Strip 505 -- First Seen: 2010-08-13
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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
Large panel, Re-establish scene: The Mass Driver is now just slightly closer to Dactyl than last time we saw the mini-planetoid. The Mass Driver's other end is pointed along Dactyl's orbital path but not directly at Dactyl.
 
Bert: Will two rocks instead of three or four be enough?
Ernie: Hold on while my ock and optics compute it.
 
Panel 2
Tight shot, looking over Bert's shoulder at Ernie, who has assumed 'The Thinker' position.

No dialog
Panel 3
Close-up on Ernie, looking back tensely at Bert.

Ernie: Maybe.
Panel 4
Two shot of the brothers, Bert looking exasperated.

Bert: 'Maybe?'
Bert: That is the answer from the most up-to-date, personal on-body computer in human space? 'Maybe?'
 

Panel 5
Ernie looks levelly at Bert – in a subtle way, he's asserting a leadership attitude.
 
Ernie: Look, Bert, I said it might be close.
Ernie: We are within a very small margin of error. The variables are too great to come up with a meaningful computation.
 
Panel 6
Ernie tosses one of the medium-rocks into the conveyor.
                       
Ernie: So let's just take our best shot and hope for the best, okay?
 
Panel 7
Medium shot of the rear-end of the mass driver, the two medium-rocks shooting out of it.                     
SFX: WHOOM