Today on Quantum Vibe: Trans-universal probe Mark V Strip 1020 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2015-01-30
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Lea Jean Badelles 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
The girls are again standing in front of the whiteboard. This time a somewhat different design is displayed. Nicole's hair is a bit longer.
Caption: Several tendays later:
Murphy: That should be everything. Trans-universal probe Mark V.
Nicole: We've refined the refinements to a fine edge.
Panel 2
Now they're at the launch systems monitor, as before.
Murphy: We've got as big a power supply and as much shielding as we can pack onto one of these launch vehicles.
Nicole: Keep your fingers crossed.
Panel 3
Exterior view of the probe rocketing away from the planetoid.
Murphy (from below): The probe is on-track, all systems show green ...
Panel 4
The girls at the monitor. We see the probe with its engines cut ...
Murphy: Coasting to maximum altitude ...
Nicole: Breach engine activation in 3 … 2 … 1 ...
Panel 5
The girls watch in astonishment as the probe seems to squeeze in on itself.
Murphy: Oh, no …
Nicole: A singularity?
Panel 6
The probe disappears in a tiny flash.
Nicole: FEEK! When it falls back down here …
Murphy: No worries – it's too small and will 'evaporate' long before it reaches the planetoid.
Panel 7
Close 2-shot of Nicole and Murphy looking up at the monitor.
Nicole: Well, at least that was something.
Murphy: Something, but worse than nothing. We have no salvage to examine.
Panel 8
Murphy lays an affectionate arm across Nicole's shoulders.
Murphy: We need a fresh approach. Let's take some time off.
Nicole: And do what?
Murphy: I have an idea ...