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First Seen: Fri 2014-12-05
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Zeke Bieser
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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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Transcript For Strip 980
Panel 1In the control cabin aboard the station, Nicole and Murphy regard their monitors.
Nicole: We're getting a hail. It's from Antigone.
Murphy: Ignore it.
Nicole: Agreed.
Panel 2
Back on Stone's ship, Stone is looking at her personal screen, as Diamondi looks on and Socrates remains on the wall screen.
Diamondi: Well -?
Stone: No response to our hails.
Socrates: I've plotted their course … It looks like they're going to thread the Colombo gap in the C-Ring.
Panel 3
Stone and Socrates.
Stone: That's rather ballsy. Maybe it is Oresme and Murphy.
Socrates: This will take them on a hyperbolic path around Saturn towards the inner system.
Panel 4
Diamondi interjects.
Diamondi: Yeah, great. Can you stop them?
Socrates: At this distance, we can alter course to intercept them …
Socrates: … After they've made it around Saturn.
Panel 5
With Diamondi glaring intently over her shoulder, Stone shrugs resignedly.
Stone: Very well, plot the course and execute.
Stone: In the meantime, keep trying to hail them.
Stone: Perhaps they'll listen to reason eventually.
Panel 6
The screen now shows a live view of the errant station approaching the Colombo Gap in Saturn's ring, as Stone and Diamondi look on.
Caption: A few hours later:
Stone: They'll reach the gap in two minutes.
Stone: Come on, Nicole, don't screw this up.
Panel 7
The two women react as a bright flash appears within the gap.
Stone: No!!!
Panel 8
View on Stone and Diamondi, both looking aghast.
Stone: They … they didn't make it.
Socrates (OP): Craft destruction … confirmed.
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