Grappler arms were originally manipulators that were attached to EVA crafts. At first, it was the Chinese pirates that put the arm's abilities to new and devious uses. After the Chinese transport carried dragonite from planet to planet, the pirates began to attack their own craft with surprising intensity. To the pirates of the era, arms symbolized the strength of their ships and before long they integrated the arms into their attack methods. The Federation Space Forces became extremely irate with this situation and began developing grappler arms of their own, bragging that they planned to formally equip space forces fighters with them in the near future. They would be a force to be reckoned with. Because of the complicated manner in which space fighters used these grappler arms, space combat was clearly impossible without the aid of powerful computers. The combination of grappler arms and potent computers savagely pushed human physical and mental capacity to their limits and those that survived battle were spoken of with respect. They were known as grapplers.
“When the Hot Ice Melts” · Season 1, Episode 4
In this episode: Hot Ice Hilda (2), Gene Starwind (1), Jim Hawkins (1), Narrator (1), Gilliam (1)
Wow, I'm impressed. You managed to get on the bad side of the pirates and the space forces.
I owed 'em one.
Who are you?
I am myself. But it is inappropriate for me to subjectively define who I am. I'd take means to test the veracity of any such definition. And the restraints therefore have been placed within me restricting such an act.
What the heck kind of answer is that?
Still read me Gene? Just remember, outlaws never go down easy, no matter what happens to them.
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