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Strip 1295 of Quantum Vibe
Today on Quantum Vibe: Upsetting the balance
Strip 1295 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Wed 2016-03-09
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Lea Jean Badelles
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Hu Iz Alyss Roaz?
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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.

Quantum Vibe: Assimulation - By Scott Bieser w/Lea Jean Badellas

What Comes Next [ Mar 18, 2024 ]

The War is Over. We Won.

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!

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Transcript For Strip 1295

Panel 1
Diana, Bok, Zander, Alyss.
Diana: But this doesn't make sense! Why retard technology?
Diana: And why is our population declining?
Alyss: Both good questions, which will feature in the report I'm making to my clients.
Alyss: But here's a summary:
Panel 2
Medium close-up on Alyss.
Alyss: Your economy is designed for a goal of 'homeostasis.'
Alyss: That is, it seeks to maintain a steady, predictable state of production, consumption, and resource management.
Alyss: Innovation upsets that balance, requiring adaptations that are challenging for a command-type economy such as yours.
Panel 3
Alyss, Elric, Sargon.
Alyss: It is simpler to suppress innovation. Simpler still to dial technology back to a more manageable level.
Elric: We've been held back for our own good?
Sargon: We've been like mushrooms – kept in the dark and fed shit.

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