Strip 176 -- First Seen: 2009-05-18
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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
This panel picks up the instant following the last panel in 175. We're looking past Emily, who is in the foreground left. Towards Harris. Emily is holding her gun upward at a 45 degree angle, smoke trailing from the barrel. (She's holding the gun high at this moment due to recoil from just having fired the gun.) Harris is looking down at his chest in surprise. A blood-stain is spreading across his chest from the center.

Harris: Hkgh...

Panel 2
Shifting angle a bit, now we're looking straight on at Harris, and we can see the horrified Officer Young beside him. The blood stain is now covering Harris' chest, and he is slumping over, eyes rolling up, face relaxing, a trickle of blood coming out the corner of his mouth.
No dialog.

Panel 3
Somewhat elevated angle, now Reggie has moved up to stand to the left and a little bit behind Emily, both facing Young. Emily's holding the gun pointed downward now, we may not be able to see it from this angle [if so, index finger extended]. We might be able to see some of Harris' corpse slumped in its chair. Young's falling to pieces. Tears streaming down his face, and we can see that he's wet his pants.

Reggie: Weapons Officer William Young, is there anything you would like to say in your defense?