Strip 498 -- First Seen: 2010-08-04
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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
Medium shot of Bert kneeling in the top center of the Mass Driver; around him, the three hoppers are nearly full. He's calling out to Ernie who is on the ground out of frame.
 
Bert: Okay, Ernie, let's take a break.
Bert: I think we're almost there anyway.
 
Panel 2
Medium shot of Ernie standing on the ground, looking upward at Bert (who is out of frame now).
 
Ernie: This is absolutely insane, isn't it?
Ernie: I think we're probably going to die on this Rube Goldberg, rock rocket.
 
Panel 3
Bert, atop the Mass Driver, leans back in the center seat-made-from-a-hopper.
 
Bert: We have a shot if we throw rocks at Ida.
Bert: Stay here and we die for sure.
Bert: I'd … I'd like to see Mom and Babbette again.
 
Panel 4
Ernie bending over to pick up another large rock, this one about 30 cm in average diameter.
 
Bert (OP): So let's take that shot.
Ernie: Yeah.