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at0m

I wonder how many times QC is on Wikipedia like that

Howard J.

And you are in Wikipedia under Von Neumann Probes.. Good Job.

Churchill (formerly TeaBear)

Don't fret, Bubbles... Kaye used GorillaGlue™

I'd been imagining all day that Fay would just have dug out a vintage 1990 "hangs on the car door in the window slot" cup holder from a gas station that has a daisy applique on it or something.

Bagge

Pretty good theory. All the other drones will be so jealous about the cup holder

Bill Silvia

I guess it depends on the nature of the spiders.

Nicolas Demers

This whole week's storyline has been so deliciously random and I love it

Lightsabr2

New theory. That was a drone dispatched by station for a well-check on Hannelore after directing a kinetic strike.

Elf Sternberg

... and in the shower, because, you know, velcro would mold quickly!

Randall Norman Pick

Distributing caffeine to poor innocent Von Neumann probes. :)

Matt Pedone

It also doesn't seem to have a way to consume coffee, but still feels a need to buy coffee.

Stephen Wells

It's not going to space, it's bringing coffee to its friend, the world's greatest trapeze artist.

Stephen Wells

It seems to have got everything it wanted out of the day.

Douglas E. Smith

I don't think coffee will function in the cold vacuum of space either. Ice coffee maybe.

David Howe

.... or at least not for a few more dozen strips.

Bagge

The fact that it can't (or won't) communicate but has a fully functional system for financial transaction probably says something profound about capitalism.

Miyaa

Next week, the Slab makes breakfast for a stunned Steve & Cosette after it reveals to Cosette that she’s expecting twins. Steve is stunned that the Slab is using a wok to fry bacon and eggs. “When did I get a wok?” Steve ponders.

James Lomele

Taking bets on if this is Spookybot’s original body.

Yohannon

First Contact, SECOND coffee.

That Blair Guy

I can’t help thinking all of this week’s strips are in actuality the final random electrical impulses of the various AIs in the wake of last week’s EMP blast. ….

Leak

Can't decide - was that First Contact, or was it First Coffee?

Thomas Halpin

I'm waiting for our expert in "helping satellites to make friends" to already be well acquainted with and a personal confidante of the slab

Populuxe

I would be sad if this is the last time we saw FBSEALH, but on the other hand, making this the last time we see FBSEALH would be such a boss move.

Emma May

Was I expecting to become emotionally invested in a floating black slab? No Am I absolutely emotionally invested in the floating black slab's character development now? Damn right I am!

Josh

There's coffee in that nebula.

With coffee now safely in the cup holder I'm sure the floating black slab emitting a low hum will make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.

KingAtticus

We might be amusing to them

Pejo

I... did not expect FBSEALH to get this level of character development

Andrea Andrew

Hopefully enough that Faye and Bubbles will be scared at how much and consider getting an assistant like Marigold.

Michael Boettger

I suspect that the "name" is the equivalent of an IP address, rather than something in the vernacular.

Sleepy John

I for one welcome our latte-drinking softly-humming overlords.

Populuxe

The alien vanguard is a lot nicer than I was expecting.

Ace of Hearts

their home planet needed them I guess

Summer Sudbrink

Maybe it’s doing a coffee run for the Parker Solar Probe. :)

Jason Zions

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-must-go

Morgan

No, they just work differently

Summer Sudbrink

So did it fly directly towards the sun, or is that a flash of light as it disappears in the distance.

Rachel Maeroff

I want to know how much they paid

Alacrity Fitzhugh

Maybe Pintsize had a change of heart and traded his body in...

Diane

You're really killing it lately, Jeph!!!

Alacrity Fitzhugh

My god... it's full of coffee...

Carl Fink

The Questionable 'Verse has a Robot PayPal that can be used between any AI, apparently.

Yelling Bird

I'D LOVE IT IF THOSE TWO APPLIED SUCTION CUPS TO ME! ALSO, BOO! I'M A FUCKING GHOST!

Livy N

I'M SO INTRIGUED. AI is so diverse.

Ian Wolfe

But seriously, Velco is ALWAYS superior to a suction cup unless you need something completely and totally removable.

R L

Okay I have QUESTIONS 1. How tf did it pay 2. With what currency 3. BUBBLES HOW DID IT PAY

Mitch Megaw

I wonder if someone on board Station has a crush on Hanners and built that to try and ask her out. But even in orbit Hanners still leaves that person tongue tied.

Matt Zweig

Jeph, you know your stuff better than I ever will but maybe consider adding a sound effect to panel 1 for when the floating black slab pays?

Matt Grayson

It has one, but it's black on black.

Certified Nerd

Can’t wait until the somewhere in the background of a strip someone gets hit by a failing latte

MikeT

Giant Space Baby now has its latte

at0m

Huh, I hadn't thought about the fact that suction cups don't work in a vacuum

at0m

Man, haven't read that name in a longass time

RoofPig

Ooh do we have the Deus Ex Machina for all their financial woes?

Dean Reilly

It's a shame Sam wasn't working, FBSEALH could have gotten a bitchin' spray!

Beechwood Chip

Ask Yay about Hmmm - they are more likely to know than anyone, and they love showing off.

Andrew

At least it wasn’t looking for a blue whale to satisfy it’s mission.

Nicholas A Wagner

How often does that come up for you?

Bill Silvia

Coffee for Tilly?

Matt Grayson

Lattes don't work in space, either. Just sayin'.

Carrie

🥳

Amanda Miller

Just a happy glow

god i hope this is never explained. a new pizza girl for a new era.

Michael Boettger

*New* New friend.

SpryPunk

I appreciate that Faye is dumb like me and did not even remotely consider that suction cups don't work in space

Seidmadr

Cue that suction cup detaching and hitting someone in Something*Positive in the head. I think that's how these things work?

Andrea Andrew

We hardly knew ye. Hope they left Faye and Bubbles a lot of money.

Shawn K. Younkin

"I must go now, my people need me."

Jaune Jaymes

I’m not ready for this new character’s storyline to be over!!!

Alacrity Fitzhugh

I eat Von Neumann probes for breakfast. The box never runs out!

Lana Del Prey

Farewell, new friend 👋