Phatmass Quest!- Commentary Thread

[arfink]

Sowwy guys. I'm drawing one after lunch today.

Also, I will still be taking the week of the Phatmass Meetup off, so expect plenty of activity from me then too.

Edited May 8, 2012 by arfink

[fides' Jack]

Mikolbe then gets an idea, and says, "I hope there's a sammich station nearby...!"

[AnneLine]

I was about to say that the rumors that ARFink and I had run off together are NOT TRUE!!!!

Interesting development... I don't think MIKolbe has talked to himself before.... are we to gather that he can TALK to the computer? And that it can talk BACK?

I sure hope it is 'friendlies' running that fill up station.....

Wow, it's good to be home and back on a computer!

[TheresaThoma]

Hmm interesting development. Obviously fuel is probably a priority. I would say try the closest one first that way if it doesn't work out then there still might be enough fuel to get to another one.

[MIKolbe]

[quote name='fides' Jack' timestamp='1336502280' post='2428741']
Mikolbe then gets an idea, and says, "I hope there's a sammich station nearby...!"
[/quote]
there are women in outer space?

[brianthephysicist]

[quote name='TheresaThoma' timestamp='1336547041' post='2429013']
Hmm interesting development. Obviously fuel is probably a priority. I would say try the closest one first that way if it doesn't work out then there still might be enough fuel to get to another one.
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I agree with this, but the map doesn't give a good representation of distance (the whole 3D projected onto 2D thing). Perhaps he should ask the computer which is closest?

Also, when he gets there, he'll need to pay for fuel somehow. We should keep this in mind. We might have something they want (bottlecaps, his hat, the table, etc.) or they might need our help with something, like a quest (mow someone's lawn, use your girth to fight off a bad guy, save Timmy from the well, etc.). We could also ask the computer what the currency is at a certain location before traveling there.



I was about to post this, but I had a strange thought. MIKolbe hasn't explored this location yet, wherever this location is. We don't have any evidence that the spaceship has been in flight. For all we know, this has been docked somewhere to be used as MIKolbe and Shea's house. I'm not sure we want to leave without being absolutely sure that Shea is with us.

Once we start traveling relativistically, we run the risk of changing the relative ages of MIKolbe and Shea. This is only exacerbated by the use of the cryo chamber.

All we know is that we can see stars outside the window. This doesn't mean there isn't some spacestation or colonized asteroid located here, heck, we could be floating above a planet with our back turned towards it for all we know. I want to know what's here before we run off to explore things elsewhere.

Can we ask the computer what there is interesting in our current location?

[MIKolbe]

[quote name='brianthephysicist' timestamp='1336573827' post='2429097']
Once we start traveling relativistically, we run the risk of changing the relative ages of MIKolbe and Shea. This is only exacerbated by the use of the cryo chamber.

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FTR, my wife is beautiful and hasn't aged a day since I saw her on the bus 22 years ago.

She is perpetually young..and beautiful.

I, on the other hand, am an old fluffy air extraction.

[TheresaThoma]

Brian you bring up a good point. I agree that exploring the inside of the spaceship is probably the best plan of action right now.

[arfink]

[quote name='brianthephysicist' timestamp='1336573827' post='2429097']
I was about to post this, but I had a strange thought. MIKolbe hasn't explored this location yet, wherever this location is. We don't have any evidence that the spaceship has been in flight. For all we know, this has been docked somewhere to be used as MIKolbe and Shea's house. I'm not sure we want to leave without being absolutely sure that Shea is with us.

Once we start traveling relativistically, we run the risk of changing the relative ages of MIKolbe and Shea. This is only exacerbated by the use of the cryo chamber.

All we know is that we can see stars outside the window. This doesn't mean there isn't some spacestation or colonized asteroid located here, heck, we could be floating above a planet with our back turned towards it for all we know. I want to know what's here before we run off to explore things elsewhere.

[b]Can we ask the computer what there is interesting in our current location?[/b]
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Mikolbe asks the computer "So where am I? What is there to do here?"

The computer replies "Retrieving local database information."
The computer display changes to show:

[code]
Location code: 116172
Name: Nodespace Waypoint #116172
Amenities- Free Parking, Public Storage, Unisex Restroom, Vending Machines
[/code]

[TheresaThoma]

So essentially his at the space equivalent of a highway rest stop...

[arfink]

[quote name='TheresaThoma' timestamp='1336621326' post='2429339']
So essentially his at the space equivalent of a highway rest stop...
[/quote]

I think you guys better find a way to get Mikolbe to the potty. He's been in this little box for 15 pages...

[MIKolbe]

[quote name='arfink' timestamp='1336620861' post='2429336']
The computer display changes to show:

[code]
Location code: 116172
Name: Nodespace Waypoint #116172
Amenities- Free Parking, Public Storage, Unisex Restroom, Vending Machines
[/code]
[/quote]

THANK GOODNESS..

I gotta take a croutons like nobody's business.

[Papist]

[quote name='arfink' timestamp='1336622264' post='2429343']
I think you guys better find a way to get Mikolbe to the potty. He's been in this little box for 15 pages...
[/quote]

Is he not wearing a diaper?

[MIKolbe]

left them at home...

[Groo the Wanderer]

He decides to croutons in his left shoe

[AnneLine]

Please, MIKolbe... watch your language. Literally and with all respect -- DO NOT say any of this out loud. The computer... makes things happen. So does our artist friend. Please!

[arfink]

[quote name='AnneLine' timestamp='1336665196' post='2429450']
Please, MIKolbe... watch your language. Literally and with all respect -- DO NOT say any of this out loud. The computer... makes things happen. So does our artist friend. Please!
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Oh c'mon, I'll keep it G rated. Promise!

[AnneLine]

Thank you. It is TRULY appreciated. TMI is just, well TMI!

However, I do think our long-suffering GM was trying to give us a hint. (Think, people, he's been very generous with them in the past....)

Unfortunatly I'm not sure what the hint means (we must be a horrible disappointment to you, ARFink!) Maybe he can ask the computer for a diagram to the nearest rest room? Because... it would show us where the 'exit' of this 'room' is... and isn't likely to open into deep space or anything...

Hopefully we won't just see a can and screen materialize.... and note, I did not SAY that... I just thought it...

Edited May 10, 2012 by AnneLine

[AnneLine]

I'm beginning to think that the Voice of God sounds a whole lot like the Voice of a GM.

Maybe it is the rest room door, MIKolbe! How in the heqq do we get that door opened?

Maybe the computer has voice access? or can give us the code?

I wonder... maybe MIK was, uh, lazy and the code is 000 or something?

We are a bunch of dumb clucks, GM. Thank you for yuor patience....

Edited May 10, 2012 by AnneLine

[arfink]

One more hint for now- less thinking out loud, more commands.

For example:

Mikolbe LOOKS at the door.
Mikolbe TOUCHES the door.
Mikolbe ROUNDHOUSE KICKS the door.
Mikolbe TYPES "Gimme a hint" into the computer.
Mikolbe SAYS "How do I open the door?"

Etc.

Keep it up folks! We're gonna make this interesting again.