-Pierre's alliance with anti-mars hotheads like Nguyễn and Errinwright, I'm certain that the commander of the stealth fleet was equally overconfident in their ability to humiliate and destroy the martian fleet's badass carrier.

NTRabbit
Aug 15, 2012

i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches




I figured they intended to kill everyone on board, take all the data, and then leave the hulk to be found by the Martian relief force with some small bits of evidence suggesting UNN special forces did it. The scuttling charge was just a potential risk that blew up in their faces.

Chalks
Sep 30, 2009

NTRabbit posted:

I figured they intended to kill everyone on board, take all the data, and then leave the hulk to be found by the Martian relief force with some small bits of evidence suggesting UNN special forces did it. The scuttling charge was just a potential risk that blew up in their faces.

I figured it was a suicide mission designed to start the war. The protomolecule was such a game changer that Protogen decided that losing their entire stealth fleet was a risk worth taking in order to protect their research. Who cares about a small fleet of stealth ships when faced with the PM

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tooterfish
Jul 13, 2013

I doubt you could sell a suicide mission to mercenaries, no matter how much of a bonus you offered them.

They were trying to cut through to the CIC, they must've had something in mind when they got there.

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