Strip 225 -- First Seen: 2009-07-24
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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
Bert, Ernie and Tobi at the patio table. Bert is starting to get a bit exasperated. Tobi is holding his arms out, palms forward.

Bert: Yes, and all this is relevant how?

Tobi: Okay okay, here's the deal. The UW government hates my guts ...

Panel 2
Medium closeup of Ernie, maybe we can see a bit of Bert beside him.

Ernie: No it doesn't.

Ernie: You have awards and honors out the butt from the UW and just about every organization known to man.

Panel 3
Cut to, essentially, Bert's POV. Ernie is in the near left and Tobi towards the right, a bit farther away.

Ernie: Geez, Louise, you even got named Time's Man of the Millennium. Everybody loves you.

Tobi: Ernie, you don't get it.


Panel 4
Medium shot of Tobi, holding one palm forward.
Tobi: What else could they say?
Tobi: I released all the hardware specs and software as open source.
Tobi: I did it simultaneously across the solar system, so nobody could bury it.



Panel 5
Looking over Tobi's shoulder towards the Brothers, who are looking thoughtful.

Tobi: It was a fait accompli.

Tobi: What else could they do but put on their best faces and pretend to honor me?

Bert: But that was then and this is now.
Panel 6
Looking over Bert's shoulder at Tobi. Tobi is just sitting with his arms crossed.

Bert: ohhhhh.....

Panel 7
Medium c/u on Bert.
Bert: It's not what you did then, but what you are doing now, isn't it?
Bert: You have another disruptive technology up your sleeve, right?

Panel 8
Medium on Tobi, smiling broadly and spreading his arms wide.

Tobi: Two disruptive technologies, actually.

Tobi: Number one: Chimeric Food Sources.