Today on Quantum Vibe: Not quite escape velocity Strip 650 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Tue 2013-08-20
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Zeke Bieser Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
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.
What Comes Next [ Mar 18, 2024 ]
The war is over, but This Means War has a ways to go. Novo Paolo/Bubbleopolis is still in a nebula/stellar nursery, no one knows what happened to the planet Sharen (center of the Intergalactic Council), and the status of the now-surrendered Invaders is yet to be resolved. What will they do when they learn their homeworld is basically destroyed? Will Alyss and Li be re-united? How about Diana (the real one) and Otto?
These questions will be resolved in the next few weeks, before This Means War part 3 wraps in late May.
After that, I plan to go BACK in time about 400 years, to when Alyss and Li left their home in the Sol System to colonize a new world on the far side of the galaxy. As one might expect, hijinks ensue. New subtitle yet to be determined, start date sometime in around the start of July. Stay tuned!
Panel 1
Nicole looks towards her companions, drifting a few meters away. Murphy is still unconscious, but the Beltapes are clinging to one another.
Nicole (thought): Murphy's still unconscious – what's wrong with her?
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Panel 2
Angle to show the Beltapes in the foreground. Their thick brows have descended to cover their eyes, and their outer ears have drawn into their heads.
Nicole (thought): Buford and Nigel are Beltapes ..
Nicole (thought): They can survive a half-hour in vacuum, but not much more.
Panel 3
Nicole looks back towards Vesta.
Nicole (thought): My implant says we're moving away from Vesta at 280 meters per second.
Nicole (thought): We're close to escape velocity but not quite.
Panel 4
Medium close-up on Nicole looking alarmed (we see her nostrils look a bit frost-bitten).
Nicole (thought): So when we fall back down, we'll hit at close to 370 meters per second!
Nicole (thought): Not even Murphy could survive that.