Strip 739 -- First Seen: 2011-07-05
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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
Exterior view of the planetoid – a large, black ball, with Sweet Liberty, about 1/10 as long as the ball is in diameter, sticking out of it. In an inset panel show a close-up of Harmon.
Harmon: I'd bet grams to goobers you've landed on a dead Main Belt comet.
Harmon: Their orbits are indistinguishable from those of planetoids; it's just their composition that's different.

Panel 2
Medium close-up of Ernie, in conversation with Harmon. Ernie now has his comm implanted with his Ock, so instead of holding a device to his ear, he holds two fingers over one ear.
Harmon (filtered): They have a small rocky core but are mostly water ice covered with a layer of almost pure carbon dust. A wonderful find.
Ernie: And the crunch sound?

Panel 3
Cut back to Harmon, looking thoughtful as he speaks. Leave plenty of room for dialog.
Harmon: It could be that the carbon dust is extremely fine, like soot.
Harmon: If so, the top layer could have been vacuum welded into a … a sort of crust.
Harmon: Why not toss a trouble-making Scout onto the service and see if he sinks out of sight?

Panel 4
Cut back to a medium shot of Ernie. In the background, we can see that Lili has returned to the control cabin and is listening to Ernie's end of the convo. Ernie is smiling sardonically.
Ernie: Oh thanks, Dan.
Ernie: I do have a candidate, but I'm sure his dad would be annoyed – or maybe not.