Terra Formars 1

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Terraformars

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Cover stuff, can be translated if wanted.

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Terraformers

Script: Sasuga Yu Art: Tachibana Kenichi

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1st MISSION
Encounters with the Known

2nd MISSION
Sudden Metamorphosis of Species

3rd MISSION
The Empire Strikes Back

4th MISSION
Born to Hunt

5th MISSION
The Undefeatable

6th MISSION
A Graveyard for Insects

This is a work of fiction.
Any resemblance to actual persons, organizations, or events is purely coincidental.

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1st MISSION - Encounters with the Known

Japan?

I want to go to Sugamo, I think it was?

You got taste, man.

Insects are high in nutritional value, comparing favorably to cows and pigs when it comes to protein, carbohydrates and fats.

The silk-moth in particular has many other uses like its silk, and since you can also increase the already small amount of food onboard...

Aki! What are you doing?

Come here and eat!

Not. A.

Chance!!!! (Those are moths, right!?)

It is being researched as an excellent source of food in space.

2599 C.E.

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The terraforming of Mars comes to a close.

1st MISSION - Encounters with the Known

The surface of Mars has been covered in greenery...

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Well to be more accurate...

It's green and black...

Akita Nanao (Japan)
22yrs

I... I knew it...

I bet there are tons of 'em...

Most likely.

Not. A.

Chance, man.

What!?

Komachi Shokichi (Japan)
22yrs

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And you were so eager up until yesterday!

Spouting crap like, "When the time comes I'll handle it."

No... Like, as we get closer to the mission... I sort of get cold feet, like before a wedding... you know?

Shouldn't be a problem if 2 or 3 people slack off. I mean, there's 15 of us.

You know about the Pareto principle?

That doesn't apply here!!

And look at you eating moths!!

See? Stuffing your face!

'Hat... 'Hat ish 'ifferent!

Take a good look there, Mr. American. This is what the Japanese call "childhood friendship."

They act the same no matter where they are, even in space.

I see. We don't have that in our culture.

You two get on his case, too!!

Moths, right. That reminds me...

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I don't remember when, but a moth got free in your room,

and I chased it out for you, no...?

You were just trembling in the corner...

Uh...

I think you should repay me.

I... I don't know what you're talking about...

Hey guys!!

This Japanese girl isn't keeping to the yakuza code!!

Wha!?

No!! You must keep to the yakuza code!! Aren't you Japanese!?

You better pay him back.

Stop learning weird shit about Japanese culture!!

Come on now, gorilla.

Don't call me by my nickname from elementary school!!

You're the gorilla now!!

Hahah...

Shokichi's a pretty fun guy.

Japanese people are a bit too high-strung though, don't you think?

This is the manned space ship, Bugs #2.

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15 men and women...

Onboard on their way to Mars to complete a certain mission.

... Meanwhile, on Earth.

National Jonan High School - Multipurpose Auditorium

... And so, the population of earth is still increasing.

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With this drastic increase in population,

the Earth might be completely drained from energy issues and environmental destruction.

Sign: Born in Jonan!! As seen on TV, professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology - Dr. Honda talks Mars - Presented by HNK's "Welcome back, Senior"

And that is why we need to turn Mars into an environment where mankind can live.

We call it the terraforming project.

I bet you've heard of it.

Originally, the average temperature on Mars was a mere -58C.

That is because Mars' atmospheric pressure was only 0.006, meaning that it couldn't absorb sunlight at all.

"So people could never, ever live there," you might think.

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However!!

We found out that there was an immense volume of carbon dioxide inside of Mars!!

So if you can find a way to warm up Mars, that CO2 will dissolve through the surface...

and with the greenhouse effect that CO2 brings, Mars will most likely continue to get warmer.

... which begs the question, how do we start the warming process...

20th century scientists pondered this.

If we release large amounts of a certain "moss" and a "black organism" onto Mars,

Mars will start to warm up and absorb the sunlight because the surface is covered in dark colors.

An organism that can just barely survive in the Martian environment...

It will eat the moss, expand its living area, and the carcasses will make the moss grow in even thicker...

Maybe it would be possible for Mars to warm up if that chain continued, they thought.

As for the organism...

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Cockroaches.

Hah, what a joke.

I never thought Shokichi would be this afraid of cockroaches!!

It's crap, right? He's such a big guy...

Come on...

I raised them without knowing it so I'm not as scared of them as he is.

Maria Viren (Russia)
24yrs

What about in Thailand, Thien?

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I've eaten a live one before.

Thien (Thailand)
21yrs

Really!?

Egh.

I do hear that's pretty common in Thailand, but...

Oh, nothing like that.

I just... didn't have food...

Simple as that.

I couldn't go out to steal because I'd lost a turf war with the other street kids...

It felt like I'd die if I didn't get something in my stomach in an hour, I was so starved...

And then a cockroach scurried by.

I doubt anyone else here was as poor as I was.

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How'd it taste...?

Don't ask. Don't ask.

That's certainly a feeling we Japanese can't comprehend...

... Oh yeah. Now that you mention it...

Isn't there one more Japanese guy onboard...?

Isn't there?

Oh yeah. That guy never opens up...

What was his name again?

Ichiro!!

Get over here! People are forgetting you exist!!

Hiruma Ichiro (Japan)
18yrs

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Listen man, everyone's making fun of me for hating cockroaches.

But most Japanese people can't stand them, you know?

You won't get mad if I run away or anything, right!?

...Whatever.

I don't want to see them either if I can help it.

Stop forming alliances.

God...

Oh! Captain!!

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The picnic is over!!

D.K. Davis (America)
30yrs

Take your landing positions!!

So it's the 30th already...

In a few moments we will be entering the atmosphere of our destination.

Brace yourselves!!

Once we have confirmed the composition of the atmosphere after landing...

It'll be time to get down to business.

Sign: Born in Jonan!! As seen on TV, professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology - Dr. Honda talks Mars - Presented by HNK's "Welcome back, Senior"

...Does anyone have any questions?

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Sign: Born in Jonan!! As seen on TV, professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology - Dr. Honda talks Mars - Presented by HNK's "Welcome back, Senior"

No one gonna raise their hand?

Do your job, class rep!!

Hey! Ask something!!

Huh... Me!? Okay...

Sir!!

Um... Will these cockroaches released on Mars stay there?

I mean, like, even if the terraforming project works,

I don't think I'd want to live on a planet full of cockroaches, you know?

... Of course,

once the atmospheric pressure has stabilized to an extent,

we will go to exterminate them.

Some brave astronauts will take off

to exterminate the largest colony of cockroaches in the universe.

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Well...

We're here...

...Okay.

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Everyone here!? Get to your positions!!

Release mass amounts of the cockroach pesticide Mars Red PRO while we check the composition of the atmosphere!!

We disembark in three hours!!!

Thanks for today, Dr. Honda.

Well done.

We just received a transmission.

Hm?

Bugs #2 has successfully landed on the surface of Mars.

So they made it...

Captain Davis... and the 14 other youths...

Get me the specifics.

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...Professor.

Sir... About the people on the Bugs #2...

Just who are they?

The crew of the Bugs #1 team was made up of the very best astronauts.

Though they didn't complete their mission due to an unforeseen accident...

But why is the #2 crew...

full of...

youths with no real history in the field?

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Hahh...

Can't we just spread this pesticide and leave...?

Komachi Shokichi, don't complain.

This is our mission.

One that you chose to undertake.

Sir...

We already have...

nothing else to live for.

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Right?

They have undergone a special surgery to allow them to spend extended amounts of time in the Martian environment...

It is called the "Bugs Procedure."

The survival rate of which is a mere 30%...

Undergoing it is the same as a death sentence.

What kind of people do you think they were?

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Crew member Komachi Shokichi.

He...

Has killed before...

Akita Nanao's stepfather.

Huh!?

So... So that means the Bugs Procedure...

and the crew of the Bugs #2 are all...

They can't be...

Death row inmates...!?

...No.

That is not correct either.

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... So this...

This is Mars...

Wow... It's not cold at all.

And there's moss everywhere...

The environment here is not supposed to be completely prepared...

Is this from the surgery...?

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Listen up, everybody!

We will move on to the cleanup operation without delay!!

Shokichi and Nanao, north! Thien and Maria, east!

Wood and Ichiro, south! Tejas and Jaina, west!!

Everyone else returns to their work inside the ship!! Return here in thirty minutes!!

Put all carcasses into these pressurized boxes!!

If something comes up inform me immediately over the radio!!

That is all!! Begin!!

This is strange...

There aren't... any carcasses...

Did the Mars Red not work...?

The mist came from this way so maybe they all ran off farther?

...But still... there should be at least one...

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Juh.

Ju-juh.

Juh-ju.

Juh-juh.

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What...

the hell is that...!?

Mmph. Mmph.

Hahh...

Hahh...

Aliens!? Martians!?

...!! Sorry...

(small text next to girl): hahh hahh

That can't be...!!

I've...

I've got to contact the captain.

We'll wait for them to go away...

then leave here.

Guys...!!

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...What should we do? There's no way that's an astronaut.

Maybe we should head back and inform...

...Oops. Our eyes met.

What!? Oh god... it's coming this way.

Oh well... You stand back a bit, Aki.

Uhh...

We're okay, right? We can just talk it out, right?

... This feels like deja vu...

Like when you caught that moth?

Yeah, that's it. I let it out the window...

You said the same thing then, "We can talk it out." (smalltext: ...Talk it out with a moth!)

I think we'll be fine since you're so damn nice, even if we're dealing with an alien...

Er... Are... Are you scared? If you are...

It doesn't matter.

Just, you talk to it.

Okay.

Hello! Nice to meet you!

Can you uh, speak?

Where are you from? Are you a Martian? (Konnichiwa?)

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...Huh!?

...Wha-...

What the fuck did you do!?

...

Aki...!?

Hey!!!

Aki!!

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Hey!!

Aki!!

Bitch!!

Don't go out without your parent's permission!! You're just a fucking kid!!

You are my god-damned property!!!

Spread your legs! This is your punishment!!

Aki!!

...!!

You're dead...

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Komachi Shokichi is indeed a murderer.

However, murderers and death row inmates have rights.

We can't just use them as guinea pigs for our experiments.

There are people below them, though.

People who don't have the rights they should...

It has to do with money.

They don't have any.

That... can't be...

They're... the...

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... I see... So it is confirmed.

Our worst hypothesis has been realized...

Just as you, and only you, were told, there were vestiges of an attack

by some other intelligent life in the last transmission from the Bugs #1.

Martians? ... No.

There was supposed to be no life on Mars before the terraforming took place.

Aliens...? No!!

They don't appear to have enough scientific knowledge for that.

So...

These are seeds that we sowed.

Antenna!! (This gets pretty specific and says that there are antenna AND cercus. Whether you want to include the cercus (or plural cerci) is up to you. If you do the first part of this panel would be, "Cerci..." followed by "...and antenna!" on the left side.)

These are...

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Cockroaches!?

...That means...

That means you didn't pick legitimate astronauts...

and got us instead...

because it doesn't matter if we die!!

That's not true, Mr. Davis...

You...

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For money...

gave up your humanity

and underwent the procedure...

You are no longer normal humans!

You have already been given the power you need to complete your mission!

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Use the special abilities that you have gained from the intelligence of man...

Destroy the king of the insects!

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