Strip 742 -- First Seen: 2011-07-08
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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

Strip 070
Panel 1
Very large panel, showing the comet 'Eight-Ball' with Sweet Liberty near the center of the facing surface, and a network of light lines appearing to grow across the surface from the bottom of the ship.
Caption: The Scouts' tethers were long enough to allow them to progressively extend the guide lines outward from Sweet Liberty.
Caption: In this way, a network of bright-green guide lines eventually came to criss-cross the comet's inky surface.
Panel 2
Ernie is directing a group of 12 scouts (the boys) who together are carrying what looks like a really large, folded-up bag away from the ship (we can see an open cargo-bay hatch in her side).
Caption: Ernie divided the Scouts into two work gangs, to set up two 'space-tents,' one for the girls and one for the boys.
Caption: 'Space-tents,' or 'habs,' were inflatable habitats, often used by rock miners as temporary shelters in vacuum and other hostile environments.
Panel 3
Ernie is now helping the girls set up their tent, anchoring the base to the surface with pitons.
Caption: The two habs were not just to keep boys and girls apart.
Caption: If either hab suffered a catastrophic failure, the other would become a safety haven.
Caption: Belters had developed a belt-suspenders-and-Velcro mentality out of hard experience.