Annnnd it’s back to Magellan Island briefly. The shooting of Vertigo, of course, refers to this scene on page 6.76.
So, who are some of these faces? Hopefully you know a number of them. The second panel shows us several first year cadets. For their thread in this chapter see pages 6.29, 6.31, 6.83 and 6.86. Notably we have Sun Moon (Olga’s friend) and Ornuk (Brelvis’ friend) and Maria Ponti (Olga’s Charisma)… if you need further help with names etc you should check out this charming little series named Olga & Brelvis which introduces all of the first year cadets.
The third panel features third year cadets Janice Blake and Hamish Bashir – you should remember them from the sequence starting from page 6.06. Witch and wizard respectively, they are friends of Montana-Rose and Jemima our second year witches. They were both introduced in Bad Karma and played a modest but important role in proceedings. They’re also in part involved in the poop going down over at Locke Island… so I think we’ll be keeping an eye on them! BTW, next to them is fellow third year cadet, centauress Briar O’Hennessy – who had a cameo back on page 5.12!
Panel four has a number of fourth year cadets being taught by Dr Biskart En (last seen waaay back on page 4.13). Cadets you might remember include speedster Zac Breen, shape-shifter Polly, phaser V’ries (all introduced on page 4.161), wizard Ali and witch Yukiko (see 4.184).
Second last panel has four fifth year cadets training in the Robomat… most notably, third from the left is long-range teleporter Padma Singh (remember her from chapter 5?). The other three you might recall glimpsing in scenes on page 4.149 and 4.269.
Phew! Remember, the cast page is (mostly) your friend (actually, it really needs to be updated… but I think most of the above except some of the first years are all included there)…
That poor frog student . . . only ever says “ribbit.” I can only hope that some day we will see that amphibian hero-to-be as one of the most eloquent and accomplished speakers to ever grace Magellan Academy. Perhaps even valedictorian of that graduating year.
The centaur student in panel 3 would have said something, but she’s a little hoarse.
I get the impression that the sixth-year students spend most of the year away from Magellan in field training. Is that right?
That’s pretty much right, although they also mentor and act as team captains for junior cadets. I keep meaning to include that into the stories but they’re usually already so complex I’ve dropped it in both instances I’ve considered using it. But one day!
Huh. I must have not noticed or forgotten there was a centaur student at Magellan… Are they from the same world as Ranger Bill?
Nope, totally different. I mentioned Briar’s cameo on page 5.12 but in fact her first “appearance” was in Bad Karma, in the background of page 4.212 (when she was, of course, a second year cadet)! Admittedly she was just a random inclusion at the time, I didn’t even have a name for her at that point – at the time she generated a lot of discussion amongst readers over on Graphic Smash. She comes from a dimension/world known as Centaur Ireland – Ranger Bill’s home dimension is currently unknown.
‘Centaur Ireland’? I like it!
Did the mighty clans once war to the thundering of hooves and the wail of the pipes there?
You bet they did! And wait until you see them Riverdance!
well i guess they could do an evac and use uavs to deploy rcvs similar to bomb squad versions with articulating arms and such to assess and deal with the situation. they could even do surgery on vertigo remotely, probably won’t happen as in a world with heroes their is little need for such things to be developed.
great page