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<p>2A00:5884:1100:3:9C42:C056:A259:DC4D: Add transcript</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 3146<br /> | date = September 24, 2025<br /> | title = Fantastic Four<br /> | image = fantastic_four_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 343x388px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = One perk of being born at 0.88c is that your birthday is over two days long.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|This page was just born. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> The comic is a pun on the {{w|Oberth effect}}, which causes orbital maneuvers to be more efficient when deep into a gravitational well.<br /> The movie referenced is {{w|The_Fantastic_Four:_First_Steps|The Fantastic Four: First Steps}}, released in 2025.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> :Ponytail: In the new ''Fantastic Four'' movie, their ship doesn't have enough fuel to get home and Sue Storm goes into labor, so they slingshot around a neutron star and fire their engines at periapsis — as sue has her baby — to get a boost.<br /> :Cueball: Ah yes, the Obirth effect.<br /> {{comic discussion}}&lt;noinclude&gt;</div>

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<p>2A00:5884:1100:3:9C42:C056:A259:DC4D: Add basic concepts of explanation</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 3146<br /> | date = September 24, 2025<br /> | title = Fantastic Four<br /> | image = fantastic_four_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 343x388px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = One perk of being born at 0.88c is that your birthday is over two days long.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|This page was just born. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> The comic is a pun on the {{w|Oberth effect}}, which causes orbital maneuvers to be more efficient when deep into a gravitational well.<br /> The movie referenced is {{w|The_Fantastic_Four:_First_Steps|The Fantastic Four: First Steps}}, released in 2025.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}&lt;noinclude&gt;</div>

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