Strip 731 -- First Seen: 2011-06-23
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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
External view of the Variable Star, just 200 miles above Venus (which happens to be just a bit under the altitude of the International Space Station, to give you a handle on how Venus should appear below the ship). The ship is pointed against its direction of motion, using its burn engines to slow the craft down.
Caption: The Variable Star had to decelerate from orbital velocity until it matched the upper wind speed.
Caption: Even though Venus' upper atmosphere was very tenuous, the buffeting at hypersonic velocities was violent.

Panel 2
Reggie and Babbette in their cabin bed, dressed as they were before. The bed and room are shaking around them and they cling to each other – not in terror, really, but definitely worried by the shaking and noise.
Caption: The captain told passengers, in no uncertain terms, that they were to be strapped into a seat or stay in their beds, for the duration.

Panel 3
External view again, the Variable Star now glides through Venus' upper atmosphere, at just above 100 kilometers. The sky above is black, below is all swirling clouds, and while the horizon is still visibly curved, there is a definite sense of 'down.' The ship is now moving prow-first.
Caption: Once the V-ship had slowed to a speed that more or less matched the atmospheric winds, the fifteen-centime ride to Black Sky Station II was serene and beautiful ...

Panel 4
Close two-shot of Reggie and Babbette in the sack. Reggie is laying atop Babbette, we see them nude from the waist up, and they are gazing lovingly into each other's eyes.
Caption: … not that the new-again lovers took much notice.