Strip 757 -- First Seen: 2011-07-29
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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
Large panel, the Novo Argo soars through a dramatic cloudscape, with towering cumulus-type forms, and sunbeams streaming down from a partly-cloudy upper-sky.
Caption: The next several days were spent in wonder, as Reggie and Babbette soared through the ever-changing Venusian cloudscape.
Caption: Without really planning to, the happy couple sailed toward the equator as they looked for life.
Panel 2
In the foreground, we see something that looks like a diffuse patch of soda-pop fizz, drifting through the air. In the background we see the silhouette of the yacht
Babbette (from the yacht): Look there! Are those the buoyant plants Dr. Harmon mentioned?
Reggie: Most likely.

Panel 3
Medium-full shot of Babbette and Reggie in the yacht's cockpit. Reggie is kicked back in the pilot's seat (hands not on wheel), while Babbette scans the clouds with some hi-tech binoculars
Babbette: Well, damn. Here's something you don't see every day.

Panel 4
Showing the view through Babbette's binocs. We see a large patch of floating fizz, and three or four creatures crawling around on the patch. The creatures have long, spindly legs like a spider, but with a very fine fish-shaped tail and something that looks like a deflated balloon on their backs.
Reggie (OP): Okay, Harmon didn't say anything about these – air spiders.
Babbette (OP): What do you think that doodad is on their backs?

Panel 5
2-Shot of Reggie and Babbette, now Reggie is looking through the Binocs.
Reggie: Probably flotation bladders. Right now, they're empty, making them heavier than air.
Reggie: That might make it easier for them to crawl around on the plants.

Panel 6
Same shot, pulled back a little. Reggie is handing the binocs back to Babbette.
Babbette: Hey, how 'bout we find Harmon and tell him about these air spiders?
Reggie: Yeah.
Reggie: Helmsman, set a course to the transponder on Dr. Harmon's craft.
Helmsman's voice (filtered): Aye-aye, Captain.