Strip 2487 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Mon 2024-07-01
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 2487
Panel 1Double-height panel. Mostly text apparently on a viewscreen
Text heading:
Alyss Roaz Memoirs Volume 5
Text body:
1078.02.03
Yesterday the City celebrated ‘Peace Day,’ the anniversary of our armistice with IGC. Lorelei took charge of the arrangements, and made a fair Mistress of Ceremonies for the presentation.
Unfortunately Mitch still has almost another year to complete his revivification, as he had chosen to have a biological body made to his exact specifications. I think Lorelei would have preferred to have him there with her if it were possible, because she complained privately about being inundated with date requests and even marriage proposals.
All of the destoyed Spheres have been re-built, although the process of restoring the buildings and social networks within them, and elsewhere in the City, has a good long ways to go.
Sheldon reports that psychological counselors are still keeping extremely busy treating all the PTSD among the people. The addition of 12 new counselors who had fled the city early on has not helped, as people strongly prefer to work with those who had lived through the fighting
Panel 2
We see Alyss in her comfy chair, ‘dictating’ her memoirs. The text appears in the space above her.
Text:
The return of the 15 adjudicators who had fled was more helpful, as the trials of the Executives who managed the invasion have not yet been completed. The destruction of Shārén complicated matters a bit, as counter-claims were
Panel 3
Alyss looks up in response to the sudden shouting.
Shouts OP: ABUELA!
Panel 4
A flood of 9 younglings ages 7 through 18 burst into the room
Shouting: Abuela! Abuela!
Panel 5
The children swarm Alyss in her chair, the younger ones hugging and kissing her. The oldest, Alphonse, holds back and speaks to her
Alyss: Ah, Meus Netos! So good to see you again!
Alphonse: It was impossible to hold them back any longer.
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