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Strip 469 of Quantum Vibe
Today on Quantum Vibe: Punitive malware
Strip 469 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Mon 2012-10-22
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Zeke Bieser
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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: Château Périlleux - By Scott Bieser

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 469

Panel 1
Back to the drawing room at the Po estate. Seamus is apparently sleeping on the sofa. Peng-Bo is standing a few meters away, looking at him thoughtfully.
SFX (Seamus): zzzzzzzz

Panel 2
Drawing closer, Peng-Bo pulls a gadget from a hidden pocket in his robe. It looks a bit like a Star Trek TNG tricorder, but with a short muzzle pointing out its back.
SFX: (Seamus): zzzzzz

Panel 3
Peng-Bo holds the gadget with the muzzle pointed at Seamus' head, and dons a visor.
SFX: (Seamus): zzzzzz

Panel 4
Peng-Bo holds the gadget with both hands pointed at Seamus. An inset panel shows what Peng-Bo is seeing (translated into Anglish for the reader):
Inset Panel: Scanner-Decoder Dragon-5
Scanning for logic nodes within range ...
Node located.
Accessing node ...
Firewall encountered ...
SFX (Seamus): zzzzzz

Panel 5
Closer shot on Peng-Bo and his scanner, with the inset panel; his eyes widen with anticipation:
Inset Panel: Scanner-Decoder Dragon-5
Decrypting firewall password....
Volume AA23 accessed ...
Downloading ...

Panel 6
An electrical feedback shocks Pen-Bo, knocks him off his feet
SFX: BBZZ-ZAP!!!

Panel 7
Peng-Bo lies stunned on the floor, the tricorder lays smoking nearby. We have pulled back to see Seamus still apparently sleeping.
SFX (Seamus): zzzzzz

Panel 8
Peng-Bo half-stumbles away from Seamus, taking his tricorder with him. Seamus opens one eye to look at him -- maybe he wasn't sleeping after all.
SFX (Seamus): zzzzzz

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