Strip 83 - Click on page above to goto the next page. -- First Seen: 2009-01-07
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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.

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Panel 1
Tall panel, establishing shot: In the Water Bros’ Café. Both of the Babbettes are sitting at a table (near the elder’s cashier station) with the Guzmán brothers, having a meal and talking.

B the elder: So Caillard turned out to be the hero, eh?

Ernie: Lorna said if he hadn’t plugged the leak the air would have been gone in less than four tocks*.

Bert: And it took us two centimes* to reach the cargo bay.

Caption: * 4 tocks = about 6 minutes, 2 centimes = about 29 minutes


Panel 2
Closer-in shot, B the younger and Bert are speaking.

B the younger: So do they know what caused the rupture?

Bert: An automated cargo carrier running in from Vesta went off-course and hit Ghetty at about 800 klicks per centime.


Panel 3
B the elder reacts in some shock. Bert answers her.

B the elder: Automated -! How in the heck…

Bert: Midgit Mining suspects software sabotage. Might take them months to prove it, if ever.