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The '''Intergalactic Stock Exchange''' is Earth's foremost business place and also used by a lot of alien races and robots. The stockbrokers are mostly robots specially adapted for the purpose, with multiple arms and so on. Among its personnel is [[Jor-El]], Master of Scheduling, a kind of head-in-jar making public announcements via holographic projection. | The '''Intergalactic Stock Exchange''' is Earth's foremost business place and also used by a lot of alien races and robots. The stockbrokers are mostly robots specially adapted for the purpose, with multiple arms and so on. Among its personnel is [[Jor-El]], Master of Scheduling, a kind of head-in-jar making public announcements via holographic projection. | ||
[[File:Jor-El.jpg|left|thumb|[[Jor-El]], Master of Scheduling]] | [[File:Jor-El.jpg|left|thumb|[[Jor-El]], Master of Scheduling]] | ||
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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
=== Trivia === | === Trivia === | ||
*The space station is clearly a spoof of the station seen in ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', and Jor-El has its origins in the 1978 ''{{w|Superman}}'' movie, where a similar entity could be seen on Krypton. | |||
*The message "Please help avoid stock market crashes, drive safely." can be seen scrolling around the ticker. | *The message "Please help avoid stock market crashes, drive safely." can be seen scrolling around the ticker. | ||
*The ISE's top is on to Ereğli,Turkey and bottom of the ISE on to Cairo,Egypt. | |||
=== Appearances === | === Appearances === | ||
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[[Category:Places]] | [[Category:Places]] | ||
[[Category:Satellites]] | [[Category:Satellites]] | ||
[[Category:Space stations]] |
Latest revision as of 19:03, 30 November 2013
Intergalactic Stock Exchange | |
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Location | In orbit around Earth |
First appearance | "Future Stock" (3ACV21) |
The Intergalactic Stock Exchange is Earth's foremost business place and also used by a lot of alien races and robots. The stockbrokers are mostly robots specially adapted for the purpose, with multiple arms and so on. Among its personnel is Jor-El, Master of Scheduling, a kind of head-in-jar making public announcements via holographic projection.
Additional Info
Trivia
- The space station is clearly a spoof of the station seen in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Jor-El has its origins in the 1978 Superman movie, where a similar entity could be seen on Krypton.
- The message "Please help avoid stock market crashes, drive safely." can be seen scrolling around the ticker.
- The ISE's top is on to Ereğli,Turkey and bottom of the ISE on to Cairo,Egypt.