I adore when the webcomic's web is taken advantage of.

Good show.

I am annoyed. I want to see this glorious page in full resolution but it is bigger than my laptop screen and the site scripting does not allow me to zoom in.

I like the art. I am upset that I am prevented from seeing it in detail.

Hmmm. I guess next I will set up a virtual machine that thinks it has a screen several times bigger than my laptop screen and open the site using that. But that's a PITA for something that ought to be easy.

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Nope. Even when loaded on a bigger virtual screen the browser is still apparently telling the website the size of my hardware screen. That's disappointing.

Is that Hekhat in the helmet in the first frame? He's the only Raharran I recall seeing who wears glasses.

And is the message that they're aiming at him PERSONALLY? Or aiming at the ship he's in specifically because it's carrying him?

Because if they are specifically targeting the guy who spilled the beans that their base is an Azinarsi design, that's a level of paranoid vindictiveness matched only by humans who are legitimately insane. But more important than that it means they've carried out a third-party hackback on the encrypted communications system the Raharrans have been using.

Third-party hackbacks are capital-H HARD, and usually mean your systems were subverted before you even established the channel. That's information which a paranoid that isn't insanely vindictive would never act on. Now the Raharrans will know without a doubt that their computer systems are compromised.

Suboptimal

God damn...

Hey! Hekaht might have survived! He was at the transmitter antenna, and it's intact!

So, Im back from overgasping and the ghost intentions has been determined :

Not benevolent. Also, no not a communications laser even though it can be dual use.

Unprovoked act of War : Check

Kesler effect initiated : Check

Shock of the century for Terrans : Check

Shock of the Century for Alien Alliance : Check

Zane´s reputation and Carrier in taters : Check

This day forever remembered with Anger and infamy : Check

Goodbye Satellits and massive Planet comms outage on its way : Check

All planning about slow 1 contact and cultural exchange out the window : Check

A powerful and angry Terran-Alien alliance of its way , hyper charged now : Hopefully

The lists goes on. Dawn & inhabitants will be stranded for years.

Nations and maybe civilians will be asked to offer housing, comfort and shelter.

Some young woman who found the anomaly is thinking maybe this is all her fault..

Some certain Captain (Kas) should think maybe this could have been avoided if he

had pulled the stick out of his...exit port..and let Quantum have access to his military systems.

And the 3 stooges ? "How many folding beds do we have in the basement ?"

That's NOT gonna buff out, nor can it be fixed with any amount of Bondo.

I guess we'll find out just how much damage those warships can survive.

We'll also learn something about the recharge time of that weapon.

Wow.

That is going to be a problem. You're going to say, they weren't planning on leaving for a while, but it's a pain to lose your taxi like that.

And trully, impresive staging. I usually keep a local copy of my favorite comics, but this page is going to be a challenge because a static version will never give justice to such good use of the digital medium, hat off.

I absolutely love the effect you applied to this page! Brilliant!

Shit, at least the habit drum wasn't hit, but this means Dawn can't leave Earth for years until it's repaired :/ And the Ghosts have just potentially trigger a war with the Alliance via being utter schmucks. A war they might no win. especially if their cousins recognise the Ghosts are a problem.

Well, this ain't good at all. If this is anything but LEO, the debris problem for the next couple of centuries is going to make Kessler syndrome look trivial. I never worry the KS in LEO, clears up in under a decade. And anyone worrying about 10 years instead of 50-100 years ought not be leading a nation. You plant a seed to shade the children when they are old, you buy an umbrella for yourself.

Holy parallax effect, Batman! Unexpected and very cool. Also the glow in the beam!

Well hello there Kessler syndrome...

I'm loving the parallax effect on the comic page.

(It doesn't seem to show on mobile.)