Freefall 3: Death Ray Byproducts

[Rockphed]

This comic, oddly enough, is generally good about giving you a chance to look at some of the issues involved in sci-fi tropes. I hadn't given much thought to how sending most of your colonists as embryos (or genetic colonists in Freefall parlance) would effect society.

Part of why I like Freefall is its tendency to slip in social commentary and sci-fi navel gazing and still be consistently funny.

I was re-reading the early strips, and holy wow batman was Sam a lot less likeable. Maybe the right word is "maliciously incompetent". I know a lot of it is done for laughs, but I am still a little surprised that Florence didn't get seriously hurt until the hurricane.

Edit: I think this strip might be where Sam goes from being a zany and idiotic villain to just being zany and idiotic.