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First Seen: Mon 2023-05-29
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 2418
Panel 1Cut to Bok delivering his own Las Noticías Indelicadas podcast. (The LNI logo appears in the frame) Bok is wearing a black armband.
Bok: … was destroyed in the assault. Alyss Roaz’ body has not been recovered but sources say she is presumed dead.
Bok: A few hours later, during a city-wide black-out, the IGC Legation disappeared.
Panel 2
Behind Bok, a shot of two Boudica Chen’s battleship fighting a swarm of IGC beetles.
Bok: Although some sporadic fighting continues, both sides seem to be pausing to assess the changed situation.
Panel 3
Behind Bok, an image of Sheldon Rico
Bok: The odd color of the outer sky has a lot of people spooked, and rumors are flying.
Bok: I managed to have a brief chat with Pillars advisor Sheldon Rico:
Rico: What we have to understand is that tyrants rely on two important tools: Lies and Fear.
Rico: The people who move to and thrive here are, mostly, clear-thinkers.
Rico: We must carefully evaluate what we hear, then proceed to resist confidently.
Panel 4
Cut to a later scene where Bok is walking through a concourse when Falstaff rolls up, puts a hand on Bok’s shoulder.
Caption: Not long afterward:
Falstaff: Hey Bok. Did you see my podcast?
Falstaff: What did you think?
Panel 5
Bok smacks Falstaff’s hand away
SFX: SWAT!
Panel 6
Bok continues walking past the stunned Flastaff.
Bok: That’s what I thought of it.
Bok: And stop calling me ‘Bok.’
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