Strip 424 -- First Seen: 2010-04-22
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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
Robyn in a courtroom, facing a rather bored-looking judge.

Caption (Robyn): 'In court, I told my side of the story, but the judge couldn't've cared less.

Caption: 'I was tried and convicted of felony assault on an officer.'

Panel 2
Also in the court room, in the gallery, we see Robyn's parents. Her mother is a diminutive east-Indian; her father, a white New Zealander. Both look distraught, and helpless.

Caption: 'My parents are not wealthy, but they hired the best lawyer they could afford.

Caption: 'Not that it did me any good. There was nothing anyone could do.'

Panel 3
Robyn, downcast and in shackles, is escorted out of the court room by a pair of guards. In the background, we see her parents, looking completely distraught. Mother sobs in father's arms, both of them surrounded by friends who try to comfort them.
Caption: 'That was the last time I saw my parents.'


Panel 4
Robyn and some other older children, still in shackles, are escorted by guards across a spaceport tarmac towards a waiting lunar shuttle. Make it look utilitarian and depressing.
Caption: 'I was sentenced to five years at the Lunar Kiddie Slammer.'