Strip 848 -- First Seen: 2011-12-16
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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
Tobi at his desk, now leaning forward in his chair, resting elbows on his desk.
Tobi: You mentioned a rescue?
Bert (filtered): Oh, yeah.
Panel 2
Cut to Bert at his desk.
Bert: The population in the area was growing, so the UW moved everything – lock, stock and barrel – to Groom Lake in Nevada.
Tobi (filtered): Ah, yes, Area 51.
Panel 3
Closer shot of Bert, looking serious.
Bert: Yeah, kind of funny, but here's where it gets not funny.
Bert: Given the impending melt-down of the Continental and the general crash of the economy, the UW is finally doing some housecleaning.

Panel 4
Cut back to Toby at his desk, listening through his 'Ock.'
Bert (filtered): This includes the Groom Lake facility, which they are going to mothball.
Bert: So the Neanderthal project is being terminated as well.

Panel 5
Tobi's eyes start to widen with a dawning realization.
Bert (filtered): The catch is, they don't know what to do with Neanne.
Bert: They don't want the secret research exposed, so they don't want to let her go, but they don't want to keep supporting her, so ...

Panel 6
Close-up on Tobi, looking enraged.
Tobi: Those sons of bitches!
Tobi: They plan to 'terminate' her, too!