Strip 926 -- First Seen: 2012-04-04
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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
Terry has sat down at the kitchen island and holds her cup towards Leon. We see just his arm pouring more coffee in her cup.
Terry: Why Panama, Leon? I never understood why you set up our offshore operation there.
Panel 2
Smallish panel. Leon grinned and looks to the side with a humorous expression on his face.
Leon: Early on when I was starting BALListic Solutions, I spoke at a space conference near San Francisco.
Panel 3
Flashback panel of Vincent Cassandra talking passionately to a younger Leon at a space conference. Vincent looks a bit on the crazy side of passionate.
Leon (Narrating): After my presentation, I was button-holed by this intense 'space nut' named Vincent Cassandra. He told me that the perfect place in the world for private space development was Panama.
Leon (narrating): I couldn't see it and told him so. Then he foretold what was going to happen to me.
Panel 4
Close-up of Vincent's frustrated, huffy face, shaking a finger in a condescending way.
Leon (narrating): He said that I would spend millions of dollars on a launch facility in the US, but then the government would suddenly 'discover' that my down-range was the habitat of the endangered 'Mexican jumping bean' and that they would rescind my launch license.