h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

shagbark rouses himself did I fall asleep? where are we?

Diamond plated hatches?

not everything that shines is gold

Alec once explained to me the pattern is diamond plate. the material is Stainless steel or Aluminum.

yes

but i like the thought of hatches plated with diamonds anyway

Me too.

Wanted to carve my initials into 'em.

*waves handy diamond-blade knife*

you call that a knife?

You got something sharper?

I do. shagbark whips out a cutless with a tungstun-carbide tip.

Nope, sorry. Tungsten carbide has a mohs hardness of 9. Diamond is 10.

I never said harder, I said sharper.

You didnt say anything - I did. I meant something better for carving into the hatches. But either way - your carbine will break on my diamond.

i dont know, is shagbarks cutlass sharper than leos wit?

Shagbark stows his cutlass and looks at his carbine.
this thing isn't even loaded. He orders a cappochino to think for a while

you can do that

will you let us know what the comes up with?

the cappochino informs me that it thinks we should put in at the spice islands to restock.

For Hot Stuff?

with leo at the helm i would have thought we had plenty

You are probably right. By the way where did Mari-Rae disappear to?

Captain, you're asking for it. 'It' being a good whomp with a where it hurts.