Considering that Gharr first said anything about Earth on page 12, that's a clear-cut case of prejudgement if I ever saw one!

It might not have been the first wall on his trajectory ...

Ah, but the story is told cronologically out of order. And the first evidence of irrideamable stupidity we see is on page 3.

Thus I will amend that to 'a person or persons unknown' deserving a punch for 231 pages - with Gharr becoming one of those persons by page 12, and confirmed the only survivor of the 'or persons' group by page 61.

I would say he should have has his tail properly spanked by an adult at page 169 earliest.

Anyway, no-one has commented on the nice dynamic Spittle action on this page.

It has a real "Raging Bull" slow-mo vibe to it! Nice..Can someone make a Gif of it ?

But unlike LaMotte , Gharr hits the Canvas.

Your pun has connected.

POW

Also, the USBrain dongle IS there. That´s what you get when its OFF you Neo-Luddite!

Peace on Earth, good kill to ... erm ...

I fear that my theory of "the language issues will prevent the humans from learning what beef these two have" is now short a couple of teeth ... are those quartz gloves?

Which of the other Raharrs are still in the room? Last we saw Zane musing the situation, he resolved to keep the issue between himself and Gharr (though IIRC that was before he learned that the shuttle had been attacked). Sending a message to Nea that this particular punch bag has already been claimed by her CO might be a Good Thing™, but I'm not sure about Zane's personal detachment ...

The universal unspoken language is violence. ...Love is secondary.

Its now clear to everyone Gharr is sidestepped in the further process. (and by proxy his Terran friends even though I dont think Zane knows they exist, yet)

This touching little scene will be viewed at most 3-letter agency´s around the planet......For better or worse!

However I dont think Zane has actually thought so far. He is simply utter pi**ed off of this situation Gharr has created with his rash behaviour , the lives it has cost, forced Zane to contact a +1k year behind civilization and relief to find Gharr alive and well. Since the photo on page 50 , they evidently had a almost father-to-son relationship. What we see is a knee-jerk reaction of all the factors just as user "Wilson" further up has written. Punching someone is not in accordance with Zane position or character.

I still think Gharr will be shipped back to the Dawn early in disgrace and confined to the Brig for a time.

Also, can Raharr punch without also damaging their own palms with their claws ?

At the risk of repeating myself ... gloves?

It's not like it was ALL his fault. He didn't launch the missile (but there should have been a more careful approach- Why didn't they know about the defense system in place?)

The answer to that might well be "because Gharr's report said that that should be well beyond the native's level" - so, also his fault. Well, partly. I can't imagine the outright military folks leaving the evaluation of the capabilities of a possible new player entirely to a civilian ...

I can't imagine that either. You don't just check-out a shuttle and go land on a newly-discovered inhabited planet without some intel. Zane is angry because he allowed it, when they should have known it was not a "milk-run" mission. The fact that they left the orbiting ship to visit the planet without a better plan is a mistake made by all of them.

In perfect fairness, a huge dollop of blaim can be planted at the feet of the pilot/pilots onboard the shuttle. They should have been extremely knowledgable about orbital mechanics, and have a passing knowledge of missile weapon technology. And their navigation instruments alone should have been warning them of the amount of material in Earth orbit.

It should have been completely unavoidable of them to conclude that Earth has very accurate rocket technology (hitting precise orbits, etc) and thus very accurate missile technology. Assuming that wasn't in Gharr's report, then they would have been in a 'unable to proceed with flightplan' situation, which is a massive red flag to put the mission on hold until the conflict can be rectified.

That clearly didn't happen.

You're right, there's plenty of blame to go around for carelessness. Zane and Gharr were both aware that human civilization had artificial satellites in orbit, but they expected their shuttle to be mistaken for a meteor in the "worst case scenario," and expected to be able to avoid contact by landing in an unpopulated forest at night.

This might be analogous to how we're amazed that structures like Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza could be built over 4000 years ago. 21st Century human civilization might be a lot more than 4000 years behind the Alliance, leaving them only guessing at what Earth is and isn't capable of. The fact that they failed to associate the ability to launch artificial satellites into orbit with the ability to detect their shuttle might be explained like that. The Alliance could be so advanced that they wouldn't appreciate the difference between Sputnik 1 and the James Webb Space Telescope.