I wanted to make it pretty clear that Roka considers himself a smuggler, not an all-out mercenary. He just moves goods from one party to another. He doesn’t rob, steal, or do other violent or confrontational pay-for-hire type work, which seems realistic to me. As a specialist, he isn’t necessarily schooled in those other types of work.
It’s something that always pops into my head when I watch CSI: Miami. As entertaining as that show can be, it’s such a departure from the original Vegas CSI. I think in that show, the characters work in forensics. I don’t think Grissom has ever carried a gun, let alone put some perp down on the street. He works in a lab. On CSI: Miami, those guys do EVERYTHING, including making arrests, interrogating suspects, and even having shootouts or dodging explosions in pretty much every single episode. It kinda reminds me of something on The Simpsons. They’re not just lab technicians. They’re not even just normal cops. They’re POLICE COPS!
Anyway, the ridiculous blurring of job responsibilities and qualifications on CSI: Miami was something I wanted to avoid with RUNNERS. Of course, as Roka gets more desperate, he may take on work he otherwise wouldn’t. And he does have two expert pirates in his crew in Cember and Bennesaud…
I like how they’re looking everywhere but at Roka, what else didn’t you guys tell him?
Loving the plot, and how it’s grounded in the characters- it’s unpredictable and origiinal…. very cool!
Yeah, while this story arc isn’t quite as action-y as the first one overall, I think it makes up for it with some nicer character moments. There’s definitely a bit more conflict and tension between some of the members on this particular run, which I find a lot more interesting than pure superficial action. Or at least I find it really enhances the physical action quite a bit.
A lot has spilt out over these past two panels, finding out more and more
about each characters, and lol I’ve been so into these panels I forgot all about Bocce.
Why is it on that last panel Bennesaud seems to be giving the puppy dog face