HCC/SW10: "Worse Than Useless?" 24 Minute Challenge

[Scott Eiler]

On 1/24/2012 7:39 PM, Andrew Perron wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:17:52 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:
>
>> On 1/22/2012 2:59 PM, Andrew Perron wrote:
>
> <snip>
>>> Oho. A nice bit of worldbuilding, with a good reason for it.  Though I have
>>> to wonder how the heck the psionic failsafe works?
>>
>> Pretty simple, at least by comic book logic.  The energy field which
>> surrounds Ellipsis works according to mental control, right?  So do
>> these harness-fields.  The harnesses also have global communications,
>> which also tie in to mental control.  Most wearers *love* that.  So, a
>> global override is possible.
>
> Ahhhhh, okay, so the other users can shut down any rogue user?
>
> Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, monstaa

Details hazy, but yes, that's the idea.  It remains to be seen how 
robust this switch is, but everyone who worked on it vouches for it...

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Turns out I'm an anally-fixated oedipal paranoid with 
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found me the ideal job.  I'm going to run for President!

- Major Honey, scripted by Grant Morrison, Doom Patrol #46, August 1991.