Trying to Explain The Science of Comic Books...
Since I am the one who opened this can of worms, I think it's time I take the advice I get, and start a new thread.
I am a bit different than most comic book readers in that in my mind I NEED to explain peoples powers and whatnot, for it to make sence of me. To most this concept would turn them away from science fiction, for me it draws me nearer (one shrink I had think it ties my analytical mind to my creative mind).
So here's the purpose of this thread: Explain how YOU think these things work, scientifically. You don't need to necessarily explain WHY something work, just HOW.
Let's start with Heather's geo suit:
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Originally Posted by Major Mapleleaf Jr
How was Mac able to use his suit to teleport, exactly? I know he was able to stop his own movement with the Earth's rotation (I think that's how it worked, anyway), but how exactly does one technological suit do that?
Assuming that the technology in Mac's suit is as it is described, and obviously that it CAN do these things, I think I have a plausible explaination for Mac's 'teleportation'. Mac's suit is tied directly into the geomagnetic fields around him (scientific note*: ALL matter has an EM field. Larger the concentration of mass, larger the EM (or gravitational) field. That's why the moon orbits the earth, and the earth the sun). That being said, it's possible that Mac's suit is capable of generating a localised negating field to block out the other fields around him (basing this off of a report that NASA is working on similar models to beter space travel). If Mac can control EM fields to fly, fire concussive bolts and whatnot, it's easy to assume he has found a loophole on this to. Then, it's simple physics: with the gravitational field of Earth and the sun negated, gravity would have no effect on him (rendering him inert to his surroundings), and uneffected by the movement of the Earth. Then, the 'teleportation' effect comes into play (although I'm surprised, given the arcing nature of the world's orbit and it's rotation, that Mac hasn't been slammed into the earth).
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It's all pseudoscience.
actually, from Mac's POV, it's pure science. Our problem is, we don't live there.
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The suit works in much the same fashion as the mutant powers of Magma... although Magma's ability to manipulate tectonic plates to call forth volcanoes and earthquakes was psionic. Perhaps Heather merely does the same with her suit: she manipulates the Earth's tectonic plates to do what she does with the geothermal suit.
That makes sence, and it DOES work well with my theories, however that doesn't the fact that Heather can fly make sence.
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Did the second series ever offer an explanation as to WHY the suit was modified in the first place? If they did, I don't remember it.
As in, why does it differ from Mac's? IIRC, it was because Dept H didn't have Mac's EM suit to build another one (remember, Vindicator III's powers came from the fact he was a synthoid, not really Mac, based off Mac's cybernetic self from Volume 1, and generated his OWN abilities). But they DID have access to Mac's old Geoforming suit, which the Green&Gold suit was based on.
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As to why Roger Bochs wasn't severely injured because of the Hulk destroying the Box armor... well, Mantlo wrote that. Need I say more? :lol:
LOL, well for the point of this particular thread, it could be that, while Roger was technically POSSESSING the Box robot, he was for all intents and porpoises actually Box. But it ranks up there (using Marvel's history) with why when Xi'an (Shan) Coy Mahn ('Karma') psychically possesses someone, and that someone gets hurt, why doesn't SHE react similarly? I think that, mentally, for both Shan and Roger, the mind set up a safe-guard seperating them.
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*All Scientific Notes are meant for those who aren't aware. For many, this is common knowledge. I mean it for those who don't know.