Issue 26, Page 7
Transcript
1: Much of the lunar mass is now blocked by reflective curtains anchored to the ground by metal spikes.
2: In a cloud of dust, the shuttle takes off vertically.
3: It makes its way off the moon and into the distance.
4: The void-headed figure watches its escape quietly from the lunar surface.
Hmmm . . . curiouser and curiouser . . .
Though I’m not sure why they bothered to anchor the shields.
Why not spraypaint the Black Mass? There are quite a few gaps between the sheets. The sheets don’t match the color of the lunar surface, either. I am assuming the goal is to hide the BM from amateur telescopes.
At the distance of standard viewing, I don’t think it would matter much. Anything that can’t make out clear details would be protected by this much, which I assume involved calculated distances between the sheets. They might not have been able to match the color exactly, but they’re hoping diffusion of light will mask that enough. The Black Mass is also organic, so any kind of painting over it would likely fade over time.
This is clearly a temporary solution, but it’s a step to obscure and buy time. Any powerful-enough telescope to see between the sheets is likely already being controlled carefully to avoid it being revealed. But at this point, all they can do is stall and hope a more permanent solution is found before it’s too late… which might be accelerated by the void-headed astronauts returning.