Strip 2498 First Seen: Mon 2024-09-30
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.
QV9 Kick Starting Next Week! [ Sep 26, 2024 ]
The epic QUANTUM VIBE: This Means War story concludes with Part 3, and we require funds to publish a print volume. To sweeten the pot a bit, we have added stickers and magnet add-ons for the Project for a Free Cosmos concept (explained in the story).
The campaign begins Monday, October 7.
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Transcript For Strip 2498
Panel 1Suddenly Nicole and Li are alterted by a scream from Brielle
Brielle (OP): AAAH! Mommy! Mommy!
Panel 2
Almost instantly, Nicole is by Brielle’s side, with Li close behind.
Nicole: Brielle, baby, what’s wrong?
Brielle: {sob} I WET THE BED!
Panel 3
As Nicole embraces Brielle, Warren sticks his head in.
Warren: What’s going on? There’s water everywhere!
Nicole (to Brielle): No, Baby, you didn’t wet the bed.
Li: It’s a flood, and we gotta move, now!
Panel 4
The all run out of the tent, Nicole carrying Brielle, Li bringing up the rear, urging them on.
Li: To the cruiser! Quickly! Go go go!
Panel 5
By the time they reach the cruiser, water is up to the adults’ knees
Nicole: How could this happen? The map said we’re in a 1000-year flood zone!
Li: I don’t know, but once we’re airborne I’ll find out.
Panel 6
The cruiser lifts off from its platform just as the flood waters cover the platform’s top.
Nicole: I’ve had narrow escapes before but I didn’t expect to, here.
Li: Let’s get some altitude and maybe we can see what’s happeni ng.
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Panel 1
Double-wide panel, showing the flooded river area, as the cruiser swoops by
Alyss continues narration: There had been no rain in our area.
Alyss: So, we followed the river upstream to find the source of all that water.
Panel 2
Inside the control cabin, Nicole is pointing something out to Li on the main viewer.
Alyss: Along the way, we found a few other homesteads that had been flooded.
Alyss: But on one of them ...
Panel 3
Overhead view of a house with people – (three adults and two children) on the roof, waving.
Alyss: A family that had not been able to get away were trapped on their roof!
Panel 4
In the control cabin,
Nicole: Li, we can’t just fly away! We have to help them!
Li: We can’t land here, but I think I can lower the gangway and maneuver close enough they can jump on.
Panel 5
The cruiser hovers just above the roof, as Nicole, on the gangway, helps them get on.
Alyss: And in this way, we met our first fellow settler-family.
Panel 6
The family is now seated around the table in the galley, as Nicole and Warren offer drinks.
Alyss: They were Alexandra Weinstein and her husband Julius, their daughter Wynona, son Robert, and Julius’ mother, Talia.
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