Today on Quantum Vibe: Problems Strip 626 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2013-06-21
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Zeke Bieser Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
Quantum Vibe
A thousand years in the future, humanity has colonized worlds in nearly
100 galaxies, thanks to Quantum Vibremonic technologies developed five
centuries earlier. Other new technologies have created various
off-shoots of humanity and extended life expectancies five-fold. The
story begins with how a mad scientist and his plucky assistant, along
with their robot friend, brought humanity to the stars, and continues
with the adventures of some unique people in fantastic places.
What Comes Next [ Mar 18, 2024 ]
The war is over, but This Means War has a ways to go. Novo Paolo/Bubbleopolis is still in a nebula/stellar nursery, no one knows what happened to the planet Sharen (center of the Intergalactic Council), and the status of the now-surrendered Invaders is yet to be resolved. What will they do when they learn their homeworld is basically destroyed? Will Alyss and Li be re-united? How about Diana (the real one) and Otto?
These questions will be resolved in the next few weeks, before This Means War part 3 wraps in late May.
After that, I plan to go BACK in time about 400 years, to when Alyss and Li left their home in the Sol System to colonize a new world on the far side of the galaxy. As one might expect, hijinks ensue. New subtitle yet to be determined, start date sometime in around the start of July. Stay tuned!
Panel 1
Back in cyberspace – Murphy continues gliding through an increasingly thick tangle of data lines.
Nicole (OP thoughtsend): Getting close?
Murphy (thoughtsend): Hush.
Panel 2
Murphy approaches something that looks like a medieval fortress made of Legos, beyond several other smaller structures.
Murphy (thought): Well, this looks promising.
Murphy (thought): Also, scary.
Panel 3
Murphy approaches a fortress wall at a low level, then skims cautiously up the side.
Murphy (thought): How do I get into this thing without being noticed?
Panel 4
Murphy peers through a crenel, at a guard/avatar (appearing slightly incongruously as a 21st-Century riot cop) walking away along the rampart.
Murphy (thought): Hmmmm.
Panel 5
Murphy steps through the crenel onto the rampart, simultaneously disguising herself as a guard.
Murphy (thought): This should work.
Panel 6
Murphy cautiously walks down an interior flight of steps.
Murphy (thought): So far so good.
Panel 7
Murphy walks through a room with a double-row of photographs on a wall labeled, 'Problems.' Some of them have red Xs stamped over them. One with an X is Nina Levin. Two more without an X are Nigel, Murphy, and Mike the asteroid wrangler (barely visible).
Murphy (thoughtsend): Uh-oh.
Panel 8
Murphy blunders into a room full of guards standing around. Several of them are turning to look at her.
Murphy: Uh … hi! Stomped on any good faces lately?