BAMComix Presents - Hidden in the shadows - Chapter sixty five - Recovery Mission.

I really like this Jeep. It even has a foldable soft top.
And it can be fixed with straightforward percussive maintenance.
This method probably won't help with Tick-Tock though. What secrets does he hold?

Nice installment, vivid photography as always, Dal! The secrets of Swiss clock-making are about to be revealed.

Visisonor wrote:I really like this Jeep. It even has a foldable soft top.
And it can be fixed with straightforward percussive maintenance.
This method probably won't help with Tick-Tock though. What secrets does he hold?

The Jeep is a 21st century WWII Jeep, it is really well made, It has fantastic detailing, and is perfectly scaled for1/6 too. However, sadly quite expensive now in 1/6scale. I'm pretty sure you can get hem in smaller scales too. Pleased you liked Savanna's approach to fixing it! Yeah, opening up Tick-Tocks memory banks could be interesting.

GubernatorFan wrote:Nice installment, vivid photography as always, Dal! The secrets of Swiss clock-making are about to be revealed.

Cheers Ian! pleased you enjoyed the chapter . @ Swiss clock! I will have to try and work that in somewhere, that made me laugh

BAMComix wrote:

GubernatorFan wrote:Nice installment, vivid photography as always, Dal! The secrets of Swiss clock-making are about to be revealed.

@ Swiss clock! I will have to try and work that in somewhere, that made me laugh

Just assuming that Tick-Tock is a Swiss robotic agent in origin.

Visisonor wrote: ... straightforward percussive maintenance.

A phrase I must file away for future reference... like, the next time I undertake a project or repair!

GubernatorFan wrote:
Just assuming that Tick-Tock is a Swiss robotic agent in origin.

 Ha haaa! That's pretty funny! I think the idea should become 'canon'.

This episode offers an interesting look at Agent Savanna and her mechanical talents. We also learn a bit more about Doctor Sid through his interaction with  Agent Savanna.

A question is: does Doctor Sid consider the genetically enhanced agents to be "real people," or are they simply "creations," glorified synthetic robots or cybernetic organisms? Does he view them as being individuals, or are they simply tools for use by governments and military operations?

Which suggests a broader question: what are the Agents, really? Do they have "human rights?" Are they individuals? Or are they property that is owned, like pets or automobiles or computers?

Perhaps these questions relate to the mission to recover the clockwork robot. To what extent are the Genesis Project Agents similar to Tick Tock, and to what extent do they differ? Why has Commander Rivers assigned Sid and Savanna to recover the clockwork robot? Or... is this Jake's plan at all? Sid seems a bit vague about Rivers' whereabouts when Savanna asks him if the commander will be meeting them back at the base. Could this operation be an independent move by Doctor Sid for his own purposes?

The photography in this episode is interesting: the colour palette is more muted, less vibrant and bright, with heavier shadows, suggesting something ominous may lurk in the darkness. Also, we glimpse the creatures after which Dinosaur Valley is named rustling about in the undergrowth. Are they oblivious to the human intruders and their noisy vehicle? Are they curious? Are they dangerous?

There seems to be much going on here beneath the simple repartee about a recalcitrant old Jeep.

davidd wrote:

Visisonor wrote: ... straightforward percussive maintenance.

A phrase I must file away for future reference... like, the next time I undertake a project or repair!

GubernatorFan wrote:
Just assuming that Tick-Tock is a Swiss robotic agent in origin.

 Ha haaa! That's pretty funny! I think the idea should become 'canon'.

This episode offers an interesting look at Agent Savanna and her mechanical talents. We also learn a bit more about Doctor Sid through his interaction with  Agent Savanna.

A question is: does Doctor Sid consider the genetically enhanced agents to be "real people," or are they simply "creations," glorified synthetic robots or cybernetic organisms? Does he view them as being individuals, or are they simply tools for use by governments and military operations?

Which suggests a broader question: what are the Agents, really? Do they have "human rights?" Are they individuals? Or are they property that is owned, like pets or automobiles or computers?

Perhaps these questions relate to the mission to recover the clockwork robot. To what extent are the Genesis Project Agents similar to Tick Tock, and to what extent do they differ? Why has Commander Rivers assigned Sid and Savanna to recover the clockwork robot? Or... is this Jake's plan at all? Sid seems a bit vague about Rivers' whereabouts when Savanna asks him if the commander will be meeting them back at the base. Could this operation be an independent move by Doctor Sid for his own purposes?

The photography in this episode is interesting: the colour palette is more muted, less vibrant and bright, with heavier shadows, suggesting something ominous may lurk in the darkness. Also, we glimpse the creatures after which Dinosaur Valley is named rustling about in the undergrowth. Are they oblivious to the human intruders and their noisy vehicle? Are they curious? Are they dangerous?

There seems to be much going on here beneath the simple repartee about a recalcitrant old Jeep.

It was great fun to explore a relatively unknown agent in this episode, and high time I thought she should be brought into the story. I see Savannna, more as a tomboy, who is never happier than getting stuck in with a mechanical problem.
I would say that Doctor Sid, looks upon them as his children, super powered yeah, but children no the less, possibly why he sounds so condescending with them at times? To him, they are every bit as human as any of the other troopers at BAM-HQ. I would also say Jake see's them as people too, but for hm, he views them more as soldiers or assets to his team. I would say though, this may not be the view of all involved in the project.
The recovery of tick-tock is solely down to Commander Rivers, and that secret will be revealed a little farther down the line.
I'm so pleased that the darkness of the pics came across, I wanted to try and show the valley as a more dark and dangerous place, and not a friendly place. I do need to buy more dinosaurs to have them scurrying around.