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|.| |..\ /..| |.|_\.| |.._..\ |.._..\ |.._..\ |.._..\ |.|    |.|_\.|
|:| |:::.:::| |:::::| |:|_\:| |:| |:| |:|_\:| |:| |:| |:|__  |:.___'         .
||| |||\_/||| |||---' ||||||| ||| ||| ||||||| ||| ||| |||||/ ||\___
|+\ '_'   '_' |+|     '__---' '_' '_' |_|-|_| '_' '_' '__--' '__---'
'--`          '_'


                   ,             .     __.----.____
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    .          .               .     |          .  ':    .     .
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                    _ -----'     '----__.///.                 .
                  |' ---  =  =  =  =         \_         .
               .  '  :::. . .::::.. ,,,,::.    |            .    *
                   \.    ' '               '  /      .
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                       \ \  " " """ """  " "  \.__.     .-_
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       .                     \|  \.____  /   .             .     .
  .       .                   '---___---'       .     .


 .------------------.                 .-----------------.
: It's been a while. :               :  But we're Back!  :
 '___   ____________'   .^----^.    //'___ _____ ____ __'
      \\               /        \  //
     o \\        o    /_   ~   _ \         .------------.
    /   \\    __/    //\\     //\ \       : Actually, I :
    \    '   /       |\__\   /__/ |       : liked being :       .     .      .
    :--'""'--:       |\   <v>    /|       : away! __ ___'       '_____'
 .-'  \____/  -.     | \        / |     _  :: _                 /_   _\
(,.  ((_[]_)   ,)    |||\ .<>. /|||    / \   / \                |o| |o|
 \_.   -<>-  ._/      \| '.__.' |/        | |       .-------.   |  V  |
    \,_____,/             |  |          /\| |/\    : Shut up == \|<_>|/
   ____) (____         ___|  |___      / @\ /@ \   : Greebo! :    | |
  /     .     \      (    $$$$    )    \  / \  /    '___ ___'  _[]---[]_
 /      .      \     / ::::::::::||     \/   \/            .  |==|\\\|==|
 | |    .    | |    //|;;;;;;;;;;||      \\ //            ::: //| W W |\\
 | |    .    | |   // |''''''''''||      /\ /\   \_        \\// |     | \\
 | |    .    | |   \\ |          //     /| V |\  /          \/  | ooo | //
 Cc|    .    |cC    \\|         //      \|   | \/               """"""" :'   .
    \       /        \\........//|       \___/                  |     |
     |  |  |         / \      / \:       /   \      /||||\       \   /
     |  |  |          :    __    :       |   |     ( .  . )       | |
     | / \ |          |   /  \   |       |   |     s-Q--Q-s       | |
    /  | |  \         |  |    |  |     _/     \    [  /   ]       \ /
    \_/   \_/         |  |    |  |             '   { -,-  }        ,
                     _| /\    /\ |_                /''''''_/\/\/\/\ ?
                    / _/ /    \ \ _\              {                \:
                    \___/      \___/              (_____ _______ ___/
                                                     ::
                                               .-----''-------------------.
                                              :  If we're all here, who's  :
  ___                                         :  driving the ship?!        :   .
 //       ___                                  '__________________________'
 \\__   //   \\
    \\  ||   ||
  __//  \\___// ...

  I guess you want some back-story to account for this long absence, huh?

  Well after the Sinclairomorph peril was stopped, the war was over, and you
might all remember the main characters living, sort of "Happily ever after".

  Princess Oranjeboom was very much a girlie of a girl,  and didn't *really*
approve of her new husband's old mates hanging around the palace,  raucously
drinking and playing light sabre games with the hanging curtains.

   As she wanted to devote herself to her ongoing pussy-whipping project  of
Ham  Yumyum,  she  suggested  to  the others,  "Why not go off  and  explore
somewhere?" adding that the Star Trek 'five year mission' pattern might well
be perfectly acceptable, in fact, they shouldn't try to rush back generally.

  Weevl and the rest were generally unenthusiastic,  until Greebo speculated
on  the  likely existence of the planet "Nympho",  where nice carnal  things
happened to lonely batchelor space cadets.  This happened to be quite a long
way away,  in a vague and undisclosed part of the galaxy, but it was a place
he had been to already, of course.

   Somehow the rest believed him,  and before Weevl could give the order  to
"Set the controls for the heart of the planet Nympho!" They were off!

  Needless to say,  in spite of their best efforts,  right to this day, this
almost  certainly a figment of Greebo's imagination mythical world,  of free
and easy sexual activity, remains undiscovered...

  The quest continues......


            ___----___       _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _
      .    / /_/_/_/_ \     /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /                 .
          |            |   /  We're picking up a signal, /       .
   .      | ..      ...|   \  alien origin and unknown   \
           \____  ____/    /  source from that planet's  /          .
               |  |       /__ surface!!                  \              _'_
         ___.--||||--.___    \_\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_                |
      __/______'__'______\__
     (  ..              ..  )
      '_  ______  ______  _'               .            .  ..::.  .
       \ .              . /                        .  :;::. .; . :.;. .
        \ \ """ "" """ / /        .             . ::;;;':: : '.  '  .; ..
         \/            \/                     .: :: ::::. '..  .     .: .
  .       \            /    .                .:::;;:. .:: . '   .      ' .'
           |':.    .:'|                     .::;::.'::; . ' . .  ..       ..
           |          |                    .::;;: : . .:   : ' .    .    ': .
   .        \  \  /  /        *            . :;:;: :; : :. ' .  .: .  :  . ..
             '_    _'                      :;;;:: :;: : '  .  .  ;  :  .  .' .
               '--'                       .:.;;::.'.':  .    '  :  . .  '  . ..
-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
                          -                          .-------------------.
       _____________      !      _____________       : Right! Launch the :
     :'             ':    -    :'.            ':     : shuttle with a    :
     |   [x]    ..':.|    !    |   .   .   .   |     : landing party!    :
     |   /    .':::.'|    -    |               |      '--\\-------- ----'
     '  /    ::::' .:'    !    '  .   >+<      '
     |      ::;.:::;.|    -    |           .   |         /||||\
      '_____________'     !     '_____________'         ( ^  ^ )
    /    /=/./=/     /.   -    / \////////\    /'       s-Q--Q-s
   /.::_.   .___._ ./ |   !   /.::_.  .__ .__ / |       [  /   ]
---:                : |--- ---:               : |------ { [__] } _  _
   ||\____/|       || /       ||\____/|      || /      /'''''''_/ \/ \/\
   |' CT63 '        |/        |' CT63 '       |/      {               ) \
   '________________'         '_______________'       (_._._._.-._._._. /
                                            _                         \_\
     .^----^.                                \ __
    /        \   .--------------------.      //  \
   /_       _ \  : Oki, Captain Weevl :     //    .------------------.
  //_\     /_\ \ : dude, we're onto   :    /\     : We're off to see :
  |\__\   /__/ | : the situation!     :   /\@\   /  the wizard, the  :
  |\   <v>    /| //------------------'    \ \/\ //: wonderful wizard :
  ||\        /||//                         \_  \  : of nympho!       :
  |||\ .__. /|||                           ||\ \\  '----------------'
   \| '.__.' |/                            || \__\
       |  |                               /  \
-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -

BUT !!!                                                           .----------.
                      .---------------------------.               : Oh noes! :
      ___O      __    : Waitaminute! I'm decoding :       :_____: //---------'
      \        /  \   : part of the signal. It    :       /_   _\//
      :--'""'--:   O  : seems to be more of a     :       |o| |o|
   .-'   ____   -.    : warning than a distress   :       |  v  |
  (,.  ((_[]_))  ,)  // call!                     :       \|[_]|/
   \_.   <__>  ._/  // '-------------------------'          | |
      \,_____,/    //       |: If you go down  :|        _[]---[]_
     ____) (____            |: to the planet,  :|       |==|\\\|==|
    /     .     \    c      |: it will hurt    :|        || W W ||
   |      .      \  / C     (: quite a lot!   :)        ||     ||
   | \    .    /\ \/ /       '_________________'         || ooo ||
   | ||   .   |  \  /       / /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ \        ||"""""||
   | ||   .   |   \/       //_/_/_/_______/_/_/_/\      '::     ::'
-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
                          -                          .-------------------.
       _____________      !      _____________       : Fair enough, let's:
     :'             ':    -    :'             ':     : not go down there :
     |ABORT APPROACH!|    !    | C:\ run_away  |     : then!             :
     |ABORT!!        |    -    |     how about |      '--\\-------- ----'
     'ABORT!!        '    !    '     a nice cup'
     |ABORT!!       .|    -    |     of tea?   |         /||||\
      '_____________'     !     '_____________'         ( \  / )
    /    /=/./=/     /.   -    / \////////\    /'       s-Q--Q-s
   /.::_.   .___._ ./ |   !   /.::_.  .__ .__ / |       [  /   ]
---:                : |--- ---:               : |------ { <__> } ---------
   ||\____/|       || /       ||\____/|      || /      /'''''''_/\/\/\/\
   |' CT63 '        |/        |' CT63 '       |/      {               ) \
   '________________'         '_______________'       (_._._._.-._._._. /
                                                                     /_/
     .^----^.                              _   _
    /        \   .--------------------.   \ \ / \
   /_       _ \  : Yeah, being torn in :    | |     .-------------------------.
  //\\     //\ \ : half by a ravenous  :  /\\ //\   : What about facehuggers? :
  |\__\   /__/ | : alien really sucks! : / @\ /@ \  / I really hate those!    :
  |\   <v>    /| //-------------------'  \  / \  / // Is John Hurt anywhere   :
  ||\        /||//                        \/   \/   : on this ship, he could  :
  |||\ .(). /|||                           \\ //  \_: go down instead!        :
   \| '.__.' |/                            /\ /\  /  '-----------------------'
       |  |                               /| V |\/
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                  -=====- |            ==          |   (for now, there will be
                     |    |==   ==    |    |==   ==|    more next time!)
                     |    |  | |==    |==  |  | |  |
                               '==    '==       '==

 CiH, originally for Alive Mag, August '06..