0334 - Heroism - 2024.02.26

Comic!

Comment:

Yes, that's what the Martian flag looks like. Now you know. Patricia isn't Martian, she just likes to appeal to barsoomaboos sometimes.

And yes, the official name of the Martian nation is the "UMMO" or the "VKGM" in the Martian language. "Omniocracy" is the term used to describe a meritocratically weighted direct democracy and communal planned economy, a form of government that is only made practical through the use of twenty-second century technology.

Transcript:

---------------------------------------------------------------
0334 – 2167/07/07/09:50 - Rosenthal College hex
QB: So what’s your deal, hoss? You jump outta windows a lot?
CP: It… uh… I… th-th-that...
LC: I was having an emergency, and Caleb got to me to help as quickly as they could. It was heroic. Leave them alone.
----------------------
QB: Whoa, hey, sorry, I was just curious. Turn your oxytocin regulator up, we’re all chill here.
PZ: Heroism’s cool. I do offer a military discount on top of the automated price adjustments, by the way, just sayin’. I come from a serving family myself, I respect anyone who dedicates their-
CP: STOP.
CP: Stop. T-t-t-talking. About. It.
CP: Please.
CP: sorry.
----------------------
LC: Y’know, my casts are really slowing us up. You two should feel free to run on ahead, get good seats.
PZ: Yeah, sure. We’ll do that.
QB: But I just wanted-
PZ: Quip. C’mon.
----------------------
PZ: Still want that threesome?
QB: Yes.
PZ: I… that was meant to be rhetorical, Quip. Learn to identify red flags, okay?
QB: Like the one you’re wearing? United Martian Meritocratic Omniocracy, everyone knows that!
PZ: *sigh*
---------------------------------------------------------------