Strip 168 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Wed 2011-08-10
Story & Art: Scott 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.
Kickstarter successful and closed [ May 19, 2026 ]
The Kickstarter campaign for Not-Safe.Space Chapter 3 concluded successfully on April 21, and Scott extended the time allowed for late pledges until May 19.
Books have been ordered from the printer and Scott will be spending the next week or so setting up and sending the PDF files to those who asked for them.
(There are still six of you who have not responded to the survey asking for e-mail and snail-mail addresses, he'll do the best he can.)
Thanks to all for supporting this Kickstarter!
Transcript For Strip 168
Panel 1Establishing exterior, Pellucidar Station – actually a floating city, held aloft by enormous gas bags. The bags contain an oxygen-mix of gasses that provide breathable air and lift for the gigantic structure. An atmo-shuttle descends toward the station.
Pilot (from aboard the craft): Passengers please remain seated until we complete docking with Pellucidar Station.
Nicole (from aboard the craft): They should really call it Pellucidar City.
Panel 2
Seamus and Nicole seated on the shuttle, which has passenger seating for 16. Seamus takes up 2 seats on the left of the central aisle in the front row, while Nicole is in a single seat across the aisle, looking out the window. There are seven or eight other passengers seated behind them.
Seamus: There's a sentiment that it should remain a 'Station' until Venus is finally terra-formed and the whole array becomes land-bound.
Nicole: I kind of like it this way.
Panel 3
Tighter 2-shot of Seamus and Nicole. Nicole is looking a bit sullen. Seamus doesn't notice because he's looking out his own window.
Seamus: One thing I've learned in my centuries of life, is that human communities only thrive when they're changing.
Seamus: Without dynamism, they wither, rot, and eventually die.
Panel 4
Nicole talks to Seamus but doesn't look at him.
Nicole: Change is painful sometimes.
Seamus: Indeed, it can be.
Seamus: But more often than not, I find the rewards worth the cost.
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