Strip 680 -- First Seen: 2011-04-15
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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
Ed and Chang still standing in front of the Hotel. Ed now has his arms spread wide in a cajoling manner, and pouring on his good-ol'-boy Texas charm. But Chang looks glum, as do the few of his soldiers we can see behind him.
Ed: Chang, I have no doubts about your loyalties, but you are a thinking man, prone to evaluating a situation before acting.
Panel 2
Medium close-up of Chang. Now he looks bitter.
Chang: For all the good it has done any of us!
Panel 3

Two-shot of Ed and Chang. Chang is showing a bit of realization in his face.
Ed: It has done us good, Chang.
Ed: Our people mixed and got to know each other as people, instead of labels.
Panel 4
Wider shot, taking in Ed, Chang, and the troops still standing behind him.
Ed: Look at your troops' faces now.
Ed: I see genuine sadness as your boys reluctantly shuffle back to enforced segregation, away from the fun and friendship in an exotic new world.
Panel 5
Medium shot of Ed, behind him in the distance we can see a dozen Belters standing in the distance behind him (none closer than about 12 meters)
Ed: Ditto for the Belters.
Ed: They got to meet new people in a small-town world where everyone knows everyone else.


Panel 6
Ed and Chang:
Ed: Can you imagine them willingly shooting their new friends?
Chang: Yes, I can. Reluctantly, but you are just as dead if you are shot reluctantly as if you were shot without qualms.