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Detailed Strip Info
strip info approved by DaveKellett
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Pilot: I don't get it: if your family has all the power in the Empire... Why do you guys still do the cruddy grunt-work in the ring?
Fernando: (removing hood) Because the ring IS where our power comes from.
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The Machito
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| 2 |
Fernando: Look, if you want to control an Empire, you need to control transport. And if you want to control transport, you control the ring.
...And only WE control the ring.
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The Machito
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| 3 |
Pilot: But that don't mean YOU gotta work the wrenches. Hire some doofus for that.
Fernando: (taking off coat)
No way. Because eventually that doofus sells all he knows to the highest bidder.
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The Machito
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Pilot: But you can't keep the secret forever! Eventually some company's gonna steal a ship and figure it out.
Fernando: (putting on cap)
Indústria Globo did, once. My great-grandfather sent half the armada to destroy their shipyards until they returned it.
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The Machito
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| 5 |
Pilot: Oof.
Fernando: And during my great-grandma's reign, they tried it again. She had their entire headquarters razed.
...Got it back the next day.
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The Machito
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| 6 |
Pilot: OOF.
Fernando: And when two officers broke into a ring and locked themselves inside, my great uncle ordered the captain to fly the ship into a star.
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The Machito
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| 7 |
Pilot: No way.
Fernando: And later, when plans for a ring were stolen, he had the thieves ejected into space NAKED.
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The Machito
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| 8 |
Pilot: Jeez! Ok! Point made!
I ain't goin' near the dang ring!
Fernando: Also, it's like super cold in there. Like, for reals.
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The Machito
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