Strip 320 -- First Seen: 2009-12-04
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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
Wide panel, not very tall. On the left, closer to us, we see the Split Tail with her laser pointed at the Alpha Relentless, towards the right and farther away. We can see a corner of the asteroid they're fighting over poking into the frame, but due to the angle we can't yet tell yet what it is.

Doris (from Split-Tail): An armed society is a polite society, so mind your manners..

Darling (from Relentless): Well guess what, bitch ...

Panel 2
Medium close-up of Darling at his station, grinning evilly.

Darling: The Relentless is an asteroid survey ship, and we have a laser, too.

Darling: Maybe I should burn your laser off its swivel mounts, board your little turd and introduce you to the sailors in the brig.

Panel 3
Medium close-up of Doris, smirking (with a sense of bravado).

Doris: Bad idea, my Darling.

Doris: 180 degrees around our hull, we have several racks of, uh, space torpedoes.

Panel 4
Medium 2-shot of Fiorella and Doris, focus on Fiorella looking doubtfully at her captain.

Doris: And Darling, those torpedoes are under computer control. If you fire on us, they'll launch automatically.

Panel 5
Medium shot of Darling at his station, red-faced and yelling. If possible show the other crewman looking at him.

Doris (filtered): So, Darling ...

Darling: Stop calling me Darling!!

Panel 6
Two-shot of Fiorella and Doris, Fiorella giggling and Doris smiling sweetly.

Doris: Okay, First Officer William Darling, as you wish.

Doris: How about Willie? I've known lots of Willies ...

Panel 7
Darling, at his station, looking deadly serious.

Darling: Captain Taylor, as humorous as you seem to think this is, we have a problem. I can not, and will not, give up control of this object, which is clearly an artifact.

Panel 8
Two-shot of Fiorella and Doris, glancing at each other now, looking troubled.

Darling (filtered): I have called two Deltas, which are within 2 hours of here. This little stand-off will not last long,

Darling: I suggest you leave, now.