Strip 481 -- First Seen: 2010-07-12
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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
Tall panel. The brothers are back at the mining site, and have lifted the Mass Driver into an up-right position and are setting it down next to the Conveyor in position opposite from the Drill in its bore hold (refer to the 'mining-assembly.gif' sketch).

Ernie: the sooner we dig out that mascon, the sooner we find out just how rich we are... and the sooner we can go home.

Panel 2
Bert, standing next to the up-right Mass Driver, affects a John Wayne pose (arms back, chest thrust forward, hips slightly angled).

Bert: Yup, let's get going. We're burning daylight, pilgrim.

Panel 3
Ernie crouches near the base of the Mass Driver and starts hammering one of four pitons, attached by wires to the side of the MD base, into the ground to anchor the machine.
Ernie: {GROAN} Bert, I think we have more than enough daylight to burn.