Grrl Power #1081 – Airspeed velocity of an unladen Maxima…
I’m not actually certain if this sequence takes place slightly before Harem left her message for Max, or if relaying a cell message to that part of Africa has some technical challenges or if all the cosmic energies recently unleashed and portals and giant hot glass disks impacted her service. Probably a little from each column. I’d have drawn Max holding a sat phone, but those don’t exactly fit in the back pocket of women’s jeans without creating a bit of a lump, so I guess she’s just got her cell phone. Presumably her phone is some custom job with a titanium frame or something, but I don’t know if you could fit a military grade antenna in something like that without jacking up the rest of the internals.
Luckily the team has two supersonic fliers. Tactically, it’s probably unwise to have them both in the same place if they’re away from the base. Like, what if some super decided to knock over a bank in Seattle? Archon didn’t advertise this excursion though, so your average mid-level super thug wouldn’t know the optimal time to start causing trouble. Even Arianna is unsure about how to publicize this, as Deus seems to insist on being a controversial figure every time he gets in front of a camera.
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Okay, so here’s the deal. I haven’t finished the new one, but I have a fairly good reason. My mom is having some health issues, so I’ve driven down to spend a week with my parents to help out and give my dad a bit of a break. I took all my drawing stuff with me so I can work in the meantime, but it’s a little tricky to work on certain types of art. I’m set up in the open very plan kitchen/living room so I’m close by if needed.
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I’m a big fan of John Byrne’s run on “The Sensational She Hulk” and the imminent show looks very Sensational influenced. Therefore, I was inspired to draw some buff (pun intended) She Hulk, and threw in Red She Hulk for fun. Also, a wild Sydney for scale. Enjoy them posing in various outfits and lack thereof over at Patreon.
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They have magic and super technology. They can probably make a better antenna.
Yeah, hiding the antenna in a pocket dimension or so…
Can you imagine what she does to the nerves of air traffic controllers worldwide?
“I’m planning a mach-seven flight halfway around the world, starting about ten seconds ago….”
I wonder if Max counts as military aircraft? How does she get permission on no notice to fly over the national airspace of non-allied countries?
They’re not used to having to do this completely on the fly.
Good points, although she really only needs to cross maybe 2-3 countries to get from Galtyn to the Atlantic, and then it’s a straight shot to the US from there.
if you fly high enough to get over the curve and do an orbital arch drop then technically you aren’t flying in anyone’s airspace (not sure how high up it is before it doesn’t count anymore, and that might vary or has changed due to higher atmosphere air craft being possible now).
Mach7? Except for 4, or maybe 5 countries by the time anyone realized it
they would already be gone or leaving the airspace. about 37 minutes LA to NYC
Maxima alluded to this in a previous comic. She reminded Sydney that planes and such deserve to be up there, while flyers like herself do not. Likely knowing this, Maxima flies below a certain altitude to not set off half the world’s radars. Otherwise, she’s also detected on other advanced systems, the system cross referenced, and flagged as ‘allowed to do the thing’. She also flew in to the area, so Dues’ systems likely also have her flagged as ‘okay to be there’.
Her radar cross section is woman sized or smaller and is literally the fastest thing in the air. Defensive radar would grab her for a few moments maybe if she got close enough. Think like in terms of a kilometer or two.
considering her size and speed there’s a possibility that she would be listed as a Hypersonic Missile
She’s the fastest thing in the air ONLY if there are no incoming missiles in the air. Something dropping out of orbit can be at Mach 20+, and hypersonic missiles do Mach 7 to 10 for short bursts.
Anyway, there’s a problem with staying low enough to be out of the way of aircraft, and simultaneously making a sonic shockwave that’ll tear trees out by the roots if you’re too close to them.
All these comments on all sorts of what is possible, and NO ONE considered the looks between Deus and Vale in panel 4, as if they know what was behind the call Max received and why she departed.
Not quite no one. I thought there was at least another, but I didn’t see it with a cursory glance.
She can’t possibly still have a top when she gets there.
She can fly past the speed of sound without losing a normal soft military cap or her sunglasses. Her shirt should be relatively fine.
I think Hiro will be fine against those enemies, although I always assumed Maxima was the top.
The force field that protects her normally protects her clothes as well. Particularly powerful attacks will get through, as well as attacks that are already inside the field.
furthermore, the guy who makes the uniforms for ARC is a super whose power set has to do with manipulating fabric; maybe Max got his help with her entire wardrobe, considering her own power set?
Well, that telekinetic guy is SUPER DEAD once she gets there.
Honestly, what the fuck were those clowns thinking attacking a freaking military base full of Supers ? Did they think Uncle Sam wouldn’t hunt them down with extreme prejudice to the end of the Earth and beyond ?
They may have been thinking about how every super from the restaurant brawl got fame and legitimacy without having to join Archon, and no one died or got anything more than a slap on the wrist. Only Kevin was detained permanently, and even he is doing work-release training with Archon (as are several other supers).
I am guessing its a Hellfire club or Court of Owls type deal where they think they are untouchable and are having a fit because they were hit back when they went after Sidney; how they treated Concretia is testament that they are a *you will do as we say, one way or another* type of group that believes they are entitled to everything they want including supers following their orders (so some possible Genosha mutant power is a resource attitude as well). Both the Sidney and this incident scream of (sending a message) along with some other goal as well. Like if they succeed, then somewhere behind closed doors some rich jerk is going to be whispering to another a thinly veiled threat like, “be a shame if that happened again if you don’t play ball with guys like me:.
Although the fact they even got as far as they did is another flag of either someone is helping them or Archon’s security has some overly lax attitude like “its superheroes what could happen, no one will try anything” which both incidents have evidence of, so security is long overdue for a review.