Today on Quantum Vibe: The back door Strip 2245 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Mon 2021-06-28
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
Diana and Lester at the table looking not conspiratorial at all.
(all soto voce)
Lester: As I mentioned, there is a secret gateway to the city's instant-transport network, where records of all uses are stored in a coded block-chain.
Diana: Wow, really? All those transits are supposed to be confidential.
Panel 2
Lester is holding forth his index finger.
Lester: They're supposed to be, but for safety purposes records must be kept.
Lester: If something goes wrong – someone gets misplaced, or just disappears, Deslocação Dinámico needs to track what happened.
Lester: Here, take this key.
Panel 3
Diana touches her finger to his, and a small glow results.
Lester: We use this back door from time to time, in secret.
Lester: We can't use what we learn from this in court, but we can learn where to look for stuff we can use. It's a real time-saver.
Panel 4
Diana is looking at her finger like it's brand new. Lester picks up another rib and prepares to eat it.
Lester: There's a secret address, and a temporary password that will get you in within the next 40 hours.
Lester: Don't use the company's gear. Go home and use your private node. Be discreet.