Strip 138 -- First Seen: 2009-03-25
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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
Two shot of Reggie and his computer screen, on which we can see Admiral Harris at an angle.

Reggie: Okay Admiral, for one, I'm not King Reginald, I'm just Reggie King, a simple man of the cloth and a damned fine actor.

Panel 2
Medium shot of Reggie, counting the numbers off on his fingers.

Reggie : Two, there is no rebellion. We were never a part of the United World, we escaped from Terra to get away from those sad, repressive games.

Reggie (2): Three, Ceres is a self-organized anarchy. There is no government to control, we didn't start with one and never needed one.

Panel 3
Pull back so we can see Reggie talking to Harris on the computer holoscreen. Reggie is holding his arms wide, palms upward, in a gesture of surrender.

Reggie: Four, sure, send down a shuttle and you can take my sad carcass away to whatever UW dungeon you want.

Reggie (2): Just leave everyone else the hell alone.


Panel 4
Same shot, a little closer-in. Reggie is reacting in astonishment to Harris' reply.

Harris (electronic): Spare me, Reginald. Caillard told us all about your little kingdom. You aren't going to wiggle out of it that way.