So… just for booking keeping sake, I should probably make two notes. Yoav is his first name; his name is Yoav Cao; I only note that as its been so long since we’ve seen him that art development may make him impossible to recognize. While we are on the note of names, I suppose I will note that MYM does have a peculiar habit of calling people things that are not their names sometimes, though it crops up only here and there.
I will also note that Tyler did tell Peter they had hired Tamara, as Miko or Mium made them promise not to arrest her when they were mopping up after the whole Avon building business.
Will be a short commentary because I am late and people are probably impatient, so… upload!
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“I knew you were going to ask for this, so I cheated ahead of time instead of cheating right there on the spot.”
Mium manages to lawyer rules into being the funniest on the page, again.
Regarding the wiki, I feel bad. I had planned on contributing more to it, but most things have already been covered already. I do not see anything on the new questions and requests pages yet, but I will check back this weekend.
Otherwise maybe I will update more info on the characters and organizations. It looks like that list is pretty complete now, but a lot of them are sparse.
Hah! MYM is showing off on multiple levels.
First, the obvious one. He arranged all of this with a few well placed hacks. What else could he (or did he) do?
Second, this means he showed off access to the information on the meeting, the ability to monitor it, independent thinking and a willingness to act.
Third, “I have been asked to assist you with minor requests” shows off that all of this was minor to him.
Nice to know that M.Y.M can be defeated by a dymo label machine.
(An eager to please young intern receives a confidential message directing them to “search for a misidentified information unit, and correct the error” The intern is given “one time use passwords”, and security patrol schedules, and is told that this is a “training exercise” not only to determine said intern’s ability to perform the task but also to “maintain operational secrecy even if interrogated by superior officers”. The message hints that successfully fulfilling those objectives will result in “a favorable performance review.” After the intern is given a date to perform the task, the message scrambles itself leaving only the security codes and the patrol information.)
You were saying?
Sure, the dymo label idea is not fool proof but he’d have to know the dymo labels had been applied to engage in that subterfuge. It would significantly lower M.Y.M’s success rate.
I think it is interesting to note. Yes, Mium actually cannot hack the most basic of things. He has a clear weakness. But like we see here, he does not have to hack the label, he can just hack the database that people use to store what means what.
You can Mium-proof your system if you are willing to go back to the stone age and carve it in tablets (though he may or may not have chisels ready…).
Mium occasionally seems sort of omnipotent, but he really is more of a symptom of a culture that depends on technology they do not understand that well (something of a reflection of our culture). Mium can navigate Central technology because he likely originates inside their firewall given the level of access Peter had previously. He can navigate Palindra technology because they just are not on his level.
Of course, he can also literally just walk in the front door with a pile of bullshit authority and relabel the machine if he really wants. Presumably the PACT facility we saw him and Naomi trashing decided they were safe by not being connected to the network, but Mium is a computer with legs attached, and not so easily thwarted.
That is my hot take anyway.
Porpita is apparently a teal colored jellyfish. It’s apparently called a “Blue Button Jellyfish” but looking at pictures via Google, it looks pretty teal.
Best I can surmise, this is something of a Mium-insult, likely to her apparent tendency to work with whoever is convenient at the time, but this is just speculation. We have seen his nicknames target personality flaws (as he sees them) before, such as calling Kally “Miss Winters”.
Not sure if there is another connection I am missing, or if I this has gone over my head entirely (I just Googled it and that is what came up).
It may just be a comment on her hair. Mium is known to be snarky on many levels.
That is true, I forgot that her hair is dyed, something her new employers almost certainly do not know.
Avon might not have known it was real. But if there intelligence agency of Malsa doesn’t know this, then the law regarding the requiring odd colored hair for designer children is pointless.
I believe at this point the intelligence agency of Malsa is defaulting to being PETER.
This is almost like the short guy from Princess Bride… “I knew you’d know I’d do ______, so I did _________.”
I think that is the dangerous thing about Mium. It is like playing your computer chess. He really does just consider all the fronts. It was his job as Query to analyze humans, and with MYM he has plugged that power into massive computational backing.
He is essentially always crazy prepared, because he can run the scenario hundreds of times and prepare for all the outcomes he deems probably. You have to be really insane (Rovak), really impulsive (Naomi), or get outside of his scope of focus to have any real chance of surprising him.
this is an amazing comic page. I didn’t detect any misspelling in any of the panels.
Uh-oh, better through in some errors or people will realize I’ve hired a ghost-writer… (nah, guess I just got lucky this time, haha! :D)
That would be “throw” in some errors.
It’s sort of like a digital signature so you know its me and not my PR agent make the post.
Perfect!
Well worth the wait. I love the Consul.
She seems to have made surprising popularity gains so far (the Consul). Appreciate the patience! 😉