Today on Quantum Vibe: Not exactly born yesterday Strip 2082 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Wed 2020-04-15
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
Dark plans fall like thunderbolts.
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.
What Comes Next [ Mar 18, 2024 ]
The war is over, but This Means War has a ways to go. Novo Paolo/Bubbleopolis is still in a nebula/stellar nursery, no one knows what happened to the planet Sharen (center of the Intergalactic Council), and the status of the now-surrendered Invaders is yet to be resolved. What will they do when they learn their homeworld is basically destroyed? Will Alyss and Li be re-united? How about Diana (the real one) and Otto?
These questions will be resolved in the next few weeks, before This Means War part 3 wraps in late May.
After that, I plan to go BACK in time about 400 years, to when Alyss and Li left their home in the Sol System to colonize a new world on the far side of the galaxy. As one might expect, hijinks ensue. New subtitle yet to be determined, start date sometime in around the start of July. Stay tuned!
Panel 1
Cut to Lorelei DeClayre, seated at the roundtable. (end potato-box) It's in the 'Panoctagon' although we only see sections of it the background through strip 63. As a clue of transition we can see a bit of the bottom of Panel 4 in the top of this one, as a hologram.
Lorelei: The tough lawman bit has played well with the public, but I think we're dealing with something a lot bigger than chasing anillos de roubo and quelling local squabbles.
Lorelei: I think we should consider working with Ambassador Montanha-Flores.
Panel 2
Pull back to show Kofi on the left and Alyss on the right staring daggers at Lorelei.
Lorelei: Don't look at me like that!
Lorelei: I'm not saying give him the keys to the city.
Alyss: But that's what they'll steal if we let them.
Panel 3
Francisco Da Costa, flanked by Dominic on his left and Montoya's empty seat, and then Kāng, on his right.
Da Costa: So we don't let them steal the keys. Surely we can negotiate some arrangement that gets us the intel we need without giving up anything important.
Kāng: Most of us were not born yesterday. We can proceed, but cautiously.
Panel 4
Back to Lorelei, flanked by Achal, Kofi (on her right) and Alyss (left). Lorelei looks offended.
Lorelei: 'Most of us?' I may only be 243 years old but I don't see …
Kofi: Sheath your claws, DeClayre. I think he was referring to Achal. He's only 112.
Achal: My mother always said I was old for my age.