A little early in the morning by my standards, but what the hey.
I've been thinking about these last two issues of Batgirl, with Slipstream and the plan to heist all the money at once. How was Slipstream going to carry it? As far as I can tell, the suit made him super-fast, not super-strong. He could only carry so much at one time, so he'd have to make multiple trips if he was going after it all. If he wasn't after it all, why bother to break into the banks and spray the bills with a traceable compound, rather than grabbing it while he was there?
Sure he's fast, but in the time it would take him to grab some cash, haul it out of the tunnels to a safe location, then return for more, the trucks would be getting ever closer to the other side, where there are presumably multiple roads they could fan out on. Perhaps he could disable the trucks, maybe by lifting them off their tires with his wake, but then they can defend that location. Fast as he is, he can't get too evasive or his reaction time will leave him wall pizza. Throw enough bullets at him and one's likely to find its mark. Will a frictionless suit stop a bullet from penetrating? What's the screen over his face made of? It might not be bullet-resistant at all.
I don't think the whole thing was just a hoax. The mysterious leader of the Reapers said Slipstream being in jail was part of the plan, but sounded like they did want that cash. So the robbery wasn't supposed to fail, though Slipstream was supposed to be caught somehow. Probably he'd deposit the cash, then they'd hit him with the kill switch and leave him trapped for the cops.
I've been thinking about these last two issues of Batgirl, with Slipstream and the plan to heist all the money at once. How was Slipstream going to carry it? As far as I can tell, the suit made him super-fast, not super-strong. He could only carry so much at one time, so he'd have to make multiple trips if he was going after it all. If he wasn't after it all, why bother to break into the banks and spray the bills with a traceable compound, rather than grabbing it while he was there?
Sure he's fast, but in the time it would take him to grab some cash, haul it out of the tunnels to a safe location, then return for more, the trucks would be getting ever closer to the other side, where there are presumably multiple roads they could fan out on. Perhaps he could disable the trucks, maybe by lifting them off their tires with his wake, but then they can defend that location. Fast as he is, he can't get too evasive or his reaction time will leave him wall pizza. Throw enough bullets at him and one's likely to find its mark. Will a frictionless suit stop a bullet from penetrating? What's the screen over his face made of? It might not be bullet-resistant at all.
I don't think the whole thing was just a hoax. The mysterious leader of the Reapers said Slipstream being in jail was part of the plan, but sounded like they did want that cash. So the robbery wasn't supposed to fail, though Slipstream was supposed to be caught somehow. Probably he'd deposit the cash, then they'd hit him with the kill switch and leave him trapped for the cops.
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