#3192: Planetary Alignment

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[Ponytail is approaching from off-screen, holding a clipboard and some sort of handheld apparatus. She is talking to Cueball, standing to the right.]

Ponytail: The inspection revealed a few problems.

Ponytail: Looks like your planet needs an alignment.

Cueball: Oh?

[Close up of Ponytail.]

Ponytail: Yeah, your magnetic axis is 400 miles off-center from your rotational one.

Cueball (off-panel): Is that bad?

[The view zooms back out, showing Ponytail holding her equipment, with Cueball holding a hand to his face, as if thinking.]

Ponytail: The unbalanced magnetic field could cause radiation anomalies over the South Atlantic. Have you noticed any spacecraft equipment failures in that area?

Cueball: There have been a few, actually.

[The final panel shows the same as the third, apart from Cueball's gestures.]

Ponytail: We can give you a loaner while yours is in the shop. Is a gas giant OK?

Cueball: I'd really prefer a solid surface.

Ponytail: Sorry, it's all we have. But it'll just be for a few days.