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{{TOC}}Below, you will find the full transcript of the comic [[2765: Escape Speed]].
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Below, you will find a '''complete transcript''' for [[2765: Escape Speed]].  
  
===Overview===
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*Overview
  
 
:[An interactive comic featuring a large world with many planets and objects, navigable by a small round spaceship with a big round window and two landing legs which extend automatically when it touches any surface with its bottom part. The spaceship is affected by the gravity of the planets and objects and controllable by arrow keys. The up arrow activates the main engine, adding forward speed; the down arrow activates reverse (bow) thrusters. Left and right arrows activate thrusters which rotate the spaceship. The spaceship features a "radar" - grey dots around it. The placement of the dots around indicate directions to nearby planets; the size and shade of gray indicate distance. The playing field is a viewport into space, the spaceship is always in the center and the viewport scrolls as the spaceship moves through space - the player sees only a very small part of the overall game world. Orientation is a bit difficult, exacerbated by the fact that the view automatically rotates according to the local gradient of gravity, such that the "down" direction (gradient vector) is always towards the bottom of screen. The world features collectable items (small gray circles) and powerups (grey hollow stars). Sometimes these are collocated, i.e. a gray circle appears in the hollow center of a gray star; however this is not fully consistent, some hollow stars also indicate an item to be collected. When the spaceship flies close to a circle or a star, the mark disappears, and a message is shown in the lower part of the viewport. After picking up most items, their names are added to the "You've found" list below the playing field; unless you are viewing a mobile-device version, where the playing area is optimized to full-screen. Some collectable items display a message only and do not add an item to the list. The player can return to the starting position (keeping all powerups and items) by clicking the "Home" button in the bottom right of the playing field.]
 
:[An interactive comic featuring a large world with many planets and objects, navigable by a small round spaceship with a big round window and two landing legs which extend automatically when it touches any surface with its bottom part. The spaceship is affected by the gravity of the planets and objects and controllable by arrow keys. The up arrow activates the main engine, adding forward speed; the down arrow activates reverse (bow) thrusters. Left and right arrows activate thrusters which rotate the spaceship. The spaceship features a "radar" - grey dots around it. The placement of the dots around indicate directions to nearby planets; the size and shade of gray indicate distance. The playing field is a viewport into space, the spaceship is always in the center and the viewport scrolls as the spaceship moves through space - the player sees only a very small part of the overall game world. Orientation is a bit difficult, exacerbated by the fact that the view automatically rotates according to the local gradient of gravity, such that the "down" direction (gradient vector) is always towards the bottom of screen. The world features collectable items (small gray circles) and powerups (grey hollow stars). Sometimes these are collocated, i.e. a gray circle appears in the hollow center of a gray star; however this is not fully consistent, some hollow stars also indicate an item to be collected. When the spaceship flies close to a circle or a star, the mark disappears, and a message is shown in the lower part of the viewport. After picking up most items, their names are added to the "You've found" list below the playing field; unless you are viewing a mobile-device version, where the playing area is optimized to full-screen. Some collectable items display a message only and do not add an item to the list. The player can return to the starting position (keeping all powerups and items) by clicking the "Home" button in the bottom right of the playing field.]
  
===Starting Planet===
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*Starting Planet
  
 
:[A tiny grassy planet with a few trees and bushes and four items. A planet is so tiny that it can be seen whole in the game's viewport. This is where the player starts or returns after clicking the "Home" button. Initially the navigation is difficult because of low initial engine thrust and strong gravity of the Origin planet nearby affecting movement. There's an item right up from the starting position (shows a message only and is not reflected in the "You've found" list)]
 
:[A tiny grassy planet with a few trees and bushes and four items. A planet is so tiny that it can be seen whole in the game's viewport. This is where the player starts or returns after clicking the "Home" button. Initially the navigation is difficult because of low initial engine thrust and strong gravity of the Origin planet nearby affecting movement. There's an item right up from the starting position (shows a message only and is not reflected in the "You've found" list)]
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:[A small tree]
 
:[A small tree]
  
===Origin===
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*Origin
  
 
:[The planet has vegetation and features many people, landscape objects and items, and it has a shaft through the center. To get there, just launch off the starting planet and let the gravity pull the spaceship towards Origin. The planet is hard to leave without any powerups unless one uses the shaft to gain more momentum by thrusting while moving through the center. The features of the planet include (clockwise from the point closest to the starting planet):]
 
:[The planet has vegetation and features many people, landscape objects and items, and it has a shaft through the center. To get there, just launch off the starting planet and let the gravity pull the spaceship towards Origin. The planet is hard to leave without any powerups unless one uses the shaft to gain more momentum by thrusting while moving through the center. The features of the planet include (clockwise from the point closest to the starting planet):]
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:[Launching like that you can reach the Hollow planet]
 
:[Launching like that you can reach the Hollow planet]
  
===Hollow Planet===
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*Hollow Planet
  
 
:[The planet is just a crust with a few holes through which you can fall into the center. Near the center, Ponytail and White Hat fly in microgravity.]
 
:[The planet is just a crust with a few holes through which you can fall into the center. Near the center, Ponytail and White Hat fly in microgravity.]
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:You found a glass of heavy water! Your engine gets a bit more powerful.
 
:You found a glass of heavy water! Your engine gets a bit more powerful.
  
===Round Planet===
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*Round Planet
  
 
:[A perfectly round planet, somewhat smaller than the Origin, without any vegetation but with some architecture and people on it. You can reach it by following a sign on the Hollow planet or by launching from the Origin planet from the tower with an orb on top. Its features are (clockwise):]
 
:[A perfectly round planet, somewhat smaller than the Origin, without any vegetation but with some architecture and people on it. You can reach it by following a sign on the Hollow planet or by launching from the Origin planet from the tower with an orb on top. Its features are (clockwise):]
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:[Huge gallows with a large flag on a pole hanging on it. The pole of the flag is twisted into a shape partly resembling an infinity sign; the loose end of the pole pierces the flag. A relatively large Cueball figure stands next to it.]
 
:[Huge gallows with a large flag on a pole hanging on it. The pole of the flag is twisted into a shape partly resembling an infinity sign; the loose end of the pole pierces the flag. A relatively large Cueball figure stands next to it.]
  
===Uzumaki===
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*Uzumaki
  
 
:[A large spiral overgrown with grass and some other vegetation. It has very weak gravity. To get there launch from the sign on the Hollow Planet or from spiral monument on Origin. Features (clockwise):]
 
:[A large spiral overgrown with grass and some other vegetation. It has very weak gravity. To get there launch from the sign on the Hollow Planet or from spiral monument on Origin. Features (clockwise):]
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:[The center of the spiral is a dead end - one needs to fly all the way back out or just hit the Home button]
 
:[The center of the spiral is a dead end - one needs to fly all the way back out or just hit the Home button]
  
===Guitar Ship===
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*Guitar Ship
  
 
:[A planet shaped like a guitar seen in perspective looking from the bottom of the body, with a dome on the back side. The planet lies close to Uzumaki, one can reach it by observing the spaceship's radar. Within the dome, there's the Boston skyline. Just over the dome there's an item.]
 
:[A planet shaped like a guitar seen in perspective looking from the bottom of the body, with a dome on the back side. The planet lies close to Uzumaki, one can reach it by observing the spaceship's radar. Within the dome, there's the Boston skyline. Just over the dome there's an item.]
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:Orange line deactivated!
 
:Orange line deactivated!
  
===Spacetime Soccer Field===
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*Spacetime Soccer Field
  
 
:[A tiny planet with a smooth surface and a distorted soccer field marked around it. You can get there by launching from the pyramid with a soccer ball on top, located on the Origin. The goals and goal area lines are on the opposite sides of the planet (let's say, to the east and west), distorted into curved trapezoids. The touch lines (side lines) are sections of hyperbolas with the vertices closest to the planet at the north and south poles, extending symmetrically to some distance from the planet. There is no goal line; in this geometry it should be the extended axis. What seems to be penalty lines but drawn incorrectly to join the side lines instead of going back to the goal line, are sections of an ellipse. The halfway line appears twice joining the four ends of hyperbolic side lines, together with two halves of the center circle. The field utilizes the concept from xkcd comic 2705: Spacetime soccer, but inversed: the gravity well is located at both goals, not in the center. Hairy, Megan, Cueball and Ponytail are playing, flying in space around the planet. Ponytail has just kicked a ball.]
 
:[A tiny planet with a smooth surface and a distorted soccer field marked around it. You can get there by launching from the pyramid with a soccer ball on top, located on the Origin. The goals and goal area lines are on the opposite sides of the planet (let's say, to the east and west), distorted into curved trapezoids. The touch lines (side lines) are sections of hyperbolas with the vertices closest to the planet at the north and south poles, extending symmetrically to some distance from the planet. There is no goal line; in this geometry it should be the extended axis. What seems to be penalty lines but drawn incorrectly to join the side lines instead of going back to the goal line, are sections of an ellipse. The halfway line appears twice joining the four ends of hyperbolic side lines, together with two halves of the center circle. The field utilizes the concept from xkcd comic 2705: Spacetime soccer, but inversed: the gravity well is located at both goals, not in the center. Hairy, Megan, Cueball and Ponytail are playing, flying in space around the planet. Ponytail has just kicked a ball.]
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:You found the 3 million point line. Your thrusters are more efficient now.
 
:You found the 3 million point line. Your thrusters are more efficient now.
  
===Saturn===
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*Saturn
  
 
:[A planet with rings, and a soccer ball inside; one of the ball's white hexagons is surfacing in the north pole area. You can reach it by launching from a Saturn-topped pyramid on Origin. There's an item at the equator, below the rings.]
 
:[A planet with rings, and a soccer ball inside; one of the ball's white hexagons is surfacing in the north pole area. You can reach it by launching from a Saturn-topped pyramid on Origin. There's an item at the equator, below the rings.]
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:You found a pair of platonic solids, not quite touching! Your engine gets a little more powerful.
 
:You found a pair of platonic solids, not quite touching! Your engine gets a little more powerful.
  
===Andal===
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*Andal
  
 
:[A small rocky and grassy planet. To get there launch from a monument on Origin, featuring a round shape with a small "T" on top. Features (clockwise):]
 
:[A small rocky and grassy planet. To get there launch from a monument on Origin, featuring a round shape with a small "T" on top. Features (clockwise):]
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:You found a friend. Your thrusters are more efficient now.
 
:You found a friend. Your thrusters are more efficient now.
  
===Projection of Earth===
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*Projection of Earth
  
 
:[A huge distorted map of all land masses of Earth, freely floating in space like asteroids. You can get there by following the sign on the hollow planet or the Earth map monument on Origin. You can navigate the spaceship within the spaces where oceans and seas would be. There are several items and powerups.]
 
:[A huge distorted map of all land masses of Earth, freely floating in space like asteroids. You can get there by following the sign on the hollow planet or the Earth map monument on Origin. You can navigate the spaceship within the spaces where oceans and seas would be. There are several items and powerups.]
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:You found a piece of pumice floating in space!
 
:You found a piece of pumice floating in space!
  
===Voyager 1===
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*Voyager 1
  
 
:[The Voyager 1 space probe. You can reach it by launching from a radio telescope next to the spiral monument on Origin. There's an item and a powerup next to its dish antenna.]
 
:[The Voyager 1 space probe. You can reach it by launching from a radio telescope next to the spiral monument on Origin. There's an item and a powerup next to its dish antenna.]
 
:You found Voyager 1! Some of its great speed rubs off on you. Your engine thrust has increased significantly.
 
:You found Voyager 1! Some of its great speed rubs off on you. Your engine thrust has increased significantly.
  
===Voyager 2===
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*Voyager 2
  
 
:[The Voyager 2 space probe. You can reach it by launching from a radio telescope next to the spider monument on Origin. There's an item and a powerup next to its dish antenna.]
 
:[The Voyager 2 space probe. You can reach it by launching from a radio telescope next to the spider monument on Origin. There's an item and a powerup next to its dish antenna.]
 
:You found Voyager 2! Some of its great speed rubs off on you. Your engine thrust has increased significantly.
 
:You found Voyager 2! Some of its great speed rubs off on you. Your engine thrust has increased significantly.
  
===SafetySat===
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*SafetySat
  
 
:[The cube satellite from xkcd comic 1992: SafetySat. There's an item in front of its laser pointers.]
 
:[The cube satellite from xkcd comic 1992: SafetySat. There's an item in front of its laser pointers.]
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:The more refined oil had a dinner engagement. Your launch speed has increased.
 
:The more refined oil had a dinner engagement. Your launch speed has increased.
  
===Shuttle Skeleton===
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*Shuttle Skeleton
  
 
:[A small planet shaped like a spaceship from xkcd comic 2630: Shuttle Skeleton. You can get there by launching from like-shaped monument on Origin or in northwestern direction from Alaska on Compromise Projection of Earth.]
 
:[A small planet shaped like a spaceship from xkcd comic 2630: Shuttle Skeleton. You can get there by launching from like-shaped monument on Origin or in northwestern direction from Alaska on Compromise Projection of Earth.]
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:You found a strangely heavy subway token!
 
:You found a strangely heavy subway token!
  
===Giant Spider===
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*Giant Spider
  
 
:[A giant spider floating in space. You can get there by launching from the spider figure on Origin. Eight people are standing on the tips of the spider's legs: Hairbun of fourth left leg,  Hairy on third left one, White Hat on second left, Cueball on front left, Megan on front right leg, another Cueball on second right one, Beret Guy on third right and Black Hat on the fourth right leg.]
 
:[A giant spider floating in space. You can get there by launching from the spider figure on Origin. Eight people are standing on the tips of the spider's legs: Hairbun of fourth left leg,  Hairy on third left one, White Hat on second left, Cueball on front left, Megan on front right leg, another Cueball on second right one, Beret Guy on third right and Black Hat on the fourth right leg.]
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:You found a friendly jumping spider. Your engine gets a little more powerful.
 
:You found a friendly jumping spider. Your engine gets a little more powerful.
  
===Diffraction Spikes Star===
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*Diffraction Spikes Star
  
 
:[A very spiky star shaped like the one from xkcd comic 2762: Diffraction Spikes]
 
:[A very spiky star shaped like the one from xkcd comic 2762: Diffraction Spikes]
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:You found a piece of coronium! Wait, no, iron.
 
:You found a piece of coronium! Wait, no, iron.
  
===Roche Lobe Earth===
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*Roche Lobe Earth
  
 
:[This is a small, distorted, drop-shaped Earth with oceans and continents of the northern hemisphere. There's the Moon close by. The distortion looks like if the Moon's tidal forces are pulling northern Atlantic Ocean really hard. The planet can be reached by launching from the like-shaped statue on Origin.]
 
:[This is a small, distorted, drop-shaped Earth with oceans and continents of the northern hemisphere. There's the Moon close by. The distortion looks like if the Moon's tidal forces are pulling northern Atlantic Ocean really hard. The planet can be reached by launching from the like-shaped statue on Origin.]
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:You found a wayward Roomba full of moondust!
 
:You found a wayward Roomba full of moondust!
  
===Dark Matter Planet===
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*Dark Matter Planet
  
 
:[A small, irregular planet with a black center (normal planets have white centers) and an inscription "DARK MATTER" inside, repeated three times. On its surface there are two squirrels and Hairbun.]
 
:[A small, irregular planet with a black center (normal planets have white centers) and an inscription "DARK MATTER" inside, repeated three times. On its surface there are two squirrels and Hairbun.]
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:You found a delicate music box. Your engine is a little more powerful now.
 
:You found a delicate music box. Your engine is a little more powerful now.
  
===Jurassic Park Planet===
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*Jurassic Park Planet
  
 
:[A big planet with weak gravity, a lot of grass, and many dinosaur figures, some repeating a few times. You can get there by launching form a dinosaur statue on Origin. At one place on the surface Hairy and Megan are being greeted by dr John Hammond.]
 
:[A big planet with weak gravity, a lot of grass, and many dinosaur figures, some repeating a few times. You can get there by launching form a dinosaur statue on Origin. At one place on the surface Hairy and Megan are being greeted by dr John Hammond.]
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:You found a baby hedgehog!
 
:You found a baby hedgehog!
  
===Comet 67P===
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*Comet 67P
  
 
:[A small, potato-shaped body. You can get there by launching form the rollercoaster on Origin. Features (clockwise):]
 
:[A small, potato-shaped body. You can get there by launching form the rollercoaster on Origin. Features (clockwise):]
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:Anyone for Scrabble later? Your engine gets a little more powerful.
 
:Anyone for Scrabble later? Your engine gets a little more powerful.
  
: Warning: There is a small, lander-sized depression at the base of the left side of the point where the two parts meet. If you make the mistake of landing there, you cannot get out. If you do not land, your shield will keep you from hitting the ground, and you can thrust yourself out.
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*What If? Planet
 
 
===What If? Planet===
 
  
 
:[A huge, round planet with many bodies of water. You can get there by launching from the left part of Stonehenge on the Round Planet. Some scenes from the book "what if? 2" and the xkcd comic 2712: Gravity appear here. Features (clockwise):]
 
:[A huge, round planet with many bodies of water. You can get there by launching from the left part of Stonehenge on the Round Planet. Some scenes from the book "what if? 2" and the xkcd comic 2712: Gravity appear here. Features (clockwise):]
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:Cueball: OW!
 
:Cueball: OW!
  
:[A person (Hairy?) sitting on a large heap of bananas, Cueball standing aside.]
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:[Hairy sitting on a large heap of something, Cueball standing aside.]
  
 
:[Megan standing on a brim of a small valley, Ryan standing in the valley with a small animal by his feet.]
 
:[Megan standing on a brim of a small valley, Ryan standing in the valley with a small animal by his feet.]
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:You found a sterile neutrino!
 
:You found a sterile neutrino!
  
:[Knit Cap observing an object moving at supersonic speed next to him.]
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:[Knit Cap holding a remote control. An object is moving at supersonic speed next to him.]
 
:BOOM
 
:BOOM
  
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:[A large figure of Cueball]
 
:[A large figure of Cueball]
  
===Subway Planet===
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*Subway Planet
  
 
:[A huge planet with a subway system connecting places named after U.S. cities, similar to the one from the xkcd comic 1196: Subways. In the area where Boston should be according to that system, there is a giant round hole with rugged sides consisting of a lot of broken planks. You can get there by taking off from the secret glade on Origin planet. There's a black hole inside, off the center, in the Washingon, D.C. area. There are many people and features both on the surface and within subway tunnels.]
 
:[A huge planet with a subway system connecting places named after U.S. cities, similar to the one from the xkcd comic 1196: Subways. In the area where Boston should be according to that system, there is a giant round hole with rugged sides consisting of a lot of broken planks. You can get there by taking off from the secret glade on Origin planet. There's a black hole inside, off the center, in the Washingon, D.C. area. There are many people and features both on the surface and within subway tunnels.]
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:Cueball: Figures.
 
:Cueball: Figures.
  
:[A small distance left and down from the chamber Jills is standing in the tunnel]
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:[A small distance left and down from the chamber Science Girls is standing in the tunnel]
:Jill: Stop! This line goes to D.C.! Ever since the Air and Space Museum put in the black hole exhibit, it's been difficult to return without enough engine thrust.
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:Science Girl: Stop! This line goes to D.C.! Ever since the Air and Space Museum put in the black hole exhibit, it's been difficult to return without enough engine thrust.
  
 
:[A powerup in a tunnel between Los Angeles and Philadelphia (+0.4 to thrust duration)]
 
:[A powerup in a tunnel between Los Angeles and Philadelphia (+0.4 to thrust duration)]
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:Cueball: Where does that line go?
 
:Cueball: Where does that line go?
  
===Boston Planet===
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*Boston Planet
  
 
:[A big, perfectly round planet with a subway system. It is invisible until the player finds uncloaking device switch near Morgantown on the Subway Planet. Initially, all underground tunnels are blocked by huge round rocks with the letter "T" at the entrances and smaller round rocks down the tunnels. To unblock the tunnels, player needs to find subway tokens scattered in the universe; they appear only after the Boston planet is uncloaked. Subway stations on the surface and inside are marked with Boston district names. There are two trees and several people on the surface of the planet, described below (clockwise):]
 
:[A big, perfectly round planet with a subway system. It is invisible until the player finds uncloaking device switch near Morgantown on the Subway Planet. Initially, all underground tunnels are blocked by huge round rocks with the letter "T" at the entrances and smaller round rocks down the tunnels. To unblock the tunnels, player needs to find subway tokens scattered in the universe; they appear only after the Boston planet is uncloaked. Subway stations on the surface and inside are marked with Boston district names. There are two trees and several people on the surface of the planet, described below (clockwise):]
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:You found a handful of the quantum foam that makes up the fabric of space! Your engine gets a little more powerful.
 
:You found a handful of the quantum foam that makes up the fabric of space! Your engine gets a little more powerful.
  
===Crystal Sphere===
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*Crystal Sphere
  
 
:[All the "planets" described above lie within a huge ring called the Crystal Sphere. You can get there by flying in any direction, provided that you don't hit any planet. The interior edge of the Sphere is almost perfectly smooth, but has a few dents and cracks. At a point closest to the Subway Planet, there's a large crack leading all the way to the outside. At the entrance to the crack, on both sides, there are two items.]
 
:[All the "planets" described above lie within a huge ring called the Crystal Sphere. You can get there by flying in any direction, provided that you don't hit any planet. The interior edge of the Sphere is almost perfectly smooth, but has a few dents and cracks. At a point closest to the Subway Planet, there's a large crack leading all the way to the outside. At the entrance to the crack, on both sides, there are two items.]
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:You found the platinum cylinder formerly used to define the kilogram!
 
:You found the platinum cylinder formerly used to define the kilogram!
  
===Star Destroyer===
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*Star Destroyer
  
 
:[A gigantic starship; it could have barely fit within the Crystal Sphere. It is located out of the Sphere, right up from the crack, but it can't be reached without the Hyperdrive. It has many corridors and chambers inside, and a lot of people, objects and other features both inside and outside of it. The gravity of the Sphere is still strong around here, but the starship has its own center of gravity; the "down" direction generally points towards the ventral part of the starship, but not quite, making orientation somewhat difficult as the surfaces supposed to be level seem to tilt to the left near the stern and to the right near the bow of the starship.]
 
:[A gigantic starship; it could have barely fit within the Crystal Sphere. It is located out of the Sphere, right up from the crack, but it can't be reached without the Hyperdrive. It has many corridors and chambers inside, and a lot of people, objects and other features both inside and outside of it. The gravity of the Sphere is still strong around here, but the starship has its own center of gravity; the "down" direction generally points towards the ventral part of the starship, but not quite, making orientation somewhat difficult as the surfaces supposed to be level seem to tilt to the left near the stern and to the right near the bow of the starship.]
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:[Down the shaft next to the lymphocyte chamber there's an aft-leading tunnel, connecting to shafts leading down to entrance #15 and up to #8; the tunnel leads to an empty chamber. Cueball is standing at the gateway to the chamber with his arm outstretched.]
 
:[Down the shaft next to the lymphocyte chamber there's an aft-leading tunnel, connecting to shafts leading down to entrance #15 and up to #8; the tunnel leads to an empty chamber. Cueball is standing at the gateway to the chamber with his arm outstretched.]
:Cueball: You shall not not pass!
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:Cueball: You shall not pass!
  
 
:[A little up the #8 shaft there's another tunnel leading aft. A short way along, there's a shaft leading up to an empty chamber. A little farther, a down shaft leads to entrance #16. Still farther, the tunnel slopes up then joins a circular tunnel around a chamber in which Barrel Boy stands next to a potted plant.]
 
:[A little up the #8 shaft there's another tunnel leading aft. A short way along, there's a shaft leading up to an empty chamber. A little farther, a down shaft leads to entrance #16. Still farther, the tunnel slopes up then joins a circular tunnel around a chamber in which Barrel Boy stands next to a potted plant.]
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:Cueball: Shh.
 
:Cueball: Shh.
  
:[Going a little to the right along the tunnel from the upper end of the long shaft from entrance #18, there's short upwards shaft leading into a short tunnel with two small empty chambers on both ends and another short shaft to the entrance #5. Right next, the tunnel develops inexplicable waves on its floor and ceiling. Cueball and Jill are observing the phenomenon.]
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:[Going a little to the right along the tunnel from the upper end of the long shaft from entrance #18, there's short upwards shaft leading into a short tunnel with two small empty chambers on both ends and another short shaft to the entrance #5. Right next, the tunnel develops inexplicable waves on its floor and ceiling. Cueball and Science Girl are observing the phenomenon.]
:Jill: Ah, yes, corridor peristalsis.
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:Science Girl: Ah, yes, corridor peristalsis.
  
 
:[Aft from the peristaltic tunnel, there's a twisty passage leading up. Ponytail and Cueball slide down it like a waterpark tube.]
 
:[Aft from the peristaltic tunnel, there's a twisty passage leading up. Ponytail and Cueball slide down it like a waterpark tube.]
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:You found a Bursa of Fabricius!
 
:You found a Bursa of Fabricius!
  
:[From the lightbulb chamber a short tunnel leads aft to a shaft. Up that shaft there's a chamber in which Cueball and Jill are standing face to face.]
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:[From the lightbulb chamber a short tunnel leads aft to a shaft. Up that shaft there's a chamber in which Cueball and Science Girl are standing face to face.]
:Jill: Use a proposition instead of a preposition if you need something to end a sentence with, baby.
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:Science Girl: Use a proposition instead of a preposition if you need something to end a sentence with, baby.
  
 
:[The shaft goes down to the entrance #21. Close to the entrance, some small objects hits the wall of the shaft.]
 
:[The shaft goes down to the entrance #21. Close to the entrance, some small objects hits the wall of the shaft.]
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:[To the upper left of the half-round chamber there's a tunnel leading to a shaft going down to the entrance #19, and a short way up to a tunnel leading aft to an empty chamber and fore to a dead-end spiral-shaped tunnel.]
 
:[To the upper left of the half-round chamber there's a tunnel leading to a shaft going down to the entrance #19, and a short way up to a tunnel leading aft to an empty chamber and fore to a dead-end spiral-shaped tunnel.]
  
===Stream of torpedoes===
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*Stream of torpedoes
  
 
:[From the gun turret located at the bottom of the Star Destroyer in its middle-fore part, a lot of torpedoes are being fired. Following them down and left you can see:]
 
:[From the gun turret located at the bottom of the Star Destroyer in its middle-fore part, a lot of torpedoes are being fired. Following them down and left you can see:]
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:[The stream of torpedoes reaches the Corellian Corvette]
 
:[The stream of torpedoes reaches the Corellian Corvette]
  
===Corellian Corvette===
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*Corellian Corvette
  
 
:[A spaceship borrowed from the Star Wars universe. It is quite big, its length is larger than the diameter of the Origin planet, but smaller than Boston planet. It is found most easily by following a stream of torpedoes fired from the Star Destroyer. There are several people both inside and outside of it, standing on the upper surface. Gravity in the area is quite strong, coming from the huge Crystal Sphere. Starting clockwise from the stern you can find:]
 
:[A spaceship borrowed from the Star Wars universe. It is quite big, its length is larger than the diameter of the Origin planet, but smaller than Boston planet. It is found most easily by following a stream of torpedoes fired from the Star Destroyer. There are several people both inside and outside of it, standing on the upper surface. Gravity in the area is quite strong, coming from the huge Crystal Sphere. Starting clockwise from the stern you can find:]
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:Megan: Good against remotes is one thing, but a ''true'' Jedi trains with a T-shirt cannon.
 
:Megan: Good against remotes is one thing, but a ''true'' Jedi trains with a T-shirt cannon.
  
===Click and Drag Planet===
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* Click and Drag Planet
  
 
:[The planet is huge, larger than any other in the game world, but smaller than the Star Destroyer. It is located outside the Crystal Sphere roughly opposite the Star Destroyer. It is mostly round, with many landscape features and scenes partly copied from the xkcd comic 1110: Click and Drag, but arrayed in a circular, instead of linear shape. What's missing in comparison to the Click and Drag comic, is a few of the scenes, some textual content like dialogues (leaving persons intact), the underground parts, upper parts of the very high objects, and objects high above the surface in the 1110 comic -- please see its transcript for details. The planet features a few items and powerups.]
 
:[The planet is huge, larger than any other in the game world, but smaller than the Star Destroyer. It is located outside the Crystal Sphere roughly opposite the Star Destroyer. It is mostly round, with many landscape features and scenes partly copied from the xkcd comic 1110: Click and Drag, but arrayed in a circular, instead of linear shape. What's missing in comparison to the Click and Drag comic, is a few of the scenes, some textual content like dialogues (leaving persons intact), the underground parts, upper parts of the very high objects, and objects high above the surface in the 1110 comic -- please see its transcript for details. The planet features a few items and powerups.]

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