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Since I am remaking my Solar System setting, I thought to do a short comic strip to introduce readers to it.

The CEO of the Gruman-Kadena Corporation, the most powerful man in the history of humanity, goes over a monthly progress report.

A good opportunity for world building.

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BRIEF HISTORY OF SOLAR SYSTEM & RANDOM FACTS

The current year of this setting is 2082.

However, it deviated from our reality in 1960, with the discovery of a derelict alien spaceship in Antarctica. This prompted rapid technological advancement, and over the next century, humanity spread out and colonized most of the solar system.

Although some areas of technology rapidly advanced, others stagnated. The setting is therefore very retro-futuristic.

Computing technology is still very 1980's, with monochrome displays. There are no such things as smart phones or tablets. The Personal Computing and GUI revolutions never occurred, and as such most of the general public do not own a computer.

The Internet is heavily regulated by Megacorporations, and region locked by continent.

The most popular method of global communication is the "video phone". Essentially these are public phone booths with video screens added to them.

THE SHELL

The Shell is a hostile alien structure that is slowly encasing the sun.

Uncovering the Antarctica derelict in 1960 inadvertently activated a dormant signal, leading automated alien craft called nodes to gather around the sun and build The Shell. Made from an indestructible material, its purpose is to encase the sun and force an extinction event on humanity.

The nodes arrive in the dozens per year, slowly but surely expanding the structure. By 2082, The Shell was 20 percent complete, with a sizeable chunk hovering over one side of the sun.

Only recently, with spacefaring battleships at their disposal, has humanity began to intercept newly arriving drones before they can deliver more materials to The Shell. But not all can be detected, particularly whenever nations go to war and turn their eyes away from the stars.

On Earth, winters are longer and harsher, and summers are not guaranteed. Europe is blanketed by snow for almost nine months of the year, North America is covered by barren wastelands, and the once mighty Amazon Forest has decreased to a quarter of its former size. With traditional agriculture virtually impossible, most food is now grown synthetically in high-tech labs.

Why don't the nodes come all at once?

The alien civilization that created them died out tens of thousands of years ago. With no one to maintain them, the nodes are likely malfunctioning, and that is the reason they are arriving at a slow, staggered rate.

The alien derelict found in Antarctica in 1960 had crashed several thousand years prior. Its mission was to activate the signal for the drones, but it never did. Humanity accidentally activated that signal when they dug it up. By this time, these aliens have all died out.

RECALL PROGRAM

One-thousand adult subjects were made in labs - sleeper agents, who could be "Recalled" to complete urgent assignments for the Corporation.

Each subject was created using randomly generated DNA and memory templates. They were sent out into the world to live at their own leisure, oblivious that their past was false, or that the Corporation could uproot them on a whim.

What is "Recall"?

A system encoded into each subject's DNA.

The Corporation can "Recall" a subject by exposing them to a special audio frequency that is otherwise undetected by the human ear. This is a highly convenient trigger, as it can be delivered at any time - so long as the subject is in range of infrastructure the Corporation can commandeer.

Once recalled, a subject will lose their free-will and memories immediately. They will become a mindless blank slate, docile and obedient, and carrying out any orders issued by the Corporation.

Purpose of Recalling

There might be someone the Corporation wants assassinated quickly, but there are no operatives nearby.

There might be a job the Corporation doesn't want to be traced back to.

Limitations

A subject can only be Recalled once.

With their mind completely scrambled, they only live for about two days after being Recalled.

Other

Recall subjects all have grey hair (unless they dye it). The cause of this "fault" is unknown, but since it does not inhibit the program's main purpose, it was never corrected.

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Rendered in Daz Studio Iray. Post work in Photoshop.

© IronClawRoo. All Rights Reserved. You may not edit, repost or redistribute my works in any way.

Description
Since I am remaking my Solar System setting, I thought to do a short comic strip to introduce readers to it.

The CEO of the Gruman-Kadena Corporation, the most powerful man in the history of humanity, goes over a monthly progress report.

A good opportunity for world building.

Next Page:

Previous Page:

- - - -

BRIEF HISTORY OF SOLAR SYSTEM & RANDOM FACTS

The current year of this setting is 2082.

However, it deviated from our reality in 1960, with the discovery of a derelict alien spaceship in Antarctica. This prompted rapid technological advancement, and over the next century, humanity spread out and colonized most of the solar system.

Although some areas of technology rapidly advanced, others stagnated. The setting is therefore very retro-futuristic.

Computing technology is still very 1980's, with monochrome displays. There are no such things as smart phones or tablets. The Personal Computing and GUI revolutions never occurred, and as such most of the general public do not own a computer.

The Internet is heavily regulated by Megacorporations, and region locked by continent.

The most popular method of global communication is the "video phone". Essentially these are public phone booths with video screens added to them.

THE SHELL

The Shell is a hostile alien structure that is slowly encasing the sun.

Uncovering the Antarctica derelict in 1960 inadvertently activated a dormant signal, leading automated alien craft called nodes to gather around the sun and build The Shell. Made from an indestructible material, its purpose is to encase the sun and force an extinction event on humanity.

The nodes arrive in the dozens per year, slowly but surely expanding the structure. By 2082, The Shell was 20 percent complete, with a sizeable chunk hovering over one side of the sun.

Only recently, with spacefaring battleships at their disposal, has humanity began to intercept newly arriving drones before they can deliver more materials to The Shell. But not all can be detected, particularly whenever nations go to war and turn their eyes away from the stars.

On Earth, winters are longer and harsher, and summers are not guaranteed. Europe is blanketed by snow for almost nine months of the year, North America is covered by barren wastelands, and the once mighty Amazon Forest has decreased to a quarter of its former size. With traditional agriculture virtually impossible, most food is now grown synthetically in high-tech labs.

Why don't the nodes come all at once?

The alien civilization that created them died out tens of thousands of years ago. With no one to maintain them, the nodes are likely malfunctioning, and that is the reason they are arriving at a slow, staggered rate.

The alien derelict found in Antarctica in 1960 had crashed several thousand years prior. Its mission was to activate the signal for the drones, but it never did. Humanity accidentally activated that signal when they dug it up. By this time, these aliens have all died out.

RECALL PROGRAM

One-thousand adult subjects were made in labs - sleeper agents, who could be "Recalled" to complete urgent assignments for the Corporation.

Each subject was created using randomly generated DNA and memory templates. They were sent out into the world to live at their own leisure, oblivious that their past was false, or that the Corporation could uproot them on a whim.

What is "Recall"?

A system encoded into each subject's DNA.

The Corporation can "Recall" a subject by exposing them to a special audio frequency that is otherwise undetected by the human ear. This is a highly convenient trigger, as it can be delivered at any time - so long as the subject is in range of infrastructure the Corporation can commandeer.

Once recalled, a subject will lose their free-will and memories immediately. They will become a mindless blank slate, docile and obedient, and carrying out any orders issued by the Corporation.

Purpose of Recalling

There might be someone the Corporation wants assassinated quickly, but there are no operatives nearby.

There might be a job the Corporation doesn't want to be traced back to.

Limitations

A subject can only be Recalled once.

With their mind completely scrambled, they only live for about two days after being Recalled.

Other

Recall subjects all have grey hair (unless they dye it). The cause of this "fault" is unknown, but since it does not inhibit the program's main purpose, it was never corrected.

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Rendered in Daz Studio Iray. Post work in Photoshop.

© IronClawRoo. All Rights Reserved. You may not edit, repost or redistribute my works in any way.