Strip 268 -- First Seen: 2009-09-23
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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.

The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Medium shot of the student Heinrich. We can see two of the other students flanking him, they are looking at the floor.

Heinrich: No music is permitted in the Station. No personal electronics of any kind are allowed.

Panel 2
Medium shot of Reggie, reacting with disbelief.
Reggie: Why?

Reggie: That doesn't make any sense for someone who was going to sit for a decaday all by his lonesome.

Panel 3
Medium shot of Heinrich, holding up a hand to gesture as he explains.

Heinrich: Do you know the purpose of the Array, Sv Ki-- er, Reggie?


Panel 4
Medium shot of Reggie, arms still crossed, but now wearing a wry grin.

Reggie: Well, it's the SETI Polar Array, so I gather it has to do with Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence.

Reggie: Although now I suppose they should call it 'Exo-System Intelligence.'