Well, considering the stun-stick works by connecting to the plant to trigger the shock; yeah, I'd assume it can't work without the network that connects it to the plant. That's why the other guy wasn't affected by it before.
Is it convenient? Is this a big deal that threatens the entire Arc? Are these reactors powering the entire Ark or just the floater's district? The book hasn't exactly done a good job of giving me enough information to know how tense this is.
And if it is a threat to the entire ship, I'd wonder why the person who 'conveniently' set this up would gain that'd justify the risk of killing themselves and everyone else if the authorities can't get this under control.
Also, these reactors are important, yet the ship has no contingencies or warnings in place to alert the crew that they're reaching dangerous levels?
You can just convert a district big enough to house hundreds of people to transfer kinetic energy in under four hours?
Hey, come now, if Benson hadn't crashed that pod we'd never have found out that Feng likes dick!
You were literally told that they could easily do it remotely and that no person was needed; you were the asshat who decided to jump in the pod when there was literally no reason to.
Also, did we ever get an explanation for the explosion that happened back then?
"Before you grind the habitats to a halt, ask yourselves if you really want fifty thousand people floating around" Well, if the alternative is doing nothing and letting the ship's vital systems all go down; I think it's worth the risk of inconveniencing people.
Again, I'm real interested to hear why this sabotage happened. Benson had no leads to go on and, unless this really was the equivalent of a suicide bomber, there's no benefit to risking the entire ship.
Kimura was a politician who probably dealt with Feng before and already told you he's got ways of getting information top-side; there's nothing suspicious about him knowing Feng was gay. Maybe he just thought it wasn't relevant to the case
Also, if the elevators only go down now, does that mean Benson has trapped himself in the sublevels until repairs are done? Based solely on 'Maybe I didn't try all of Kimura's dialogue options?' Is there any advancement of the plot that isn't based around Benson wondering around until someone takes pity on him and gives him directions?
Didn't Kimura literally tell Benson how they regularly move their camps around? Why is he so suspicious of them doing just that when a ship-wide danger is approaching?
I'm sorry, people were sneaking off to fuck on a platform no larger than a barstool over a potentially fatal drop? Kids of the future are fucking hardcore.
Patrick, it's not a good idea in your mystery storyline to have your character admit how empty and pointless their investigation was.
Benson is acting like he's had this vendetta against Feng and the way society functions this entire book. Spoiler alert: The story has done nothing to justify this. There's no build up to this. Feng was a name that occasionally came up until Benson got told Feng might have the stolen paintings, and then he was only angry that Feng got off the hook. Benson's view of society has been through the lens of toilet humor and apathy.
It's just out-of-nowhere pontificating because this vapid, hollow character has been given nothing to work with.
Okay, Patty, you lost me: What does clouds above the new planet have to do with the 'crimes of our ancestors'?
I have to hand it to the writer, I'd never think someone could end on chapter with a threat that leaves the entire 'world' at stake, only to basically resolve it offscreen with the main character faffing about for the next chapter.
Feel like Mao's 'people' if present would have probably already slipped through the net during the seven hours it took to initiate the recovery plan.
What pressure? You don't know who any of the suspected group is, you don't have anything over them, you don't have anything to limit them, all you have is an inkling that they might be inside the giant maze of tunnels that you've already admitted chapters back are impossible to navigate unless you're one of the people who live there; how are you planning to pressure them without anything to leverage?
Benson, this is why you have squads answer in order when reporting their status.
"The enemy are armed, bloodthirsty, know this terrain like the back of their hand, we have no weapons of our own, have no training and have no way of defending ourself other than throwing bodies at them... Wait, what was the plan again?"
The Demolition Man cops were more prepared than this.
'Korolev was shaping up to be a good constable' Has Korolev actually done anything but follow Benson around?
The third red highlight in this image, though, kinda made me laugh for the wrong reasons. Reading that, I heard the voices of those cassette tape CYOA's, Terror TRAX, in my head. They're a bit boring but the writing's a thousand times better than Patrick's, at least.
Hey, don't diss Terror TRAX, the FMV one was trashy cheap fucking goodness
"Someone must have tipped Mao off, even though the last chapter constantly repeated how obvious it was that this was all sabotage and that a search party would be formed afterwards."
I thought Benson gave up his best lead because putting 'suicide' and 'kill' in the find command was the most effort he was willing to put into investigating the files.
Avelina, I'm saying! Nobody else has been named AND encountered in the Crew who could be culpable!!
You say this like Patrick wouldn't introduce the culprit as a new character out-of-the-blue just before the reveal.
How the fuck do you manage to have a power surge that sweeps the entire ship target a specific file in the database? Why wouldn't you get multiple files destroyed to make it look less obviously suspicious?
An actual lead? In this murder mystery? Unthinkable!
At least the story acknowledges how dumb calling off the search looks.
With that warning, we are now perfectly set up for Benson to be disgraced in this story (framed for a crime, perhaps even falsely incriminated for calling off the search in the first place) and then redeem himself immediately after.
Again, this is worst conspiracy ever. They're not gonna be able to pin shit on him.
