ISSUE 27 Epliogue (as yet untitled) Over at www.warrenellis.com, Ellis posted the first page script of the final issue to coicide with his June 10th Bad Signal announcement that he had finished writing the final issue. The script is permalinked to his site here, but is reproduced below as well. Written, delivered, and the first page of script looks like this: PAGE ONE Pic 1 Three page-wide pics: The Planetary Building, NYC, in the afternoon sun, like a bright glass needle poked into the middle of Manhattan: JAGGED (NO TAIL) - RUSH TRIALS OF THE SO-CALLED "ANTI-CANCER" TREATMENT DEVELOPED BY THE PLANETARY ORGANISATION - JAGGED (NO TAIL) - NEW YORK OFFICES OF THE PLANETARY ORGANISATION TODAY DEMONSTRATED A CHEAP ELECTRICAL LEVITATION SYSTEM WITH APPLICATIONS IN - JAGGED (NO TAIL) - NEW ORLEANS, THE PLANETARY ORGANISATION'S "SUPER- FABBER" FOR GENERATING INSTANT TEMPORARY SHELTERS - Pic 2 INT. CORRIDOR: people rushing both ways down the corridor, carrying files, stacks of paper, tablet computers, busy busy busy... JAGGED (NO TAIL) - LEGAL CHALLENGES TO THE PLANETARY ORGANISATION'S "LIFE STATIONS," COMMUNITY DEVICES THAT PROVIDE WATER, BASIC PROTEIN, HEATING AND LIGHT FOR FREE - JAGGED (NO TAIL) - TOWARDS THE END OF ITS NINE-MONTH VOYAGE TO MARS, CARRYING, MOST FAMOUSLY, THE PLANETARY SOCIETY'S "QUNET" DEVICE FOR INSTANT COMMUNICATION ACROSS DEEP SPACE - JAGGED (NO TAIL) - PLANETARY SOCIETY'S "HYPER-COLLIMATION" SHEETS, CARBON FABRICS THAT BECOME BOMBPROOF SHIELDS - Pic 3 INT: BIG LECTURE HALL: where the DRUMMER addresses a room full of techies all holding tablet computers - behind him, a wall-size flat-panel display of computer file folders, arranged almost like the petals of a chrysanthemum: DRUMMER - INTO FILES TEN THOUSAND TO TEN NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE. THAT'S THE TWENTY PERCENT MARK. DRUMMER ONE YEAR, TWENTY PERCENT OF THE RANDALL DOWLING DATABASE EXPLORED. DRUMMER ELIJAH'S GOING INSANE OVER THIS. I'M KEEPING YOU COVERED, BUT, SERIOUSLY, DEPARTMENT HEADS, YOU NEED TO CONSIDER HIRING MORE BODIES - RDG back to the prior issue back to summary index