Idrisah is most tormented by the fact there's a possibility they COULD get away with this.
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Idrisah: (ASL) And to get off the ground… You need a spot in Ixion’s skyhook queue! You can’t slip a whole ship made of stolen raw material into the VERY TIGHT schedule without the person in charge noticing!
Inset panel: A long line of incoming and outgoing payloads are shown being transported to and from the launch loop via the skyhook.
Gillie: (ASL) Aren’t you in charge of the schedule?
They stare at each other.
Idrisah: (ASL) Yes— But— If Ohwitiil or Mel notice we’ll be FIRED! Are you two not worried about that!?
Gillie: (ASL) I mean… we're basically in charge of everything necessary to launch it. And we're trusted longtime employees with essentially no oversight.
Idrisah: (ASL) And you're willing to risk that for some shady A.I. with no record? Why??
Bip: (looking insulted) Hey.
14 thoughts on “Runaway to the Stars: Page 119”
Vinemaple
I just wanted to point out how everyone is exaggerating their facial expressions when they sign… I see ASL speakers do that, most of the time. That’s the equivalent of tone of voice, right?
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Hubert
So what if Owhitiil finds out? They’ll resign over the scandal and finally get to retire to bird Florida.
(You’d still be out of a job and blacklisted from the industry, though.)
Vinemaple
Hmm. The trio are pretty good friends with Cheevwut…
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gigithebear
i love this comic because it’s showing what modern piracy is actually like. no, i’m not sailing off into the distance with money galore. i have my paperwork to do and logistics to run.
JoB
> And you’re willing to risk that for some shady A.I. with no record? Why??
Well, if the problem is just that said AI has no *record* yet, a bunch of then-*eyewitnesses* could certainly change that … 😛
[Bip silently checks whether the Runaway’s air lock’s door-interlock is still disabled]
Phlosioneer
It’s not “risking your job” if you’re aboard the ship! They can’t fire you if you quit first!
dokki
rtts is such a love letter to logistics people and I adore it
oooo idrisah you wanna do crime so badly oooo
Origamigryphon
The beat panel XD
Teod
Job positions like theirs usually come with generous salaries and nothing to spend money on. They might be in a position to just legitimately buy/rent anything necessary. Maybe there’s even an employee discount.
eden
I think in this case with talita(ESPECIALLY so) and gillie they do need to use their higher salaries to supplement their higher cost of living since they wouldn’t be supported by those societies (the way talita talked about mel helping her with scholarships in collage makes me think survival would be very difficult if she wasn’t able to make it into college. I mean food alone would’ve been so hard)
Spinland
Why? With the stars for a prize! Or maybe just for the lulz.
Twibbit
Because the 2D Noodle Has protagonist energy.