User:Sensorfire/The First Ship That Fell

This page is an archive of the wiki pages for The First Ship That Fell, a discontinued Tales Of The Drive story. Only 4 pages were released of the 14 initially planned.

The First Ship That Fell 01

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• The First Ship That Fell
• written by David Malki ! | wondermark.com
• drawn by Kris Straub | chainsawsuit.com
• 1/14

• They lured us out of the station.
• Somehow they'd gotten to specialist Denso while he was on a scout. Turned him. He called in with all the proper auth codes. Said he'd found a new gas deposit.
• Of course command prepped the driller right away. Our supply ship was months late. We were desparate.
• As soon as command opened the dome, wham!They were... waiting for us. They poured in like water.
• Ladresco: [off-screen] We weren't well-armed, we couldn't fight -- it's a science station, for the love of --
• Ladresco: [off-screen] Something's wrong. Gravity just kicked off. End recording.
• [ID card reads "Zemtar Denso
  Specialist
  1st class"]
• Computer: Recording ended. Entry logged in ongoing incident record.
• Nameless character: Ladresco! Get inboard! To the spine!
• Ladresco: Is it an attack? Did they follow us?
• Nameless character: Not an attack --
• Nameless character: Ahh! I hate Bwergberry!!
• Ladresco: Sorry. That's mine

• Tales of the Drive
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Trivia

• This is the first time we see all of these species and characters.
• This is the first mention of Bwergberry.

The First Ship That Fell 02

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• The First Ship That Fell
• written by David Malki ! | wondermark.com
• drawn by Kris Straub | chainsawsuit.com
• 2/14

• [ship crashes into asteroid]
• Nameless octopus species member #1: -- ran aground on an asteroid! Knocked us right out of lightspeed! Some kind of freak gravity well --
• Nameless octopus species member #2: I never sould have listened to you about this creepy old ship! I should have waited for the bus!
• Nameless octopus species member #1: It's normally perfectly sa--
• Nameless octopus species member #2: Ah Jeez ah jeez ah jeez

• Tales of the Drive
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  Written and drawn by today's best artists.

Trivia

• This is the first time we see this octopus species and these two characters.
• This is the first time we see a Ghogg.

The First Ship That Fell 03

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• The First Ship That Fell
• written by David Malki ! | wondermark.com
• drawn by Kris Straub | chainsawsuit.com
• 3/14

• Nameless Ghoggrider #1: Our position is now stable. The Ghogg has been wounded by the asteroid and cannot swim. We are evaluating her condition.
• Nameless character #1: This is an outrage! I'm bringing derf ore to a sales meeting on Bilstar 7! It absolutely, positively has to get there two weeks from Thursday!
• Nameless character #2: I have to plant my seed pod on Goftir before the solar zenith! Or I'll never get laid!
• Nameless characters #3 & #4: And we're on our way to a choir competition!
• Nameless Ghoggrider #1: Ghoggship Interstellar Transit services are offered without guarantee. That is why they are so inexpensice.
• Nameless character #5: You believe this luck? I was deployed on Vernatta in the brine mines. Was heading back home to spray a load of spawn eggs. Now it looks like we might be stuck out here!
• Nameless character #6: Ghoggriders have been swimming these spaceways for a thousand years. They have ways of dealing with this sort of thing. They must!
• Nameless Ghoggrider #1: The Ghogg is dying.
• Nameless character #1: Of course! Of course!
  Do you realize I work on commission?!
• Ladresco: How are we for air? Electric power?
• Nameless Ghoggrider #2: We will have air and current as long as the Ghogg's spirit remains with us. Her lungs are still strong and pleasingly moist.
• Ladresco: That guy just said the Ghogg is dying.
• Nameless Ghoggrider #2: In that case, the hour of our collective demise is near.
• Ladresco: We need to send up a distress call. I have military priority access codes from Kol Ternas station. What resources are on board?
• Nameless Ghoggrider #2: It is the greatest of honors to die with a Ghogg. My ancestors could not dream of such an auspicious end to their line.
• Nameless character #6: This is probably rude to say, but you wonder if they steered into that asteroid on purpose.

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• Short stories set in the Drive universe.
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Trivia

• This is the first mention of derf ore, Bilstar 7, Goftir, Vernatta and Kol Ternas station.
• Apart from Ladresco and his partner, this is the first time we see these characters.

The First Ship That Fell 04

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• The First Ship That Fell
• written by David Malki ! | wondermark.com
• drawn by Kris Straub | chainsawsuit.com
• 4/14

• Nameless character #1: I guess the good news is, when the power dies, so does it.
• Nameless character #1: [off-screen] We didn't get it back for study, but at least it won't ever hurt anyone else.
• Nameless character #2: Is that a Tesskan?
• Ladresco: Who wants to know?
• Nameless character #2: I do. Because if that's a Tesskan...
• Nameless character #2: ... we actually might have a way out of here.
• Nameless character #1: Cvandic, and I, and two hundred others were stationed on the moon of Kol Ternas. I worked in research, synthesizing alloys from Ternas gas for medical and energy use.
• Nameless character #2: I have a friend working station security. You know Pirdley?
• Nameless character #1: Sure, Pirdley's in my blockade squad. Good shooter.
• Nameless character #2: I haven't talked with Pirdley in a Sponk's age. How is the ol' charmer?
  That's so funny that you know Pirdley
• Nameless character #1: Pirdley's dead.
  Everyone's dead.
• Nameless character #1: Everyone on Kol Ternas station is dead except for Ladresco, me...
• [sign reads "Airlock
  Cargo Rack
  H"]
• Nameless character #1: ... and it.

• Tales of the Drive
• Short stories set in the Drive universe.
  Written and drawn by today's best artists.

Trivia

• This is the first mention of Cvandic and Pirdley.
• This page was released December 5, 2017.
• This was the last page of The First Ship That Fell to be released.