Strip 269 -- First Seen: 2009-09-24
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QV on a short break

QUANTUM VIVE is taking a break for a few weeks, as we prepare for Part 2 of the Novo Palermo story, and also for a Kickstarter campaign for Part 1, which will start in September.

In the meantime, Not-Safe.Space will continue, as a murder mystery begins and the relationship between Eithne and Diana develops in unexpected directions.

Not-Safe.Space is a NSFW strip but more than half the pages are SFW so I've set those to *not* require a Patreon membership. Readers should be able to follow the story without seeing the NSFW pages. If I've done this right.

Kickstarter successful and closed

The Kickstarter campaign for Not-Safe.Space Chapter 3 concluded successfully on April 21, and Scott extended the time allowed for late pledges until May 19.

Books have been ordered from the printer and Scott will be spending the next week or so setting up and sending the PDF files to those who asked for them.

(There are still six of you who have not responded to the survey asking for e-mail and snail-mail addresses, he'll do the best he can.)

Thanks to all for supporting this Kickstarter!

The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Looking over Heinrich's shoulder at Reggie (put Heinrich in foreground left and Reggie in background right.

Heinrich: Perhaps so, but old customs can be very persistent.

Reggie: Don't I know it. But what's this got to do with a ban on electronics?

Panel 2
Medium shot of Heinrich, explaining.
Heinrich: The Array sits in a deep crater near the South Pole, shielding it from Mars' and the inner planets' RF – radio frequency – transmissions.

Heinrich: This is necessary, because the Array is listening for the very faintest radio signals from across the light years.

Panel 3
Heinrich continues his explanation – shift angles a bit. Maybe we can see one of the other students sitting next to him, smirking slightly at the 'Simpsons' remark.
Heinrich: If there are radio-using alien civilizations out there, we want to make sure we are hearing them rather than 'Doctor Who' reruns from Terra.

Panel 4
Medium shot of Reggie, listening thoughtfully to Heinrich.
Heinrich (OP): So we are allowed nothing that would create electromagnetic anomalies that might be interpreted as an intelligent signal from ET.