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Lucky Rocks Part 3
Frankie: "Hey, Control! Wakey-wakey! Surprise!"
Apophis Station Control: "...zzz..."
Frankie: "Hey Control - repeat - wakey-wakey! We're back!"
Apophis Station Control: "...Hunh? Huh? Frankie, you guys are... wait... Six hundred and thirty one days overdue! We thought you were never coming home. And WHAT THE FREAK is that THING you guys are pulling? Colonel - you better get over here now - Sir!"
Gunter: "Whoooo-hoooo! Ha-ha! Whoooo! We're back! And look what we found out there!"
Colonel Anderson: "This is Anderson. Out where exactly? Name the system! Reset approach vector 30 degrees port right now and hold once you're 10,000k off the station. I don't know what the blazes that *thing* is. I do know it has not cleared security or quarantine, and is highly unlikely to do so.
Frankie: "We pinged it out on a foray out towards the Magellanic Cloud - the small one that is - why d'ya think it took so long to get it back here? And - just guessing here, but it appears to be a GREAT BIG MONEY-MAKING CHUNK OF ANCIENT ALIEN TECHNOLOGY. Or something. With our names on it!"
Gunter: "Ha-ha-ha! Whoooo! Just look at this baby. Heh-heh. My lucky rock - finally. Think I'll be able to swing that engine refit now? That and then some!"
Colonel Anderson: "Oh you crazy, clueless pair of civilian clowns. Hey, I don't see you turning yet. That's 30 degrees port - make it 45 - right now! Any signs of aggression or attempts to communicate? How do we know it's not some fully armed and operational battle station from an evil galactic empire?"
Frankie: "Colonel, I find your lack of faith disturbing. It never said or did a thing. We sniffed around for few days, then clamped on and started pulling home. Besides, isn't it a little small for a battle station?"
Colonel Anderson: "Don't get cocky. Something about it is seriously ringing a bell with me - that funny-looking dish in the side. Just can't quite place it. Anyway, I'm not letting you back anywhere near Apophis until we've got a complete technical reading of that thing."
Gunter: "Ha-ha-haaaa! Whoooo! I got my lucky rock. Got some old debts I gotta pay off with this stuff, and then for all we know, it's the ultimate power in the universe! Ha-ha! At last! See you in the dock cantina Colonel - mine's a Murphys - with a double Bushmills chaser."
*** Spot the Star Wars quotes! ***
Background Image Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team.
Lucky Rocks Part 3
Frankie: "Hey, Control! Wakey-wakey! Surprise!"
Apophis Station Control: "...zzz..."
Frankie: "Hey Control - repeat - wakey-wakey! We're back!"
Apophis Station Control: "...Hunh? Huh? Frankie, you guys are... wait... Six hundred and thirty one days overdue! We thought you were never coming home. And WHAT THE FREAK is that THING you guys are pulling? Colonel - you better get over here now - Sir!"
Gunter: "Whoooo-hoooo! Ha-ha! Whoooo! We're back! And look what we found out there!"
Colonel Anderson: "This is Anderson. Out where exactly? Name the system! Reset approach vector 30 degrees port right now and hold once you're 10,000k off the station. I don't know what the blazes that *thing* is. I do know it has not cleared security or quarantine, and is highly unlikely to do so.
Frankie: "We pinged it out on a foray out towards the Magellanic Cloud - the small one that is - why d'ya think it took so long to get it back here? And - just guessing here, but it appears to be a GREAT BIG MONEY-MAKING CHUNK OF ANCIENT ALIEN TECHNOLOGY. Or something. With our names on it!"
Gunter: "Ha-ha-ha! Whoooo! Just look at this baby. Heh-heh. My lucky rock - finally. Think I'll be able to swing that engine refit now? That and then some!"
Colonel Anderson: "Oh you crazy, clueless pair of civilian clowns. Hey, I don't see you turning yet. That's 30 degrees port - make it 45 - right now! Any signs of aggression or attempts to communicate? How do we know it's not some fully armed and operational battle station from an evil galactic empire?"
Frankie: "Colonel, I find your lack of faith disturbing. It never said or did a thing. We sniffed around for few days, then clamped on and started pulling home. Besides, isn't it a little small for a battle station?"
Colonel Anderson: "Don't get cocky. Something about it is seriously ringing a bell with me - that funny-looking dish in the side. Just can't quite place it. Anyway, I'm not letting you back anywhere near Apophis until we've got a complete technical reading of that thing."
Gunter: "Ha-ha-haaaa! Whoooo! I got my lucky rock. Got some old debts I gotta pay off with this stuff, and then for all we know, it's the ultimate power in the universe! Ha-ha! At last! See you in the dock cantina Colonel - mine's a Murphys - with a double Bushmills chaser."
*** Spot the Star Wars quotes! ***
Background Image Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team.