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First Seen: Mon 2025-04-14
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.
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Panel 1
Brielle has Nicole by the hand as she leads her mom to the cruiser’s auto doc. Nicole is rolling her eyes as we catch a glimpse of Li smiling approvingly.
Alyss narrates: ‘Lis suggested … and Brielle insisted … that I sit for a while in the cruiser’s autodoc to check me for damage.’
Panel 2
The ship’s autodoc looks like a high-tech recliner, with a screen above the head showing readouts. Li and the kids study it carefully.
Alyss narrates:’Turns out Li and Brielle were right.’
Alyss narrates: ‘I suffered soft-tissue damage in my neck and shoulder muscles.’
Panel 3
Medium close-up of Nicole with a high-tech foam collar around her neck. She looks sullen.
Alyss narrates:’So I wore a healing collar for a few days but I wasn’t going to let that slow me down.’
Panel 4
Nicole (wearing the collar) and Li at the kitchen table, Li is looking at documents on his portable tablet.
Narration: The next day:
Li: You told them we could take his LAND?
Nicole: Only if he can’t pay damages.
Panel 5
Medium c/u on Li
Li: Mi amor, some people DIED in that flood.
Li: I’m not sure even his land would settle those claims.
Panel 6
Cut to Warren, eaves-dropping around a corner. He looks horrified.
Li (OP): ‘Most likely if we demand arbitration he’ll just grab what he can and go off-world.’
Nicole: Then we’ll need an arbitrator to divvy-up the land, and that’s a whole ‘nother headache.