Grrl Power #383 – Talk nerdy to me
Hope everyone got some good drops this Xmas, and hopefully everyone can follow this page ok. I’m not great at time transitions, and you can’t do the crossfade in a comic like you can on TV, but it’s supposed to be like an hour of Sydney and Leon chatting from panels 2 to 4.
After I drew this page it occurred to me that if Leon’s going to drag his gear out to the lounge in order to support his terrible posture, why wouldn’t he just use the big screen? I considered changing the setup, but then Sydney’s dialog wouldn’t make sense as written, so instead I threw something else up there. Multitasking is where its at.
Hearing people talk about DOTA2, LoL or any other sort of MOBA is like when people start getting really analytical about football. It is its own world with its own vocabulary. Really, most things are like that though. People can get some down and dirty talk about Photoshop techniques, programming, 3D modeling, wood turning or whatever and really leave those not in that particular clique in the dust. MOBA games are famously new player unfriendly though, partially because the games don’t hold your hand at all, partially because the communities can be as bad or worse than Xbox live, and partially because the moment you start playing, people assume you know all the vocab and acronyms. It baffles me as to how they are so immensely popular, honestly. They’re fun games but there’s a massive hump to get over at the beginning. Anyway, don’t worry if you have no idea what Sydney and Leon are going on about in panel 2. I promise it’s legit.
I had to rewatch Star Trek into Darkness to make sure I had Leon and Sydney’s banter correct for this page, so now I can say I have suffered for my art. That movie was… fine on the first viewing, but man, the refrigerator logic was strong with this one. It was one of those movies that you walk out of the movie talking about with your friends, and instead of talking about how cool or clever it was, everything someone says punches another hole in the writing and by the time you get to your car you realize it was hot, lens flarey garbage.
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My main problem was they built a war room with windows. Seriously guys. ONE. JOB. Make a secure war room. I mean, all the Klingons need is a drone and some dude who can read lips! You can do space ships but you can’t do an underground room? Put a holographic screen in there if you really need some scenery! Which you shouldn’t, because IT’S A WAR ROOM!!!
Ok. Rant over.
Sorry, main problem with Star Trek Into Darkness, I should have said.
One of the weird things about Into Darkness is that It is kinda unintentionally true to the original series in that wacky stuff that happens in one episode just kind of disappears by the next. Enterprise modified by aliens to reach and maintain warp 14? Never mentioned again. There’s a few other examples I can’t remember right of the top of my head. Not that i’m trying to excuse the long range tranwarp transporter that will apparently fit in a gym bag. Or Kahn’s magic blood. Or Starfleet building an evil Enterprise D in two years without anyone knowing about it. On the plus side, trailers for Beyond show the “new” Enterprise being ripped apart and presumably destroyed. So there’s that.
I had so many problems with this film that I never really got any enjoyment out of it in the cinema :S
Except for the Old Spock bits. Those were awesome :-)
Spock is now a spook.
To soon?
I’m about 80% deaf, I’ll do the lip reading.
She, uh, seems to be getting reaalll comfortable with Leon there.
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I don’t like it.
She’s relaxing with one of her own, not getting that comfortable in ‘that’ way
Don’t you guys remember Leon is on TEH LIST? The OTHER list. The “be afraid” list. I think that was pretty strong foreshadowing. And Sydney is too genre-savvy to ignore good foreshadowing imo.
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Yep. The way I see it, this particular ship is preparing to leave the dock.
Doesn’t mean I have to like it.
Considering she has also been getting very clos and chummy with both Dabbler and Olivia she may have multiple boarding passes to different destinations.
Two words. Maximillia Scoville. XD
Because god forbid anyone is friendly to anyone else without it being purely platonic. /rolls eyes
Well actually, it’s the non-platonic relationships that keeps the human race from going extinct, ya’ know…
In light of this, it might already be on open waters. https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1206
Fairly sure she tries name combos with everyone she meets, and not just the guys
worried that someone is stealing your “waifu”? >:)
or are you “shipping” her with someone else? :/
Yes, and also Math.
A 3-way huh?
No, I meant if I can’t have her then Math can.
You should be safe.
I believe Math would prefer Jabs.
Though you should be prepared for some dutch ovens from Sydney.
You know you’re owned when your opponent plays all comfy like Leon.
AND plays with their keyboard behind their head!!!!
Sadly they will never know how screed they are
Sadly they will never know how screed they are
Sadly they will never know how screed they are
Well if you triple comment like that, i think they will. :P
Wait, why was the co-pilot promoted to Chief of Engineering? What happened to Scotty? o_O
Scotty, very rightly, called bullshit on the extremely shady revenge mission the Enterprise was being sent on. The particular wrinkle in the plan he was adamant about were numerous torpedoes (about 73, which is a suspiciously specific number) that were being brought on board.
Scotty declared an ultimatum. Either the Kirk leaves behind the torpedoes, or he leaves Scotty behind.
Kirk later calls on Scotty while Scotty and his little friend are getting plastered at a bar, and, without apologizing, orders him to do a thing.
The whole script is one hot mess of stupid.
That said, it’s almost got one of those, “So bad it’s good,” thing going for it.
Not quite, it’s still just bad (replacing the ‘Kirk vs Kahn’ feud with ‘Spock vs Kahn’, and having Kirk die instead of Spock? o_O really needs a ‘horrified’ or ‘sickened’ smiley)
I actually thought the juxtaposition and role reversals made a nice homage to the original movie. Besides, the movie had larger problems than those.
I don’t even consider that aspect a problem at all. That’s multiverse theory in effect right there. Nero’s nonsensical meddling in the timeline (YOU HAVE FUTURE TECHNOLOGY IN THE PAST AND YOU WASTE IT ON REVENGE) created an alternate timeline where Kirk “dies” instead.
But what I don’t get is why Spok had to chase Khan on foot. I get the Enterprise couldn’t beam up Khan for REASONS, but they had comms still! They could have called the local police, or another starship that had better teleporter capabilities. There are so many more efficient ways they could have handled that final chase scene. But no, Spok has to have a dramatic fist fight with Khan on top of a flying truck. WHATEVER!
I did say it had larger problems.
Sorry, but I think it’s JUST BAD! The Evil Dead movies are so bad they’re good, but I’m afraid Star Trek has to uphold a higher standard of good (and bad).
While I agree Into Darkness is awful, I think people have some pretty serious rose coloured glasses when it comes to Trek
Star Trek has a history of absurd fan service and sexism (Roddenberry was a lech, so no surprise), idiotic tech, bad acting, plot holes, and some REALLY awful writing. The pilot for TNG was horrid, Generations sucked ass, Nemisis was crap, Search for Spock was bad, Final Frontier was really bad, many a TNG/ Voyager/ Enterprise/ DS9 episode was bad, even TOS had stinkers.
In short, the legacy of Trek isn’t nearly as glorious as people pretend it is.
And for the record, I like Star Trek, but I recognize that it’s far from a masterpiece of fiction.
Almost only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades. Into Darkness doesn’t get to wrap back around to good.
“Dead or alive you are coming with me… to the Art Museum!”
I’d buy that for a dollar!
Also, if anyone hasn’t already seen it, Admiral Robocop hosted a series some years back called Engineering an Empire, which looked at the, well, engineering innovations used by various empires throughout the ancient world. Very interesting and entertaining if you’re in to that sort of thing.
And I am. Most of my TV watching these days is documentaries. It was kind of a shock to see movie actor Peter Weller hosting some of them and sounding as if he knew what he was talking about.
Peter Weller has a doctorate in Art History. Early Renaissance I believe.
Psst. Check out the outtro comment on the comic.
sorry, luddite does not know what that means
Oh, now I get it, funny I usually read that too. Least I got it right.
Really hoping Maxi will offer Sydney one of the bunks on-site to crash on, rather than force her to fly home (and get lost… again) just to fly back (and get lost… again) in a couple hours
Which makes more sense…
Party > HQ > House > HQ
Or…
Party > HQ.
I’d say crashing at the base overnight was the plan.
Maybe, but that’s if Maxi knew that Hiro was bringing the party back with him
Some of them might have private rooms in the HQ. Dabbler does at the very least.
Wait, why is Maxima up right now?
Doesn’t she also require sleep?
Spends a lot of time bunking off and on at the work place and heard them chatting in passing? You probably don’t sleep in a straight shift all the time when things are really jumping around there but instead in chunks here and there as necessary? *shrugs*
Especially when it’s YOUR day on duty-section rotation…
You might be able to get some sleep, you might not. That’s just how it works.
They’re almost as cute as screaming hairy armadillos. Also a real thing.
But I wouldn’t really call them cute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_hairy_armadillo
If they talked for 5 hours, then it’s morning already and Sidney missed her chance to go to bed. ;)
No, she was saying she has 5 hours until she has to get up.
So Leon kept Sydney up for two hours… I wonder how long those two superhero groupies are going to keep Super Hiro up?
favorite part of into darkness was young Spock asking old Spock about Khan.
Better way to show the passage of time for someone like Syd… (I kind of suffer from the same thing..) It’s tough for us to sit still, even with conversations that interstate us, Sooooo in one hour she would be upside down over the back of the sofa, on the floor, fiddling with what ever was on the table… etc.etc. (yeah I was a great joy in my classes. Lol)
Figured that Leon wanted to use the big screen to watch The Three Stooges (difficult to make out, but that hairstyle is fairly unique)
You can kinda tell that time has passed because of changes between the panels: between two and three Leon puts away his game, Sydney changes position and they are now talking about SG1, between three and four Sydney has kicked off her shoes, gotten more comfortable (including playing with her hair ;) ) and they are now talking about “Star Trek: Into Lens Flare”
That’s actually Naked Gun, uh… 2?
Oh right, thought it was Nielson beside him
Leslie Neilson was also good in Forbidden Planet as Cmdr. J.J. Adams…
In fact, I’ve enjoyed every one of the movies I’ve seen him in.
…and a half.
I can’t tell what Maxima’s reaction is to finding them talking, looks somewhere like a cross between “Training is going to be very interesting” and “Well isn’t that adorable”
Is Hiro showing some fangirls around the base? At 2am in the morning? o_O
And is that Peggy looking out the window
Hiro might just be showing his two fan girls up to his room . . .
And yes, that is Peggy. It’s unclear to me whether she’s looking out the window or heading out the door, though. If she is at the window, maybe she’s waving goodbye to that girl she was dancing with?
I expect Peggy is waving goodbye to the nice young lady she was dancing with at the club, and Hiro is taking the two naughty young ladies up to his room for a debriefing.
Wait, is that the same outfit Peggy was wearing at the club? o_O
Well, if they happen to be wearing briefs, that is…
Now now, I am sure there are probably at least thongs involved. You know, to stay classy.
It’s hard to tell at the current graphics resolution, but I really can’t distinguish whether or not those two gals are displaying panty lines…
Which is why I played it safe and said thong. barely any panty to make panty lines with..
https://www.victoriassecret.com/panties/3-for-33-styles/t-back-thong-panty-dream-angels?ProductID=221971&CatalogueType=OLS
Victoria’s Secret = transubstatiative classy.
so peg isn’t going to let X bunk with her?
Peggy probably is taking her time with her new friend.
As she said at lunch it is more about the person than the sex.
I think you did a fine job of showing the passing of time.
I wish WOW’s random battlegrounds were still as fun on my server as the things spawned from them. As it is I just signed up for long enough to make sure they didn’t steal my names as they said in their latest changes/THREATS to “encourage” us to come back. (don’t look at me like that… At least one name was inspired and the first of its kind and they are all sentimental… ᴵ ˢᵃᶦᵈ ᵈᵒᶰ’ᵗ ﹕⁽ )
There’s a relatively new MOBA out called Heroes of the Storm, it’s newbie friendly…ish.
Can’t last for long. I give it 6 months.
Well, it’s a Blizzard game, so it’ll last for years for that reason alone.
Well it has already passed 6 months (Released 2 June). Having tournaments and stuff too.
Blizzard is specifically building this one with e-sports in mind. Very newbie friendly (Compared to other MOBAs, at least), very visual based, and matches are supposed to last roughly 20 minutes (The devs tweak maps over time to make sure that time-frame gets as close as possible).
It’s also heavily team-based, again, unlike most MOBAs. There’s simply no such thing as “Carry” in HotS. The team with better coordination will win 90% of the time, barring super imbalanced team compositions or late game errors swinging the tide.
Hardcore LoL or DotA fans will likely find HotS too simple, but it’s a great MOBA to start with if you’re interested in the genre at all.
I totally got the passage of time thing. What I didn’t understand (and still don’t) is where are they, how they got there and why are they there?
I guess they are at HQ? But then 1 question still remains: why? Why doesn’t/didn’t Sydney just go home?
Glad to see I wasn’t the only one confused by that transition between pages but not the passage of time between the panels.
She rode back with the others. She didn’t fly them there or anything.
I don’t think I would like being stuffed into an overcrowded back seat next to Sydney and her circling orbs.
Bonk. OW! Bonk. OW! Bonk. OW! Bonk. OW!
She can expand the shield, but unless she can change the shape of it (either she doesn’t know which sigil or hasn’t unlocked it) everyone that would be riding along with her would end up in a pile at the bottom the sphere. Which if dabbler and/or harem were a part of it would quickly result in a grope fest.
Failing to see a downside to that…
If someone puked it would all run down-hill.
I didn’t know you could burn an image into an LED screen but it seems someone’s ‘study’ till he is immune has been going well in panel five.
No, looks like simply reflections of the lights to me
Evidently Hiro uses HQ as a booty call local. Better prepare for future honeytraps, although it would be hilarious if he brought back a succubus. Would dabbler get pissed over someone noshing on her prime hunting grounds, or share and share alike?
Also, echoing what others say, does Max sleep? Does she require less, or does military life teach one how to power nap with style?
Powernap
In the military you learn that it’s a good idea to sleep whenever you get the chance, and that if you get the chance you can sleep anywhere.
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now i want to pet a Pink fairy armadillo.
Why is it called a ‘pink’ fairy armadillo if it’s ‘fur’ isn’t pink? o_O
I’m sorry, you don’t have the security clearance to receive that information.
Security level; FNORD!
Its shell is pink.
I hope you’re not living in Texas when you get your armadillo. The problem with armadillos in Texas is that they look too much like speed bumps…Texans don’t slow down for speed bumps. The proof of that is scattered all over the Texan highways.
It’s hard not for them to be scattered all over the Texas highways. The nine-banded armadillo is the only species of armadillo that lives this far north. It’s also the only one whose population is still growing (the other eight species are all considered Threatened or Endangered). In fact, there are so many of them that they’ve been classified as a pest.
Sort of like kudzu plants on legs, huh?
;)
they are cute little leprosy vectors aint they?
So, Halo and Hiro went back to HQ with some fangirls? Is that where we are?
Maaaybe they’re evil supers with mind-manipulating powers, trying to infiltrate Archon?
Okay, so it’s probably just me, but if I’m playing in front of the TV, please no one talk to me. God forbid it turn into a long conversation (anything longer than 5 minutes). For those who know my style, long conversations are kind of inconsiderate? Sure talk to me any other time – just not my gaming time. Am I just being a bitch? I’m curious to how other gamers are like (as know very few gamers in RL)…
Depends on the game and how deep… If I’m in between matches I will probably turn it off and talk if not I will talk as I play…
Nope, not a bitch, if Sydney was disturbing Leon, fairly sure he would have told her and she would just hover over his shoulder and play ‘back-seat gamer’ :D
I used to get annoyed when my mom would come barging intomy house and insist on talking to me during my raid times. Now I just let her talk while I continue playing and igno….. err, multitask!
Ah cool, thanks for the replies everyone~! *phew* :)
NERRRRRRRRRRDS!!
Also, can Hiro really take female fans into HQ’s lounge like that?
I would expect a building the size of ARCHON HQ has different security ‘levels’ depending on which part of it you are in. As most of the team seems to live on site, there must be some procedures in place for ‘hey, wanna come back to my place?’
Dabbler can bring home take out meals so yeah. They obviously have to be checked in downstairs and there’s a quick background check to make sure they’re not on any lists they shouldn’t be. Also internal security knows where they are at all times.
That could be very useful blackmail material from the security cameras…
and hero should be having issues with the time he checks them in (barracks visiting hours are regulated by the military) most I have seen on work days require guests out before midnight and often before 2300.
Heros get leeway.
Sydney: “What’cha doooooin’?”
I’m going to take that as a Phineas and Ferb reference and be a happy camper!
Glad I’m not the only one who thought that.
Sounds good to me
But where’s Perry?
It took me three years and about 6 full rereading, but I finally noticed it…
If we see Sydney in bed,trying to get to sleep,maybe she should have a book or something to read before she drops off?!?!?
The field stripping manual for that weapon she is learning how to reassemble?
I had to blow the image up as big as I could to see enough detail, but it looks to me that The Naked Gun 2 is playing on the big screen. Specifically, the scene where a hitman tries to murder Priscilla Presley’s character while she is showering, Leslie Nielsen tries to stop him, and a fight breaks out in the bathroom.
Here’s the clip from YouTube.
I love me some Naked Gun.
Boy, Sidney is just a Goa’uld mine of sci-fi knowledge.
Indeed.
I suppose it’s too early to reveal any of the mystery orbs but…
It would be nice if one of them allowed ‘Speed Sleeping’!
8 hours of shut eye in 90 minutes?
“More valuable than rubies.”
Speaking of, she’s been injured now but they haven’t tested one for healing.
“… is like when people start getting really analytical about football…”
which football? american football, or actual football? you know, the difference is quite big.
Is it different enough to change the metaphor?
Obligatory reminder that Australian Rules Football is a thing and it is the only one of the three played by men instead of whiny little boys who are afraid to get hurt*
*No I’m not a sports fan, I’m just being a dick… and patriotic… but mostly a dick.
No, it’s the only male sport where the players wear tighter clothing than a ‘street walker’ :P
Indeed, R. One of the biggest differences is that American Football couldn’t be played while Riverdancing, while arguably, FutBol could.
The three main types of football are: association football, aka soccer; rugby football, aka rugby; and gridiron football, which doesn’t have a handy name. Each of these has entire countries in which the word “football” is assumed to be talking about them.
I like the way Sidney go’s all Charley McCarty (puppet) faced when upset ! ;)
Just how old are you?
Most people think Betoven was a dog in the movies.
62
62.5.
As much as I enjoy JJ Abrams stuff he does have a habit of putting “magic” technology into everything. Even with science fiction texhnologies like Star Trek and Star Wars he ignores long established things for the sake of plot. In Star Trek the ships could go from one end of the Federation to the other nearly instantly. Then he upped the ante in ST: Into Darkness with the pocket transporters that could span the quadrant, not to mention the silly magic blood thing. There are two things in Star Wars: The Force Awakens that bugged me as well including a holdover from Star Trek. I still really enjoyed the movie but they still nagged at me.
Besides lens flare JJ Abrams has magic technology.
Given his experience with Fringe, you’d think he’d be better about not coming up with plot contrivances that would cause problems for future episodes, but in Star Trek reboot 1, he came up with transwarp transporters that essentially make Star Fleet useless, and in the second one he cures death for all time. I bet neither are mentioned in the next movie.
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
(just in case anyone hasn’t seen SW:TFA yet)
Yeah apparently he didn’t learn his lesson after all the internet rage everyone gave him about the transwarp transporter things. So he has the Millenium Falcon enter hyperspace not only from a standstill but while inside another ship. Huh? If this was possible if would have made escaping from the Death Star a lot less exciting.
Coming out of hyperspace in a planet’s atmosphere I could buy because it was Han Solo flying and he does have the power of badass on his side.
Weeeell, he might have learned a new trick or three in the last thirty years? Stretching, I know.
He must have also intentionally disconnected the gravity well automatic shutdown from his hyperdrive, or else he would have dropped out of hyper before hitting atmosphere. I say ships are normally equipped with such due to this class of Imperial vessel..
https://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Interdictor-class_Star_Destroyer
The big thing that annoyed me was the one he ported over from Trek: looking into the sky and seeing explosions happening in another star system. >.<#
Since he has worked on both franchises I think he has started to forget which is which. It really surprised me in the latest Star Wars movie when the ‘Big Reveal’ was that Commander Data was C-3PO’s father.
even after watching the movie I keep seeing the silver stormtrooper and thinking 3po finally got ticked off.
“walks by whistling while hiding my sonic screwdriver.”
Tsk, silver stormtrooper is far more classic Cylon than Cyberman in appearance.
I also heard that Disney is going to add a bunch of Star Wars themed attractions to their parks to draw in new crowds. I have an idea for the one in Florida. Just paint the Epcot sphere to look like the Death Star. Problem solved.
I’m going in full throttle that oughta keep the imperial fighters off my back, whatcha mean that’s no deathstar?
Leon sure is doing a lot of talking in panel 4…
Actually, that was mostly Sydney, Leon’s speech was the ‘ugh, eyeroll’ and the bit about Ensign “Nuclear Wessel’ Checkhov becoming Chief Engineer
Oh bummer, I was looking forward to watch Sydney dance in the disco with her orbs flying around her.
Outside the size differential, I’d ship em, they’re both smart enuf to figure out how to deal with that too. Got a cute gal like like that over here, I could prolly fit her in the luggage compartment. Sadly she’s still with some emotionally abusive chewtoy. “I cry because I love you!!” HA more like “I cry because I know it keeps you under my control.”
You know, it’s never actually been said that Leon is . . . unattached. What if it turns out that he’s got a girlfriend out there somewhere already?! Poor little Sydney might end up getting her heart broken.
Nooooo, don’t break my waifu’s heart!
Of course Leon has a girlfriend.
She’s from Canada. You probably don’t know her.
And if she’s hipster, you probably haven’t heard anything about her yet either.
What about the first Star Trek when they made a bloody CADET the first officer!!!! The entire ship out ranked him!
Yeah, also a good point.
And the CADET that was on proscription (until he could answer for his cheating in the simulator test) & not even allowed ONTO the Enterprise was made CAPTAIN?!?
My most wtf moment in the Trek reboot was when Kirk and Spock were fist fighting on the bridge and the red-shirts just stood around watching.
Well, they hadn’t been ordered to intervene, and do you really want a squishy human redshirt to get between Kirk and a pissed-off Vulcan?
Well, it -was- Kirk getting his face rearranged, and he’d managed to piss off most of the redshirts on the Enterprise by that time.
Redshirt: Yup, I should break this up.. really should.. yup. Any minute now..
Well, referring to someone as a “cupcake” tends to piss them off…
Canonically, Kirk did cheat on the Kobayashi Maru… but that was on his third attempt. He simply refused to admit defeat. The Trek reboot only showed the one where he cheated. (He didn’t cheat the first two times.)
Supplemental material that may or may not be canon, indicates that Kirk served in just about every position on one ship or another… assistant engineer, assistant medical officer, assistant communications officer, navigation, weapons, etc., before being promoted to Captain at age 32. (Which is where ADB, Inc. got the idea for the Legendary Captain in Star Fleet Battles.)
From what I understand, Kirk was first in the Security Branch, but when he found out how little they get promoted to commanding positions, he switched.
Again, to reiterate your point, this is something that might not be canon anymore.
Plus, J. T. Kirk has a thing about not always wanting to obey an order; you can’t DO that in Security… Well, you can, but you’ll live in the brig and not be allowed to re-up.
Can’t she just give them the finger and show up around 12?
Why would she do that? She’s barely even a recruit
It’s also a good way to get yourself thrown in the brig. If you’re AWOL for less than three days, you can be confined for 30 days and forfeiture of two thirds of your pay for the next month. And yes, you can be AWOL if you’re missing for more than a few minutes (as soon as it’s obvious that you don’t intend to show for duty).
Having said that, they’d probably be lenient on Sydney (given that it would only be her third day) unless it became a habit to show up late.
Playing DotA without a proper mouse surface?
I’m calling bullshit.
He could be using a track ball mouse.
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It could happen.
Yup, personally won’t ever use a ‘regular’ mouse ever again, not if can help it, had first trackball with the Amiga 600HD and have been using them ever since (the ‘winged’ trackball is fun to use :D)
Yeah, I’m a big fan of Logitech’s early “Bell-Curve” design (I sometimes call it the “Manta Ray”).
i use/am using a Kensington Orbit Optical trackball mouse and i use it for gaming all the time
Actually panel 5 shows it as a trackball mouse.
Even though she’s being allowed to live off-base as a recruit (ARC has way different rules) she may have a set of quarters “on base; which would be convenient for storing uniforms and gear.