Strip 59 - Click on page above to goto the next page. -- First Seen: 2008-12-04
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Strip 59

Panel 1
Exterior shot of Ernie’s yacht airlocked at the terminal. Suggest the view focus on the short airlock passageway.

Ernie (from airlock): Well, gang, it’s been fun but I have a business to run.

Panel 2
Inside tunnel at the airlock. Hatchway is a 2.5-meter wide circle at one end of a 3.5-meter wide plasteel bubble extruding outward from the main tunnel frame. A short ramp leads from the hatch down to the floor of the bubble, which is level with the main tunnel causeway.

They are parting company. Ernie stands in the hatchway as Babbette leads Guy and Fiorella into the causeway. Fiorella is still close to Ernie and they are just breaking off from a cordial handshake.

Ernie: Bert will meet you at the café at .30 for tomorrow’s tour.

Fiorella: Thank you, Sov. Guzmán, I had an enjoyable time.

Guy: Yes, we both did.

Panel 3
They have to walk a ways to Babbette’s cart. The three glide long, Fiorella looking like an old hand and Guy only a bit wobbly.

Fiorella: And what is tomorrow’s tour?

Guy: A mining operation. Apparently on a small asteroid only 100,000 klicks from here.

Panel 4
Babbette arrives at her cart, Fiorella and Guy bring up the rear. Babbette has her eyes cocked hard to her right, listening to Guy while he’s practically forgotten she’s there.

Fiorella: Probably not as exciting as a hockey game.

Guy: Au contraire, Agent Stellina. We will be observing the wellspring of Cererean riches. I find that very exciting.