Strip 2554 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Mon 2025-09-29
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.
QV on a short break [ Jul 15, 2026 ]
QUANTUM VIVE is taking a break for a few weeks, as we prepare for Part 2 of the Novo Palermo story, and also for a Kickstarter campaign for Part 1, which will start in September.
In the meantime, Not-Safe.Space will continue, as a murder mystery begins and the relationship between Eithne and Diana develops in unexpected directions.
Not-Safe.Space is a NSFW strip but more than half the pages are SFW so I've set those to *not* require a Patreon membership. Readers should be able to follow the story without seeing the NSFW pages. If I've done this right.
Transcript For Strip 2554
Panel 1Jenkins and Adila
Jenkins: That leaves one Sheldon Rico. The youngest of the three, born on Pallas, educated at Copperton polytechnic on Ceres, interned with Redfern & Suderman, and became an arbitrator in 659.
Panel 2
Jenkins et al
Penelope: That’s just 11 years ago.
Jenkins: In that time he has arbitrated 137 cases, three involving deaths, and has had no appeals.
Jenkins: He’s also only charging 225 augrams per party.
Panel 3
Reverse angle to show the women
Zachary: That’s manageable if we spread it among 42 families.
Adila: Some might drop out if they have to pay.
Alexandra: Or if they aren’t im pressed with the arbitrator.
Panel 4
Nicole puts fingers to temples as the others look on
Nicole: Hang on a sec, while I review his judgements ...
Panel 5
Nicole looks up with a resolute expression
Nicole: Rico is definitely who we want.
Penelope: That was fast.
Alexandra: If you’re sure?
Panel 6
Alexandra is giving Penelope the side-eye.
Nicole: Absolutely. And, my implant is state-of-the-art.
Penelope: Well, I guess the price is right.
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