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CAPTAIN JESSICA LI. Captain ofthe Hunter's
Moon and de facto leader of t! lagpies. Li is / > >}
an ex-Marine who quit after an embezzlement » ©
scandal rumored to involve several million dollars. ¢ “el q
A “people person” who runs a tight crew. a i
- —* A oe 3 fi Site
_ WENBO & THORSSEN. Hunter's Moon
“crewmembers.

STEFAN SCHNEIDER. Li's second-in-command,

Schneider has a deep mistrust of all authority,
) since his legit mining business went under after , =_ Black Beak
Corporate meddling by CEC and capitulation by cr bers.
Earth Government. Only Li can keep him in line.

. H
iA...os BELLEVIN. Captain of the Liberté.Bellevin has
Oey been a freelance miner all his working life, and
knows the risk/reward ratio of illegal mining
JEDYKT MALYECH. Captain of the Black better than anyone.
k. A former CEC supervisor and practicing
» Unitalogist, Malyecti was fired for breach of '
contract after disclosing corporate secrets to
‘media. 4

' 4
DEFENSE SECRETARY DAVID CHANG. A
a . . high-ranking official of Earth Government famed
=. ~. for making tough decisions and his hawkish
= attitude to the military's role in Government.
JULIA COPLAND. Malyech's second-in-
command. Copland is a lifelong criminal and
‘scam artist who turned to freelance mining as a i
way to hide out from the law, and found the ‘
culture sulted her demeanor.

THE ORACLES. Agents of unknown record.

GATURA OKEKE. Captain of the Sunset. A former

commercial pilot who was fired for insubordination,
Okeke is the Magpie's resident gearhead and a
moderate Unitologist.
 You should really
gy try meds. Your
rumbling's getting

What are we
motherlode. looking af? the vsval—
Venschiff's parked uf
right in the middle.

Li's crew Found 4 2

platinum last month, iy” “a
right?
VY Pea 4 nd Okeke the week
¥ = se = before that, yeah.
mae: aa es
= There's pian
fome Yalwable shit
ovt yere,.if we can
Find it.
Ok then...

MAGPIE SHIP BLACK BEAK >

n
VIGILIS ASTEROID BELT
AEGIS SYSTEM
 MAGPIE SHIP HUNTER’S MOON ©
Li, this is { *
Malyech, .
Pe
You read?
think we've s
Lovd and clea, Fe
got 2 winner oP
Malyech. What's +
your status? hau

a , Ar ou nd 85 pe rc en t.
Sounds ood. I'll alert
«(keke and Another two, three
Everyone else =
~ weeks and we'll be
has struck out Bellevin.
= a, done.
fo.get &
eee. 7 :
Li out. oeOk sgS,
if
the comords and *
it tight. * :
/
jo . 2)
f

+off ;
ba Schneider,
4 how Full
)
A | is the nest?

shc#
Vix Sl
ell ys a

mee
Home,
sweet You mean cash,
home. sweet cash.
,

Who wants
to yo home?

Well, Captain,
fome of uf actually
have sex lives.
 When we're not
Funny, | thought
Swleming through rocks
that was your sex
and dust in Some
galactic backwater, life.
that is,

nd on
that note...

= ES

Let's go get
Some action,
This is USM VICTORY: hailing %
inbound craft. You are in a SKYROCKET, Li
restricted zone. State your _ £65-6
identification. ‘ a

We are an authorized
Aight carrying Earth Get your asses in
government executive, gear, Fellas.
ance 15-93 4382. We bring You.

Defense Secretary
David Chang.
Ate
\
 Welcome abaal ‘
sir. How
was Your

Flight?

ay
Even less
Save the
comfortable
talk and
than your
mother’s
missions.
bony aff,
Captain.

We've dispatched
a team to Aegis Vil.

The disaster almost

ripped the core in
half, so they're
attempting To
stabilize while
searching for
Marker evidence.
 They're

that. ~ ' 4“e

What abot mm H
the Ishimura?

f —
= Unable Tom
locate it.

= =

a a

le
Short-range scans _ Add since the syste
are loaded with has been officially off-
particle interference, limits for almost two
probably a side-effect hundved years, we don't
of the disaster. : have lony-ranye records...?

Don't expect me to Understood.

pull classified scans have shuttles sweeping
out of my ass, Captai
IF | had them, I'd us ile. It's a big
#

ALL we had
pee a covert ning OF course, there if an
post, but that went it ‘ \ alternate contingency.
weeks ayo. =
 What if the fi
Ishimura was
destroyed in “
the disaster? Are we
sure it’s
even ovt there?

Don't even
think It.
Sia

The Marker wa
on board that shi
and if | leave hei
without it, some
teenaye punk will
have his feet under
my desk before |
even reach Earth orbit.

Ae
wv

Now bring
me the
Ishimura.
 Vou.
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| a
ey ead
sv

VE a5
Everyone, present? Good, —
let's get rolling. Malyech,
what's the breakdown?

vi ¥;
— Fe a ae an

vanadium, f Nice, Maybe we should

molybdenum jest lay the plat
and abovt a and get out of here A
qvarter ton ‘he with the rest, soon as. ‘ty
i y j , That blockade =
—
F platin
os Si *% makes me nervous. —
eS as aaEpIE
i} SHIP MAGPIE SHIP
ACK BEAK SUNSET : we ,

That blockade
is why we can't
a
The minute we
leave this belt,
they'll see us.
Ny
¥ and run, Okeke. MAGP! IP
er ta j IN
Ss = a y
All right, |

‘over the iY are

Shock generators
powering uP.

Schneider's right. cI soiliazit

the government —
i ‘
Besides, the if going to stick
" ee long
planetcrack 9) around for too
long. “enough to rip CEC a
must

<=
new asshole, Couldn't
have been
~-Pee fo a nicer
illegal,
bunch of quys.
too,

Ring is all green.

focal vector eight-one-
two-mark-seven, event
ee al two hundred.
Collapse duration,
estimate three seconds.

Shock in 3, 2, 1.
 a
- sph, Shock is green. Gravity
wave imploding, Singularity
° SS collapse in 3, 2, 1...

Bellevin,
secure, the
egy:
 ue fgg is secured.

What do you expect?

They're both up to th
eyeballs in Unitologist

Hey, maybe Okeke i

eae could give them Le
a secret handshake to let
vs all through the barricade,

Ne ig. I>theNest, “4
repeat, ef is in

o =
wlf the man
= es ST" can't take a
‘ Joke...
 We don't yet to
; see many stars on
: gentlemen. N ——___. Earth. Pollution saw to
_ that centuries ayo.

were active
Oracles in this
operation.

F cov
Llitke beindog
blindsided.

\ eal: Fad ne We ave not authorized to interface

2 with milit ary or civilian operations,
=]
except as they directly concern
our priorities.
 Li, | went Freelance Ulk remember that next
fo | didn't have to take = Time I come up with a job
orders any more. You're Hat's going to make vs all
not in the Marines now. : a Few hundred grand.

fuck you,

Schneider..

ithovt ¢ eae
“ 5 Ack rong ey
trowledge, it jo Oe aay
= have 2K a Pp
Ps u wg i F You couldn't
: po o” , afford me.
day to Find
these rocks. << ;
pF > <2
 ty vp a fee.Ysgj 3
Fock you, Schneider"
every thirty seconds... »

Pn i) Srv i a —
, wl could sell it bl Captain. eB: OU
to every magpie In PY
, the galaxy and make "
_ a fortune. 2 ge ’ r
a 2 eS j

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— Py A From the Sunset.

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Bus, Jesus: ne
~ MIREYECH+oKEKE. EVA.
anew con aime BO’
Okeke, of % = %
wane of Altman is thi a

What's what?
did'tn
|u $
 Schneider, you [ |é
[dick! How'd you
do that? "
y
Sorry fellas, Stefan, that's
trade secret. enough. Quit
And a misspent screwing around,
youth, but you,
already kne,
that.

Oh, come on. Even

you have to admit
that was a little
funny.

Thanks,
Bellevin. Nice
to know
forne people
are still
kin

Not ovt loud

| don't.

—* >
A
~
Maybe not for
4 much longer. That
interference if back.
——— oe
~ de Magnetowaves.
>
from all the ore™
in the belt, maybe? ae You haveno.
a. Hones tly, L idea? Pinch me,
ey, I'm dreaming.

5 Serious.

| can't pin it

vh. ALL back

to normal.
What's the
Maybe we should
hold up?
take it offline for
Shockring needs
a hile, let re check
new batteries,
A Sits Jost
2 or Something. hold ek

a Yeah, that'll go
> , down well. _¥
bw iJ _
— Don't worry
abot it Fit
busts a vein. [Uo
~ —
take the heat. ~

All right, Standby. Ring if green. Focal vector Ven- af

one-Five~remark eight, event horizon approx two hundred.
Shock in 3, 2, 1...
A as
 SHIT.
Bellevin!
. GET OUT
what the? OF THERE!
 Ae yERY BODY
MOVE!
THE NEST!

There's eggs all Thorssen!

Bellevin.
over the place! ’
ee

This honk watmet

exactly made for
vacing—
 Just a scratch!
You two get after _ - ~~

that shiph

seen? Sealantwt yrid’s i g

arid’ holdin ~You
eg”heard
‘or now, Captain, but (HY ie

7;
e've got fo set down ay ors$en. § “
ATUS orewhere to mga al dik ‘ ‘i/}
this Property ty, | that ship!

5 fs %

a S Es
 =
| told you we
_ Should have bugged
—it Ulbring gut of here!
every ship in the
system down on us!
SS
——— ae
=

, Engage gravity
E tethers!
Arve you insane?

That thing twenty

Bee
times our size!
Von sore that's a
great comfort to .
Bellevin and hiv
crew,

of uf on revers
Should be able to
Stop it!
 e This is a clusterfuck, a
~ but we have to start
Listen A a
pt —Fhinking about salvage. x
. That thinf-vaporized All
the Nest, and with Ia
: Captain...
It, ovr take home.
6, wer” ii ff 4 What?

You're not going

to believe this.

I've identified the ship...

¢
 A

ult's the Ishimura.

 uf on board.
Malyech, do a
flyby and check the
ship's condition: * Oh great, lea
®& y me out here.
_

e. best 4. d
0 Judge the salvage a /*
state, Malyech, and : P
we may not have much a
time. q 2
z a. Systems 5 is bad.
vit whining. on
ee Some auxiliary power,
and emergency systems
in place, but it's patchy.
The old girl’s been
kicked aroun
then So,

You hear that, Okeke?

Grav and 02 are out
ae <a 0; and Schneider says
half the trams and doors
are inoperative.
 oe » ¥

BAUS shot
“itiples

Captain, why are we

ewer talking . >
: Ye
Thi Mains,
Sor qod'fsake:We should
anfom it to CEC, maybe ie ?
even the government. K

Net a good __ 0r did you forget a 4

idea, Julia. most of us have open
warrants? 4
~¢ ma

We yo anywhere Me
near the government, Whoa.
‘ or CEG,
Cf& with this and
Venschiff, : :
the on ly possible ending
“Slow up> : }
is adovr asses in jail.
*

. Then they'd take

Nahe
the ship anyway.
Needy loses, =Ey

Shanta Skat Poste a, 3

—~ Airlock's ita
> K, holding.
a .
Reminds me of
a girl | once
But keep your masks : i knew.
handy, In case we
Step throvgh a door ~
Somewhere and suck = —

The fuck is all

this stole

So bt]

Smells like
something died.

Like | said, £ 4 Honestly, | got

reminds me— _ Jno idea. It's
5 “organic, but... >
ai Oh, shit.
Unless you want to - x
fe )
a ae
‘\
> fallow this OL mask, ee \,
ie Stefan, give it a rest Se
and tell me what we're us
looking at.
ee =

ae y & a i
Oh, shit! What?!
 =.
£ ee re. This
place is
a"
7 A

> is
iefo ’

4 ea 24 —e
a tt Ss. | So the scans say it’s
= a 10% match for
human Compound!

Boom! Like a slingshot!

And this is the crew...

Geta grip! ~ How do you know? we

There's been cases. :
1 _ before, bad shockpoints
’ — that smear the crew
we did not _ all over the walls...
do thist ma" \
 .
+?
7! F \

Whatever happened,
Li's right, Schneider, it was before we 4ot
you're way off. here. ey =
There's no way this Listen to the man.
ship has supported a Don't 4o paranoid
crew for a long time. loco on. me, all right?

bi Shit.

Now come on,

let's head for
the bridge.
' #2
4
ee

“it smells bad 0

es ,
~ there, wait till
yet in here—
 4 > JESSICAY

what just r
appened? ; ’ e

The door... told you d —

forme of them were... ¢ |e
> malfunctioning, SP “EE io
‘7 ? Cameprobably
rig it Give me
a minute.

We don't
know it's

oy the crew.

for sure, |

You OK? Don't want mean. We

You ending vp as bone “ . = doht know

“Soup like the crew, here. for sure.

Got it. > This

ie Shovld hold, 4 time Schneider,
=) but it's a raw Hyer g0 First.
ie Jobsfa reek |) 4

e Can't yoith bw
it's stability, if yoo So much for
~ know what l mean. gratitude.
 crystals would hy g
broken up on impact —
unless they're some Mhing
really Solid, which would
mean they're yalvable > >
anyway, f-
These markings. Altman
And look at the ™ be praised, they amos +
positions: It's too look Like...
wide an area, Too Ms
scattered,

; SB
| think weve |
at something special,
here, They...

Like what? Captain,

Can you hear me?
Please don't—

Oh. Oh...
 —_— hWesot hina
Nap Cotthedin, ree!
uh Inlaee
He's 2
it again!
4 Sone
+

i
iWe've got you, |
Copland. E: a
does oa

What happened? Bring ther in with

| don't remember... — a remote. We need
» fo yet a closer look
Shh, it's all
at ther,
right now. a = \\

N ¥ fi y4 ; had Everybody does

z yeas . ; )
; i You spaced fora minute, ‘i : =
{ \ that's all. Thofe crystals .
seemed to freak you ovt.
 ——
Copland was righ :
rhe shockpoint drive
dead, Looks like the
whole of engineering
took a Serious beating.
Can it be repaired? |
Even a re-conned
thockpoint’'S worth
Plenty.
Ve
wed To Say.

I'd need to take : ss

? apart to be sure.
How's it look in
Going through now.
meditat?
It's a slaughterhouse.

a)
£

\ iA : f
:
RAD COUNT:RISING. we 4
CURRENT LEVEL 0.37 Wat the')
~ SIEVERTS. fuck if that?

et it to avto-update
o» Significant ch
to radiation Levi

e ee, Hey, for all we

know, this ship is
= . .
Jumping hot.
 i] *

, .. |
woa
Ibsm
| h
tha
So what %
fortune either
you say, Ok , way. |
Repair or S€ &, 7,
4 . | say break it hots
while we wait fo
\ \\ the blockade to lit,
then rentPrtther:
: Nest and bying it back
PF) ky toctransport the parts
|
Look, | know Tthif
You're assuming
is all a little
the government
weird, but Okeke’s
is going i)
me yight. I'm not giving
leave any
up payday wt
time soon.
because You're
What if this
freaked out.
ship is why
they've here?

~~ Prt

iil
ly 1]
Everyone yet
.
the bridge,-andy
Py 4
well talk this oven
4 gt
I'll call Malyech
17
 a . emiksnlet's piece this
t woh TO clo
1 dahata
know? ao _

Broadcast
We knew when
_ we arrived in- ‘ activity
system there was
picked vp abot
Sa month ayo.
Something goin4 on

We didn't know it
was this shipeat. the
e ithimura
time. Hell, who'd have
thovghtiCEC >
would sanction
illegal planetcrack?

Are we sure they

did? What do the ship's right now. The
records say? systems are
Screwed up, and
From what |
can tell most
logs have been Lost.

Im working on it,
but | don't know how
much there is left to
retrieve.
 Pthooyht
planetcracker Be
loys were ee
blackboxed. me

Which was right around

planetcrack. Sensors showed“a
major instability on the planet,
would that
oot the
remember, Had to be some
kind of accident,

You have to
' Screw the take a look af
crew.
something.

Especially
you, Okeke.
 Embedded in the hull. At
First, we thought they
were just asteroid debris,

Altman be
praised,

What is this,
Unitology hour?

You're looking at
pieces of a holy
artifact... shards
from a marker!
Let me yet a / These objects are”
ook at that. holy, not trinkets
What $-the é for heathens to
Pama
lam saying this must be
why the government shut the
system down! They knew they
; were here... They want to hide
You're 5 them from us, just like the original
these are abe

Shit, he's right. ALL right, then, to

This is what they're hell with the ship. —~
— after. Let's ransom these rocks
to your Church, instead.

What?!
That's
blasphemy!

~~

Be practical. If these
are what you say, then
——_ Unitologists get what they
want, and we all get to
retire,
 » & I've got him.
<A 7 . 7

Y Someone Find the

brig, and put hier in it.

Maybe a couple hours wer

in there will calm him
down, » j a»

You cant do
that! He's a Captain, Maybe if you
jest like you!
Showed your
) peers forme
He's Fucking nuts. respect, it
You did see 7 Ps x wouldn't have
Benedyki
the part happened in
vihere he hit ; the First place.
me, right?
 Wenschiff... | ‘
pland... "you've [al 4
* to Stop them... - j
= she’s right
ry, Captain, but is time, You need
were out of Li to calm down, yet
your head straight.
go throw You in,
_— With respect,
“You don't understand... Captain, don't
= None of you understand... give me that
Unitoloyy crap.

Practicing your
Aaith is one thing,
The tr vaiky
at last. a:
but attacking \
Li over some worthless
bits of crystal...

ia

Get some rest.

ULL come check
on You in a while,

a!

. -«. Goodbye.

‘
bf

ancien
bi fissi i,
 ~
_
or been himself,
dreams, keep
cing out on vf.
He'll be Fine,
jest needs some
reste

the records. It's Fraqmentary,

but... Well, those shards ave
nothing compared to this.

AcCordingato loys, they You gotta be

polled an entire marker shitting me.
off that planet.

for "once, no.

Don't think
this sisgoing
to prake me apologize,
thovgh. Your raligion is
STILL Full of crazies. cil

Is it still
on board?
 - ~—

Not without Paying — Hold on—

Shit! We can't lef
up, Sure, That must be \
whe government yet
what they're after, not
their hands on thist
some pissy little shards. (

= hy shit,
Oh, shit.
That's not
__ what | meant! = =i

The bitch is
going to sell
vs out!
 Ransom it or rescve it, if the church
is right about the size, we're not
moving a marker anywhere without
— a Nest. Which means we
need to repair this ship.
Okeke, get your crew back
to engineering. See if you Can
repair the shockpor

SS) Strip the shockring

for parts if you -
“Scot J have to. if ‘ ‘

What
about us?

Just keep watching

__the scanners. 16 4
government ship Co
anywhere near The
belt, | want To kndiad

Lk
i Wait, where "st

are you 4oinge

. :
To fee if Malyech¥
come tohis. senses.
-
We may need every
man we'can get.
 know where
you Can Find the
Ishirwra.

ttle magpie, why should

let you wastemy time =
for a moment longer?
We are very busy,
 Backtrace her
arrival vector. Find out Weis
“sy
she came From,
Ye.
s, sir.
 TU leave you ae eT hi srow
Rertleman fo if. f a ——
feeling, Julia?

Thank you,
Secretary

a headache,
but... yeah, |
feel Fine.

Now ‘tellus
t
“everything.
aes

Sir, we've projected the

Source vector, She came
) From the asteroid belt.
—— We can pin
it to within
are Yood. two hundred
clicks.

Good enough, Take a small sec

crew, nothing big. | don't want to
 $o do | yet a
reward now, of
Something?
| mean, this is * That's righty
valvable, right? Julia.

You've done
the right
thing, We're
very grateful.

£
Something.
A reward...
 -
Who's there...?

Bellevin? I..ib
DP dont understand...
————
j Ay
it) But you have
{6 e4 to wake a

«/ ‘ Gy \ Not troly,
iy)
Palm not a 4
Wer ag
awake already? —— =

You have fo stop it, : No... no, it's just

Benedykt | know you _ il my mind again. Maybe
don't want to. But 7. | Should get some meds

rs They wont
help You.

“You'have fo
help yourself,
You already
have It

Something's
Comin 4...
a A . = oo a
 So now we just sit Don't yet sore, Wenbo.
on our asses? | should Who's to Say we won't
MK, be down there with need Someone to crawl
‘ Okeke’s crew, under a desk here, too... -
\ .

~
z Pan

. Na
j ‘ .

smething's bugging _
about these sharels_ oes ss hy Embedded in the
~ere did You are 4
pe hullebike old
them again?’ cing
fashioned buckshot.
| Nes /

at's with all the

westions, man...

Uh... it's: what

entists, tight-ass
| do, Martghitf.
eks, all the same...
What's Ing you?
os
jf,

You've on their
fide, aren't you?
Gethin... t= What the hell
off...! _ are you doing!
 What was
that?

Log scanner’s
Finished. Let's
fee what
we've got.
 still Fragmented,
eve's the Marker,
crack schedvle,
mething about...

h, shit. That can't

© a Coincidence.

~ Ae
at’s just great.
’ _ Oh, th
»
e ( And now we're on the
a 3 ship, 0 it's Fucking with
& .
® uf, too?
. The entire colony
-
. : ent crazy. Then they
d
‘4 brought vp that Marker,
4 and the same thing Tye
al
: Soe se
‘ |happened on the ship. -
. + ,

oe far af | can tell, it’s

That's the
& not on the ship. No sign
weird thing, in the cargo bay. Where
the hell...

Dh,
 Who's there? \

Identify
yourself

No, but we had

Jesica Nay akother incident.
Stefan. Where ave ~ Ven schiff Flipped
you? ba
*
bd
On my way to the ’,
brig. Did someone + akc :
come after me? i v
 Great. = Even better

24
So you're telling ~ =a

me Malyech’s. t
probably not recovered =
yet?
I'm not fore he ever
will. According to what
| could piece together of
the loys, that damn Marker
Sent everyone on board crazy.

Reckon the Marker’'s

—not on board
anymore,

| don't think we
have to worry about ' Are you seriou!
that. ee
| think Those shards we
found av@ what's left of it.
Something big happened here,
Jessica.

God dammit, ‘
who's there?
<

Whoa! You OK? e

 Keep hearing movement
behind me, but there's
nobody there...
Listen, don't tell Okeke
about this marker thing.
| don't want him to think
repairing the shockPoint
ifn't necessary.
You got It.

| veckon we've got an hour,

tops, before the military
gets here. If we can't repair
before then, | say we just
abandon and get ovt while
~ we Can.

Malyech?

Where are you?

 te

— Venschifl defini

> Nithoogh, een} ae . z

7 <..
then went nuff and Tried Venschifl? He's not
to Strangle me... a marker=head.

“It's oP the
_ comm, There's
forre kind of
hissing...
 Captain,
come Int
Do You
read?

CAPTAIN!

eS
Aen
 What happened?

| don't know, it cut

off. But Malyech wasn't
in the brig, and she tho
Someone was Following h

j
“Screw iil Let’s all 4o down
this. & % there and—

Too i
much weird shit |
going on around
here. ’

Jesus Fo—! =_
 HOLY SHIT! =
MY GOD—
4
Don't just —THORSSEN!
‘ ~
Stand there! ’

>
— THEY'RE FUCKING.
ae" : DEAD, THAT'S WHAT!
>AS pe ots ae
ot . + 5 .
en =
%

The hell are

these things?!

Uh... You

were saying?
we
This ain't happening! This has to be
ae This ain't happening! what killed the
: = ( Ss
/ ~ Crew! We've 30
3 ey Feces off
This ship!
Die, You
bastard! Shoot that
relay!
Pi % Captain?

Sedge Jessica, dammit!

ime.
1 don't know if you can
' hear me, but we need
Holy shit...
to evacuate, right noi

And they're
all over the ship.
Tg: fe Loud and clear, Schneider.
N Se St taking a look around
. : engine room, and | goth
Pe
onl Wigs 7s
5 A: 7

Okeke! Be =
a

Are you vi
? 3 ie
inere! he engine! Get back
ttle bay, and watch
backs along the way!

i, cae
’ he Marker's not om the
ee ship! But Something & i
ih,
a Whatyouin the name of Ay
are talking about? |

one of yout oh-fo-hilari al

—_ a -

Who's there? Come a

out From behind there,
we won't—

—Hurt yov...
Okeke!
 ALL clear.

ee 4 Worans,
anyway.
Re-animation’s
veady started.

- = . Could make our

job a lot easier.

Still, we have to be
gure, Patch into the
ship's Frequency...

aoe
lets hear what they
have to say for themselves.
 oe. fuck this. I'm
out of here,
: ; This if USM Shuttle

¥ . Z J IntrepP.
id hailingy the
\ freelancers in
x
control of USG Ishimura

Stand by A
for boarding —™
4 | say
again—

Intrepid
this is Hi
Ishimura

after thi
Marker, rig

Yeah, whatever. Listen.

We know what you're here for.
So let's do a deal.
 All we want is fhe
ch
for salvage. You
an have the Marker,
2 can't move it anyway

Were In the Carga bay right.

SOVERNMENT SHIP. now, Why, not Come on In, and
INTREPID we'll talk about it?

Checks out, Sir, Channel is

transmitting From the cargo
bay, and it makes sense that's
where the Marker would be.

— All right, we'll play along.

Pilot, takeeus-in.to the cargo
bay.

way In

Looking foreword to doing business

with you. But no bullshit, you hear?
Amen to that.
We see any guns, we'll turn one of
Ishimura out.
these plasma drills on yov.
Cargo bay? Cut
ther off?

waHe Lied,
spoofed it
Somehow.
Transmission
actually
came From
the bridge.

That was Schneider,

right? He's good,

=
TUL inform : ia
No, if tip off the
he Maeacetl
the Intrepid. reelancers, The aarines
deaths will | ie

Goodidea.
.¥ Do it.
Bub don't tell the
| can activate the marines anyway.
quarantine locks to keep f
siSinside. ke IPL save uf the trovble
 /
: Everybody listen vp! :
é‘ .
eep your Sidearms
o Appears sae until | give
USG ISHIMUR! | now, t,o the order!
CARGO BAY

. rae,
s

Look at. this mess. The 2 cs

é ted Ma
44 ‘ .
\ old girl took one hell f a *
t | | of a beating, a=

* don't see
} _ the Marker.
Goddamn it
Kea it
' just do it
vy
Sergeant.
. ght not i)yshow :
It mi
3
up anyway, si,Der a
g
intelligence indicates—
4 sty
4
Nothing, siv, But I'm Dammit.
Alt right, let's
not picking vp any
get ovt there.
lifeforms, either, fo
it might not mean
anything. a=

| don'tesee
oe i : anyone,
Hello?! Captain Amise. Captain.
Come on out, and ss
let's talk.

Should have known © Cron guys, we just

they'd play some ‘sant to get the Marker
kind of game. Spread and go.
out, Find then— w,
~ —and the i oy We're not
Marker! ° ops, OK?
_ ae
 | can hear
you back there.
 a
eH A> Sond ike: Seas + ee Rou
~~ found all my
; 4 you quys Found
Friends.
: : the G-men,
c =

Maybe it's
time—
 Oh, what?

Now the qyarantine

kicks In?

i
Yeah, why
RAD COUNT RISING.
CURRENT LEVEL 2 39 25 not Surprised.
There's gotta be some
SIEVERTS®E ©
way to override this... a»
a eX

Stefan, my Friend,
Not good. it's time for Plan B.
 4 ’ The fuck is
ee =
——
% =

Immediate
e + & bE —fuck vp.
evac, go!
Gol
Right how,
pilot!

Launcht
= -
That bastard Chang's going «7 , e’
talsner er this we.

; | ee
 Security Crew
just bought it. gfe

*)
t
i)5 © prime tar: 3 et.
4 a > r
Mee a iy
ey “They know she A $ ~ cats,

, the Marker is. .

lf they're not
already all dead,
of course.

Shut down that

qyvarantine. He's not that good.
. He has to be in here, ae
—— somewhere,
| Oh, shit.
— Over there...
Don't see Schneiders body
herve, Could he have dovble-
spooked you?

I don't think thatlL

Don't tell me
it’s his corpse.
Are we qoing to
have to scour this
whole ship ourselves
for the Marker?
 We thought the shard Copland But this if More than
had was a one-off, some kind of
slice for analysis. anyongaemelel kegeire
for samples...

You think he's But how did he get

Wileskive, i = a Look over there,

oe
got here,
and fell me...

Don't EVA lockers

normally hold four. <i :
suits? ;
 _ Ok... shuttle bay’s
ahead, not far now...

ul swear, if |Make
it out of this, We
blowing the whole _
~
goddamn whistle.

Dh, For—

SY

—of course they

Can survive In a
vacuum, Perfect!
 You!
(2 =
— :
Ree
Hold it right
7)
. there! Sorry, Fellas.
Something
tells me I'm
dead either way—

—Shit, and maybe soona

than | thought,
 ALL right.

Gvess They osaet Shortest time.

\ me alive... for now.
 % Pues,
pr «
e ee
Oh ae
a i =

os “Then let's 9e
(wy before
a he does.

He'd be stupid
not to. I'll Follow
him,
You take the vent
try :- c
 Mr Schneider,
_! presume. x
=

ey
No Sudden

Biri age Ostlanked, huh?

= :

i A $o | ques you know

: the layout of this
@, ship alot better than We did ovr
ev
me. be >= homework.
z
 om
>
«When | tell you that

ol jest remote piloted ovr

_shockring into the Ishimura’s
engine bay, set for an event
= “horizon of maximum radius.

Bullshit.
——— You don't have
ax Ai the balls.

Really.

My entire crew is dead. Our

Nest wag destroyed. The oh-So-
\ precious Marker, it turns out,
; Ay A bitty pieces.

uy
And = vol
astards don’t kill
I'LL rot im jail have nothing
7 fora lifetime. - to lose.

You don't even

a ~ know the half

th JF it.
 Sad

a“
but not ihostng.

We need to You don't

know what ossess the
you know. nqvagye to
=—
tell us.
‘& s: n é
What you You could have ,

om s i a :
® They're
. ee ,
closing In.

Regrovping. Lee

o%
ae lget The ahs,those weird symbols...
we, it now. It'S all connected, right? It makes
Shit. - people crazy, and those fucking
ei monsters are a part of it!
What
are they?
-
|
 An unfor ton itei ither are you,
= lider. Your death
6
: ningless...
3 A , ts but the knowledge you »
sy "an F _ already gained if wort
fo Bs 5a fortune.

& #

And You w int to

cut me open, take —

shards ave all that’s o

offer.

One false move, 4

and T'll hit the g
shockring,

i “ RAD GOUNT Risin

&
a a
‘ |

CURRENT LEVEL 0.43 Ab Shit—

SIEVERTS.
You lying

bastard.
id
knew form
? bluffing,

=. Ay
 Sorry, guys

SCHNEIDER! s.
" | WILL SHOOT YO— he Ra
 he
oe Be %

£ | was going to sa
PA the sane He
Of my ship, dammit!
How the hell am | ~
Supposed to— —_ae™
—Get out of here,

Me _

All right, baby, so aa

let's see what po >
you Can do.

~
aur,
>
 oa
Attentiom military
blockade. This is...
hell, | don't even
know what this ship.
is called.
I'm one of the
magpies you sent
your creeps fo kill.
"i4 Now } want
They failed. uc}speak to whoever's
In charge.

MY name's not
inPortant, Dave...

«Only what |
have to say.

a
ert
Vip
 The Ishimura is inside the
Vigilis Belt, round about
Solar Mark eight-one-Five.

far asl concerned,

youre welcome fo it.

The original owners -—

were... detained. Have
to say, this is a pretty
cool 51hip. £

me Even got a small

Remain where you
; a : hockpoint drive.
and await a military \
escort! You are hereby bi - out the march
detained, on my authority! noloyy...

Sorry, Dave, but»

nobody has “authority”
over me...
 ak
a4
‘
™ »..Least of all some
shitbag Politician. Good
luck with the Ishimura.
2 ~

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