Today on Quantum Vibe: Antigone and Socrates Strip 770 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2014-02-14
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
Cut to: Exterior view of Antigone Stone's ship, flying through space.
Voice (electronic, from ship): Antigone … Antigone ...
Voice: Antigone, it is time to begin your awake cycle.
Antigone (from ship): Unh ...
Panel 2
In a semi-darkened room, Antigone (sans her visor and headset), lifts herself up on one elbow in her bunk, rubbing the sleep from her eye with the other hand.
Antigone: Have we reached turnaround yet?
Voice: Not for another 3.35 hours. Shall I begin your news feed now?
Panel 3
On her feet now, dressed in a tank-top and panties, Antigone walks out of her sleeping chamber.
Antigone: Not yet, Socrates. {nnf} Shower first.
Antigone: Fix me breakfast.
Socrates: As you wish.
Panel 4
Antigone, now dressed but without the headgear, is at a small table eating breakfast.
Caption: Several minutes later:
Voice (electronic): … while the Lunar Parliament continues to debate emergency measures to deal with the continuing real-estate and financial crisis …
Antigone: Enough politics, Socrates. Any update on the Argosy matter?
Panel 5
Antigone ponders as she listens.
Socrates: I have a new report that rescue teams scouring the last known location of the Argosy have discovered a body.
Socrates: It was identified as Georg Mueller, first officer of the Argosy.
Panel 6
Antigone talks around a bite of sausage.
Antigone: Any response to my queries?
Socrates: Yes, the dockmaster on Vesta confirms that Dr. Seamus O'Murchadha and Nicole Oresme boarded as passengers.
Panel 7
Antigone looks pensive.
Antigone: But no other news about the fate of the Argosy?
Socrates: Twenty-three of the lifeboats have been located via their transponders, and rescue operations are underway.
Panel 8
Antigone muses over her cup of coffee.
Socrates: It is as yet unknown whether O'Murchadha and Oresme are aboard any of those lifeboats.
Antigone (thought): Oh, Nicole, what have you gotten yourself into now?