Strip 477 -- First Seen: 2010-07-06
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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
The brothers continue their work assembling the equipment.

Bert: We have no downside and some really amazing upsides.

Ernie: How amazing?

Panel 2
Bert pauses in his work, holding his wrench in one hand and ticking off items on his fingers of the other hand.

Bert: The scans tell us the mascon weighs about 200 kilos, and has a specific gravity of at least 18.

Bert: That means it must be a fairly pure chunk of osmium, iridium, platinum, plutonium, gold, or tungsten.

Panel 3
Bert continues attaching an exterior panel to the mass driver, using his wrench.
Bert: If it's gold or platinum, we'll make more money than we ever have. Osmium or iridium would yield 20-33 percent of that, still a nice haul.

Panel 4
Medium shot of Ernie, attaching a different support leg. His eyes are widening in reaction to what Bert's saying.
Bert (OP): If it turns out to be plutonium, Katie bar the door! We could buy our own moon.