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First Seen: Wed 2020-01-08
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
Dark plans fall like thunderbolts.
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Transcript For Strip 2042
Panel 1Cut to: A conference room. Medium shot of Francisco Da Costa, with Dominic Martello seated to his right, Achal Verma, engineering consultant, to his left.
Caption: Elsewhere in the city, a Crisis Committee meets:
De Costa: So, what's coming next? Another high-speed space-turd?
Caption: Francisco Da Costa, financial advisor
Dominic: I'd prefer something more creative. Like a high-speed Picasso.
Caption: Dominic Martello, science advisor
Panel 2
Panning right, we still see Dominic but sitting to his right are Kāng Min-Chèng, military advisor, and farther right, Albert J Montoya, foreign affairs consultant.
Dominic: Or something sexier, like a high-speed Olivia De Beradinis.
Kāng: The enemy could launch another relativistic missile at any time from any direction.
Caption: Kāng Min-Chèng, military advisor
Montoya: We should expect some kind of statement from … whomever ... before the next assault.
Caption: Albert J. Montoya, foreign-affairs advisor
Panel 3
Pan right so we still see Montoya; to his right are Sheldon Rico, chairman of Mentes Libres, and Sergio Cooper, security advisor.
Rico: Agreed. Whoever we're dealing with put some planning and expense into this. He must want something from us.
Caption: Sheldon Rico, chairman of Mentes Libres
Cooper: I think in the short term he wants to generate chaos, put us on our back feet.
Caption: Sergio Cooper, Assurance Agencies Liason
Panel 4
Panning back over to the far left of that table, we see Achal Verma, De Costa, and Martello.
Verma: But, to what end? We have no resources here. What could they want?
Caption: Achal Verma, engineering consultant
De Costa: Well, this is a financial center. Maybe they just want money.
Martello: Do you think they'll accept my collection of Bill Ward nudes?
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