10/09/15 The City 43

13 Comments

1. 

   KNO3

   October 9, 2015 at 12:19 am

   No smoke trail, so not a missile. Could be a laser or self destruct mechanism.
2. 

   Coyoty

   October 9, 2015 at 2:20 am

   They may have attracted the attention of the Farm.
3. 

   Nathanyel

   October 9, 2015 at 3:51 am

   So, the glider had a fuel tank? Probably also thrusters, which they didn’t notice?
4. 

   Nathanyel

   October 9, 2015 at 3:52 am

   Oh and panel 2: the hate-stare of love <3
5. 

   Owen Smith

   October 9, 2015 at 9:11 am

   It looks like it flew into the rock formation to me, which does raise the question what was in it that exploded?
6. 

   GnarlyDoug

   October 9, 2015 at 10:46 am

   The art is too flat, I cannot tell if it exploded when it hit the rock formation or if it exploded before, so I have no idea if it was shot down, exploded by remote control, or exploded on impact Michael Bay style.
7. 

   Christopher Baldwin

   October 9, 2015 at 10:53 am

   @Gnarlydoug, it hit the rock. Sorry for any confusion.
8. 

   andreas

   October 9, 2015 at 11:16 am

   haha… while this vindicates their earlier intuition – turns out they did correctly simulate a glider explosion with the smoke bomb before – it will only make them feel all the more stupid now 😉
9. 

   CompaniaHill

   October 9, 2015 at 11:53 am

   Are those the most dangerous gliders ever created, or do the rocks explode on impact? http://www.treknologic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/07-redshirt-3-explosion.jpg
10. 

    GnarlyDoug

    October 9, 2015 at 1:55 pm

    Thanks for the clarification Chris.

    So it exploded on the rocks. Barring a fluke like hitting a box of alien dynamite, the glider was likely a powered vehicle after all. The fuel must have weight nearly nothing. My bet is the actual frame of the ‘glider’ itself doubled as the fuel.
11. 

    Muzhik

    October 9, 2015 at 4:29 pm

    In that case, Pewter’s panicked cry of “DON’T LET HER NEAR THE GROUND” was justified. Hmmmm…
12. 

    KNO3

    October 9, 2015 at 10:42 pm

    No wing flaps and minimal vertical stabilization, might be multiple EM drive thrusters for control. So that might make the explosive fuel… batteries.

    Lithium batteries do explode with a bright flame.
13. 

    Herandar

    October 11, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    Chris, are you still living the itinerant artist life, or did you decide to stay put in Glen Falls? Just curious as my vicarious travels are through your comments.