Strip 494 -- First Seen: 2010-07-29
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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
Distance shot of the brothers, standing at the rim of the crater containing their excavation assemblage. Bert is standing sort of slumped, looking dejected.

Bert: I'd give anything for that Handbook right now. Too bad we don't have a copy.
Ernie: We do.
 
Panel 2
Medium two-shot of the Brothers, turned to look at each other. Ernie is tapping the back of his helmeted head.

Bert: Do not.
Ernie: Do so.
Ernie: I have a file with the images of the entire original 2012 version in my Ock.
 
Panel 3
Medium close-up of Ernie. In the space around his head, we see a collage of arcing lines, circles, and various mathematical formulas. Look up the 'orbital mechanics' page in Wikipedia for examples of what the formulas look like.

Ernie: Right now, I'm instructing the ock to integrate the orbital mechanics formulas and charts into its logic module.
 
Panel 4
Both the brothers start gliding forward again.
 
Ernie: It'll be fully usable by the time we are finished modifying the mass driver.
Bert: Way to go Ernie!