Today on Quantum Vibe: Stake a claim Strip 686 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Wed 2013-10-09
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
Nicole is embarrassed by her own outburst, as Ed and Chelsea regard her scornfully. Speaks to Seamus.
Antigone: Dr. O'Murchadha, if you'll give me the location and vector data I'll forward that to my people on Ceres.
Nicole (to Ed and Chelsea): That is … I mean … we found the danger?
Seamus (to Antigone): Yes, of course.
Panel 2
Looking past Antigone at Seamus.
Seamus: I'm also forwarding the data to Skywatch Services.
Antigone: The prospector network? Do you plan to stake a claim?
Panel 3
Ed and Chelsea looking at Seamus with expressions of surprised gratitude.
Seamus: In Ed and Chelsea's names, of course.
Seamus: My wedding gift to you – whoever gets to that rock first and diverts it will by Beltlaw have to share 10 percent of its wealth with whoever located it.
Panel 4
Now Chelsea looks a bit troubled. Seamus looks back at her ruefully.
Chelsea: Wait, what about the rock-wrangler who got to it first?
Seamus: Assuming he's still alive, I should think his aiming it at Ceres should negate any claim he'd have, don't you?