Escape From Terra - by Sandy Sandfort, Scott Bieser and Lee Oaks! - Big Head Press, publishing Thoughtful Stories since 2002

Strip 78

Panel 1
Wide panel. Two space-suited figures, under power of the rocket-packs they’re wearing, glide over the surface of one of Ghetty’s large iron boulders, tracing the line of Corridor 12 below them. Following behind them are four of the forkbots seen in the Carbon Pit, their carrying arms empty. One figure, Jay, is carrying a large bag of tools. The other, Bert, is carrying two coils of safety line, each about 50 meters long, one over each shoulder.

Bert: So what’s the deal with the forkbots?

Panel 2
Medium close two-shot of Jay and Bert, in their suits.

Jay: Once we cut the Section completely free of the Corridor, we secure those safety lines you’re carrying, and the forkbots will tug the Section into the large airlock at Iron Works, where you were earlier.

Panel 3
We see part of the stricken Section 12-327 in the foreground, as Jay and Bert approach from the background left.

Bert: What if our efforts break the Section open?

Jay: They’ll die sooner rather than later. You have a better idea?

Strip 78 - Click on page above to goto the next page. -- First Seen: 2008-12-31
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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!

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Strip 78

Panel 1
Wide panel. Two space-suited figures, under power of the rocket-packs they’re wearing, glide over the surface of one of Ghetty’s large iron boulders, tracing the line of Corridor 12 below them. Following behind them are four of the forkbots seen in the Carbon Pit, their carrying arms empty. One figure, Jay, is carrying a large bag of tools. The other, Bert, is carrying two coils of safety line, each about 50 meters long, one over each shoulder.

Bert: So what’s the deal with the forkbots?

Panel 2
Medium close two-shot of Jay and Bert, in their suits.

Jay: Once we cut the Section completely free of the Corridor, we secure those safety lines you’re carrying, and the forkbots will tug the Section into the large airlock at Iron Works, where you were earlier.

Panel 3
We see part of the stricken Section 12-327 in the foreground, as Jay and Bert approach from the background left.

Bert: What if our efforts break the Section open?

Jay: They’ll die sooner rather than later. You have a better idea?