Strip 248 -- First Seen: 2009-08-26
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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
Looking towards the group from a bit behind the monitor, which is angled towards the right foreground while the group is mostly on the left side of the panel. They are all looking intently at the monitor while Tobi speaks.
Tobi: Here, he shoots his maneuvering unit and slowly picks up speed towards TLP.

Panel 2
Looking at the monitor. We see Johnson, as through a telephoto lens, starting to fall more rapidly. He has his hands and legs extended out “flat” against his fall except his right arm is holding the maneuvering unit out in front of him.
Tobi (OP): Once he started his plunge, meteor monitoring cameras on the surface began recording ...

Panel 3
Same shot. Now, we are looking down at the surface of TLP from about 20,000 feet, with Johnson's right arm holding that little Maneuvering Unit out in front of him, blasting it for all it's worth.

Tobi (OP): The sensors on the skinbot patch gave us this subjective point of view as TLP seems to rush up to meet him.


Panel 4
Similar to panel 1, but the group are all looking a bit horrified.
Tobi: Those sounds you hear over the noise of his passage through the air …
Tobi: … are his screams.