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Yes, Dabbler has a gun that fires backstab rounds. (See panel 2 if you didn't notice.)
Yes, yes, I've talked before about how people with fake limbs get them chopped off all the time. Well, Cora grew up with all limbs being fake, and she's used to throwing them in the way of incoming damage to protect her meatier bits. I know, it's impolite to use the phrase "meatier bits" when talking about a girl. She'll get over it.
If Dabbler and Cora seems a little bloodthirsty, try to think of them as characters from ARPGs. Dabbler would fit right in with the Diablo/Path of Exile crowd. Cora's more of a... hmm. There aren't a lot of really good gun based ARPGs are there? Although, honestly, the Alien/Zombie Shooter games, while very cheap feeling, are pretty dang fun, especially when you realize the first minigun you buy is a real sissy weapon compared to the late game stuff. Like the minigun missile launcher and the one that's like a machine railgun or whatever.
Dabbler is adjusting to the "try not to go lethal with your opening move" mandate. Cora probably needs to be reminded about that. That said... these alien mercs aren't American citizens, and don't have any sort of diplomatic representation, so they'd be okay with wasting these guys, looting them, then kicking their bodies down into the sewer when no one is looking. Really they're just used to gunning down alien mercs out of reflex.
Comments
Lia
Remnant: From the Ashes - run, gun, RPG
Otoger
well Terran is her Species, and is probably more to the "to know where they have weakpoints reason" like MIB with the Ballchinian
Doug Northcote
As long as she never fought with Mr. Trashbags, I'm completely with you.
Doug Northcote
I admit to being very curious how "StarShip Sydney" reacts to someone seriously messing with her mentor/friend/boss. I suspect the Pew Pew orb may become active, hopefully she checks behind her target and doesn't do the "wave motion cannon" on one of these idiot merc's and wipe out lower Manhattan, instead of just the dufus. Or the Tentacle orb? Hmmm.
Jack Ponder
Cora strikes me as a Borderlands type, which are basically first-person ARPGs in a lot of ways. She’s also from space, has crazy tech, and probably once fought a Shoggoth.
BJ
Nice use of holo limbs.
John
I'm just waiting for the Molestorb to smack the leader followed a tirade worthy of a dozen seamen as Sydney... err, Halo walks up inside her shield.
BlackestDawn
Might be part of a rutine to make attackers think they "got" her. False information is a very powerful tool in battle.
FeyOne
And the actual Terran supers haven't even started to get involved yet... Given that either Cora or Dabbler can probably take on the entire merc team once they get going, and several of the nearby supers are capable of withstanding either of Cora or Dabbler, it occurs to me that these merc's are really, really, underestimating how much trouble they are about to be in.
Louis Richards
But... Aren't Cora's prostheses hard-light technology? I'll accept that they can be broken or cut, but wouldn't it just be a quick and simple reset to have any of them back? OR enhanced?
akrasia
Strong, omnisexual women on Fox? I think not.
Christopher Walls
Would Mass Effect count as a gun ARPG?
Michael Obert
The latest cop show duo on Fox!
Foradain
Also, I imagine Cora's pretty good at making sure that while she's sacrificing artificial parts, she's maintaining her offensive capability. ^_^
Foradain
I find it interesting that Ms. Kidnapper is assuming that Cora is a Terran. I'm not sure if that represents greater caution (Cora might turn out to be as tough as Maxima) or utter folly (they won't be expecting any of the ultra-tech we know Cora has.)
