Today on Quantum Vibe: A more accepting attitude Strip 1468 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2016-11-11
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Lea Jean Badelles Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
To boldly go where no manic pixie dream girl has gone before.
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
Hugo, Eithne, Murphy in the galley booth.
Hugo: Despite what it sounds like, I'm convinced it's conversational speech of some sort.
Hugo: Not altogether more strange than cetacean's whistles, squawks and clicks.
Eithne: But much funnier.
Panel 2
Eithne and Murphy. Murphy is gently admonishing her.
Murphy: Bosun, if we're going to be interacting with these, whatever they are, you will need to keep a more accepting attitude. No doubt our speech would sound 'funny' to them.
Eithne: Uh, okay Murph … I mean, aye, Captain.
Panel 3
Medium 3-shot of the trio
Hugo: There are also what I believe are video signals on some of the other bands, but they are taking a bit longer to decode.
Hugo: There are dozens of variables, from frame rate and scan type to analog versus digital formatting.
Murphy: How long do you think you will need to complete this task?
Panel 4
Medium close-up on Hugo as his face lights up.
Hugo: It's a matter of trial and error until I find ...
Hugo: … I think I've got it!
Hugo: Yes, this is very close to the old ISDB-3 digital format, with Ogg-Theora encoding. Interesting.
Murphy (OP): So show us already.
Panel 5
A holoscreen appears above the table. In it are a pair of the aliens, seen head-and-shoulders. Their faces look like a pair of buttocks, framed by something like human hair. Two eyes on each 'cheek,' and something that looks like a soft, flexible horn extending from the lower center, apparently the source of their vocalization. Our heroes are momentarily transfixed.
Audio: Pfbbbb-Pft!Pft! Plblblblblffftp-pbp. Pftbbbpftbb-Pfft! Pffft!
Panel 6
Hugo covers his mouth with one hand, suppressing a chuckle. Eithne explodes with laughter. Murphy face-palms, likewise suppressing a guffaw.
Eithne: BWAAAAAAA-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-!
Murphy: Oh. M-my. G-gourd.