Today on Quantum Vibe: City-station 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.
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Panel 1
Establishing 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.