Strip 2530 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
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.
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 2530
Panel 1Brielle 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.
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