Strip 496 -- First Seen: 2010-08-02
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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

Re-establish the scene, with the brothers standing on the crater rim next to the propped-up, inverted Mass Driver.
 
Bert: The mass driver is mostly made of carbon nanotube sheets and blocks.
Bert: So when we fire it up, it will be mostly just our weight it will have to thrust forward.
 
Panel 2
Closer two-shot of the brothers.
 
Ernie: That and the weight of the rest of the reaction mass.
Bert: Yeah, but every time we shoot a rock out the butt of this thing, the remaining payload mass is reduced.
Bert: Ernie, you ran the numbers, we can do this.
 
Panel 3
Medium shot of Ernie, holding up his hand in a gesture of caution.

Ernie: Only within a fair-sized margin of error.
Ernie: I think we can do it, but we won't know until near the end. It may be very close.

Panel 4
Two-shot of the brothers – Bert is smiling gamely, while Ernie rolls his eyes.

Bert: Certainly the game is rigged, but it's the only game in town!