Strip 875 -- First Seen: 2012-01-24
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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

The rocket lifts off.

Narration: After a long three seconds...

Panel 2

The group and bulldozer in silhouette with a view of the sea and a speck in the distance.

Narration: They never saw it splash down, but their calculations estimated that it probably went at least twenty kilometers!

Panel 3

The kids huddled around a huge, melted hole in the dozer blade.
Narration: It wasn't until they went to take down the launch ramp they discovered what
happened in those three seconds before their rocket lifted off.

Narration: The super-hot exhaust had melted an eight-centimeter hole through the dozer blade.

Panel 4
The kids and Leon looking at the damage horrified. Leon raises a shakey hand.

Leon: Anyone opposed to us having a safety officer?

Narration: After that, Leon made sure nothing like that ever happened again.