Today on Quantum Vibe: Going down Strip 1241 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2015-12-18
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Lea Jean Badelles Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
Hu Iz Alyss Roaz?
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.
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Panel 1
Alyss leads Bok and Zander through a gently down-sloping tunnel cut through rock. The walls are fairly smooth. Alyss is carrying a hand-torch.
Bok: What is this, an old mine?
Alyss: One of the oldest. Dug with lasers. Played-out a long time ago.
Panel 2
Cut to Diana cautiously entering the tunnel. She's putting on some goggles (for night vision).
Zander (OP): What did they mine here?
Alyss (OP): Mostly aluminum, some iron and tungsten.
Alyss: Raw materials for the cities you live in.
Panel 3
Alyss, Bok and Zander step into an open-walled elevator car. There's a large lever and two circular hand-cranks. Also, we can see a ladder running down the shaft next to the car.
Zander: This elevator still works?
Alyss: It does now. Took me a while to refurbish.
Alyss: Beats the hell out of climbing the ladders, though.
Panel 4
The lever has been moved to the 'up' position, and Bok and Alyss are turning the hand-cranks, while Zander clings to a railing. The torch has been placed in a slot designed for it.
Zander: Couldn't you refurbish the electric motors?
Alyss: Any electrical power this close to this surface could be detected.
Bok: What about your hand-torch?
Panel 5
Cut to Diana climbing down the ladder. The others' dialog balloons point below her.
Alyss (OP): Chemical luminescence. Undetectable by the grumps.
Bok: {snort!} Ha-ha! 'The Grumps.' That's funny.
Alyss: What do you call them?
Panel 6
Looking up the shaft, past Diana, we see another silhouetted figure looking down at her.
Bok (OP): Oh, 'the Bots,' usually.
Zander (OP): Or the 'Central Intelligence.'
Bok: Or, 'the shit-heads.'
Zander: {snort!}