Strip 950 -- First Seen: 2012-05-08
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QV on a short break

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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.

The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Pilgrim continues his lecture.
Pilgrim: Speaking of which, on Vesta the Continental is toilet paper ... just like on Earth.
SFX: [polite chuckling]

Panel 2
Looking at a small group (5 to 8) of people in the audience, most of them pulling some printed matter out of identical manilla envelopes.
Pilgrim (OP): Gold is the most common currency, but in your arrival packets you'll find a list of currencies and their Continental exchange rate.
Pilgrim: Be advised that those rates can change daily.

Panel 3
Looking over the shoulder of one of the audience members at some of the printed material. On the top visible sheet of paper is an image of a mining operation on Vesta, an aerial view of some buildings that look like quonset huts with roundy ends, around a large pit in which various large machines are tearing up rock and processing ore.
Pilgrim (OP): Vesta has a mining-based economy. Primarily carbonado -- or black diamond -- and orthopyroxene, a magnesium-rich ore.
Pilgrim (OP): Everything else here supports that industry.
Panel 4
In the middle-ground, Pilgrim stands at the dais. In the foreground right, we see a hand being raised from the audience.
Pilgrim: You can find more info on the Tanglepedia. Any questions?
Hand: Uh -- Mr. Bone-er?