Strip 685 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Tue 2013-10-08
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Zeke Bieser
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Transcript For Strip 685
Panel 1Ed, Chelsea, and Seamus, looking at the holodisplay.
Chelsea: So how does it look?
Seamus: It looks like mostly flake graphite collected around a 100-tonne core of some metal, most likely iron. Very valuable.
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Panel 2
Same shot, now Ed and Chelsea are looking at Seamus with some annoyance.
Chelsea: No, Grampa, I mean is it our Ceres-killer?
Seamus: Well, it's moving at close to 42 kilometers per second – very fast for a Belt object, although an Oort Cloud object falling in could conceivably attain that speed out here, especially if ...
Panel 3
Change angle so we see Antigone and Nicole, who pipes up.
Nicole: Oh for shuck's sake, Seamus, is it the rock we're looking for or not?
Seamus: Give me a few more seconds, Nicole. I need a longer interval to be sure I've plotted the course correctly.
Panel 4
Group shot – Seamus is announcing his results, Nicole is whooping, the others look at her with scandalized expressions.
Seamus: Aaaand, done. Definitely on track to intersect Ceres' orbit in just under four days' time.
Nicole: Woo-hoo!
Ed: 'Woo-hoo'?
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