Strip 754 -- First Seen: 2011-07-26
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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
Medium shot of Reggie and Babbette standing on the dock next to the boat. Reggie is waxing professorial, gesturing with his hands as he speaks.
Reggie: We can't use the wind, my love, because we are floating with the wind.
Reggie: We can't go upwind or tack or do anything but go where the wind goes, unless we can move relative to the wind.

Panel 2
Looking at the stern of the boat, from several meters away. Emphasis is on the two large propellers, currently still.
Reggie: That's what the big propellers are for.
Reggie: To sail like a boat on Terra, you'd need two media – air and water – with different relative motions.
Reggie: The mast is for rigging flexible solar-power sheets, which look a bit like sails.

Panel 3
Close 2-shot on Reggie and Babbette. Babbette is looking a bit downcast, and embarrassed. Reggie looks like he's reconsidering his words.
Babbette: Oh.

Panel 4
Reggie is now cajoling Babbette, a comforting hand laid on her shoulder, trying to jolly her up.
And she does start to brighten.
Reggie: I wondered about the same thing, the first time I saw a balloon ascension.
Babbette: Really?
Reggie (thought): Of course, I was only seven years old.