Strip 694 -- First Seen: 2011-05-03
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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
Chang and Ed in Ed's recovery room.
Ed: They have autodocs on Terra, don't they?
Chang: Officially, no. Nanotech, biotech and AI 'expert systems' are largely banned on Earth.

Panel 2
Chang and Ed.
Chang: If you had gotten the same wound on Earth, you would have died, for real.
Ed: 'Officially …?'

Panel 3
Medium shot of Chang.
Chang: It's an open secret that the rich and politically connected buy Martian autodocs; they always have them nearby.
Chang: Not the same here, I take it.

Panel 4
Ed and Chang. Ed speaking, Chang just looking thoughtful.
Ed: They're everywhere. Everybody has them at home.
Ed: Ditto for work-sites, stores, theaters, restaurants, transportation hubs, and so on.