SABRE has grabbed the GLASS from DRAKE, bringing it to her eye.
She’s looking grim.
1. SABRE: Give.
TWO:
POV SABRE, through the glass.
A CLOUD of BLACK SMOKE is blossoming in the distance, obscuring the view of the IRON CROWN and – more importantly – the incoming flyers.
NO COPY.
THREE:
SABRE shoving the glass back at DRAKE. She looks kind of ticked off, actually.
2. SABRE: Putting up smoke—
FOUR:
SABRE turning, shouting up at the Tops.
3. SABRE: —marksmen ready!
4. SABRE: Flyers incoming!
Gotta love Drake’s expressions.
You’d have thought Drake would have gotten used to Sabre doing that by now. But then, if he did, the series would be a lot less fun. Also, it’d be a plus to see Drum being amused by Drake’s expressions.
How long have Drake and Sabre been directly acquainted at this point, story-wise? A matter of days at best, yes?
Chapter 7, Part 4, Drake says they’ve been sailing for four days. So they’ve been directly acquainted for about five days, now. And you’re safe in assuming she has been friendly and social and that Drake and Drum have dined at the Captain’s Table during that time… and he still can’t get a good bead on her.
Confuzzled Drake is the best Drake.
Any updates on trades?
Yes, though we’re planning an actual Dispatch on the subject. It’s going to be a bit longer, unfortunately – there’ve been some unrelated issues that’ve arisen (mostly on my end) that have forced delay. Instead of trying to get crowd-funding started during the holiday season (which we’re rapidly approaching, and which would be the earliest we could actually launch such a campaign at this point), we’re going to hold off until late winter/early spring. At that point, we should have (more) definitive information on what the trade will be, what extras we’ll be able to include, and – crucially – when we’ll have them to ship out for those who purchase them.
I’m sincerely sorry to keep folks waiting on this. It was our hope to have the trade out before the end of the year, but things have not gone at all to plan.
We will keep you posted.
Very nice layout on this page. It flows well, give the information in a crisp order, and looks great. And yes, Sabre looks very ticked off.
Smoke to disorient the pilots, fantastic.
smoke to cover their incoming flyers. the fog of war.
Oh, you’re right. For some reason I thought it was the Pegasus putting up the smoke.
Does this mean the pilots cough a lot?
Flyer pilots have a lot of COPD.
After serving a tour as pilots/gunners, pedaling hard and breathing all that smoke, they get fitted with the breather masks and become Marines.
This was storytelling fail by yours truly, not Rick – we’re missing a panel that I should’ve included that shows the rockets launched by Iron Crown exploding to release their smoke.
Seems to me more like the bad guys put up the smoke … probably because they know she has marksmen.
Wonder if we’ll get a chance to see exactly how good Drake & Drum are with their boom sticks.
The gunner is in the front to serve as meat shield for the pilot. Such is the life before kevlar.
Drake and Drum may be good. But unless Greg and Rick have a surprise up their sleeves, I don’t think the duo’s marksmanship is at the insane levels of either Golgo 13 or “Lupin III”‘s Jigen Daisuke.
After the fight on the docks, I’ll take D&D any day….especially Drum.