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First Seen: Mon 2023-03-27
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!
Transcript For Strip 2409
Panel 1Alyss appears to be at a loss. Jorge and Sergio look on.
Alyss: I … don’t know.
Alyss: Last I saw them, they came to report their findings about the relativistic missiles sent at us.
Panel 2
A bit of a recap, since it’s been so long.
Sergio: Right. The missiles came from the Andromeda Galaxy, meaning, Shenhua Itochu.
Jorge: Meaning, the Inter-Galactic Council. Kind of old news, now.
Panel 3
Alyss clearly doesn’t like what she’s hearing.
Jorge: Most likely they saw our situation was bad and took a powder.
Jorge: Perhaps we should consider an evacuation.
Panel 4
Alyss is now openly angry.
Alyss: I can’t believe I’m hearing this!
Alyss: When the chips were down in the last war, we didn’t just give up!
Jorge: Woah, that’s not what I’m saying.
Panel 5
Sergio, Alyss, Jorge
Jorge: I’m saying we evacuate the most vulnerable. The children. The injured.
Jorge: Keep them safe while we fight.
Sergio: Where is ‘safe’ at this point?
Sergio: The IGC has its tentacles everywhere.
Panel 6
Alyss is looking at Sergio with renewed admiration.
Sergio: Our culture selects for the most robust people, those most-dedicated to liberty.
Sergio: The strength of this city is its people.
Sergio: We have to find a better solution.
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