Reminds me of Saturday Night’s “Fully Armed Family”. Except no one actually got hurt on it.
Coyoty
::ZAP!::SPLUBT!::
“That was Minifer chugging a Mountain Dew.”
“More for us.”
Meerling
That race is completely heartless psychopaths, not to mention homicidal.
Maybe they’re sociopaths, I can never keep those two straight.
I guess it’s lucky for them they have enough pack instincts to work together, more or less.
tlhonmey
Sociopath and Psychopath are very closely related. Psychologists argue about what the differences are all the time. Mostly they seem to agree that Psychopaths are more likely to be violent.
In RPG terms, a sociopath would be chaotic neutral and a psychopath would be chaotic evil.
These guys seem like sociopaths. They’ll hurt people out of carelessness or convenience or an overabundance of paranoia and not mind a bit. But we haven’t seen any clear cases of them preferring to hurt others when both paths fit their objectives equally well and they’ve actually noticed that they have a choice.
Scorpinac
If between these idjits and Ruddock there are barely any Stribs left to fight when the others finally arrive, it’s gonna be kinda anti-climactic as far as final battles go.
Al Infamous
Does the ship have an AI? If so then Ruddock may be the best captain ever, again.
@Scorpinac, the final battle will still have two formidable sides. 🙂
KQY61
Great. Now I have Weird Al’s ‘Trigger Happy’ running thru my head….
swarm32
Oh, I still haven’t figured out the safety on my rifle yet
Little Fluffy Proutiss took a round, better take him to the vet
I filled that kitty cat Strib so full of lead
We’ll have to use him for a pencil instead
Well, I’m so trigger happy, trigger happy every day
Oh, Chris. I just love how the toothbrush didn’t get splubted in panel 5. It’s the little things, you know.
Pete Rogan
God. I begin to see why the Stribs are so eager to turn humans into nannies. Given their homicidal proclivities, they would need a high birth rate just to keep their population from declining, SPLUBT by SPLUBT. You can’t intimidate a Galaxy if you’re at home, raising the next generation of targets.
Homicidal proclivities combined with unlimited paranoia. I don’t know that that’s an RPG the third Strib is carrying, but he/she is wearing goggles, which tells me that use of this weapon results in a bright, bright flash. The Stribs do not possess the concept of ‘overkill,’ so I would expect we’ll see what it does sooner rather than later.
Which makes me think of another plot dilemma I will not be posting here. Nope, nope, nope, nope. You’ll have to guess it on your own.
Yes I counted 46 different visible Stribs in the cuddle pudddle. There were presumably more of them in the bit of the basket that was cut off. Before that there was Resperazzi and then two more.
On the Command Staff’s side, there’s Proutiss here, but also Goonth.
minando
And that is why people who claim that ‘if everybody is armed, there will be peace on earth’ are absolutely right. After a while. Enjoy the silence.
Julian
I’m just loving these cuddly little killers more and more.
Pete Rogan
I’m your biggest fan, I’ll follow you until you love me
Blasta-blastarazzi
Baby, there’s no other superstar, you know that I’ll be
Your blasta-blastarazzi
Promise I’ll be kind
But I won’t stop until that ship is mine
Baby, you’ll be famous, chase you down until you love me
Blasta-blastarazzi
Reminds me of Saturday Night’s “Fully Armed Family”. Except no one actually got hurt on it.
::ZAP!::SPLUBT!::
“That was Minifer chugging a Mountain Dew.”
“More for us.”
That race is completely heartless psychopaths, not to mention homicidal.
Maybe they’re sociopaths, I can never keep those two straight.
I guess it’s lucky for them they have enough pack instincts to work together, more or less.
Sociopath and Psychopath are very closely related. Psychologists argue about what the differences are all the time. Mostly they seem to agree that Psychopaths are more likely to be violent.
In RPG terms, a sociopath would be chaotic neutral and a psychopath would be chaotic evil.
These guys seem like sociopaths. They’ll hurt people out of carelessness or convenience or an overabundance of paranoia and not mind a bit. But we haven’t seen any clear cases of them preferring to hurt others when both paths fit their objectives equally well and they’ve actually noticed that they have a choice.
If between these idjits and Ruddock there are barely any Stribs left to fight when the others finally arrive, it’s gonna be kinda anti-climactic as far as final battles go.
Does the ship have an AI? If so then Ruddock may be the best captain ever, again.
@Scorpinac, the final battle will still have two formidable sides. 🙂
Great. Now I have Weird Al’s ‘Trigger Happy’ running thru my head….
Oh, I still haven’t figured out the safety on my rifle yet
Little
FluffyProutiss took a round, better take him to the vetI filled that
kitty catStrib so full of leadWe’ll have to use him for a pencil instead
Well, I’m so trigger happy, trigger happy every day
…is that a rocket launcher?
No, he’s just happy to see us.
(Sorry. Thought that was a set-up for a joke…)
Thanks for making me laugh out loud!
Oh, Chris. I just love how the toothbrush didn’t get splubted in panel 5. It’s the little things, you know.
God. I begin to see why the Stribs are so eager to turn humans into nannies. Given their homicidal proclivities, they would need a high birth rate just to keep their population from declining, SPLUBT by SPLUBT. You can’t intimidate a Galaxy if you’re at home, raising the next generation of targets.
Homicidal proclivities combined with unlimited paranoia. I don’t know that that’s an RPG the third Strib is carrying, but he/she is wearing goggles, which tells me that use of this weapon results in a bright, bright flash. The Stribs do not possess the concept of ‘overkill,’ so I would expect we’ll see what it does sooner rather than later.
Which makes me think of another plot dilemma I will not be posting here. Nope, nope, nope, nope. You’ll have to guess it on your own.
That officer always carry these goggles, so that’s no indication of their weapon’s effect. They’re the science officer, apparently: https://www.baldwinpage.com/spacetrawler/2020/11/26/112620-with-and-without-you/
The score so far:
Ruddock 49+ vs. Command Staff 2
Yes I counted 46 different visible Stribs in the cuddle pudddle. There were presumably more of them in the bit of the basket that was cut off. Before that there was Resperazzi and then two more.
On the Command Staff’s side, there’s Proutiss here, but also Goonth.
And that is why people who claim that ‘if everybody is armed, there will be peace on earth’ are absolutely right. After a while. Enjoy the silence.
I’m just loving these cuddly little killers more and more.
I’m your biggest fan, I’ll follow you until you love me
Blasta-blastarazzi
Baby, there’s no other superstar, you know that I’ll be
Your blasta-blastarazzi
Promise I’ll be kind
But I won’t stop until that ship is mine
Baby, you’ll be famous, chase you down until you love me
Blasta-blastarazzi