Strip 308 -- First Seen: 2009-11-18
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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
Two-shot of Reggie and Peña.

Reggie: Possibly I am insane, but 4 percent is the current figure.

Reggie: Call up the log on your network and see for yourself.

Panel 2
Looking over Peña's shoulder as he looks at a list of numbers (too small for us to see) on his desk holo-monitor. We can see just enough of his face to show he's astonished.

Peña: How … how is this possible?

Panel 3
Medium shot of Reggie.

Reggie: The Array sits atop a huge methane clathrate field. It remains stable because of the extreme cold in winter and the permafrost in summer.

Reggie: The Array is powered by fusion reactors. And how do those reactors dump excess heat?

Panel 4
Medium shot of Peña sitting back in his chair, looking a bit contrite as it dawns on him where this is going.

Peña: We sunk long metal rods a hundred meters into the underlying regolith to act as heat exchangers.

Peña: Apparently they are doing their job and then some.