Strip 876 -- First Seen: 2012-01-25
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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

Snapshot graduation picture of Leon with his diploma, cap, and gown, with his parents.

Narration: The University put an end to Leon's amateur rocketry, but he never lost his dream of someday flying in space.

Panel 2

Snapshot of Leon studying in a library.

Narration: After he graduated with a degree in electrical engineering, at his parents' insistence, he reluctantly got his Masters in Business Administration.

Narration: Ironically, it was his MBA that gave him his chance to follow his dreams of into space.

Panel 3
Leon in front of a computer with a thought bubble. In the thought bubble is starry space with a rocket in there.
Narration: With his business acumen, Leon made a killing by investing in internet startups and created BALListic Sollutions, Inc. as his ticket to space.

Panel 4

Snapshot of Leon in front of the BALListic building in the Mojave desert.

Narration: He set up shop in the Mojave Desert near space pioneer, Burt Rutan. His goal was to develop systems that provided cost-effective access to space.