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9/23/2024
Due to family medical issues, Requiem is on indefinite hiatus.

An elderly family member of ours took a bad fall on Labor Day night, and we’ve been dealing with the aftermath ever since. Hopefully, things will get sorted out, but as of right now, doing a daily comic is not something my schedule can allow.

Sorry to have this happen, but as everyone knows, real life comes first….and at least we don’t have too many running storylines on the backburner.

In Flight, Part 2

Aileana Noels

Scientist, and companion of Ishara. Part of the second wave of immortals, her life was extended by Dumuzi due to her scientific achievements.

Comics: 366
Recent Appearance: The Last Untold Story, Part 12
First Appearance: The Second Wave, Part 1

Ishara

Ishara is one of the Ancients….and is the lady who assisted the Deep Scaled People against the Khurshid.

Comics: 523
Recent Appearance: Leftovers, Part 2
First Appearance: The Coming of An Ancient, Part 1

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In Flight, Part 2

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by admin on April 29, 2011 at 12:00 am
Chapter: Day 23, Month of Darkness, 6563
Characters: Aileana Noels, Ishara
└ Tags: Aileana Noels, Ishara

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  1. Ken
    April 29, 2011, 9:57 am | # | Reply
    What if “wrong” needs to be there? Ouch.
    • James Roden
      April 29, 2011, 10:03 am | # | Reply
      I was hoping someone would catch that. While this stuff can do amazing things, it is most definitely not always your friend.
      • Francisco
        May 2, 2011, 2:13 am | # | Reply
        I’m guessing that she’s going to be heterosexual once it takes effect.
        • James Roden
          May 2, 2011, 11:44 am | # | Reply
          *Spoiler* Nope. There isn’t anything in the programming of it to ‘correct’ sexual orientation. Though, if you did have a brain aneurysm waiting to pop, it would fix that.
  2. wright1
    April 29, 2011, 10:18 am | # | Reply
    Precisely. How does it define “wrong”? For instance, I take medication, Effexor, to help with social anxiety and depression. If something were to permanently tweak my brain chemistry so I didn’t have to, I could get behind that.

    But it would still change who I am. I can imagine other “wrongs” that, “righted”, might change people for bad as well as good.

    • James Roden
      April 29, 2011, 5:05 pm | # | Reply
      It would tweak brain chemistry if needed, it would also heal any currently broken bones if they were there, not too mention any instances of uncontrolled cellular growth.

      Other effects are not always predictable. Hell, Ian went through a rapid growth spurt of about 6 inches in height within two weeks time.

  3. Warren Bonesteel
    April 29, 2011, 10:30 am | # | Reply
    That underlies the problem with bio-nanotech and with the inherent design bias of the engineers and scientists behind the technology. iow, ‘normal’ is a relative and subjective state of mind. What they think is ‘normal’ won’t match your ideas of what is ‘normal.’ (Think: ‘Happy, little mind-controlled bio-robots,’ here.)

    Regardless of what many engineers and scientists might claim to the contrary, a lifetime of experience and philosophy goes into each item or product they design and produce. (see also: confirmation bias, ‘echo chambers,’ etc.)

    • James Roden
      April 29, 2011, 10:39 am | # | Reply
      Just you wait until you meet the designer.

      Because it’s coming.

  4. Ken
    April 29, 2011, 2:42 pm | # | Reply
    In my particular case, returning me to my original condition would mean heart surgery – again. In my case the cure could be worse than the disease. Of course, I don’t have a broken neck with potential paralysis. Pick your lesser evil and go with it.
    • James Roden
      April 29, 2011, 5:11 pm | # | Reply
      Any defects that were detected in the body (like something that caused you to need heart surgery) would be ‘corrected’ i.e. you would’ve never need it in the first place.

      It would also correct cases of intellectual disability as well. The whole programming behind Cobalt was for it to optimize the person who would be using it, so they could use it at at least it’s nominal potential.

  5. Ken
    April 29, 2011, 7:07 pm | # | Reply
    Larry Niven’s Ringworld series. The Autodoc. Great, as long as no one can change the programming 😉
  6. dragonrider
    April 30, 2011, 5:45 am | # | Reply
    Not on subject here but do you have any word on DGN coming back? I know at one time you were involved with it to an extent.
    • James Roden
      April 30, 2011, 10:11 am | # | Reply
      I wish I did. Jai has been sick with stuff for a while, plus getting buried with a nasty work schedule. Right now, there are approximately 5-6 comics in the pipeline for it that are about 85-90% done, they just need to be polished up and went with. When that’ll happen, I wish I knew. 🙁

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