Strip 905 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Wed 2014-08-20
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Zeke Bieser
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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 905
Panel 1Nicole, seen now from across the bar, medium close-up. She is filling a shot-glass from an almost-empty bottle.
Nicole: So, yeah, about Izza … Issabellum.
Nicole: I researshed a way t' get her free legally, ya know, cause it's hard f'r a 200 kiloton freighter to go onna lam, y'know?
Nicole: But the thing is … the thing is, since I wash kidnapped, I have a claim on Gensaxwal, whish also owns th' ship, see.
Panel 2
Nicole is holding the glass up to her mouth, about to take another drink. We can see there's just enough left in the bottle for another shot.
Nicole: So I filed a claim, took ownership o' Cristina Kirshner.
Nicole: Then I filed manumission papers with the S&H office at L-5 City.
Nicole: To keep th' minions on board happy, I wash appoinned Captain, but lef' shtend … standing orderz before I lef' that th' ship's A.I., who renamed hers'f Izbel Paterson, would command in my stead.
Panel 3
Nicole pours the last of the whisky into her shot-glass.
Nicole: Sho, Izbel iz nao a shelf … self-emPLOYed freighter, but I think she's gonna see about getting herse'f a phys'cal abba … avatar to walk around in.
Nicole: Not bad f'r a tenday's work, huh, Fred?
Panel 4
Truck back to reveal Fred to Nicole's left, passed out with his head laying on its side on the bar, in a puddle of puke. Nicole hoists her glass in a toasting gesture.
Nicole: Shmart idear, shavin' a sidez a' yor head, Mishter I-Godda-Hollow-Leg.
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