In The New World, only Georgia was a penal colony … and some parts of the Carribbean.
As for whether those on the generation ship were aware … it’s not as though the home world would want them back, so a mind-wipe seems like an excellent idea.
Mal: the panel #615 does state at the top, “several hundred years ago.” Way long time for society to have generations, and forget. Did the original people know they were transported, were they duped to be on board, or were they rounded up and dumped aboard? What is evident is that memories or stories of fresh air, fields of verdant grass, forests dressed in spring green, birds and butterflies, are all non existent.
I’m guessing that there’s been a long lineage of Queen Mothers, and Berneice has gone and screwed up the succession via a misadventure with a laser cutter. Thing is, Berneice knew who her mother is, and instead of going for the throne, she decided to escape as much as she was able to do so.
So “the city” lurches on in its typical dystopian fashion. Its culture was set with the initial roundup, along with groups of privileged opportunists. Groups like that can easily persist for centuries, just look at any medieval period. Mix in state of the art social science and surveillance, and what is entrenched really tends to stay entrenched.
Brian:
If the general population was aware, then it should have mentioned by now (at least implicitly), isn’t it? But it is hard to imagine that the starting “crew” was not aware of it. One might say their memory could be messed with, but that council was clearly concerned about whether the people would want to go. They would not have such concerns if erasing the memory of the troublemakers and packing them on a deportation ship without their consent were within their modus operandi.
So I’d say something went wrong.
BTW, I see some problem with the argument of the architect if this is a generation ship. Because none of those ambitions can be realized if the original crew all dead before arrival. They cannot be any of those things. Perhaps they were meant to travel in some kind of hibernation, but something forced them out of it. Or they were meant to arrive to somewhere for a while ago.
i kinda do anyways. i go back till before i see a report, and click through fixing them till i can speed read though a whole section. i should just get used to doing it on a monday. ah well.
Oh my, somebody seems to be familiar in the last panel.
Ah, the idea of sending off the unwanted to live out of sight and out of mind. Golgafrincham Ark Fleet Ship B, the American colonies, the Australian colonies, etc. The prospect of open air and forging your own destiny, when you’re a loafer and a professional malcontent, or perhaps an enterprising and inventive criminal. Yeah, that always breeds the hardiest individuals. Eventually. Just like the Roanoke colony, though that wasn’t a penal colony.
Based on what’s been happening in the comic, I wonder if those who are on the transport were aware that they’d been transported.
In The New World, only Georgia was a penal colony … and some parts of the Carribbean.
As for whether those on the generation ship were aware … it’s not as though the home world would want them back, so a mind-wipe seems like an excellent idea.
Mal: the panel #615 does state at the top, “several hundred years ago.” Way long time for society to have generations, and forget. Did the original people know they were transported, were they duped to be on board, or were they rounded up and dumped aboard? What is evident is that memories or stories of fresh air, fields of verdant grass, forests dressed in spring green, birds and butterflies, are all non existent.
I’m guessing that there’s been a long lineage of Queen Mothers, and Berneice has gone and screwed up the succession via a misadventure with a laser cutter. Thing is, Berneice knew who her mother is, and instead of going for the throne, she decided to escape as much as she was able to do so.
So “the city” lurches on in its typical dystopian fashion. Its culture was set with the initial roundup, along with groups of privileged opportunists. Groups like that can easily persist for centuries, just look at any medieval period. Mix in state of the art social science and surveillance, and what is entrenched really tends to stay entrenched.
Brian:
If the general population was aware, then it should have mentioned by now (at least implicitly), isn’t it? But it is hard to imagine that the starting “crew” was not aware of it. One might say their memory could be messed with, but that council was clearly concerned about whether the people would want to go. They would not have such concerns if erasing the memory of the troublemakers and packing them on a deportation ship without their consent were within their modus operandi.
So I’d say something went wrong.
BTW, I see some problem with the argument of the architect if this is a generation ship. Because none of those ambitions can be realized if the original crew all dead before arrival. They cannot be any of those things. Perhaps they were meant to travel in some kind of hibernation, but something forced them out of it. Or they were meant to arrive to somewhere for a while ago.
So, it IS a generation ship? Explains the no pets, lol
I haven’t tried the previous page, but clicking on this image does the same thing I reported just a bit ago. Takes me to Chapter 1, then page 1.
It happens once every 3 pages or so. I’ve finally taught myself to just use the Next link, above.
sorry, i know, i’m reliably unreliable.
It’s ok. I’m not totally annoyed with it 😉
I figure I’m helping out by reporting so you can fix them. Less work for you! (Because you don’t have to comb thru looking for them.)
i kinda do anyways. i go back till before i see a report, and click through fixing them till i can speed read though a whole section. i should just get used to doing it on a monday. ah well.
Oh my, somebody seems to be familiar in the last panel.
Ah, the idea of sending off the unwanted to live out of sight and out of mind. Golgafrincham Ark Fleet Ship B, the American colonies, the Australian colonies, etc. The prospect of open air and forging your own destiny, when you’re a loafer and a professional malcontent, or perhaps an enterprising and inventive criminal. Yeah, that always breeds the hardiest individuals. Eventually. Just like the Roanoke colony, though that wasn’t a penal colony.
Based on what’s been happening in the comic, I wonder if those who are on the transport were aware that they’d been transported.