Strip 332 -- First Seen: 2009-12-22
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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
Closer shot of the Newsreader, asking what he thinks is a pointed question.
Newsreader: But Professor, how can there be a specific location in the Belt with all those asteroids just whizzing about?

Panel 2
Closer shot of Harmon, patiently explaining to an idiot student.

Harmon: It's fairly straightforward.

Harmon: Every object in the Belt, or anywhere in the System, has unique 'orbital parameters': aphelion, eccentricity, inclination, etc.

Panel 3
Close-up of Newsreader, trying to look like he's following but, not really.

Harmon (OP): So, with a bit of math, you can define an orbit and then compute where the object is in that orbit at any given time.

Panel 4
Harmon again.

Harmon: However, we share no common language, math or 'epoch' with the alie … with whomever carved those runes and diagrams.