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First Seen: Thu 2011-04-14
Story & Art: Scott 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!
Transcript For Strip 84
Panel 1Exterior, the Helio-Flyer arcing away from the Sun, which is still almost large enough to fill the frame.
Caption: Accelerating hard against the Sun's gravity, the Helio-Flyer pulls away from that nuclear furnace and towards its rendezvous with Mercury.
Panel 2
In the cockpit, Nicole stares straight ahead through glowing eyes. Take in enough that we can still see the wires coming out of her suit's fore-arm and plugged into the side panel.
Caption: With the ship's control systems off-line, Nicole must control the craft via her cortical implant.
Panel 3
Closer shot on Nicole, we can see the strain in her face.
Caption: The implant has no 'auto-pilot' function, so she must stay awake and alert for the next 29.5 hours.
Caption: Nicole commands her bio-suit to pump her full of stimulants.
Panel 4
Exterior shot, the Helio-Fllyer zooms away into space. Mercury is one of the brighter dots in the distance.
Nicole (thought): Next time I do something like this, I want a bio-suit stocked with whiskey.
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