Strip 925 -- First Seen: 2012-04-03
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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 close-up of Terry, her arms resting on her knees and one of her hands holding her chin in a thoughtful pose.
Terry: I guess you had no choice, but unless Svetlana joins our conspiracy and fancies the 'Cisco Kid,' he's going to be one lonesome cowboy when he gets to Mars.
Panel 2
Focus on Leon, standing up and moving towards the kitchen.
Leon: I discussed that with him...he accepts that.
Leon: Besides, if we make a go of it, others will follow. Ultimately,I’ll put millions of people on Mars.

Panel 3
Leon walks into the kitchen and Terry stands to follow.
Leon: Once our skyjacking and proto-colony are a fait accompli, Virgin, XCOR, SpaceX, JP Aerospace, plus everybody else and their brother, will get in on the act.
Leon: If the US doesn't like it, too bad.
Panel 4
Leon picks up the pot of coffee and turns to where Terry is off-panel.
Leon: The deals we cut with Panama give us an end-run around the Americans, and I have two other backups to Panama...
Leon: ...Joint operations run by Singapore, Malaysia and Bahrain in the Far East...
Leon: ...and the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen in the Middle East—if I need them.