Strip 64 - Click on page above to goto the next page. -- First Seen: 2008-12-11
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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!

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Strip 64

Panel 1
Wide panel. The tour stands towards the back of a darkened room filled with electronic displays and control panels. Four Operators are in the foreground (grouped more towards the right), two of them sitting at consoles wearing visors and grasping joystick controllers (the one on the left is female), the other two at stations with normal clusters of keyboards and touch-screens, not quite as intensely engaged with their work as the two with the joysticks.

Lorna: Operations are run from this control center.

Lorna (2): These Operators work in shifts to keep the machinery working at optimal efficiency.

Panel 2
Guy stands beside one of the Operators at a keyboard/touchscreen station, clapping a friendly/sympathetic hand on the man’s shoulder. F and B look on quizzically



Guy: Ah! A true workingperson, mixing your sinew with – ah – asteroid to create material wealth for society.

Guy: And no doubt, paid only a pittance by your cappy masters for your sweat and blood.


Panel 3
The Operator turns around with an annoyed look and brushes Guy’s hand off his shoulder. Angle the shot so that in the background or to the side we can see the other non-joystick Operator, looking on with an amused expression.

Operator: Just what sort of fool do you take me for?

Operator (2): I am one of the “cappy masters” here. And so are my crewmates.