Strip 764 -- First Seen: 2011-08-09
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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
Harmon is climbing the short ladder from the main deck to the forecastle, where we can see Reggie and Babbette, huddled in each others' arms, just inside the bow railing.
Harmon: Are you guys okay?

Panel 2
Harmon kneels down to get near eye-level with Reggie and Babbette, who can't seem to let go of each other or stand up, at the moment.
Harmon: The force of the impact must've knocked you off your feet.
Babbette: More than that …
Babbette: We were tossed across the deck right into the airskin.

Panel 3
Memory panel – we see Reggie and Babbette flying over the deck. In an upper-left inset we have a cameo shot of Babbette continuing to tell the story.
Babbette: I was sure we would pop right through it and fall to our deaths, breathing sulfuric acid-laced CO2.
Babbette: I just wondered whether the toxic fumes or slow incineration would get us first.

Panel 4
Memory panel – Reggie and Babbette are caught in/by the airskin; we can see a bit of the bow railing just below them. An inset cameo of Babbette in the lower-right corner completes the story.
Babbette: Instead we were softly caught by the airskin and gently deposited on the deck, thanks to our Helmsman's control of the airskin.