Today on Quantum Vibe: A simple mistake Strip 683 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2013-10-04
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.
Kickstarter successful and closed [ May 19, 2026 ]
The Kickstarter campaign for Not-Safe.Space Chapter 3 concluded successfully on April 21, and Scott extended the time allowed for late pledges until May 19.
Books have been ordered from the printer and Scott will be spending the next week or so setting up and sending the PDF files to those who asked for them.
(There are still six of you who have not responded to the survey asking for e-mail and snail-mail addresses, he'll do the best he can.)
Nicole peers intently at the circuit panel while Seamus rolls his eyes.
Nicole: Hmmm. Hip bone's connected to the leg bone, leg-bone's connected to the knee bone ...
Seamus: Do you have any idea what you're looking for?
Panel 5
Nicole shows the circuit board to Seamus.
Nicole: A mistake so simple you'd overlook it.
Nicole: For example, this gluon diverter looks like it was installed backwards.
Seamus: What?
Panel 6
Seamus has the circuit board now and is doing something to it with a tool.
Nicole: Don't feel badly. Those diverters look like they can fit either way – a poor component design if you ask me.
Seamus: By Jeffrey, you're right!
Panel 7
The machine now fully assembled, springs to life. A 3-d holographic display appears above the dome.
Seamus: You were right! It's working!
Seamus: We can now see small planetoids going out to more than 800 million kilometers!
Panel 8
Nicole smiles triumphantly while Seamus peers intently at the holoscreen, moving his fingers around the margins.
Nicole: So, is this a good time to ask for a raise?
Seamus: Not so fast. We have to find that killer rock first.