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''A Miracle of Science'' is a science fiction webcomic written by Jon Kilgannon, with art by Mark Sachs. The story follows the exploits of Benjamin Prester and his partner Caprice Quevillion as they move from world to world in pursuit of Dr. Virgil Haas, a man who suffers from Science Related Memetic Disorder, basically a mad scientist. It is set in the year 2148 and there have been significant technological advances, such as the terraforming and subsequent colonization of multiple planets and moons in our solar system. The comic has been in color since the (end of Chapter 1 ). The comic ended on February 12, 2007, after 436 pages. ==Characters== (Full character bios ). The main characters are * Benjamin Prester (American, from what is now Canada), one of the Vorstellen Police's best agents. () * Caprice Quevillion (Martian), a captain and criminal psychologist with the Martian police. Mars requested that she be assigned to Prester's current case. () * Dr. Virgil Haas (unknown), the mad scientist Benjamin and Caprice are currently investigating. He names his robots after poets. () * Mars, the collective consciousness of the Martian people. Supporting characters: * Chaucer, a small spherical robot of Haas' and his second-in-command () * Mukhali (Mannie) Delger (Mongolian), "the best computer programmer born in the 22nd century," according to Agent Prester, and a former mad scientist () * Rocco Dinh Diem (Venusian), a figure in the Venusian mafia () * Dryden, a large robot of Haas', who manages Haas' network of unicycle camera drones, called "Marlowes" () * Dr. Beatriz Juruna, industrial chemist, a near-mad-scientist friend of Haas, living on the Moon. () * Fabula, a robotic member of the Martian constabulary, partner of Syuzhet. () * Gustave Nyerere (Republic of Southern Africa, from what is now Tanzania), Benjamin's superior. () * Pindar One and Two, two very large robots of Haas' () * Serafina Quevillion, Caprice's aunt () * Thaddeus Quevillion, Caprice's father () * Wei Quevillion, Caprice's 7-year-old sister () * Xia Quevillion, Caprice's mother, a sculptor () * Qin Shiuhuangdi, Caprice's artificially intelligent police cruiser ((first appearance ), (reconstructed appearance )); it can travel (six times faster ) than non-Martian ships. * Djaya Sumatera, a former mad scientist and expert on artificial intelligence * Syuzhet, a robotic member of the Martian constabulary, partner of Fabula. () * Greta Vedrine (Venusian), an associate of - and semi-bodyguard for - Rocco () * Taro Watanuki, an information broker (). * Mrs. Waters, President of Mars () 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Miracle of Science」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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