Page 59 -- First Seen: 2010-01-11

This is a preview of: Phoebus Krumm

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PANEL ONE (upper half of page)

The moonringed planet Skye occupies most of the left half of the
panel. It's an Earthlike world, mountainous, with lots of forests, and
many large lakes, rather than oceans. Plenty of clouds. A lovely
place.

We're seeing it from just below the equator into the north
temperate zone, about the same latitude as Germany.

This is sort of a surreal composite of a map and 'real' scenery.
We're also seeing _Resplendent Quetzal_ in orbit (we're looking
down her mast toward the maindeck), with a glowing cabelle stretching
from the bottom of the hull, down to the equator where it touches the
surface. From there, a red line snakes upward and eastward to a spot
in the north temperate zone.

The spot is labelled 'Islay Holdings'. Where the cabelle touches
the surface, it's labelled 'Equatorial Lift Station'.

VERY IMPORTANT: occupying orbit near _Resplendent Quetzal_ is a
large metallic object almost the size of her hull. I'm considering the
shape of one of those multifaceted spheres used in gaming. There can
be various windows, ports, and other techno-widgets, but basically,
it's a bg, empty spheroid. We'll soon learn more about this object.

Narrative (Tarrant): 'The journey from orbit to the Islay Holdings
actually took a little more like six hours.'

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PANEL TWO (lower lefthand quarter of page)

A short bullet-train roars through a deep cut in a mountain ridge.

Narrative (Tarrant): 'The surface shuttle traveled nearly as fast
as sound.'

SFX (train): 'Rooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrr!!!'

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PANEL THREE (lower right quarter of page)

With the parked train in the background, a large, rustic,
two-wheeled primitive wagon, drawn by a large, hairy, three-legged
beast with its head in the air. The driver is an obvious farmer. Maybe
he has a long stalk of grass in his mouth and a battered straw
farmer's hat.

Tarrant sits beside him, dressed in a 3/4-sleeved striped shirt,
deck shoes, and baggy white pants that only go halfway down the lower
leg. Krumm and Demondion-Echeverria occupy the stack of hay in the
back. All four men wear personal thrustibles.

Narrative (Tarrant): the last couple of klommes went by a little more
slowly.'

Beast: 'Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnhhhhhhhhhh!!!'