Today on Quantum Vibe: Inventing money Strip 792 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Tue 2014-03-18
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
Murphy is chuckling, Seamus is grumbling.
Murphy: Oh, no! {chuckle}
Seamus: That shield has saved millions of lives, but no-one remembers who invented it.
Adileh: Or who invented Master Miyaki.
Panel 2
Seamus, Adileh and Murphy.
Seamus: Thank the odd gods for small favors. You did better with your project.
Adileh: Yes, well, I only re-invented money. Or at least, money suitable for interplanetary trade.
Panel 3-
Murphy, Seamus and Adileh.
Murphy: How do you mean?
Adileh: I developed a practical way to marry a secure electronic payments system to physical bullion stores.
Adileh: Whether they're called augrams and silgrams or jinkč and yinkč, it's all based on my mathematical schema. It's unbreakable.
Panel 4
Seamus and Adileh trade challenging looks.
Seamus: Unbreakable? Only so far.
Adileh: So far for 265 years.
Adileh: You're just jealous because I thought to name the smallest currency units 'satrapi.'