Strip 493 -- First Seen: 2010-07-28
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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
Two-shot of Bert and Ernie. Bert still has one hand on one of Ernie's shoulders.
 
Ernie: Reverse mass driver.
 
Panel 2
The two brothers, their jet-packs alight, glide back towards their excavation site.
 
Bert: Newton … third law ...
Ernie: Mid-course correction …
Bert: Deceleration … frame of reference …
Ernie: Center of gravity ...
 
Panel 3
Close two-shot of the brothers, still gliding towards their excavation site.
 
Bert: Ernie, it's all here. We have everything we need to carry us back to Dactyl.
 
Panel 4
Bert suddenly 'stops' short, cutting his jet-pack and arcing back down to the surface. Ernie follows suit.
 
Bert: Everything, but the orbital software. Damn!
Bert: We need the charts and formulas from our old Space Scout Manual.