Comic:Corridor Z
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Corridor Z is an experimental sprite comic utilizing outmoded programs and obsolete adventure memes. Following the misadventures of a freelance smuggler on what may be his final run, the overall story takes place over the course of three days in October of 2467.
Corridor Z
| Corridor Z | |
|---|---|
| Artist: | Bill Francis |
| Writer: | Circumstance |
| Characters: | Jonas T. Planck |
| Updates: | weekdays |
| Began: | November 2005 |
| Ended: | |
| Art style: | VGA Screen Grabs |
| Rating: | PG-14 |
| Website | Website |
Contents |
Dramatis Personae
Jonas Tiberius Planck
A veteran of several wars, he served only as a "gamer," remotely piloting robot ships. He is maladjusted and antisocial, the result of having spent 5 years of his childhood in isolation, raised by a "Mother Pod", and inundated with films and television programs of the 20th century. Quixotic, possibly sociopathic, definately cowardly, he is the last person you would want to trust your illegal cargo with.
Colonel Rex
A German Shepard, the Colonel is the product of genetic enhancements performed on animals during the Earth/Zendrathi war. It was found that ships piloted by monkeys, cats, and dogs were so erratic and instinctual in their attack strategies that the perfectly logical Zendrathi could not predict their moves, as they could with humans. This broke a ten year stalemate along the downspin neutral zones.
Auryn Telluride
There are currently twelve identical women of varying age who claim to be the original genetic template of Auryn Marianne Telluride, the nefarious clone madame of the outer territories. Almost 450,000 colonists on undisclosed worlds can trace their lineage to her original DNA code sequence, primarily due to relaxed cloning laws from the initial pre-stratification colony charters. As a result, many colonists are inbred and moronic, the product of years of cross-fertilizing with cloned black-market wives, degraded copies of the original Madame Telluride. Recent clone-trafficking legislation has attempted to crack down on such sordid trade, but as yet, there are over 300 such "midwives" still at large.
The girl in the comic is not named Auryn. She was lying about her name.
Marshall Beauford Kreiger
With a career record of 549 arrests as many as 2100 unconfirmed kills, M.B.K.(as he is sometimes called) is skeptically regarded as one of the shining beacons of justice in the outer territories. His disregard for jurisdiction and public safety is legendary, and is commonly cited as a reason that this monster is considered a folk hero to many colonists. His status as Space Marshall is due entirely to family connections.
Deputy Fred "Junior" Kreiger
His status as Deputy Marshall is due entirely to family connections.
Une Pallat Geebo
Dominic "Luigi" Colosimo
Babba Nungo
Deadly cyborg. The motivations of this creature are unclear, but it is known that it works as a high priced mercenary and assassin.
The Planets
| Planet | Environment/Lifeforms |
|---|---|
| Barrakis Prime | Rocky, radioactive, and populated almost entirely by sterile clones, Barrakis is valued only for its vast plutonium deposits and rare radioisotopes. |
| Coronis Cluster | Ice harvesters in the outer reaches of the Barrakis system, They are the primary source of water for the inner system colonies. A hale, brave bunch, they augment their income with quasi-legal salvage operations. |
| Bouncin' Betty's Upgrades | B-742, rougue asteroid. Reasonably priced bombs, guns, and option satellites for all your mass-destruction needs. Ask about our payment plan for heavy-guage mass drivers! |
| Maben's Choke & Puke | At the I-528 Tesseract. Ask about our bulk catering! |
