Escape From Terra - by Sandy Sandfort, Scott Bieser and Lee Oaks! - Big Head Press, publishing Thoughtful Stories since 2002

Strip 306 -- First Seen: 2009-11-16
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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 past Reggie and Ken towards Peña, who looks scornful. Maybe has a hand raised in 'I'm not buying this shit' pose.

Peña: Oh, please! Don't you know anything about Mars?

Panel 2
Medium shot of Peña, in a lecturing mood.

Peña: Yes, there is methane, in the Martian atmosphere; a whole ten parts per billion.

Peña: Zowie-wowie, that's a menace!

Panel 3
Small panel, medium shot of Reggie, looking very calm.

Reggie: How do you maintain the atmosphere at the Array Station?

Panel 4
Larger panel (to accommodate dialog), Peña leaning back in his chair looking smug.

Peña: We recycle used air with COs scrubbers and other treatments.

Peña: Of course, there are always leaks, so we compress the thin Martian air and remove COs and other gasses.

Peña: Our pets fart more methane than ten parts per billion.