Strip 463 -- First Seen: 2010-06-16
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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
Inside the Spanish Lookout S&R vehicle, the inner airlock door opens to admit Robyn and Sajjan. Jacob, the vehicle driver, is standing in the foreground to one side.

Jacob is a little under 6 feet tall, almost a head shorter than Sajjan. He is of moderate build. He's wearing a Drexler-type pressure suit – skin-tight and rubbery, like a SCUBA-diver's wet-suit, but about an inch thick. There's a collar for a helmet but he's not presently wearing one. Also, his hands are un-gloved.

Jacob: I am Jacob. I have an emergency patch kit.

Jacob: Please show me the leak and I shall apply an appropriate patch.

Panel 2
Close 2-shot of Robyn and Sajjan, exchanging guilty glances.

No dialog.

Panel 3
Robyn has removed her helmet, and is looking Jacob directly in the eye. Sajjan is starting to remove his helmet.

Robyn: I lied, Jacob. I don't have a leak. These aren't even our pressure suits.
Panel 4
Looking from behind Robyn and Sajjan at Jacob. He is looking slightly apprehensive and glancing at Sajjan, but standing his ground.

Robyn: We were prisoners and we stole them and escaped from the Tower.

Robyn: I guess that makes us fugitives.