Page 110 -- First Seen: 2010-05-10

This is a preview of: Phoebus Krumm

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PANEL ONE – upper third

Repairs in space. Against a backdrop of brilliant stars and
colorful nebulae, _Resplendent Quetzal_ and _Kestrel_ are being
repaired, with the help of _Laploma D'Wherra_ and her crew.

In the immediate foreground, low and to the right, _Kestrel_ hangs
in space, being swarmed over by spacesuited figures doing all manner
of things to her. Some damage can still be seen. If possible, show
Tarrant, welding.

In the middle ground, presented as the main event of this panel,
_Resplendent Quetzal_'s hull is wrapped in scaffolding. She is being
repaired by a much larger team. Her mast and spars are presently
devoid of sails.

Here and there, building materials are being clumped together by
auxiliary craft and men is spacesuits.

In the background, up and to the left, _Laploma D'Wherra_ hovers
like a mother bird.

Narrative: 'Repairs to _Kestrel_ and _Resplendent Quetzal_ -- aided by
debris from the defeated ships -- required several days' delay ... '


PANEL TWO – middle third

An officer of _Laploma D'Wherra_ is on the converted lower gundeck
of the _Laploma D'Wherra_ with Mr. Holder and Dangerous Pat. Between
them, at a closed gunport, is a waist-high launching stand with a
'toledo' lying in it.

Officer: ' ... nothing electrical about it. No guidance, and it's
impact-detonated.'

Dangerous Pat: 'And you open the deck to space -- the crew all wear
environmental suits?'

Officer: 'No, ma'am. The ship's #-field protects them as it does on
the maindeck.

Narrative (Tarrant): 'Mr. Holder and his chief gunnery officer were
aboard _Laploma D'Wherra_, being schooled in the art of the 'toledo'.'

Narrative (Tarrant): 'I called it 'torpediatrics'.'

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PANEL THREE – bottom third

Crossbow resting on her thigh, Bretta rides Rakush against the
stars. [Something like this should have been the cover for _Bretta
Martyn.]

Maybe show a little more of the repairs.

Narrative: 'While she pondered life's imponderables, Bretta and her
_lamina_ patrolled nearby space, alert for whatever threat or
opportunity presented itself.'