Hello there,
My name is Andrew. It's a pleasure to meet you. I am fairly new to Artican, and I quite like it here... Currently waiting anxiously on Literature support. Anyways, I am currently in the process of developing a universe I shall be using in a screenplay (Made for T.V.) and I am looking for a bit of assistance.
I can't draw. Let's just get that out there. I can do planets and star fields... Even some nebulae in Digital Imaging applications. But I can't draw, model, or paint worth a darn. That's where I need you. Now, I don't have money to pay you -- I'm struggling to get the money to enter college myself, but I will happily pay you in favors, ideas, a sway in how the story goes, hell even a character in your honor if you want, anything.
You'd of course, keep your property and maintain full rights. However in the event that this project is purchased, you may be presented with the opportunity to sell your work to whomever buys it.
Still interested? Thank you for that. Below is a basic outline of the universe, a teaser of the plot, and hopefully therein something that inspires you.
A Crash Course on the Universe Today (CCUT):
Humanity leapt to the stars, and with it came new technologies, ideas, opportunities, and conflict.
Mars became our first frontier, it is there we developed the process of terraforming. The key to new habitable worlds, but the process has limits. As humanity grew, Earth could no longer sustain us, we expanded, first to Mars, then beyond.
Alpha Centari became our second frontier, to reach it we developed experimental light-speed travel. A colony was born. But a four and a half year journey was not a viable option. We needed to find a solution.
The first Slipgates were born. Linking the two stars together, they allowed for travel between systems to take days, instead of years. Communication became instant. They were the third frontier.
Since then, humanity has not stopped. We now have colonized over 30 systems, over 65 planets, and 20 moons.
But being so diverse and far reaching has it's consequences. Differences in opinions have lead to shattered factions, and ultimately wars. Inner planets, those close to Old Earth united together to create the Confederation. Those on the rims of civilization have banded together in defense, other clusters have formed under their own banners. The universe has become a strange place from what it once was.
The Plot:
The story will be centered around a small crew of mercenaries as their lives are turned upside down when one of their jobs goes... Amiss. Events lead to one another and the crew must flee from it's home in the Confederation to avoid prosecution as fugitives. Along the way their ideas, morals, and ultimately their lives are challenged.
What this is:
This is not some grand adventure. They are not some highly professional crew. This is not a story of good vs. evil. Their ship is not the Enterprise.
This is a story about a group of quirky, strange people trying to survive and make a living doing sometimes-legal jobs. Their ship is their home, they are like a family, including the conflicts.
Want to know more? Post here, of send me a message, or an email (Andy.hobden (at) gmail.com)... Whatever you want.
Thanks for reading, hope your interested,
Andrew