Automata Silverside: Thursday, November 20th, 2014 - Page 10

Sterica

Assault and battery

Goatmon

Shit.

Dark Raven X

that's new

Someone damaged her eyes so Regal couldn't see em as red?

GDT1985

I get he returned to Betty's apartment to attempt an investigation, but why did he have the foresight to bring a weapon?

Edit: Nevermind, I figured it out; he brought it in case he got jumped again. Not for Betty and Pearl.

Dark Raven X

He says he "doesn't want to be right" tho - he was expecting trouble.

Zetx

FWIW, on page 5, Pearl's eyes are green.

Dark Raven X

So has Automata as a whole been following an overarching story that I'm not picking up on? The first storyline was about random killings being triggered by clickwise commands hidden in music, the second was that one about the dead prostitute bot n' her john, and Silverside is the third, right?

mRahmani

So far it seems like the Automata strips each bring up a separate mystery, but they never actually solve the mystery, because solving the mystery isn't the point of the comic. I feel like the mystery and film noir-era detective setting is just dressing to explore Sam, Carl, and the way people are interacting with the robots.

scotty2haughty

Automata is, by far, my favorite side-project by Penny-Arcade. I could read comics like this all day.

foodle

Science nitpick: there should not be arcing across the teeth of the battery cable clamp. The clamp is connected to one terminal of the battery. There could be arcing between the two clamps (positive and negative), but not across the teeth of the same clamp.

I needed anime to post.

Dark Raven X wrote: »

He says he "doesn't want to be right" tho - he was expecting trouble.

It seems clear that his hunch is that the ladies are responsible for the killing of the johns.

Commander Zoom

Or one of them, at least.

noir_blood

Dark Raven X wrote: »

So has Automata as a whole been following an overarching story that I'm not picking up on? The first storyline was about random killings being triggered by clickwise commands hidden in music, the second was that one about the dead prostitute bot n' her john, and Silverside is the third, right?

I really, really dig Automata. It hits so many of my buttons.

But I do wish the plot was tighter sometimes. I think this one's the strongest one yet, but I'm really hoping it can stick the landing.

MichaelLC

Commander Zoom wrote: »

Or one of them, at least.

I'd say it's Pearl having memory leaks of the politician.

TychoCelchuuu

foodle wrote: »

Science nitpick: there should not be arcing across the teeth of the battery cable clamp. The clamp is connected to one terminal of the battery. There could be arcing between the two clamps (positive and negative), but not across the teeth of the same clamp.

Science nitpick: sentient robots with eyes that change color depending on their level of sentience.

I needed anime to post.

MichaelLC wrote: »

Commander Zoom wrote: »

Or one of them, at least.

I'd say it's Pearl having memory leaks of the politician.

or betty getting revenge for pearl's sake! it's vague for now, to keep us in







suspense

Golden Yak

foodle wrote: »

Science nitpick: there should not be arcing across the teeth of the battery cable clamp. The clamp is connected to one terminal of the battery. There could be arcing between the two clamps (positive and negative), but not across the teeth of the same clamp.

It's fine, the battery is probably like some alternate universe robot-science battery that works differently.

Calica

TychoCelchuuu wrote: »

foodle wrote: »

Science nitpick: there should not be arcing across the teeth of the battery cable clamp. The clamp is connected to one terminal of the battery. There could be arcing between the two clamps (positive and negative), but not across the teeth of the same clamp.

Science nitpick: sentient robots with eyes that change color depending on their level of sentience.

I don't see how that's any stranger than humans' various hardwired emotional tells, actually. Only difference with robots is that they're designed by us, for our ease of use.

RatherDashing89

Do you suspect the Foundry are blue or green?


Have we seen any greens yet?

Gaslight

RatherDashing89 wrote: »

Do you suspect the Foundry are blue or green?


Have we seen any greens yet?

When we first see Pearl here, her eyes are green, as she's been "flashed."

Iblis

Additionally, it's suggested the bots who attacked them (who had blue eyes) were Foundry.

Gaslight

I am guessing we don't see any other greens in Silverside because it seems to be a sort of slum for pre-law intelligent Automata. The newer greens are probably much more common elsewhere, serving as butlers and laborers and whatever.

MichaelLC

Their processors can only run at 3/5ths power.

FieryCocoa

I just want to know what Regal ended up being "right" about.