Every science fiction fan worth his or her weight in Star Wars action figures knows that the Manifest Destiny of Mankind is to explore space, seek out new life and all that jazz, right? Nearly 40 years after the first moon landing, though, its kind of apparent that the rest of the species doesnt think that way. This depresses fandom to a great degree, and we wish that something would change.
The Windup
Next Sunday AD, multiple inventors come together over the internet and create a Plot Device composed of everything the budding post-scarcity society needs to get off the ground. This would normally be the point in science fiction when we fulfill our Manifest Destiny In Space, but it turns out that mankind is more interested in using the Plot Devices to bring everybody up to a decent standard of living. Sure, theres a certain amount of interest in space operations from governments and corporations, but no real interest in colonizing the Final Frontier.
The Pitch
This is a time for pioneers, people with skills and determination and who could be safely considered expendable by their patrons. People who've dreamed their entire lives for a chance like this, and are willing to risk it all for their dreams.
In short, it's time for the science fiction fans of Earth to stand up and be counted! The Mundanes may inherit Earth, but the Fen shall conquer the galaxy!
Well, eventually anyway.
They're working on it.
*insert appropriate dramatic music here*
The Punchline
This bunny is sort of Undocumented Features meets PlanetES, with a bit of Transhuman Space thrown in for grins. Basically it revolves around the idea of fanboys & fangirls getting to live the dream only to find that it ain't all it's cracked up to be. This would work well with OCs (obviously) or a cast from a halfway realistic show. (The cast of Genshiken would work beautifully. You could probably use Haruhi & Co too, especially if you need to blame the Plot Devices on somebody.)
The Plot Devices themselves are black boxes meant to represent whatever tech level the author wants to aim for. My original sketch was aiming for near-future tech, so it was all hard science-y nano and the like. They could be anything up to Trekesque miracle tech in nature, depending on the story.
Whaddya think, sirs?---
Mr. Fnord
http://fnord.sandwich.net/
http://www.jihad.net/
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
The Windup
Next Sunday AD, multiple inventors come together over the internet and create a Plot Device composed of everything the budding post-scarcity society needs to get off the ground. This would normally be the point in science fiction when we fulfill our Manifest Destiny In Space, but it turns out that mankind is more interested in using the Plot Devices to bring everybody up to a decent standard of living. Sure, theres a certain amount of interest in space operations from governments and corporations, but no real interest in colonizing the Final Frontier.
The Pitch
This is a time for pioneers, people with skills and determination and who could be safely considered expendable by their patrons. People who've dreamed their entire lives for a chance like this, and are willing to risk it all for their dreams.
In short, it's time for the science fiction fans of Earth to stand up and be counted! The Mundanes may inherit Earth, but the Fen shall conquer the galaxy!
Well, eventually anyway.
They're working on it.
*insert appropriate dramatic music here*
The Punchline
This bunny is sort of Undocumented Features meets PlanetES, with a bit of Transhuman Space thrown in for grins. Basically it revolves around the idea of fanboys & fangirls getting to live the dream only to find that it ain't all it's cracked up to be. This would work well with OCs (obviously) or a cast from a halfway realistic show. (The cast of Genshiken would work beautifully. You could probably use Haruhi & Co too, especially if you need to blame the Plot Devices on somebody.)
The Plot Devices themselves are black boxes meant to represent whatever tech level the author wants to aim for. My original sketch was aiming for near-future tech, so it was all hard science-y nano and the like. They could be anything up to Trekesque miracle tech in nature, depending on the story.
Whaddya think, sirs?---
Mr. Fnord
http://fnord.sandwich.net/
http://www.jihad.net/
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"