Split the party! It always works in a dungeon run!
Leinglo
With her augmentations (the “indestructible metal bones” in particular), wouldn’t Joyce be too heavy to be lifted, nevermind suplexed, with one hand by a physically ordinary human? Hwan may have super martial arts skills now, but that doesn’t magically translate to super strength.
I think Mauricio has extra strengthened bones and muscles due to Jabby being heavy.
andreas
Metal does tend to be heavy, but 1) some alloys are lighter than others and 2) we’re probably talking an optimized 3D lattice structure designed to resist pushing and twisting forces while being made mostly of holes. Those tend to be on the light side.
Muzhik
Don’t forget: you can get some truly, TRULY funky alloys when blending metals in a null-g environment. Stuff you literally cannot make in sufficient quantities to be useful when you’re at the bottom of a gravity well.
Imagine a samurai sword made from a titanium-tungsten-aluminum alloy.
“Strong” and “lightweight” do not begin to cover it.
Peter Rogan
But all bets are off concerning Mauricio’s natural abilities, since Jabby has shown he can reconstruct Mauricio at will. Except for his morality which, be it super-strong or simply supernatural and beyond touching, is not capable of movement. Seemingly.
Leinglo, note how he’s squatting after having slammed her. He probably did that as part of the maneuver, to lower his center of gravity so he wouldn’t *have* to lift her at all. A lot of martial arts is about stuff like that, making efficient use of whatever advantage you can spot *or generate*, so that you don’t have to do something inefficient like lift someone.
PeterK
These people are all very patient. Especially Joyce.
Night-Gaunt49
Joyce was nice enough not to resist Hwan’s move. Otherwise it could have gotten very messy. Hwan didn’t have to think it, he just made the move. If he was talking it would have continued uninterrupted as he moved her to the ground. He obviously cannot discriminate since his brain isn’t part of the operation to perform those moves. So you get some pluses and minuses with that technique. Double edged sword there.
Gregg Eshelman
Ever see “The Tuxedo”? Do not pat or grab the shoulder of a wearer of The Tuxedo or you’ll end up on the floor.
At some point you simply must have Pilot yell out “it’s not fair; there was time now!”
Scott
Bikkie KILLS me! Seriously, he mey be the funniest character I’ve ever seen drawn. Don’t get me wrong, you’re dialogue (?) for Bikkie is hysterical. But if he shows up in a scene, I’m giggling. His crazed “Berserker” face sets me to almost howling. No lines. No punching. Just that wide-eyed rage…I’m chuckling as I type.
Just thought I’d share.
Split the party! It always works in a dungeon run!
With her augmentations (the “indestructible metal bones” in particular), wouldn’t Joyce be too heavy to be lifted, nevermind suplexed, with one hand by a physically ordinary human? Hwan may have super martial arts skills now, but that doesn’t magically translate to super strength.
“Metal” doesn’t necessarily equal “heavy.”
@Leinglo: What @Mic said, and maybe a bit of what @Dave_Aronson said.
I’m pretty sure I didn’t mention her metal bones being heavy, here’s where I had them implanted. But maybe I forgot another mention?
https://www.baldwinpage.com/spacetrawler/2017/01/25/012517-broken-leg/
I think Mauricio has extra strengthened bones and muscles due to Jabby being heavy.
Metal does tend to be heavy, but 1) some alloys are lighter than others and 2) we’re probably talking an optimized 3D lattice structure designed to resist pushing and twisting forces while being made mostly of holes. Those tend to be on the light side.
Don’t forget: you can get some truly, TRULY funky alloys when blending metals in a null-g environment. Stuff you literally cannot make in sufficient quantities to be useful when you’re at the bottom of a gravity well.
Imagine a samurai sword made from a titanium-tungsten-aluminum alloy.
“Strong” and “lightweight” do not begin to cover it.
But all bets are off concerning Mauricio’s natural abilities, since Jabby has shown he can reconstruct Mauricio at will. Except for his morality which, be it super-strong or simply supernatural and beyond touching, is not capable of movement. Seemingly.
You don’t gotta lift someone to take them from standing to lying down. 🙂
(also spaaaaace metaaaaal, probably really lightweight)
Well, i don’t think her metal bones are heavier than her normal ones, because I don’t remember her receiving enhanced muscles to go with them…
Leinglo, note how he’s squatting after having slammed her. He probably did that as part of the maneuver, to lower his center of gravity so he wouldn’t *have* to lift her at all. A lot of martial arts is about stuff like that, making efficient use of whatever advantage you can spot *or generate*, so that you don’t have to do something inefficient like lift someone.
These people are all very patient. Especially Joyce.
Joyce was nice enough not to resist Hwan’s move. Otherwise it could have gotten very messy. Hwan didn’t have to think it, he just made the move. If he was talking it would have continued uninterrupted as he moved her to the ground. He obviously cannot discriminate since his brain isn’t part of the operation to perform those moves. So you get some pluses and minuses with that technique. Double edged sword there.
Ever see “The Tuxedo”? Do not pat or grab the shoulder of a wearer of The Tuxedo or you’ll end up on the floor.
Hwan has been eptified.
At some point you simply must have Pilot yell out “it’s not fair; there was time now!”
Bikkie KILLS me! Seriously, he mey be the funniest character I’ve ever seen drawn. Don’t get me wrong, you’re dialogue (?) for Bikkie is hysterical. But if he shows up in a scene, I’m giggling. His crazed “Berserker” face sets me to almost howling. No lines. No punching. Just that wide-eyed rage…I’m chuckling as I type.
Just thought I’d share.