Strip 2440 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Sun 2023-09-17
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.
QV on a short break [ Jul 15, 2026 ]
QUANTUM VIVE is taking a break for a few weeks, as we prepare for Part 2 of the Novo Palermo story, and also for a Kickstarter campaign for Part 1, which will start in September.
In the meantime, Not-Safe.Space will continue, as a murder mystery begins and the relationship between Eithne and Diana develops in unexpected directions.
Not-Safe.Space is a NSFW strip but more than half the pages are SFW so I've set those to *not* require a Patreon membership. Readers should be able to follow the story without seeing the NSFW pages. If I've done this right.
Transcript For Strip 2440
Panel 1In the receiving area, Sargon looks at his group
Sargon: Ah … weren’t there seven of you?
Female hostage: I guess … he didn’t make it.
Panel 2
Sargon starts to walk away, his palm alongside his face to make a call.
Sargon: Damn, what a cocked-up mess.
Sargon: Please go on to the lounge, for your debriefings.
Sargon: I need to advise … whoever is in charge at this point.
Panel 3
As the group walks toward the lounge, they are confronted by a man who looks a lot like the guy left behind.
Lex: Dexter!
Lex: Where’s Dexter? He was in the Cedar Villas when the Invaders took over.
Panel 4
One of the group of seven hostages (Xavier) looks the interlocutor up and down.
Xavier: Ah … would he be your brother?
Alex: Yes! Yes! I’m Alex, his brother. Did you see him? Where is he?
Panel 5
Xavier looks sadly at Lex. The woman with him (Imani) lays a sympathetic hand on Lex’s shoulder
Xavier: I’m sorry, Alex. Your brother caused a delay and …
Imani: One of our rescuers got shot, and I’m afraid your brother was left behind.
Panel 6
Lex just stands looking despondent as the group moves on.
Xavier (sotto voce): Dex … and Lex?
Imani: (sotto voce): Be nice, Xavier.
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