Strip 169 -- First Seen: 2009-05-07
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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
The Gamma Conqueror is being gently landed on its side on the Ceres surface by a four mining ships doing service as tugs. If space permits show one or two of the Betas also being lowered by a pair of tugs each.

Caption: And so the ships were grounded, Harris and the Weapons Officer were taken into custody, and the weapons were removed from the ships.

Panel 2
A group of 20 young men and 5 women in UW Space-Navy uniforms, mostly looking happy and excited, looking around in amazement at Ceres City

Caption: One in five crew members chose to stay in the Belt, and were taken to Ceres City.

Panel 3
Reggie, back in shirtsleeves, along with Guy and Bert, greet Captain Kruger and the Yeomen who had arrested Harris earlier.

Caption: Captain Kruger took Fiorella's sage advice and decided to stay on Ceres, as did Yeomen, Ito, Jones and Bernal.

Panel 4
The six Beta ships, now disarmed, rocketing away from Ceres.

Caption: The rest were sent back to Terra with their tails between their legs, just as Reggie had promised so many months before.