THE SILVER ROCKET
by JUDGE ANON

PAGE 1 (six panels)

PANEL 1:

	A TALL PANEL OF THE SILVER ROCKET, A SLEEK, STYLIZED CHROMED OLD-SCHOOL ROCKET. KINDA LIKE TINTIN'S ROCKET (LOOK IT UP IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT) OR YOUR REGULAR PULPY SILVER ROCKET. THE ROCKET IS MAKING ITS FINAL APPROACH TO A DARK, BARREN-LOOKING PLANET.

TITLE: "THE SILVER ROCKET"
(PUT SOME CREDITS HERE IF YOU WANT)

PANEL 2:

	SMALLER PANEL, FIRST OF A SERIES OF 3 SMALL PANELS LOCATED TO THE RIGHT OF PANEL 1. A CLOUD OF DUST IS RISING ON THE PLANET'S SURFACE NEAR A SORT OF BUNKER/STATION. THE PLANET LOOKS VERY LIFELESS, AND IT MAY BE NIGHT WITH SOME LIGHTNING CLOUDS IF YOU FEEL LIKE DRAWING THAT.

PANEL 3:

	SAME ANGLE AS PANEL 2. THE SILVER ROCKET IS LANDING. THE PANEL IS SET AN INSTANTE BEFORE IT TOUCHES THE GROUND. LOTS OF DUST AND STUFF.

PANEL 4:

	SAME ANGLE. THE ROCKET HAS LANDED, AND IT HAS OPENED A PANEL ON ITS FUSELAGE TO EXTEND A STAIRCASE. FEEL FREE TO PLAY AROUND WITH THIS, BUT MAKE IT A BIT CHEESY AND RIDICULOUS. NOTHING THAT MAY SEEM REALISTIC.

PANEL 5:

	FRONT VIEW OF THE STAIRCASE. TWO SETS OF SHINY SILVER BOOTS, ONE BIG AND BULKY AND THE OTHER SMALL AND FEMININE (MAYBE WITH HIGH HEELS?) ARE WALKIND DOWN THEM...

PANEL 6:

	... AND THEY TOUCH THE GROUND. WE STILL CAN SEE NOTHING BUT THE FEET, BUT YOU CAN ADD A FEW BONES OR LARGE INSECT BODIES TO CONVEY THE PLANET'S DESOLATION AND CONTRAST WITH THE ASTRONAUTS.

PAGE 2 (six panels)

PANEL 1:

	ANOTHER BIG PANEL. ADAM AND EVE IN ALL THEIR CHEESY, PULPY GLORY. BIG CLEAR BUBBLE HELMETS, TIGHT SILVER SUITS, ANTENNAE, MAYBE A FEW EXPOSED LIMBS IF YOU'RE FEELING ADVENTUROUS, AND OF COURSE, GAUDY-LOOKING, SHINY RAYGUNS AT THE READY. ONE THING THOUGH: THEIR FACES SHOULD BE COMPLETELY REVEALED. ADAM IS ONE MANLY DUDE, WITH A BIG SQUARE CHIN AND SHORT BLACK HAIR. LIKE AN ALEX TOTH CHARACTER, OR JOHN CARTER OF MARS. HE'S LOOKING VERY DETERMINED AND TENSE, LIKE HE'S WAITING FOR TROUBLE. EVE, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS VERY FEMININE LOOKING IN THAT OLDIES KINDA WAY. LADY-LIKE, MAYBE EVEN A BIT DITZY IF YOU WANT SOME "HISTORICAL ACCURACY" (yeah right). SHE SHOULD LOOK CURIOUS AND FASCINATED, LIKE A SCIENTIST DISCOVERING SOMETHING NEW.

PANEL 2:

	ADAM AND EVE MAKE THEIR WAYS TO THE BUNKER/STATION'S DOORS. MAKE A PANORAMIC SHOT OF THE PLACE, WITH A BIG BLOCKY KINDA TRANSPORT SHIP ON THE FOREGROUND. THINK THE TRANSPORT GUNSHIPS FROM ALIENS, OR STARSHIP TROOPERS. THE STATION ITSELF IS ALSO BLOCKY AND SIMPLISTIC. GRIM'N'GRITTY.

PANEL 3:

	ADAM AND EVE OPEN THE STATION'S GIANT MAIN DOORS. WETHER THEY ARE USING A CONSOLE TO ONE SIDE, THEIR OWN HANDS OR STRAIGHT UP MELTING THE DOORS DOWN WITH THEIR RAYGUNS, IT'S YOUR CALL.

PANEL 4:

	FROM INSIDE THE STATION. WE SEE THE DOORS OPENED AND THE ASTRONAUTS WALKING IN. A DOZEN OR SO THINGS SCURRY AROUND IN THE DARK, ROUND SHAPES WITH SOME SHARP THINGIES. BUGS.

PANEL 5:

	THE ASTRONAUTS READY THEIR RAYGUNS WITH DETERMINED LOOKS ON THEIR FACES. MIND YOU, THEY'RE HOLDING THEM WITH ONE HAND. NO FANCY TACTICAL HOLDING OR ANYTHING, JUST BIG HEROIC POSING.

PANEL 6:

	A GOOD LOOK AT THE BUGS AS THEY CHARGE FOR THE ASTRONAUTS WHO ARE OFF-PANEL, JAWS OPEN AND CLAWS AT THE READY. BASICALLY, GIANT SPACE TICKS. IF YOU NEED INSPIRATION, GOOGLE IMAGESEARCH "GIANT TICK". BUT MAKE SURE YOU DON'T NEED TO SLEEP AFTERWARDS. TRUST ME.

PAGE 3 (seven panels)

PANEL 1:

	SHOOTY TIME! ADAM AND EVE OPEN FIRE ON THE BUGS, VAPORIZING A LOT OF THEM INTO PILES OF ASH AND MAKING THE REST FLEE IN TERROR. THIS SHOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST CONTRASTING PICS OF THE COMIC, WITH THE ASTRONAUTS BEING THESE BIZARRELY CLEAR SILVER BEINGS FIRING SOLID BEAMS VS A BUNCH OF VERY DETAILED, "REALISTIC" GIANT TICKS. SAME WITH THE BACKGROUND. BASICALLY, MAKE EVERYTHING DETAILED EXCEPT FOR THE ASTRONAUTS. KEEP 'EM SIMPLE, ALMOST ETHEREALLY SO. OR JUST KNOCK YOURSELF OUT. THIS ONE'S FOR YOU TO HAVE FUN.

PANEL 2:

	THE BUGS RETREAT, REVEALING OR LEAVING BEHIND A SMALL, DIRTY PDA THAT SHINES BRIGHTLY. IT'S STILL ON. THE ASTRONAUTS' BOOTS SHOULD BE SEEN ON THE PANEL'S CORNERS. THEY HAVE STOPPED NEAR THE PDA.

PANEL 3:

	SMALL PANEL. ADAM'S HAND RETRIEVES THE PDA FROM THE FLOOR.

PANEL 4:

	ANOTHER SMALL PANEL. OVER ADAM'S SHOULDER VIEW OF THE PDA, WHICH HAS SOME SCRIBBLES ON THE SCREEN. SOMEONE LEFT A MESSAGE THERE, BUT WE'RE TOO FAR AWAY TO SEE WHAT IT IS.

PANEL 5:

	HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS SHOT. ADAM IS LOOKING AT THE SCREEN WITH A CONFUSED FACE, BUT EVE, WHO'S PEEKING FROM A SIDE, IS NOTHING SHORT OF ECSTATIC.

PANEL 6:

	SAME ANGLE AS 5. ADAM HANDS THE PDA OVER TO A VERY HAPPY EVE, AND STARTS WALKING OUT OF THE PANEL.

PANEL 7:

	LONG PANEL. ADAM AND EVE ARE WALKING DOWN THE BATTERED, GRIMY CORRIDORS OF THE BASE. IF YOU WANNA GIVE 'EM FLASHLIGHTS, HOW ABOUT SOME CHEST LAMPS? SOMETHING APPROPRIATELY CHEESY. IF NOT, DON'T WORRY. DO TRY TO DRAW SOME MORE BUGS HIDING FROM THEM IN THE DARK.

PAGE 4 (eight panels)

PANEL 1:

	OUR HEROES OPEN ANOTHER DOOR. LOTS OF DUST AND ALIEN COBWEBS.

PANEL 2:

	REACTION FACE! ADAM AND EVE ARE SHOCKED! ADAM IS JUST SURPRISED, BUT EVE IS VERY HAPPY.

PANEL 3:

	LONG PANEL. SCATTERED ON THE ROOM'S FLOOR, LAID DOWN, SITTING IN A CORNER, FLATTENED AGAINST A WALL, AND LOOKING ABSOLUTELY LIFELESS, ARE THREE TO FOUR HUMANOID BODIES DECKED IN SPACE MARINE-KINDA ARMOR. AGAIN, GRITTY AND GRIMY AS HELL. REALLY STRACRAFT-LOOKING, OR HOWEVER YOU PREFER. THEIR FACES CAN'T BE SEEN; THEY HAVE CLOSED HELMETS. IN FACT, THEY DON'T SHOW EVEN AN INCH OF SKIN.

PANEL 4:

	ADAM DROPS TO ONE KNEE TO INSPECT ONE OF THE MARINES, WHILE EVE PULLS OUT A SMALL DEVICE, LIKE AN OLD-SCHOOL TRICORDER, ALL CHROMED AND STUFF.

PANEL 5:

	EVE IS CLOSE TO ANOTHER MARINE AND A BEAM OF BIDIMENSIONAL LIGHT COMES FORTH FROM THE DEVICE TO SCAN THE CORPSE. EVE LOOKS EXCITED.

PANEL 6:

	IN THE FOREGROUND, ADAM SHAKES/HANGS HIS HEAD, SEEMINGLY DISAPPOINTED, AS HE AWKWARDLY HOLDS A MARINE'S WRIST AS IF HE WAS CLUMSILY CHECKING FOR A PULSE. IN THE BACKGROUND, EVE SCANS ANOTHER BODY.

PANEL 7:

	EVE IS CROUCHING AND SCANNING THE FINAL CORPSE. ADAM, STANDING BEHIND HER, IS TAPPING ONE FOOT, IMPATIENT.

PANEL 8:

	EVE TURNS AND GIVES ADAM A THUMBS-UP OVER HER SHOULDER. SHE'S SMILING. ADAM POINTS BEHIND HIM WITH HIS THUMB, AS IF SAYING "C'MON, LET'S GET OUTTA HERE". HIS FACE REFLECTS THIS FEELING.

PAGE 5 (seven panels)

PANEL 1:

	OUTSIDE. THE SILVER ROCKET STARTS IGNITING ITS ENGINES, BUT FROM ITS TOP COMES A SCANNING BEAM JUST LIKE EVE'S THAT SCANS BOTH THE BASE AND THE SHIP NEXT TO IT. ANGLE SHOULD BE FROM ABOVE THE ROCKET (DUTCH ANGLE, I THINK IT'S CALLED), TO SHOW THE BEAM COMING DOWN AND ONE LAST LOOK AT THE BASE.

Caption 1 (try lettering it like a computer log): LOG OF CAPTAIN:

PANEL 2:

	THE SILVER ROCKET HAS TAKEN OFF AND IS RAPIDLY PUTTING DISTANCE BETWEEN IT AND THE PLANET.

Caption 1: HAVE MET NEW SETTLINGMENT. NO LIVE SURVIVORS, BUT PLENTY MUCH OF NEW DATA.

PANEL 3:

	THE ROCKET BEGINS TO SHIFT. HOW YOU DO THIS IS UP TO YOU, BUT I THOUGHT OF A FLICKERING EFFECT, LIKE A HOLOGRAM WORKING BADLY OR A BROKEN TV.

Caption 1: HAVE ALSO SCANNED PRESUMABLY UP-TO-DATE CLOTHINGS AND BOAT DESIGN...

PANEL 4:

	THE ROCKET HAS NOW TRANSFORMED INTO A PERFECT REPLICA OF THE SHIP. VERY GRITTY, GRIMY, ETC. UGLY AND BLOCKY.

Caption 1: ... AND HAVE ADAPTED OWN TO BEST FIT THEM.

PANEL 5:

	INSIDE THE SHIP'S COCKPIT, THE ASTRONAUTS BEGIN TO FLICKER AND SHIFT AS WELL.

Caption: PREVIOUS CLOTHING AND BOAT DATA TAKEN FROM RECORDINGS HYSTORICAL IN MOST LIKELIHOOD OUT-OF-DATED. NEW DATA HAS BEING ACCEPTED.

PANEL 6:

	ADAM AND EVE ARE NOW TWO POWER ARMORED SPACE MARINES, JUST LIKE THE ONES ON THE BASE.

Caption 1: ALSO HAVE FOUND LOG WRITING IN LANGUAGE OF SIMILAR SYMBOLS TO OUR PRESENT ONE BUT ARRANGED WITH DIFFERENCE. CROSSED REFERENCING SUGGESTINDICATE IT CAN MAYBE LANGUAGE KNOWN AS "SPANISH".

PANEL 7:

	THE SHIP FLYING THROUGH SPACE, CALM AND SERENE. LAST PANEL, SO IT SHOULD BE SPEEDING AWAY FROM US, LIKE A FAREWELL. JUST YOUR CLASSIC STAR TREK RIDE INTO A COSMIC SUNSET, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.

Caption 1: WILL CONTINUE MISSION, ALWAYS IN HOPING WILL SOON FIND ALIVE HUMANS TO MEET AND GREET.

Caption 2: HOPE KNOWLEDGE GATHERED EXPLORATING SETTLINGMENTS AND MIMICKING OF HUMAN CULTURE SUFFICIENT TO SMOOTHEN FIRST CONTACT, IF/WHEN IT AT FINALLY HAPPENS. ALWAYS HOPE.

Caption 3: OVER AND END.

THE END