WHEEL SMASHING LORD 5-148
Chapter: 5
“Guild Ship Light of Profit: 138 guns, 22 decks, 1050 personnel. Average wage of crewman: 30 marks an hour. Average cost of Arten shell: 230 thousand marks. Liter of Demons: 45 marks. Cost per minute of operation: 1.2 million marks.
Losses deemed acceptable.”
– Termagant’s Guild Ledger
“It costs 1.2 million marks to use this ship… for 1 minute.”
AHHHHHHHH THIS IS THE PART OF THE STORY WHERE WE GET TO KILL SIX BILLION DEMONSAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
poor will’s always getting fired at
Hey, they haven’t hit him yet. Must’ve mastered mathematically perfect dodging like Cristian Bale from Equilibrium.
This is why swords are better than guns. Is there a mystical gun art where every single space is filled with bullets? I don’t think so.
“You have entered … the Lead Dimension. Where every iota of space is filled with lead.”
Whoa. Heavy, dude. 😄
“Enuf Dakka,” it is called, though no specific practitioner is attested.
Da Weirdboyz speak of a Warboss named Alex Da ‘Uge, bigger ‘n tuffer ‘n meaner than all other Warbossez. Dey say when Alex Da ‘Uge had Enuf Dakka, ‘n filled every world wif lead, he shed a tear cuz dere wuz no more dakka to git.
He’s there, he’s not there! It’s … Schrödinger’s Will! — never quite knows what he’s doing. The Eternal Waffle.
(Mmmmm, waffles…)
And yet they keep hitting the fan.
Demons per liter being denominated in marks is … odd. I can almost figure out how to interpret it, but it’s just off enough to not line up and the more I stare at it the worse that dissonance gets.
the “per liter” is clearly placed in the wrong spot. It should be “Demons: 45 marks per liter.”
It is denoting the current market price of “demons per liter”, but omitting the more important question of how many liters of demon the ship’s engine consumes each minute. Inexcusably sloppy paperwork, just what you’d expect from the private quarter!
1050 * 30 / 60 = A total of 525 MPM (marks per minute) spent on wages:
Beyond this we are faced with an equation with 2 unknowns and thus cannot correctly calculate the exact components of sum MPM. However it means we can calculate that at most they are firing only 5 rounds a second despite having 138 guns, isn’t that at least sort of humorous (and they say accounts aren’t funny).
1 shell per minute⇒ 21,543 Demons purchased as fuel (I’m also not certain what Demons per liter means)
2 Shells ⇒ 16,432 Demons
3 Shells ⇒ 11,321 Demons
4 Shells ⇒ 6,210 Demons
5 Shells ⇒ 1,099 Demons
Condensed demons in this universe are used as fuel. Idk how many marks is a liter of demon fuel is.
I would also consider a ship firing less than six shells a minute an acceptable loss.
What did you think was loaded in the Arten shells?
Friends im worried they’re not going to win
“4 legs…”
“3 vaganias”
OoO
There may only be two hoohahs, but that’s plenty to do the job.
Oh good you did the vaganias joke
Probably just a cloaca.
imagine
thanks grimsby
Ok it might have been a bit too long for my addled brain: which side are they on again?
The entire mercantile bloc has drunk the Incubool Aid and maximizes profit in Omnicide
see also:
“He will burn. The entire. World.”
“We’ll both be long dead before his work is done. Who cares if some peasant spawn must suffer in a hundred years? And that’s if his intentions are not just rhetoric.”
Do they garnish the crew’s wages if the ship is downed? Does Captain Leglock forfeit a share option every time the ship is hit? Do the gunners get fired if they miss? Out of their own gun, even? “RANGING shot??!! What makes you think we can afford ranging shots?” “ABANDON SHIIIIP!! Yes, through the turnstiles, if you please, 200 marks per person, quick as you like… and if you haven’t already paid for a lifejacket, don’t ask!”
>:=)>
Greenwood Goat is perceptive…
If the ship is destroyed then the captain has to pay for it. Now you know why the captain always goes down with their ship.
‘Don’t use the good ammo’
It’s Metro rules, baby. Gotta keep the good ammo to buy a greater quantity of crap ammo.
Sneak attack that which can be, use the dirty ammo on that which can’t be, and hoard the good ammo back on the train.
I think all the pre-Euro currency German Ministers of Finance want to have a word with Mr. Termagant.
Why Mr? Looks more like Ms. to me. Definitely, the comic has its share of gender ambiguity, but this one does not seem the case.
To be clear, Pree (female title) Vessian (given name), the Termagant (most likely an epithet (with the meaning of “quarrelsome woman” or “presumed deity”; probably both), but may also be a title indicating her position within the guilds) of the Skin Tally (a guild or organization associated with the guilds) is plainly introduced as female in the text on page 4-125 of book 6.
This one is reminded of when the guild ships descended in force to offer him an extended warranty for his chariot. They offered a wide-brim parasol as a signing bonus.
Alas, after the signing, it was determined that the damage caused by cannonfire in the course of warranty negotiations was not in fact covered by that warranty.
This one supposes that such is life.
It is almost certainly not the case, but it amused me to think that Vigilant Gaze’s qualification of Allison as young is because he knows that time displaced older Allison is lurking about.
Vigilant Gaze is also likely several Kalpa old, so most beings are young to him.
Excuse me?? Time Displaced??? please refer this one to a part of the arc for more information!
That is the tamest ship in the entire comic, and that’s saying something.
Corpo utilitarianism strikes again. Can’t waste any money on good ship design of course.
Sure, they can send more ships. But Princess will just go and slam more dudes into the deck on them.
2 angels fighting against impossible odds, when are the rest of the angelic host arriving to save the day?
I’m rather concerned about the alignment of the angels- if the angelic host does show up they MIGHT not be on Allison’s side………
Anyone else getting this impression? I know its been a while since we saw the angels.
Michael and the Thornes have declared themselves nuetral in this fight. The want the world to end so everything gets reset again.
Have to disagree. Most likely, they want the world to end once and for all, with Zoss’s machinations messing with this design. Or probably not exactly, the affairs of those who attained Royalty are still ill comprehended by us mere mortals.
I don’t know but it seems like a ship that arrives through an interdimensional portal doesn’t really need sails?
The sails are so you know it’s a ship instead of some kind of bird, duh
They still need a way to move around after they’re arrived, you know?
This is when White Chain discards the staff and goes full Solomon on their asses.
DOES NO ONE CARE ABOUT THE DEFECIT?!?
butt girl, the tariffs…
into hell, or senate’s midst
bend the elbow, lock the wrist.
Democrat, vote with your fist
Ah! The clever wax head strikes again!
“Don’t use the good ammo” is such a girlboss thing to say!
Michael, please! Help us.
Help us all.
WOULD!
“Look you just cannot name the battleship, ‘This was F—ing expensive'”
“How about ‘The Overbudget'”
“No.”
“The ‘Tax write off’?”
“Hard pass”
“Fine ‘Light of profit.”
I’m glad Princess Jack Daniels is having a good time
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