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doodlemancyi rambled earlier this week about Research. here is a scene where i ignored my research. for context, if you haven't played the demo yet (and you should wait until later because i'm just about to upload a new version hopefully by the end of today... check the timestamps before you download ;D)
i'm not sure it comes across yet without the visuals and stuff, but the implication here is that when Sykes says "Roger that," Petra, not being a native speaker of Jastrian* or particularly familiar with what would be Jastrian radio lingo, misinterprets it as "there's another person here (Roger?) (does Sykes know a Roger in town?) (did Roger join the cultists?!) (WHO THE FUCK IS ROGER?!)," so she decides to go with her most cautious interpretation of whatever the fuck he just said, moves in quietly in case Sykes needs backup, gets confused, and finally, when it seems like the coast is clear, she startles the shit out of him.
WW1 is the barometer i use for a lot of technology stuff for Iron Company, but also i do what i want and fuck it. radio communication was definitely in use during WW1, but it wasn't until WW2 that we had anything close to proper "walkie-talkies" and radio lingo was really starting to standardize/solidify into what we're probably all currently familiar with from movies. "Roger that" is a phrase that, as far as i can tell, wasn't really used in radio lingo until WW2, as well. that said... spelling alphabets were a thing with radio and telephone communication from pretty much the beginning. so this could conceivably be a universe where "Roger" had already become shorthand for an affirmative statement/acknowledgement.
anyway mostly i just wanted to share this because i think the scene is funny
* England doesn't exist in this universe so i had to give English a different name from a different fictional country lmao
"It's quiet down here. I can hear Raskoph grousing in the kitchen, in Armian. Something about a smell." |
i'm not sure it comes across yet without the visuals and stuff, but the implication here is that when Sykes says "Roger that," Petra, not being a native speaker of Jastrian* or particularly familiar with what would be Jastrian radio lingo, misinterprets it as "there's another person here (Roger?) (does Sykes know a Roger in town?) (did Roger join the cultists?!) (WHO THE FUCK IS ROGER?!)," so she decides to go with her most cautious interpretation of whatever the fuck he just said, moves in quietly in case Sykes needs backup, gets confused, and finally, when it seems like the coast is clear, she startles the shit out of him.
WW1 is the barometer i use for a lot of technology stuff for Iron Company, but also i do what i want and fuck it. radio communication was definitely in use during WW1, but it wasn't until WW2 that we had anything close to proper "walkie-talkies" and radio lingo was really starting to standardize/solidify into what we're probably all currently familiar with from movies. "Roger that" is a phrase that, as far as i can tell, wasn't really used in radio lingo until WW2, as well. that said... spelling alphabets were a thing with radio and telephone communication from pretty much the beginning. so this could conceivably be a universe where "Roger" had already become shorthand for an affirmative statement/acknowledgement.
anyway mostly i just wanted to share this because i think the scene is funny
* England doesn't exist in this universe so i had to give English a different name from a different fictional country lmao
