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1. 25 days ago on Endtown

   The Airship was aware of the fleeing boats. The MUTTs were aware of the fleeing boats. But although the MUTTs tried to reach them, the Airship did not pursue them. There have been no real attacks against the boats, or even the survivors. The MUTTs simply walked through/past them, ignoring them, heading (it would seem) directly toward the biosuit. When the biosuit was observed (by a MUTT) to be killing MUTTs that came too close (with a Zero Scalpel), it looks like the pursuit was broken off, and the Airship departed (likely after picking up the remaining MUTTs). It’s possible that the remaining survivors on shore will clamber into the last boat and follow the first two. It’s also possible that the departing Airship will return with a larger force — unless by seeing the MUTT destroyed by the Zero Scalpel, the MUTTs have determined that the Human (in the biosuit) did not desire their assistance or presence, and so chose to depart. A lot of possibilities! We’ll see what the future holds in the coming strips.

2. about 1 month ago on Endtown

   They might… be trying to rescue him, following a beacon in his Topsider biosuit. They literally walked right past / through the “defenders”, and are directly coming after him.

3. about 2 months ago on Endtown

   I’m really surprised that the Zero Gun’s AI chose to fire on what would surely be seen as its rescuers. Hmm. I have to revise my suspicion that the gun had been talking silently to the airship via radio and calling it back to be rescued from the infected Cardoodles that were carrying it. I also have to revise my opinion of the Gun’s AI. Has it really thrown in with “the enemy” at this point? I wouldn’t have believed its programming allowed it that amount of leeway in its thinking.

4. about 2 months ago on Endtown

   I really don’t think the Zero Gun’s AI will fire itself for Duffy in this situation. It was previously willing to fire against those corrupted monsters out of a desire for self-preservation (and its action would not harm any Topsider interests), but when it comes to firing on Topsider Enforcement MUTTs while in the hands of what is [really] one of the “enemy” (i.e., one of the infected Cardoodles), it will probably draw the line. To the Zero Gun’s AI, those incoming MUTTs would logically seem to be long-awaited rescuers, after all. Why would it ever fire on them? Especially if my former suspicion is correct, and the Zero Gun was deliberately signaling the ship via radio to come and rescue it, which would explain why the ship suddenly returned to a point immediately overhead after already moving off on its search pattern.

5. 3 months ago on Endtown

   There seem to be two potential scenarios:

   1. The MUTTs are being directed / controlled by one or more operators, who are prudently remaining safely in the ship, out of reach of the small-arms fire below.

   2. The Topsider base from which the MUTTs originated suffered an extinction event, where all of the Humans were wiped out. Without an active controller, the MUTT programming may have kicked in, which would have them roving around seeking another Topsider to command them.

   Both scenario possibilities cover the ship not simply using its Zero Cannon to obliterate the survivors. I.e., in Scenario (1), it could be that its operators are following what would be a standard Capture / Interrogate / Plasticize protocol instead of a Kill-Anything-Moving one. In Scenario (2), if the MUTTs are coming out in response to a Transmitter in the former Topsider’s Environment Suit (or perhaps a location beacon transmission from the Zero Gun he is carrying), they would be trying to gather up that Suit and Gun (plus any Topsider survivors, if they are still Human), rather than merely wiping the targets into white molecular dust with the ship’s Zero Cannons.

   The beacon concept holds a bit of weight since the Ship returned immediately. So if the Topsider-AI-Controlled Zero Gun contacted the Ship (or was detected) when it was in the vicinity, it could explain its rapid return to overhead even after moving off and continuing its Search Pattern.

6. 3 months ago on Endtown

   Rather than a BLAKES 7 ending, they could continue their adventures as plasticized brains, operating various equipment…

7. 3 months ago on Endtown

   Handheld firearms aren’t going to stack up well against the ship-mounted zero guns, much less knock out any of the armored capture drones currently pouring out of it.

8. about 1 year ago on Endtown

   We are finally getting to the power scaling stage of the arc!

9. about 1 year ago on Endtown

   Cracked Cat is cutting loose and breaking out his own reality-altering powers! Rawr!

10. about 1 year ago on Endtown

    Neither was he.