If M was hiding as some suggest, E’s remark would seem rather odd.

As for minimal force martial arts, allow me to introduce the Lazy King. You don ‘t get much more minimal than that!

And it’s easy to get caught up in Spacetrawler; it’s really engaging, has great characters, an intriguing story, and makes me laugh. It’s good even without a snarky vulture.

She learned it from a book, that’s half the joke. It is probably not the recommended method, but perhaps something one might do if they were raised in the desert by coyotes. :)

Forms of Wing Chun do involve meditation.

Emily is versed in quite a lot of forms of combat. I don’t think Wing Chun, staying centered and bend like a reed etc, is really top on her list. So you might see her use the stance, but rarely.

Anyhow, awesome that you are so excited and involved in the comic (and Wing Chun apparently) to wanted to clarify. But I stand my guns on this one. :)

Also, the wing chun stance is extremely distinctive, with the shoulders and hips square to the opponent and the knees held tightly together. At least when done properly. Nothing Emily has done so far looks like wing chun.

Aside from all that, I’m really enjoying Spacetrawler.

I like that Martina is such a homebody, yet she immediately took it on herself to fly a wingship and blast off the pirates when they were under attack. Still waters….

several things about today’s strip:
1. It isn’t clear that Emily is in a crawlspace and Martina is in a hatch, which isn’t really a good thing. My first impression was that Martina had been hiding in a garbage bin in Emily’s bedroom (then I realized how stupid it would be to keep large garbage bins when you have a SpaceTrawler); maybe if she mentioned it, instead of just saying “in here”?
2. I like it how you have the noise, but you don’t tell what it is until panel 3. My only quibble is that the description text is too close to Emily’s gun in panel 1, so it looks like she’s cocking it rather loudly.
3. Is Martina really that much of a nerd? Or did she just list as “things that I know” what she thought Emily might be interested in?
4. Either that computer is really good at locating the crew or Emily was a bit careless with the sensors when she chose her hiding place
5. Second-last panel: good to see the “Ted mouth” again :)
6. Nogg said Gurf was “here to lend a hand”. The funny thing is hands are used both to help and to harm, and it looks like he’s doing more of the latter to the ship. Of course, without Gurf they would be dead already. :)