Today on Quantum Vibe: Keeping up with the news. Strip 2085 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Wed 2020-04-22
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
Otto is taking a break in a staff break-room. He looks a bit worn out. A young woman, Sarah, in medical smock comes up, holding a pair of drinks in tall cups.
Caption: Médico break room:
Sarah: Otto, you look beat. Want some Cintilar?
Otto: Oh, hola, Sarah. And yes, thanks.
Panel 2
They're sitting together at a small table, across from a wall with a viewscreen. Sarah is putting a finger to her temple.
Otto (softly, mostly to himself): Haven't eaten in five hours … should prolly get a snack.
Sarah: Mind if I put a news stream on? I like to keep up.
Otto: Sure, go ahead.
Panel 3
Looking past Sarah and Otto at the viewscreen. On it we see Jerome Falstaff holding forth. A stock image of Ambassador Mordecai Montanha-Flores appears over his shoulder.
Falstaff: … may be re-considering the Intergalactic Council's offer, but so far we don't have any official confirmation.
Falstaff: Eight days ago their ambassador paid a visit with an unspecified offer and seemed to go away disappointed.
Datestamp: 30.07.1076
Panel 4
Flip back to face Otto and Sarah, watching the viewscreen.
Otto: Huh. Do you think that dude can be trusted?
Sarah: Oh yeah, Jerome Falstaff is so-o-o dreamy.
Otto: No, I mean the Ambassador.
Sarah: Oh, who the hell knows? He looks creepy.