He hasn’t had eyes for most of the time you’ve been around him.
Also, their R&D turnaround time is _astonishing_.
Efogoto
That’s Science!
I mean that dude is Science and he is amazing.
TB
If you cut through the technobabble, he’s basically just saying he’s figured out how to tell the Calama Void that it violates the laws of physics.
Nova
The wile-e-coyote delayed-gravity moment, but on a cosmic scale.
Bonker of Things
Or that it does follow the laws of physics but is in the “wrong” state. One can compare it to supercooled sodium acetate (the stuff which is in those chemical hand warmers which has a tiny “clicker” inside to set them off): the sodium acetate melts somewhere around 60-70 C, however, if they are left to cool undisturbed, then they will remain in liquid state even below the melting point. This is called supercooling and it means that the material is trapped in the “wrong” state as it should be a solid at those temperatures. What the clicker does is that it adds a tiny amount of energy to the system, which disturbs the atoms closest to the clickers and causes them to “realize” that they ought to be solid and they start to nucleate. As soon as there are solid crystals present in the system, they will seed the rest of the supercooled liquid and the solidification is spread throughout rapidly. For sodium acetate, this is an exothermic process which means it gives off heat while it solidifies and makes it nice an cozy to hold them on a cold day. Supercooling can be done with other liquids (e.g., water) and still be safe. For Gordik repellium atoms, the actual mechanics will, of course, be different but I believe that it’s a reasonable analogy to compare it to. The fundamental difference will be how fast it flips and how much energy that is released in the process, the faster the more explosive it will be. I would want to be around to observe it, though at a very safe distance.
Rikard
Reverse the polarity is all well and good, but what happens if they polarise the reverse?
That depends on the tetryon flow through the multistate equivocator.
Coyoty
“Quickly now, or you’ll be late.”
Doug Relyea
Congrats on being the one and only hit on Google for Baltivakk
Kaidah
Wait, they’re willing to wipe out an entire, not to mention astronomically unique, system just to get rid of them? These puppy dog aliens are not exactly subtle, are they?
Muzhik
@Kaidah, they’re addicts. Addicts are NOT subtle. I mean, look at it: they crushed a bunch of (presumably occupied) houses, blew up an entire street to try to eliminate one witness, and ultimately snatched an entire 18-wheeler rig just to get its shipment of jalapeno cheese puffs. Whatever they need to do to get their fix.
(Which really disturbs me. I mean, if it was a shipment of chocolate bars, I’d be all down with that. But jalapeno cheese puffs? Even I have my standards.)
FlySwatter
Rich, creamy pudding.
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow “Trawlers” that celebrate it, and happy Thursday to everyone else.
Pete Rogan
The Calama Void is patently a construct. SOMEBODY figured out how to make Gordik repellium stick together and built this stellar-sized artifact. That the Puppy-people would find a way to collapse it to get rid of a single pursuer tells me they’re not just evil — they’re vandals on an interstellar scale. They’ll use their learning and their technology for not just nefarious reasons, but for petty and spiteful ones. Like developing napalm to burn a forest where they saw a rabbit perform an obscene gesture, presumably at them.
If the GOB knew about this, they’d send a scout and then a fleet. This isn’t just careless indifference — it’s an intelligent species using every means at its considerable disposal to do whatever it wants to whoever it thinks needs disposal.
Hey, symbiont! You wanted excitement and danger? You’ve hit the motherlode. If your conscience can stand it, time to bug out and get help — the Puppy-people are light-years above your pay grade.
Rob C
He trying to keep eyes on the prize! Focus!
lil sis
so… ears… he had to hear what the puppy people were saying and have a conversation on the com with Stangor.
How many ears does he have? Did he deliberately send (at least) one with his eyes and (at least) one left behind?
Efogoto
Heck, he might be able to grow as many ears as he needs. In that case, he wouldn’t have eyes back with Tesfay because funny.
Muzhik
His body acts as ears, recv’ing the vibrations in the air, just like your eardrums do. Gives it exceptionally sensitive hearing. Probably why it’s such d*ck.
Meran
I very much agree!!
Night-Gaunt
They have changed a physical parameter of a particle to become the antimatter version like positrons and will change the void into a collapsed gravity well. Could be a devastating weapon if they have enough of the particles to invert.
Do they even HAVE any prefabricated amulite on board “Spacetrawler”? Let alone the six hydro-coptic Marzel vanes, whether or not they were sulfitted to the ambifacient lunar Wayne shaft that form the fam. Could be tricky.
Gregg Eshelman
The symbiont does seems to be an expert at side fumbling.
He hasn’t had eyes for most of the time you’ve been around him.
Also, their R&D turnaround time is _astonishing_.
That’s Science!
I mean that dude is Science and he is amazing.
If you cut through the technobabble, he’s basically just saying he’s figured out how to tell the Calama Void that it violates the laws of physics.
The wile-e-coyote delayed-gravity moment, but on a cosmic scale.
Or that it does follow the laws of physics but is in the “wrong” state. One can compare it to supercooled sodium acetate (the stuff which is in those chemical hand warmers which has a tiny “clicker” inside to set them off): the sodium acetate melts somewhere around 60-70 C, however, if they are left to cool undisturbed, then they will remain in liquid state even below the melting point. This is called supercooling and it means that the material is trapped in the “wrong” state as it should be a solid at those temperatures. What the clicker does is that it adds a tiny amount of energy to the system, which disturbs the atoms closest to the clickers and causes them to “realize” that they ought to be solid and they start to nucleate. As soon as there are solid crystals present in the system, they will seed the rest of the supercooled liquid and the solidification is spread throughout rapidly. For sodium acetate, this is an exothermic process which means it gives off heat while it solidifies and makes it nice an cozy to hold them on a cold day. Supercooling can be done with other liquids (e.g., water) and still be safe. For Gordik repellium atoms, the actual mechanics will, of course, be different but I believe that it’s a reasonable analogy to compare it to. The fundamental difference will be how fast it flips and how much energy that is released in the process, the faster the more explosive it will be. I would want to be around to observe it, though at a very safe distance.
Reverse the polarity is all well and good, but what happens if they polarise the reverse?
That depends on the tetryon flow through the multistate equivocator.
“Quickly now, or you’ll be late.”
Congrats on being the one and only hit on Google for Baltivakk
Wait, they’re willing to wipe out an entire, not to mention astronomically unique, system just to get rid of them? These puppy dog aliens are not exactly subtle, are they?
@Kaidah, they’re addicts. Addicts are NOT subtle. I mean, look at it: they crushed a bunch of (presumably occupied) houses, blew up an entire street to try to eliminate one witness, and ultimately snatched an entire 18-wheeler rig just to get its shipment of jalapeno cheese puffs. Whatever they need to do to get their fix.
(Which really disturbs me. I mean, if it was a shipment of chocolate bars, I’d be all down with that. But jalapeno cheese puffs? Even I have my standards.)
Rich, creamy pudding.
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow “Trawlers” that celebrate it, and happy Thursday to everyone else.
The Calama Void is patently a construct. SOMEBODY figured out how to make Gordik repellium stick together and built this stellar-sized artifact. That the Puppy-people would find a way to collapse it to get rid of a single pursuer tells me they’re not just evil — they’re vandals on an interstellar scale. They’ll use their learning and their technology for not just nefarious reasons, but for petty and spiteful ones. Like developing napalm to burn a forest where they saw a rabbit perform an obscene gesture, presumably at them.
If the GOB knew about this, they’d send a scout and then a fleet. This isn’t just careless indifference — it’s an intelligent species using every means at its considerable disposal to do whatever it wants to whoever it thinks needs disposal.
Hey, symbiont! You wanted excitement and danger? You’ve hit the motherlode. If your conscience can stand it, time to bug out and get help — the Puppy-people are light-years above your pay grade.
He trying to keep eyes on the prize! Focus!
so… ears… he had to hear what the puppy people were saying and have a conversation on the com with Stangor.
How many ears does he have? Did he deliberately send (at least) one with his eyes and (at least) one left behind?
Heck, he might be able to grow as many ears as he needs. In that case, he wouldn’t have eyes back with Tesfay because funny.
His body acts as ears, recv’ing the vibrations in the air, just like your eardrums do. Gives it exceptionally sensitive hearing. Probably why it’s such d*ck.
I very much agree!!
They have changed a physical parameter of a particle to become the antimatter version like positrons and will change the void into a collapsed gravity well. Could be a devastating weapon if they have enough of the particles to invert.
Are they going to use a Turbo Encabulator to reverse the polarity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag
Do they even HAVE any prefabricated amulite on board “Spacetrawler”? Let alone the six hydro-coptic Marzel vanes, whether or not they were sulfitted to the ambifacient lunar Wayne shaft that form the fam. Could be tricky.
The symbiont does seems to be an expert at side fumbling.