May 13th, 2022
13 May 2022 · page 1110 of 1306
Everything's going great for Rattaker!
Cast: Patience Rattaker, Verity Cunningham
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The new Victorian-era Bioshock is looking like a lot of fun!
Bioshins/Widdershock, when?
A rapture manufactured bathysphere that is not.
"its not that hard" "im a genius for doing this not too hard task" me writing a single email
Im worried what if the air stuff is only set up for 1 person at a time and they run out of air D:
He'll use up less air if he's unconcious
*she
Ah, so they're the kind of plotter to conveniently explain what they are doing even when they think they are alone and definitely not being listened to? Excellent.
The devil is always listening.
Hey now, there's no need to call me names
It may not be hard, but that wrench sure is.
half a mind that Patience is just baiting Verity here
It would be a shame to miss out a hubristic comeuppance, regardless of the risk. Some uttered lines require immediate reaction, not just in fiction.
She seems to be playing up her "careless" style to make Verity think she doesn't know she's there. Can't be sure, but I'd be on my toes.
'Eh, whatever, close enough'?! And you call yourself an engineer!
When you come from the: "wack it when it stops working" school of engineering this is par for the course.
Ah, the Sam Starfall school of engineering, as used by Britain's nationalised industry throughout the 1970s.
Much to the chagrin of a Florence Ambrose.
And of the Savage Chicken.
I don't know if duct tape exists yet in this AU, but if it doesn't I expect Ms Rattaker will invent it.
At one time the lines in the plant that built engines for Austin, MG, etc. had four boxes of pistons at one station.
As a block came down the line, someone would bore mike the cylinders, and then use punch dies to mark the head surface next to each cylinder to tell the guy further down the line whether to put a standard-size piston in there, or a .010, .020 or .030 oversize in there.
It was apparently easier than making sure that the cylinders were accurately-bored in the first place.
Blueprinting at original manufacture was as old as the business.
In most places in the US, major construction projects file two sets of blueprints: "as designed" and "as constructed". The first set is vaguely useful. The second is priceless.
She's clearly a physicist on an engineering position.
Verity apparently shares your sentiment.
Here's an excerpt from a dialog between two colleagues:
A) "Ohm's Law applies.";
B) "Ohm's Identity allows us to calculate."
A was an engineer; B was a mathematician.
Looks like Patience's revelry is about to become a rivalry, unless Verity does manage to wrench victory away from her
Booo!
Big KLONK in 3, 2, 1...
you're about to get friggin' knocked upside the head
No matter the outcome of the last panel, this is gonna hurt.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone, or the stone hits the pitcher...
"What's the wrench for?"
"Fixing the chair's altitude. Or maybe some attitude"
(shamelessly stolen from L. M. Bujold)
I see someone's left the Certainty Engine running a little too long.
A friggin genious indeed; in the 1830's electrical control systems - let alone push button automation, was beyond science fiction...
In our reality, though. The existence of magic may have helped some things along, while slowing others. Especially when someone is really, really determined is driving.
Oh yes, we're used to a different Widdershins timeline but this is the first time it's run over a century ahead.
Lei made straight-up robots.
Not that far beyond. Frankenstein was published in 1818, though Shelley was light on the technical details. The general technology level of Widdershins has been more like the mid 1860s since Pryce showed up (steamships, Colt revolvers). 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was published in 1872
Verity seems to have a different standard for genius.
The "cut the ropes" alternative is looking better all the time.
Life's abyss, and then you dive.
Why we never leave the house without a wrench in our hair.
i'd hate to see her leave but i'd love to watch her go
Choppiness underwater is extremely concerning. It means there's some force strong enough to move water that's heavy with pressure, unlike waves which are water not having to fight against itself.
Since the bathysphere is directly connected to the ship by cables, any movement of the ship is directly communicated to the bathysphere. The only "cushioning" would be the flexibility of the cables.
Oh, Rattaker!
Oh, Rattaker!
You're one of a kind!
To Rattaker!
To Rattaker!
The world's greatest criminal mind!
Verity is the Stab-at Mater who's gonna monkey-wrench the works.