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Postby Vaquas » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:12 pm

Tallahassee News Station wrote:Well there is one cheap cop out way that I hadn't really thought of

Mateo's a rich dude, are the windows or back windshield bullet resistant?


Windows that thick would not be shattered by the baton with a single strike and getting rid of that would set us back way too many posts to even begin to mess with.
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Postby Tallahassee News Station » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:13 pm

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Tallahassee News Station wrote:Well there is one cheap cop out way that I hadn't really thought of

Mateo's a rich dude, are the windows or back windshield bullet resistant?


Windows that thick would not be shattered by the baton with a single strike and getting rid of that would set us back way too many posts to even begin to mess with.


Back windshield specifically

Learning what the car was actually would have been important for a few things, but hindsight's 20-20
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Postby Vaquas » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:14 pm

Why would the back windshield be made of different glass than the rest of the car?
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Postby Tallahassee News Station » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:14 pm

Vaquas wrote:Why would the back windshield be made of different glass than the rest of the car?


Easier to set up heavier bullet resistant glass on the parts of the car that don't have to roll down
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Postby Uttland » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:15 pm

Vaquas wrote:Why would the back windshield be made of different glass than the rest of the car?

Replacement?
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Postby Tallahassee News Station » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:16 pm

It probably isn't really, I'm just spitballing at random

Hopefully Pro'll pop in, haven't heard from him today
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Postby Vaquas » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:16 pm

If we’re having to delve into a bulletproof glass retcon then we’ve gone off onto the wrong track, I think.
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Postby Jovuistan » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:18 pm

Wtf are you people doing?
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Postby Tallahassee News Station » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:18 pm

Vaquas wrote:If we’re having to delve into a bulletproof glass retcon then we’ve gone off onto the wrong track, I think.


Like I said, I'm just randomly spitballing, I'm gonna talk with Pro

The two shots did get retconned easily but that isn't really the same situation as here, doesn't really fly
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Postby The World Capitalist Confederation » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:19 pm

Tallahassee News Station wrote:Well there is one cheap cop out way that I hadn't really thought of

Mateo's a rich dude, are the windows or back windshield bullet resistant?

It's just a luxury 1930s-style convertible. Nothing else of note.
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Postby Tallahassee News Station » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:19 pm

Jovuistan wrote:Wtf are you people doing?


Having a weird moral/administrative dilemna after a crazy prank turned into hostage situation turned into cop chase
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Postby Tallahassee News Station » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:19 pm

The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:
Tallahassee News Station wrote:Well there is one cheap cop out way that I hadn't really thought of

Mateo's a rich dude, are the windows or back windshield bullet resistant?

It's just a luxury 1930s-style convertible. Nothing else of note.


Well that creates more problems then it solves
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Postby Tallahassee News Station » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:20 pm

Tallahassee News Station wrote:
The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:It's just a luxury 1930s-style convertible. Nothing else of note.


Well that creates more problems then it solves


All that would have played out way differently with a convertible even before getting to 1930s
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Tallahassee News Station wrote:
The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:It's just a luxury 1930s-style convertible. Nothing else of note.


Well that creates more problems then it solves

It has regular windows, and it wasn't down when Rosa took it.
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Postby Uttland » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:20 pm

How many virgins do I have to sacrifice in order to summon Prolieum?
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Postby Vaquas » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:21 pm

The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:
Tallahassee News Station wrote:
Well that creates more problems then it solves

It has regular windows, and it wasn't down when Rosa took it.


The back is gonna get ripped to shreds by bullets quicker than you can say Mamma Mia
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Postby Uttland » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:26 pm

Image
Essentially we are dealing with that. Yeah, as Vaq said, that back is weak.
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Postby Vaquas » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:26 pm

Uttland wrote:(Image)
Essentially we are dealing with that. Yeah, as Vaq said, that back is weak.


I literally cannot stop laughing
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Postby Democratic Peoples republic of Kelvinsi » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:27 pm

How likely would it be there is a trigger happy rancher nearby?

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Democratic Peoples republic of Kelvinsi wrote:How likely would it be there is a trigger happy rancher nearby?


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Vaquas wrote:
Democratic Peoples republic of Kelvinsi wrote:How likely would it be there is a trigger happy rancher nearby?


0%


Don't worry the drunk Ambulance will now arrive.

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Postby Uttland » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:29 pm

Democratic Peoples republic of Kelvinsi wrote:How likely would it be there is a trigger happy rancher nearby?

https://goo.gl/maps/GSWv6nC5LoeBdf4x6

Real fertile terrain there in NEW MEXICO
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Postby Tallahassee News Station » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:29 pm

1930s car creates problems going from whether she even knows how to drive a stick shift to making my assumptions about how far away the car was totally off for the shooting rolls
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Postby Tallahassee News Station » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:30 pm

How did he even get the car to New Mexico on basically no notice?
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Postby Uttland » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:31 pm

Tallahassee News Station wrote:1930s car creates problems going from whether she even knows how to drive a stick shift to making my assumptions about how far away the car was totally off for the shooting rolls

Yeah, this revelation has really done a number on the sequence of events. Rerolling might actually just be necessary, so the headshot be damned.
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