Today on Quantum Vibe: A troubling pattern Strip 677 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Thu 2013-09-26
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Zeke Bieser Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
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
At the dinner table, Ed listens as Chelsea sadly talks.
Caption (Ed): 'I was worried she wanted to break off our engagement, and said so.
Caption: 'Then she told me what was really bothering her.
Panel 2
New image of Chelsea at her workstation, looking troubled.
Caption: 'She was getting information from many different sources, besides me.
Caption: 'Each bit seemed routine and innocuous enough taken by itself. But put together they were forming a troubling pattern.'
Panel 3
Chelsea peering intently at her monitors.
Caption: 'A sunward scanning telescope on Callisto spotted an uncharted, dark mass transiting Sol.
Caption: 'Normally that datum would be forwarded to Mining Resources, but it wasn't ...'
Panel 4
Back to the present. Nicole is looking impatient. Antigone lays a cautioning hand on Nicole's forearm.
Nicole: Yeah, yeah, very interesting.
Nicole: But look, we're trying to find the backup unit for my arti-folk friend here and ...
Antigone: She'll keep. I want to hear about this.