Christmas Star

Dec 20, 2020 — Comic #274
Three Coasties on a pier sing a Christmas carol to a bright light in the night sky: “Oh, star of wonder, star of night!” A shipmate by the response boat calls, “Guys? Guys! We should really get in the boat now!” The “star” is a distress flare rising from a burning boat.

It took the Wise Men 12 days to find Bethlehem because instead of taking a bearing on the Christmas Star, they let Sector make an expanding square search

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Oh, star of wonder, star of night! Star with royal beauty bright! / Guys? / Westward leading, still proceeding! Guide us to thy perfect light! / Guys! We should really get in the boat now!

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