Strip 303 -- First Seen: 2009-11-11
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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
Two-shot of Reggie and Ken. Reggie is waving a hand in gesture as he makes his objection.

Reggie: But Ken, those weren't just any songs, they were the same song.

Ken: There are mathematical rules to music, Reggie, just as there are to physics.

Panel 2
Looking over Ken's shoulder at Dr. Peña.

Ken (to Peña): I think if you examine wind velocity and directions around the Array, you will see a lot of repeating patterns...

Peña: Yes, there are ...

Panel 3
Medium shot of Peña, his chance to be professorial.

Peña: … but they are chaotically complex and only fractally repetitive.

Peña: We did an exhaustive site study before we constructed the Array.

Panel 4
This panel is showing what Peña is talking about. It's the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, a suspension bridge twisting around like a thing possessed and pulling itself apart.

Narration (Peña): 'Martian air is thin but if it subjected the Array support structures to simple harmonic resonance, it could eventually blow down the Array.'

Narration (Peña): 'Something like that caused the Tacoma Narrows Bridge failure.'