Strip 479 -- First Seen: 2010-07-08
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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Long shot of Bert and Ernie standing next to the assembled Mass Driver.
Bert: Anyway, this shaft isn't going to dig itself. Help me reset the bore head and reposition the Mass Driver.
Ernie: Do we really need the Mass Driver?

Panel 2
Medium shot of Bert, waxing professorial.
Bert: You tell me. We have to dig through 50 to 100 meters of regolith.
Bert: The material from the shaft has to go somewhere. The bore will throw it out of the shaft, but it will fall back eventually and bean us.

Panel 3
Long shot taking in the brothers and the entire Mass Driver. Angle the shot so we're seeing the MD from it's exhaust-tube end.
Bert: The mass driver tosses the rubble away at over 30 meters per beat. It won't be coming back.

Panel 4
Ernie looks over at Bert.
Ernie: I say let's reset the bore tomorrow. I wanna call it a day and fly back to Dactyl.
Ernie: I'm bushed and feeling homesick for cave, sweet cave.