Escape From Terra - by Sandy Sandfort, Scott Bieser and Lee Oaks! - Big Head Press, publishing Thoughtful Stories since 2002

Strip 64

Panel 1
Wide panel. The tour stands towards the back of a darkened room filled with electronic displays and control panels. Four Operators are in the foreground (grouped more towards the right), two of them sitting at consoles wearing visors and grasping joystick controllers (the one on the left is female), the other two at stations with normal clusters of keyboards and touch-screens, not quite as intensely engaged with their work as the two with the joysticks.

Lorna: Operations are run from this control center.

Lorna (2): These Operators work in shifts to keep the machinery working at optimal efficiency.

Panel 2
Guy stands beside one of the Operators at a keyboard/touchscreen station, clapping a friendly/sympathetic hand on the man’s shoulder. F and B look on quizzically

Guy: Ah! A true workingperson, mixing your sinew with – ah – asteroid to create material wealth for society.

Guy: And no doubt, paid only a pittance by your cappy masters for your sweat and blood.

Panel 3
The Operator turns around with an annoyed look and brushes Guy’s hand off his shoulder. Angle the shot so that in the background or to the side we can see the other non-joystick Operator, looking on with an amused expression.

Operator: Just what sort of fool do you take me for?

Operator (2): I am one of the “cappy masters” here. And so are my crewmates.

Strip 64 - Click on page above to goto the next page. -- First Seen: 2008-12-11
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Strip 64

Panel 1
Wide panel. The tour stands towards the back of a darkened room filled with electronic displays and control panels. Four Operators are in the foreground (grouped more towards the right), two of them sitting at consoles wearing visors and grasping joystick controllers (the one on the left is female), the other two at stations with normal clusters of keyboards and touch-screens, not quite as intensely engaged with their work as the two with the joysticks.

Lorna: Operations are run from this control center.

Lorna (2): These Operators work in shifts to keep the machinery working at optimal efficiency.

Panel 2
Guy stands beside one of the Operators at a keyboard/touchscreen station, clapping a friendly/sympathetic hand on the man’s shoulder. F and B look on quizzically

Guy: Ah! A true workingperson, mixing your sinew with – ah – asteroid to create material wealth for society.

Guy: And no doubt, paid only a pittance by your cappy masters for your sweat and blood.

Panel 3
The Operator turns around with an annoyed look and brushes Guy’s hand off his shoulder. Angle the shot so that in the background or to the side we can see the other non-joystick Operator, looking on with an amused expression.

Operator: Just what sort of fool do you take me for?

Operator (2): I am one of the “cappy masters” here. And so are my crewmates.