I for one am not saying that the staff upgrade isn't unnecessary; they did a good job explaining the motivation behind it. I also get it that they're trying to get from one place to another, in a middle of a war zone, so they might as well pick up some needed parts, along the way.

However, the attitude of the past few strips have been so nonchalant that you don't realize that there's a super powerful bounty hunter after them, while an enemy army is buzzy blowing up (or at very least preparing to blow up) the entire town.

None of this is me saying that the comic is bad, just that I don't feel the sense of urgency in these past few pages. With that being said and done, I really did like the part with Othar.