![]() ![]() ![]() As a scientist himself, he got a bit over-technical as to the workings of atomic batteries which went over Haddock's head, even if he tried not to show it. When Captain Haddock and Tintin arrived at the Centre, Wolff took them on a guided tour of the premises. He was a key figure in the development of the moon mission, being one of only three people to know the combination of the safe where the plans for the rockets were kept. He eventually found employment on the Syldavian moon rocket programme at the Atomic Research Centre at Sbrodj ("Sprodj" in the English-language edition), an area within the Balkan kingdom, and became Calculus' dependable right-hand. (Although not named, the individual who offered the financial help to Wolff may have been Miller, the leader of the attempts to hijack the Syldavian rockets and who can be seen listening to the radio transmissions between Earth and the moon rocket in Explorers on the Moon.)Īt heart a decent man, Wolff fled to Europe and put his past behind him. At first he refused, but the pressure from his creditors meant that he had to give in. Wolff agreed but, as time passed, he was asked for more sensitive secrets. During a stay in New York City, he met a man who offered to pay off his debts in exchange for some harmless information concerning his work. He was a compulsive gambler and fell into heavy debt. Frank Wolff was an engineer who originally worked at an atomic facility at White Sands in the United States (in the English-language version, it is named as an actual rocket proving ground). ![]()
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