Strip 857 -- First Seen: 2011-12-29
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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
Medium shot of Bert speaking on his comm to Tobi.
Tobi (filtered): Waitaminute. Wouldn't Nowra's calls be monitored?
Bert: Sure they were. But he figured a way around that.

Panel 2
Nowra standing in front of a desk, facing a grumpy-looking male bureaucrat. Nowra is gesturing with his arms, pleading his case.
Caption (Bert): 'They were told to speak in English, but Nowra got permission to speak to his grandmother in Bunuba, because that was supposedly the only language she spoke.
Caption: 'Not true, but the government bought it.'

Panel 3
Shot of a lumpish-looking female bureaucrat at a console, listening intently to something on a head-set while making notes on a paper notepad. She's looking unhappy. The grumpy male bureaucrat from the preceding panel is standing behind her, looking over her shoulder.
Caption (Bert): 'Their project lunguist had very little knowledge of the language.
Caption: 'Plus, Nowra and granny salted their calls with so many idioms, slang terms and family language, the listeners were totally lost.'

Panel 4
Closer-in shot of the female bureaucrat, still with the headset on, but her expression is one of defeat.
Caption (Bert): 'Not wanting to admit failure to her superiors, the linguist mostly pretended to listen after the first few calls.'