Shades of Buck Rogers!

Mothspiral · Post by **Mothspiral** » Fri Jun 21, 2002 4:04 am

Nifty! I like the planetoids. Don't forget the ray guns!

Andrick · Post by **Andrick** » Sat Jun 22, 2002 11:44 am

As far as wierd goes, Ben has had rougher experiences. How much is yet to be determined.

So are we gonna' get some lyrics by Queen now?

DracoDei · Post by **DracoDei** » Sat Jun 22, 2002 8:19 pm

I smell dreamsequence and crossover... not a 100% on either on though.

Andrick · Post by **Andrick** » Sat Jun 22, 2002 8:38 pm

The crossover Ralph mentioned in his "News" section. I think that makes it a sure thing with Schlock Mercenary being the victim this time. The dream sequence part... your guess is as good as mine, Draco.

Chaser617 · Post by **Chaser617** » Sun Jun 23, 2002 7:06 pm

I'm confused....

UncleMonty · Post by **UncleMonty** » Fri Jun 28, 2002 4:12 pm

I can't even guess what this will do to Ben's normally gentle and moderate behavior, but I do suspect he will soon receive an invitation to join Tagon's Toughs.

Even in a technologically advanced universe, I suppose there'd be room in a military organization for an ex-janitor. The history of the military is full of "making do with what we get." and a janitor is far from the lowest you can get before scraping the bottom of the barrel.

David Adrian · Post by **David Adrian** » Sat Jun 29, 2002 1:16 am

Particularly if said ex-janitor can hold his own, sans powered armor, against the enraged Loxie of the skull-and-crossboned ears whose highly sensitive proboscis said ex-janitor just mercilessly sqeezed, yanked, and insulted by mistaking it for an ophidian litigator...

DracoDei · Post by **DracoDei** » Sat Jun 29, 2002 7:46 am

Lets not forget that Ben is a 'package deal'. The Posse's teleportation abilities and Gunther's 'hammerspace' for weapons have precident in the Shlockverse but are enough to perhaps be worth something... although NOT most strongly to Targon's toughs who ARE those precidents. OTOH one way to maintain a monopoly IS to keep buying out the competions...

Andrick · Post by **Andrick** » Sat Jun 29, 2002 9:28 am

...or running them into the ground a la Microsoft.

UncleMonty · Post by **UncleMonty** » Sat Jun 29, 2002 9:44 am

I just wanna see Ben do something dramatic before he wakes up to his "real world" back on the couch in front of the TV. It'd be nice if somehow Lily could join him in this little side trip into the Schlockiverse too.. What a team they'd make!
She'd have to set aside her reservations regarding firearms, I imagine - but now being a semiofficial military person, perhaps she'd decide it was now OK for her to shoot the bad people and break their things?

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Sat Jun 29, 2002 10:15 am

Me too! How Lily would get there though? Posse power maybe?

Once there I think she would not have the firearm phobia as the weapons aren't slug throwers and wouldn't be as noisy. Survival and protection are powerful motivators too.

Now what's Ben gonna do about a pissed off packyderm?

Shades of Xanth! Using root beer to boot rear!

David Adrian · Post by **David Adrian** » Sat Jun 29, 2002 11:01 pm

Hm. Haven't been paying attention to the fun Sgt. Schlock has with those plasma pistols, have we? If anything, they may be a bit more noisy than the slug-throwers - shoot, the "OMINOUS HUMMMMM" (tm) may be almost as loud. But as for the weapons not being slug-throwers, well, IIRC "Tagon's Toughs" tend to use combination gauss/CPR-X (chemically-propelled round - explosive) sidearms - definitely slug-throwers, and (in CPR-X mode) considerably noisier than the pistols Lily's used to.

*Grin* On the other hand, if Elf and 'Chelle get a chance to indoctrinate her properly, she may find she quite LIKES the experience of wielding a hand-cannon on full-blown rock-n-roll mode...

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Sun Jun 30, 2002 4:49 pm

Sorry,

Too many comics to keep track of.

Still an ominous hum is not the same as the flash-bang of a primitive weapon.

Tagon's Toughs are baddies, right? Baddie's weapons are sposed to be nastier and noisier and five times bigger than the good guy's. Oh, an' covered with hair too. It's in the contract.

David Adrian · Post by **David Adrian** » Sun Jun 30, 2002 5:48 pm

*Grin* Tagon's Toughs may like to be considered bad-a's, but I hardly think they can be considered "baddies". Despite being mercenaries, they prefer to operate as "good guys" - and remember, they're taking on two of the most evil, repulsive forces in the universe: a race of Macchiavellian slavers, and the universe's biggest lawyer combine! (That snake was a member of the Collective.)

A bit more seriously: no, Tagon's Toughs aren't the baddies. They're the heroes of "Schlock Mercenary".

Squeaky Bunny · Post by **Squeaky Bunny** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 1:53 am

Sorry, I'll have time to read the whole series while I'm in recovery. Hopefully I can use the hospital phone to reach my dial-up.

Andrick · Post by **Andrick** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 7:34 am

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Recovery? Hospital? WTF happened to you?

Random George · Post by **Random George** » Tue Jul 02, 2002 5:17 am

i wondered that, as well, but hesitated to pry (miss manners hasn't yet released rules for internet forums, and i'm totally lost without her input...). s. bunny, i hope your recovery is quick and reasonably pleasant.

geo

UncleMonty · Post by **UncleMonty** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 4:59 pm

But I also wish you well in your hospital stay, and unless you've done something dramatic and well worth bragging about - may you come away from your treatment without any scars.

David Adrian · Post by **David Adrian** » Thu Jul 04, 2002 6:42 am

Ooh, but THIS raises some questions. How are Tagon's Toughs going to react to Posse People? And if the phenomenon spreads, who's going to have the most? (Sgt. Schlock should have the fewest - he's about the most single-aspected character in the outfit. But his person should get along great with Gunther... <shudder>)

The JAM · Post by **The JAM** » Fri Jul 05, 2002 3:26 pm

[...unWARP!!!]

Good evening.

I also hope your hospital stay restores you to good health, and prevents anything bad from now on.

Until next time, remember:

I AM THE J.A.M.

Good evening.

[WARP!!!]

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