Strip 217 -- First Seen: 2009-07-14
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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Large panel. Cutaway diagram of the entire planetoid. There is a dark neutronium core that goes out to about a tenth of the planetoid's radius. At this scale the micro-black hole is a shining star-point at the very center. Outward from the neutronium are a 2/10 radius-thick molten nickel-iron outer core, another 2/10 radius-thick layer of solid nickel-iron ore, and then other interleaved layers of dense-looking rocks getting lighter up to the surface. There's a thin surface crustal layer and atmosphere beyond.

Tobi (OP): 'Yes, but there's 5 kilometers of transient neutronium, degenerate matter, nickel-iron and silicates between us and there.

Tobi (2): 'One thing that does get through, however, is heat.

Panel 2
Farther away external view of TLP, its entire air-skin with the embedded Damocles Station, and the ice-berg presently in orbit around it

Tobi (OP): Here we are, 2.5 astronautical units from the sun, with 16% of Terra's solar flux, yet we enjoy a shirt sleeve environment.


Panel 3
Three-shot of Bert, Ernie, and Tobi at the table. They are all sipping at their drinks.

Tobi: In fact there's so much heat we had to design thermal radiators to dump the excess into space.

Tobi (2): We wouldn't want to have runaway global warming, now would we?