Strip 479 -- First Seen: 2010-07-08
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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
Long shot of Bert and Ernie standing next to the assembled Mass Driver.
Bert: Anyway, this shaft isn't going to dig itself. Help me reset the bore head and reposition the Mass Driver.
Ernie: Do we really need the Mass Driver?

Panel 2
Medium shot of Bert, waxing professorial.
Bert: You tell me. We have to dig through 50 to 100 meters of regolith.
Bert: The material from the shaft has to go somewhere. The bore will throw it out of the shaft, but it will fall back eventually and bean us.

Panel 3
Long shot taking in the brothers and the entire Mass Driver. Angle the shot so we're seeing the MD from it's exhaust-tube end.
Bert: The mass driver tosses the rubble away at over 30 meters per beat. It won't be coming back.

Panel 4
Ernie looks over at Bert.
Ernie: I say let's reset the bore tomorrow. I wanna call it a day and fly back to Dactyl.
Ernie: I'm bushed and feeling homesick for cave, sweet cave.