Strip 738 -- First Seen: 2011-07-04
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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
In the common area, we see the teens (don't have to show all of them, just several of the kids) gathered around a large viewscreen, which presently shows a large black mass with a bit of Sweet Liberty's landing gear thrust into it, up to about a meter deep (POV is from a camera on the ship's hull). No gravity here to speak of, everyone floats and holds themselves in place via hand-grips. Lili is in the hatchway leading towards the control room. Libby and Robyn had made it out ahead of her and are close-by, trying not to look guilty. But Lili is ignoring them and addresses the whole group.
Lili: Everyone okay in here?
Ben: Yeah, but what was that crunching noise about?

Panel 2
Medium close-up on Lili, looking calm but also concerned.
Lili: We don't know yet. Ernie is on the t-comm to an expert right now.

Panel 3
Cut to Dr. Harmon – keep the background vague, as at this point he's either enroute to Venus, or at one of the floating cities over Venus, or perhaps on a Venusian airship expedition. We can discern only that he's seated on a chair. We first saw Dr. Harmon during the 'Big Heads' arc. He's holding a comm to his ear.
Harmon: Ernie! What can I do for you?
Harmon: Great, I love mysteries. Does it involve strange runes on a huge, monolithic artifact?