Strip 199 -- First Seen: 2009-06-18
Escape From Terra is updated with new pages every Monday through Friday.

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
Looking again at the mysterious image of The Little Prince on the navigation screen. It has grown slightly larger as the Little Toot draws nearer.

Bert (off panel): The planetoid is nearly spherical, as though it were in gravitational hydrostatic equilibrium.

Panel 2
Looking past Ernie at Bert, who has leaned back a bit and is looking thoughtful.

Bert: At 10 kilometers, its mass has to be way too small ...

SFX (from Bert's breast pocket):

Panel 3
Looking at both Ernie and Bert from the front, now they're both leaned back into their seats. Ernie looks quizzical, Bert has pulled his Comm (looks mostly like a modern cell phone) and is holding it up to his ear.

Bert: Hello, this is Bert Guzmán.

Panel 4
Same shot, now Bert looks a bit surprised.

Voice from phone: Hello, Sv. Guzmán, we have been expecting you.