COMIC SCRIPT-“SPACE BUSINESS”
ORBITAL VIEW OF VERDANT
TITLE: PLANET VERDANT
ADMISSIONS OFFICE IN THE VERDANT CHAPTER BUILDING OF THE SPACEFARER’S UNION
ADMISSIONS OFFICER: (READING FROM COMPUTER) YOU ARE VICTOR FELFEDEZŐ, 25 STANDARD YEARS OF AGE, HAVE A MASTERS OF THAUMOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND MODERATE TECHNOPATHIC ABILITY. IS ANY OF THIS INFORMATION INCORRECT?
VICTOR: NEGATIVE.
*SAME* OFFICER LOOKS UP AT VICTOR, RETINAL SCANNER THING POPS UP, OFFICER POINTS AT IT
AO: WELL YOU ALREADY PASSED THE PROFESSIONAL SPACEFARER EXAM SO ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS LOOK HERE, SO I CAN PRODUCE YOUR ID CARD. DO YOU HAVE ANY IMPLANTS THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH A THAUMETRIC IDENTIFICATION?
VICTOR: NO.
*SAME* VICTOR IS LOOKING INTO SCANNER
SCANNER: VVWOOP VVWOOP
*SAME* VICTOR LOOKS UP, CARD POPS OUT OF SCANNER
SCANNER: DING!
AO: HERE’S YOUR ID CARD , WELCOME TO THE SPACEFARER’S UNION!
VICTOR IS WALKING OUT OF THE CHAPTER BUILDING, HE IS TALKING INTO A WRIST DEVICE
OLDE_RELIABLE_AI: WELL THAT WAS QUICK.
VICTOR: I DID MOST OF THE REGISTRATION ON THE WEB BEFORE HAND SO THIS WAS MOSTLY A FORMALITY. DID YOU FIND ANY SHIPS WITHIN OUR PRICE RANGE?
ORA: I DID ONE BETTER, I FOUND AN OLD STELLTECH LU-3. IT LOOKS TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION TOO.
VICTOR IS WALKING DOWN THE STREET TOWARDS A TRAM STATION, HE LOOKS BOTH SURPRISED AND SUSPICIOUS
VICTOR: *@#&! THERE IS NO WAY I CAN AFFORD ONE OF THOSE, EVEN IN POOR CONDITION, WHAT’S WRONG WITH IT.
ORA: …WELL…IT’S MISSING SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND THE FOLDING ARMS ARE BROKEN, BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT’S FINE.
VICTOR: WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED IS BAD CONDITION…BUT…SEND ME THE LINK ANYWAY.
VICTOR BOARDS THE TRAM, HE SWITCHES ON A H.U.D. IN HIS GLASSES WHICH WILL BE REPRESENTED WITH A GLOWING RECTANGLE IN FRONT OF HIS FACE, THE H.U.D. SHOWS A LISTING FOR THE SHIP AS WELL AS A PICTURE OF IT
VICTOR: WELL I PROBABLY COULD FIX IT. MOST OF THE PARTS I WOULD NEED I COULD GET FROM A SCRAPYARD NEARBY AND I KNOW WERE TO FIND A FABRICATOR FOR THE REST.
ORA: I KNEW YOU WOULD SAY THAT.
VICTOR: