Strip 98 - Click on page above to goto the next page. -- First Seen: 2009-01-28
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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 Guy’s left shoulder at Bert, who is leaning way forward so as to make direct eye contact with him.


Bert: No, we don’t have any weapons of mass destruction like those the UW uses against unarmed populations.

Bert (2): But do you remember that tour we took of the mining operation at Ghetty?

Panel 2
Medium shot of Guy looking back at Bert, eyes widening as he gets the implication of Bert’s words. We can barely see the corner of Bert’s head in the far left of the panel.

Bert: We do have multi-megawatt industrial cutting lasers, tons of conventional explosives and even small nukes for mining.

Panel 3
Reggie and Guy. Reggie is looking menacing. Guy is looking like a deer caught in the headlights.


Reggie: You really don’t have any options here, Guy. If you go back with our claim for 80 million Continentals, your career is over.

Reggie (2): If you tell ‘em we’re rich, they might be foolish enough to try to enforce UW law out here.

Panel 4
Bert and Reggie, from Guy’s POV. Reggie is still being menacing, but now Bert is looking sideways at Reggie with an expression of grave disapproval.

Reggie: If they do, we will send the very few survivors home with their tails between their legs, if they still have any.

Reggie: And if we receive any ballistic presents, we will return the favor. Can you spell ‘extinction-level event?’