Strip 647 -- First Seen: 2011-03-01
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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
Tall panel. Exterior of the base of the Red Planet Needle. A short train of domed maglev capsules (four capsules each containing six passengers emerges along a track which extends to the edge of the Chasma and then plunges almost straight down the cliff-face.
Caption: The coaster departed the hotel through an air membrane, then rolled over the chasm edge.
Caption: The forward motion was deceptively slow, at first.

Panel 2
Tall panel. The roller-coaster capsules plunge nearly straight down the Chasma wall, along the track, rapidly gaining speed. Make this as dramatic-looking as you can.
Caption: Then the capsules plunged over the rim of Valles Marineris and dropped straight into the 5-kilometer deep canyon.

Panel 3
Tall panel. Inside the forward capsule, Babbette grins with delight, hands still over her head. Reggie is still gripping the safety bar for dear life, eyes wide and face pale. We can see the other four passengers behind them, also looking excited.
Caption: After 25 beats (about 22 seconds) of free fall, the capsule had fallen 890 meters and was traveling nearly 72 kilometers per centime (about 290 km per hour).