Strip 1641 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2017-07-21
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Lea Jean Badelles
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A thousand years in the future, humanity has colonized worlds in nearly 100 galaxies, thanks to Quantum Vibremonic technologies developed five centuries earlier. Other new technologies have created various off-shoots of humanity and extended life expectancies five-fold. The story begins with how a mad scientist and his plucky assistant, along with their robot friend, brought humanity to the stars, and continues with the adventures of some unique people in fantastic places.
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Transcript For Strip 1641
Panel 1The Ha'arock is gliding into a 'slip' – a smaller bay with pressure and a landing pad, the opening covered with a force-field.
Caption: A short while later:
Eithne (from ship): Finally! I can't wait to stretch my legs.
Ralf (from ship): I'm afraid you'll need to stay on board.
Panel 2
Eithne does not like that, and turns angrily towards Ralf.
Eithne: WHAT!! That's ridiculous.
Ralf: By now half the quadrant is on alert, looking for you.
Eithne: Oh yeah? What about you?
Panel 3
Ralf is standing by his seat, stretching his core a bit.
Ralf: I'm just another K'Tagon. There are many thousands like me in the border areas.
Ralf: But you, you're unique. The only 'human' anyone's seen in this galaxy.
Ralf: You'll be spotted within a hundred seconds.
Panel 4
Eithne follows Ralf as he walks towards the rear of the cruiser.
Eithne: I'll go insane if I have to stay cooped-up in here all the time!
Eithne: Maybe I can wear a disguise! Surely we can put something together here, the same way we 'replicated' these clothes!
Panel 5
Ralf pauses, looking Eithne up and down with an artist's eye. She's looking back at him dubiously.
Ralf: Hmmm. Quite possibly. With the right fabrics, a few prosthetics ...
Ralf: I'll have to take some precise measurements, if you please.
Panel 6
A transformed Eithne looks at her image in a tall viewscreen. Ralf looks on with satisfaction. Eithne looks like a two-legged warthog.
Ralf: Your own mother wouldn't recognize you.
Eithne: I hope not. This is embarrassing.
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