Strip 486 -- First Seen: 2010-07-19
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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 still standing at the shuttle landing site, considering their situation. Bert on the left, Ernie on the right, patting his left chest with his right hand.
 
Bert: Tell me you have your Bluetooth on?
 
Ernie: Nope, it's right here too.
 
 
Panel 2
Distance shot of the two brothers, from a high angle about 200 yards away. We see some of the curvature of the planetoid Ida, emphasis is on how alone they are on this desolate rock.
 
Ernie: Brother, if we get out of this alive, I am going to upgrade my 'ock' with a built-in Tanglenet comm.
 
Panel 3
Diagrammatic, cut-away side view of Ernie's head, showing the outline of his skull, a tiny 'occipital computer' embedded in the occipital bone in the back of his skull, and some thin wiring leading from the 'ock' to the surface of his brain.
Caption: An 'Ock' is an Occipital Computer, a tiny device implanted in the occipital bone in the back of Ernie's skull. The computer is controlled through a neural interface with his brain. Ocks are becoming increasingly popular among Belters and Martians, because they are very useful. Ernie acquired his some time after meeting Tobikuma Kobayashi on The Little Prince.