Strip 950 -- First Seen: 2012-05-08
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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
Pilgrim continues his lecture.
Pilgrim: Speaking of which, on Vesta the Continental is toilet paper ... just like on Earth.
SFX: [polite chuckling]

Panel 2
Looking at a small group (5 to 8) of people in the audience, most of them pulling some printed matter out of identical manilla envelopes.
Pilgrim (OP): Gold is the most common currency, but in your arrival packets you'll find a list of currencies and their Continental exchange rate.
Pilgrim: Be advised that those rates can change daily.

Panel 3
Looking over the shoulder of one of the audience members at some of the printed material. On the top visible sheet of paper is an image of a mining operation on Vesta, an aerial view of some buildings that look like quonset huts with roundy ends, around a large pit in which various large machines are tearing up rock and processing ore.
Pilgrim (OP): Vesta has a mining-based economy. Primarily carbonado -- or black diamond -- and orthopyroxene, a magnesium-rich ore.
Pilgrim (OP): Everything else here supports that industry.
Panel 4
In the middle-ground, Pilgrim stands at the dais. In the foreground right, we see a hand being raised from the audience.
Pilgrim: You can find more info on the Tanglepedia. Any questions?
Hand: Uh -- Mr. Bone-er?