Strip 745 -- First Seen: 2011-07-13
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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
A half-dozen Scouts, tethered to the guide lines, are planting various devices into the surface. One of them is about 2 meters wide,
The rest are the sizes and shapes of '80s-style home-stereo gear. Lili is nearby, overseeing the work.
Caption: Over the next 5 days, the Scouts worked tirelessly to place solar-powered beacons, transponders, and passive radar reflectors at Eight-Ball's poles of rotation.
Panel 2
Closer-in shot – Lili is pointing at one of the devices, speaking to the kids gathered around.
Lili: When these Solar Positioning System transponders are pinged, they reply with their absolute position in the system, and relative position and distance to the pinging craft.

Panel 3
Lili and the scouts with her – one of them is Libby.
Lili: Large, dark, low-radar-profile rocks like Eight-Ball are an ever-present danger to navigation.
Libby: I guess we've done our good deed, in spades.