Here it is, the set that made me hate tower cranes. Also reminder that the Runaway is considered "small" for an interstellar vessel, a dinky 200 meters long.
Transcript
The building foundation pit hiding the Runaway is abuzz with activity. RC front loaders and dump trucks mill around processing and carrying scrap material. Two tower cranes have been erected next to the Runaway; one holding a vehicle hoist with an RC front loader in it welding part of the spine. Talita is up on a large scaffolding platform that has been erected along the radiator wings, welding near the extension joint. One of the front loaders is on the ground next to the scaffolding, gesticulating excitedly.
Bip: It feels SO GOOD to be back in my servers!
8 thoughts on “Runaway to the Stars: Page 140”
Zuorai
Is Bip rebuilding themself with the automated vehicles or are the temps around? I always wonder how Bip avoids getting into their frequencies
Did Bip always know how to put themself back together?
Zuorai
Nevermind I just remembered the temps are probably not around because of Idrisah’s schedule, but I’m still interested on Bip’s aerospace engineer knowledge. Is Talita directing them?
PineCat
I saw a big background and immediately started looking for a secret rat… I have not found it. :,3
Half Phased
As someone who works in the construction industry, seeing that vehicle, suspended from a crane, welding using its manipulators is a real “you should not be doing that, that violates practically all possible health and safety legislation”.
But then again, the contractor is a rogue AI, the employees are the same rogue AI and its associates, the equipment is all stolen and it’s being used to repair a space ship in a dubious legal state…
Scolopendra
[“Shake Hands With Danger” riff plays]
Enai
I love a good contraption. And the Runaway’s extensible solar sails are excellent examples. One imagines them going whirrr-chunk, but of course in the vacuum of space they won’t make a sound at all. Love that you gave the telescope extenders those little stepwise reductions in diameter. Generally, all those details are *chef’s kiss* superb.
AnormalADN
Hats off to you Jay for making such backgrounds in your comic
Kayjack
The little raised arms on the RC unit is so good lol