Starship Troopers – One Great Big Giant Misunderstanding – MK Stangeland Jr.

(6 Panels)

Panel 1: Two WORKER BUGS, ‘J-A-3’ and ‘5-T-U’, are standing on a giant rock in the midst of an asteroid field while wearing appropriately-designed spacesuits.

J-A-3: <Man, this is so boring.*>

5-T-U: <Quiet, you. That kind of talk is what got us sent out here in the first place!>

TEXT BOX: *Translated from the language of the Arachnid Empire.

Panel 2: J-A-3 points to a massive-sized asteroid.

J-A-3: <I bet we could make this both faster and a lot more fun if we used that massive rock over there.>

Panel 3: 5-T-U looks at J-A-3.

5-T-U: <That sounds like a remarkably bad idea.>

J-A-3: <Oh, come on, let’s do it.>

5-T-U: <An incredibly, remarkably bad idea.>

Panel 4: J-A-3 begins to wander off.

J-A-3: <I’m going to go do it anyway.>

5-T-U: <Oh please no…>

J-A-3: <Oh, what’s the worst that could happen?>

Panel 5: The massive-sized asteroid is seen flying away from the asteroid field at an odd angle.

TEXT BOX: Soon…

SFX: (From the bottom where flames/jets are seen burning.) Whoooosh!

Panel 6: J-A-3 and 5-T-U are on a different asteroid, watching the massive one fly out into space.

5-T-U: <You just had to ask.>

J-A-3: <Eh. I’m sure no one will ever notice. What are the odds of it actually hitting anything?>

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