Issue 17, Page 36
Thanks, Lily.
Transcript
1: The open panel of wires and tubes is now glowing and operational, with glowing white power fluid flowing through clear plastic piping.
2: Leaning on the circular control tower.
3: From Julia’s POV, we see her hands manipulate the symbols of the tower, now fully functional holographic runes. Displayed on her helmet and arm computer are stills of footage of Bassi operating the lunar portal.
Julia: <heavy breathing interrupts>
Come on…
<heavy breathing interrupts>
4: Julia clutches her stomach with one hand, doubled over, her knees weaken.
Julia groans in pain: Nnngg… kkg… krf.
5: On the ground, we see Lily: she has been pried open and dismembered. A clear tube runs from her body towards the control panel, dotted with traces of her drained power fluid. Her lights are off and inert.
oh oh she seems to be succumbing to Hunger and Parasites.
Hang in there, Julia… you’re almost home… don’t let Lily’s sacrifice be in vain, dammit…
I love the realism of the machinery, i there’s even what looks like a heat sink in Lily’s fresh corpse! Even in a hyper advanced civilization the machinery is still likely to look similar to our own (it is designed to be highly efficient, after all).
I was paranoid that if I made the computer parts look too alien and exotic, people might think Lily was alive and that we were looking at alien internal organs. Had to make sure it read like a machine.
Ah makes sense, especially after the spherical remains we saw a few pages back. Regardless, I think it’s quite fitting!
Don’t you worry, I’ll still cry over her.
not too far beyond our tech is a use of cloned Tissue for Processing. cheap Maintenance bots like Lilly might have the cheapest setups and converters and batteries always produce heat… and sensitive processors still need shielding so good on you Rebecca keep it up…
Lilly has GOT to live !
She can be of immense value once Julia gets back -with Lilly.
The aliens were humanoid enough to interact positive with the earth people, but – that god-monster !