Darths and Droids III: Search Your DNA Report

[Kato]

Well, Lucas wouldn't do that because he made his money thanks to those rabid fans... And if they have fun with it... meh, whatever. It's not like Star Wars fans and Star Trek fans would ever get into a serious physical confrontation. So there's little chance there ever will be any real harm done.

The densest planet in the real world:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOI-55.01

That's a pretty dense planet... what is it made of? I mean, yeah, there's gravitational pressure that kind of makes stuff more dense than it should be but 64 t/m³?

[hamishspence]

The description suggests it was a gas giant that's had its envelope ripped off by its star, leaving only the core.

Iron, nickel, and heavy elements like lead and uranium, are what are present in Earth's core- similar may be true for the gas giant core, with the gravity, and weight of the original hydrogen envelope, having compressed it as much as possible.

Alternatively it's not a gas giant core at all, but a red dwarf/brown dwarf core- akin to a very small white dwarf star.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_J1719-1438_b

That was very dense- still, this thing is far smaller and denser.

[Kato]

Seems like a valid assumption, I guess... the again after the loss of the "atmosphere" I'd expect the core to expand rather violently... I'm too lazy to do any math on that, though. I guess NASA knows what they are doing.



Leia is pretty harsh on R2 considering he is kind of responsible for getting her rescued in the first place...
Also, running from battles is for cowards

[ThePhantom]

Silly Pete, you only have two people could who mind influence the clones, and they are not match for Vader, so you can't steal the peace moon.

[Hbgplayer]

Umm, WHAT???

[RunicLGB]

Seconded.

Also anyone curious how the irregulars will play whether or not chewie will get a medal?

[Welf]

I wonder what will happen to Han's character when he leaves for Foreignia. Will they put him on ice?

[mattie_p]

I wonder what will happen to Han's character when he leaves for Foreignia. Will they put him on ice?

Although I can't say for certain how these things work, once you accept a job offer you generally need to be at work relatively quickly. This is episode 4, Han isn't frozen until the end of episode 5.

[diagramchaser]

Postdocs are typically temporary positions of about two years (after which one either manages to find a tenure-track / permanent position, another postdoc somewhere else, or flames out of academia and looks for non-academic work depending on the quality of one's work). So I'm guessing that we'll see a two year time skip and Episode 5 will begin with Annie and Jim coming back from wherever they're going.

[Feytalist]

Eh, I'm not too bothered about it. Skype is a thing. Very possibly they'll just drop a random comment about video chat and then continue on as before.

[Kato]

Eh, I'm not too bothered about it. Skype is a thing. Very possibly they'll just drop a random comment about video chat and then continue on as before.

No, I think the break is much more likely. Why else bring it up? Just for the sake of the real life? Then again, it is a bit weird this would refer to the end of Empire Strikes Back since that is the end of the next campaign. Maybe they'll leave after this and then they'll play again when Jim and Annie are back for vacation or whatever and then leave again before the final movie? I'm not sure.

[The Glyphstone]

Annie is surely in favor of Iceland. Less competition for struggling actresses there.

[Nerd-o-rama]

This OOC plot point is to explain why Han/Jim leaves right before the final battle only to tear-jerkingly return just in time to make Vader roll a 1 on his Pilot check because it turns out he doesn't need to leave for another couple weeks.

dmmaus if I guessed right can I win a prize? I'm out of pizza money for the month already.

[dmmaus]

This OOC plot point is to explain why Han/Jim leaves right before the final battle only to tear-jerkingly return just in time to make Vader roll a 1 on his Pilot check because it turns out he doesn't need to leave for another couple weeks.

dmmaus if I guessed right can I win a prize? I'm out of pizza money for the month already.

If you guessed right, sure.

[Cikomyr]

If you guessed right, sure.

"X is my guess. Oh!! Oh!! Can I have a million dollars if X is right?"
"Sure..."


Yhea, he'll turn out right..

AND HOLY MACK! DMM are on this forum?!?! first I ever learn of it!

[Kato]

"X is my guess. Oh!! Oh!! Can I have a million dollars if X is right?"
"Sure..."


Yhea, he'll turn out right..

AND HOLY MACK! DMM are on this forum?!?! first I ever learn of it!

I think they only lurk here to spy and then disprove our theories on the comic

[Matthias2207]

Wait, why are you talking about him in plural form?

[Cikomyr]

Wait, why are you talking about him in plural form?

DMM are a collective of people. The Me that appears in Irregular Webcomic is David Morgan-Mar, but the webcomic is produced by a bunch of physicists.

[mattie_p]

Wait, why are you talking about him in plural form?

Here's why.

[Matthias2207]

But DMM refers to Morgan-Mar specific, not the Irregulars in general, right?

[The Troubadour]

Did I miss something? Jim mentions "both" jobs are "overseas", and then he mentions Iceland and L.A. I thought they were Americans?

[sihnfahl]

Did I miss something? Jim mentions "both" jobs are "overseas", and then he mentions Iceland and L.A. I thought they were Americans?

I believe the webcomic's creators are Aussie.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I remember at least once an Australian word or phrase that they didn't know was unique to Australia came up, causing much confusion

[Draconi Redfir]

if only they said "G'day mate" more often, THEN we'd know for sure

[sihnfahl]

I remember at least once an Australian word or phrase that they didn't know was unique to Australia came up, causing much confusion

Well, there was also this comment:

"The line is a reference to Abbott and Costello's most well-known comedy routine, Who's on First? (For those of you not familiar with it and who would like to see it, there's a video here.) Despite being a distinctly American comedy routine, based around a discussion of baseball, it has entered the common consciousness of western culture - so much so that all but one of us Australians were familiar with it. "

[BannedInSchool]

They need to give one of the villains an American accent to clear this up.

[Traab]

They need to give one of the villains an American accent to clear this up.

Oh god, I just had a dilbert comic flashback to this. The Elbonians were working on customer service and the supervisor said, "Remember to speak in your american accents!"

"Yee haw! Lets put the dawg in the Chevy! Look at the size of my missiles!"

"Uh, we only do it that way in the breakroom."

[sihnfahl]

They need to give one of the villains an American accent to clear this up.

Which part of America? Southeastern drawl? Northeastern, like those in Maine, or more New York / Jersey? Midwestern twang? Or maybe California beach blonde?

[The Glyphstone]

Which part of America? Southeastern drawl? Northeastern, like those in Maine, or more New York / Jersey? Midwestern twang? Or maybe California beach blonde?

All Americans are from Texas.

[sihnfahl]

All Americans are from Texas.

Somehow I don't see them doing a Texan Lando. Now, a Southern Lando...