Today on Quantum Vibe: No effect Strip 717 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Thu 2013-11-21
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.
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
Exterior view of Argosy. Laser cannon are prominently visible near the base of the ship's 'spines.' We see two of them in this frame, firing bright bolts of light, presumably there are two more out of view.
Mueller (from ship): Corsairs are now at 20 klicks and closing!
Santos: Fire lasers!
Strider: Cannon 2 and 3 firing, sir.
Panel 2
Inside the control cabin, Mueller looks terrified, Strider looks grim.
Mueller: No effect! How can there be no effect?
Strider: Corsairs are slowing, 10 klicks now.
Mueller: You must have missed them!
Panel 3
Looking past Santos at Mueller and Strider.
Strider: Direct hit on Cannon 3 sir! Inoperative.
Mueller: How is this happening?
Santos: Continue firing on target as each cannon comes to bear!
Panel 4A
Santos turns to Bartoli.
Santos: Bartoli! Send a general distress call. We are under attack!
Bartoli: Aye sir!
Panel 4B
Close-up on Santos, gritting his teeth.
Santos: And, send a realtime stream of our sensor data!
Santos: Even if we're destroyed, I want a record of our attackers' methods.