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First Seen: Fri 2017-06-16
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Lea Jean Badelles
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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.
Kickstarter Success! [ May 13, 2025 ]
The Not-Safe-Space 2 Kickstarter Campaign has ended successfully. Thanks to all who pledged!
Now we get to wait 2 weeks while Kickstarter transmits the funds, and Scott can order the books, and send surveys to backers to get current e-mail addresses for the .PDF versions and mailing addresses for the physical books.
All of this should show up in June.
Transcript For Strip 1616
Panel 1Ralf is standing next to a console that serves as a food/beverage dispenser. He's inserting one of the mugs into a slot, getting it refilled with guovett. We can see Eithne still in her pilot's seat, in the background.
Ralf: 'Flexiderm'? It sounds like a disease.
Eithne: It's something you can put over a spaceframe to change its color and even shape, a little.
Panel 2
Ralf has returned to the control cabin. Now he's standing with Eithne in front of the rear-center console, where a pair of screens show planar and perspective views of their police cruiser.
Ralf: So we can disguise our cruiser?
Eithne: Exactly. It's part of the 'stealth' system built into a craft like this.
Eithne: Although, I'm not sure an active scanner can't see through this, at short range.
Panel 3
Cut to exterior of the cruiser, warping through space.
Ralf (from ship): That should not be a problem at Campeche Rock.
Ralf: There, any active scanning is considered highly disrespectful.
Ralf: And likely to spark a fire-fight.
Panel 4
Same shot as panel 2, except the images of the cruiser are altered.
Ralf: That's a … classic design.
Eithne: It's a 35-year-old courier craft, modified extensively.
Eithne: It makes us look old and uninteresting.
Panel 5
Ralf studies the images.
Ralf: Yes … uninteresting will serve us well, here.
Ralf: As an independent craft, we shall need a name for it.
Eithne: What do you suggest?
Panel 6
Exterior shot of the cruiser with its changed 'skin.'
Ralf (from cruiser): Among my people is an ancient story about a daring wanderer who has many fantastic adventures. His name was, 'Ha'Arokk.'
Eithne (from cruiser): 'Space Cruiser Ha'Arokk.' Works for me.
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