Today on Quantum Vibe: Not that entire group of satrapies. Strip 2083 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2020-04-17
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.
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
Sheldon Rico, flanked by Sergio and Kāng.
Sheldon: Still, there is a growing unease among the populace, that we're still under an existential threat and something must be done about it.
Kāng: We are doing something about it. The Martellos sent the second missile to a place where one of our agents can examine it for clues.
Panel 2
Pan right a bit so we see Sheldon, Kāng, and Montoya's empty seat.
Sheldon: Yes, but we have to keep that detail under wraps for now, yet we must be SEEN doing something.
Kāng: What would you suggest?
Sheldon: Ah … something that visibly helps but doesn't tip off our enemy?
Panel 3
Jorge Ansari, flanked by Enrique Colón and Sergio Cooper.
Ansari: Okay, how about this:
Ansari: We approach the Intergalactic Council very publicly, and be wide-open every step of the way in developing our agreements.
Ansari: That way both the public and the enemy will know and we will know they know, and they will know we know.
Panel 4
Same three, different angle.
Colón: You think the I.C. is the enemy but you want to work with them?
Ansari: Likely not that entire group of satrapies. Some faction. I'm sure of it.
Cooper: Well, as the saying goes, 'keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.'