Note: Modern readers might be curious to see that the people of 22c Mars are using the same curse words that we use today. It seems intuitive that with the speed at which slang and jargon shift with time, that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for comic
Note: After the attack on Venus by a violent faction of the Anti-Terraforming and Planetary Habitation League using improvised Super-Nitrate bombs a few years earlier, the possession of SNs or the equipment used to make them was outlawed on Mars,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Savior 4
Note: It may seem odd to a modern reader that Martians were using cable-infrastructure televideo communication at this time, but the Martian communication satellite system was not quite up yet, and cellular towers were seen as a wasteful use of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Savior 3
Note: In Martian Law, “exotic animals” were any Terran species which were not dogs, cats, or chickens (the animals brought by the first colonists) and all such animals were illegal to keep. It was a constant battle to keep ferrets,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Note: There was one train in service on Mars at this time. It was a slow, solar powered monster which ran directly from Mars City to Mars University with only one stop in between at a small arcology. The safety[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Insubstantial 21
Note: Luckily for Blanche, and for Matter-Phase research, Leonard was able to put the pieces of the story together when the wreckage of Blanche’s car was found a few hours later. He was then able to reverse Blanche’s condition. Afterward,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Insubstantial 20
Note: Blanche is half-right. Philip Pembroke was a bit of a waste, but that changed sometime after this story is set. He eventually left the service of the Frazier estate (they never really needed him anyway; he was more of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…