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Next update: Friday 29 August 2008: Everything you wanted to know about the Vrax Japh... but were afraid to ask!! (I've always wanted to say that)

The wrap up: The main action's over... now all I have to do is wrap up a bazillion loose threads...
Vrax Japh: This is the first time we've seen the Force Magellan HQ which sits in a high security sector of the island. Apart from housing meeting rooms it also has a museum of sorts collecting the more sensitive artifacts from many years of Force Magellan adventures. It is also a residence for all active and visiting reserve members. Anyway, in case you didn't know (or can't remember) Force Magellan is the preeminent super hero team going back more than three decades. However

  • We start this update with two "chroners", future versions of first year cadets Kaycee Jones (aka Maverick) and Bill Banks (aka Victory Man 2). They're discussing the astral planet Equis (see page 4.146 ) and the magic amping drug Diablo (see page 4.177)for some background info.
  • The other items they mention, the Rarg War and the Permuta comet, have never been mentioned before... stories for another day!
  • Victory-Man 2 was last seen without his cowl on page 4.157!
  • The meeting room shows a whole heap of supers, for the first time ever, without their masks, cowls, helmets, head-gear - most notably Vertigo, Hoodoo, Hierophant and Ranger Bill from Force Magellan - but also the chroner Speedlines; we also see in the room Dr Philos, Go!Anna (who we've seen beofre without her mask), the chroner Mongrel, Lord Psiot VIII, The Man Who Can (also without mask) from Oz Magellan and Tros, also from Force Magellan.
  • There was an attempt by a number of those above to discuss the Vrax Japh just before all the chaos broke out. For a backgrounder see pages 4.106-108!
Who's who and what's what?: hey, you might find this story scorecard kind of useful!

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22 comments:
Jen says: Argh! What happened to Kaycee's face?! Must be something.
Pascal says: You're right, I'm afraid to ask about the You-Know-What! (Yeesh! I'd rather speak out "Horcrux" and the name "Lord Voldemort"!)
P.S.: That secret vat looks way cooler than I expected. ;-)
TomaO2 says: It's probably bad. Even worse then the male pattern baldness of Victory Man! O_O
majopr says: Hey! What about Red Centre?
xmung says: heh - he is there, but only just. I couldn't fit him in but he's next to Lord Psiot VIII...!
TomaO2 says: I was joking but I'm suprised not to get the denial I was sure was coming, especially with 3 posts mentioning it. Why the silent treatment, Xmung? People want to know if she is horribly scarred for life or something? Also, I just started to wonder. Why are the chroners still there a week later? I mean, jeez. It doesn't take a full week to go over a few highlights of events that our people should not be doing.
xmung says: I dunno, the timeline seems about right to me and we'll get a bit of an idea of some events that have transpired over the last few days during the wrap up. As for answers to the many questions being mulled over by everyone for the last few days... I'm holding all my cards very close to my chest whilst wearing my best poker face...! MWAHAHHA! >:-)
BTW, I'm really glad there is so much anticipation about the wrap-up. That's why I'm not spilling all the beans at once... gotta leave the best 'til last! So... patience, young pawdans!! ;-)
Jim F. says: Epoch also is not in the picture. Did you mean "padawans" as in Star Wars?
ddanaan says: Is there really anything for the Chroners to go back to? Are we talking post-apocalyptic or a sterile planet?
Meganuke says: xmung i hate you... you have made me addicted to this comic
sra says: I love Bill's three hairs still perched up ons.
DLcygnet says: My guess is the chroners aren't exactly excited to go back to their own timeline (where all their friends are dead) and who knows? Ranger Bill is still with the current group, why couldn't they stay as well? Third Theory: Anybody else watch Back to the Future Part II? Would it even be possible for them to go back to THEIR future when they've altered the past dramatically.
Penguinreich says: My guess on her face? She's a man. The future is weird.
TomaO2 says: Geez guys. It was just one city that got blasted. The world is mostly okay otherwise. Anyway, I got the reason why they are not back yet. They are probably waiting for Thorn to get better from the withdrawal effects of the Diablo drug she ingested, first. Do I get a no-prize?
Jim F. says: Ranger Bill is not from the future, he's from an "Alternate Reality", i.e. parallel universe, whatever.
On page 4.163 the alien Tros tries to explain timeline splits and such. The chroners' world still exists, and would not be altered by events in Magellan's year 2009 timeline.(getting a headache) Right, Xmung?
Pascal says: @ TomaO2: Naah, Maverick is only concealing a nose job gone horribly wrong. It's the Barbara Streisand syndrome.You see, this all started when her feud with Charisma turned into bitter jealousy against Princess Perfect Poppet and Kaycee dyed her hair blonde. Then she attempted to sing on Prom Day. This permuted a comet out of its orbit, causing a people of fierce aliens to start a galactic war yelling a mighty "RARG!" That was the last time Jones ever showed her face in public, or to anybody.
A super-heroine can't just wear a paper bag...
DLcygnet's theory has a point, but it would contradict the chroners saying "they'll still all be dead in our future". I'm not at all sure which Time interpretation goes. Remember DragonBallZ: Future Trunks DID make history diverge, but he still belongs to his own future when he returns forward with his time machine. Or, if you prefer, to his own dimension now parallel to the alternate Universe created when he interfered with the Past. Or... anybody have an acetylsalicylate capsule? My cephalalgia has awakened.
I think I'll just wait and see. Even the Third Millenium eventually arrived. With atomic energy, private rockets, holidays on the Moon, world peace... and my tyrant boss, Mister Spacely! Ever since Pres. Schwarzenegger abolished unions in 2013, it's been downhill. I'm thinking of emigrating to (gasp) FRANCE!!! Even weirder than you thought, Penguinreich.
JIm F. says: Xmung, isn't there a page in which you give the backgrounds, abilities, etc. of the current Force Magellan members(Epoch, Tros, Ranger Bill, etc.)?
VileTerror says: Not wearing their masks and cowls, sure, but are any bold enough to go to this meeting without PANTS?
Boris Karloff says: Well I have to agree... 'Not now' Kaycee does look a little 'butch' in this set, although in her costume she did look a bit trimmer... reminded me of Sporty Spice (from the Spice Girls)... maybe Kaycee likes girls... This wrap is taking a long time - mainly because there are SO many characters... for example, what has happened to 'this time line' Brelvis?? Last time he was seen he was scratching around in the gardens being shot at...
xmung says: @ Meganuke: my work here is done... MWAHAHAAA!!
@ Jim: nothing as specific as that... yet!
@ Vile Terror: Yes. Lord Psiot VIII...! ;-)
@ Boris Karloff: Yeah, lots of characters = a lengthy wrap-up... we'll get to Brelvis and others at some point.
ddanaan says: I hope the wrapup shows Go!anna and Jaycee together. I think Go!anna would want to change her previous opinion.
Pascal says: @ VileTerror: Without pants? AAAAARRRRGH! And there I thought this nightmare had stopped tormenting me every exam night.
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Archives: The Magellan archives are free! Some quick stepping stones to the start of each chapter are available below. Happy reading:

Chapter 1: Wannabe: It all begins here... Kaycee heads off for Magellan Academy, the origin of Brelvis, Go!Anna takes on a small mystery, plus many characters are introduced - Nadine, Fatima, Freya, Tom, Charisma, Wombat-man and Epoch. Chapter 2: The Great Leap Forward: Kaycee faces up to her first moment of truth... will she be able to stand toe-to-tentacle with the best of her fellow cadets? Go!Anna's investigations go awry and Brelvis cuts loose.

Chapter 3: Daze: Go!Anna has a piece of the puzzle to her investigations - little does she realise it leads to greater, more deadly problems. Introduces Bugle, Captain Victoria and Master Drake. Brelvis and Freya show up too! Chapter 4: Bad Karma: Karma's not who she pretends to be and she's woven a complex web of deceit within the very the heart of the Magellan Academy. She has a number of targets in her sights... including Kaycee. [current chapter]

"The Story So Far": A two page update. I wanted to do a quick round-up for those who came in late... and even for those who didn't! Read it here...

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