Today on Quantum Vibe: More like a Chamber of Commerce Strip 2062 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2020-02-28
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
Dark plans fall like thunderbolts.
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.
Panel 1
Hugo and Murphy are walking past Kofi and Lorelei, towards Alyss.
Kofi: So – assuming we work with you -- what next? Do we let our brain trust in on it?
Hugo: There's an old saying: 'Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.'
Lorelei: Well, there are seven of us, now.
Panel 2
Hugo and Murphy are now flanking Alyss.
Hugo: We needn't take that aphorism quite so literally.
Alyss: For now, at least, we keep Hugo and Murphy's involvement to ourselves.
Murphy: To be revealed strictly on a need-to-know basis.
Panel 3
Overhead view of all seven around the table.
Kofi: You know, I've always been wary of 'state secrets.'
Lorelei: We're not really a 'state,' you know. More like a Chamber of Commerce.
Jorge: We don't even own the majority of the spheres anymore.
Enrique: Perhaps we should form a committee including the other sphere owners?
Panel 4
Hugo leans in to speak directly to Alyss as the others continue chattering. Alyss is face-palming.
Kofi: You mean like a House of Lords? Bit your tongue.
Enrique: We could make it an ad-hoc committee, with a prior agreement to disband when the war is over.
Hugo (softly) : You know how to contact us. Let us know when you figure out who's in charge here.