Scout 2793 Update #1 - Characters

So since my last post on my short, i have so far finished writing 3/4 of the script and storyboarded half of what i have finalised of the script so far. I am still trying to decide how to end the short and i have a vague idea of what it should be based on the message i want to convey so that won't take too long. Besides that i have finished designs for 3 of the major character and have 3 designs left to go. It's now time to introduce you guys to the world the short is set in and the characters that inhabit it.



The short is mainly set in a Futuristic Zambia where after decades and decades of further development of the entire continent of Africa, it has progressed to a point where it is as a fully developed country with the 10% of the population being very rich and the rest being generally middle class with only a small percentage of poor people who decided to continue to live in the bush without the aid of technology. In this future there is a global organisation called the International Peacekeepers Legion (IPL) that monitors crime with a branch in every nation. Each national branch has 2 officers in every city who are trained to use super powers gained through implants and nanotechnology. These two officers are the only people who protect each city and with their firepower they are enough to take on any worldly threat.

Thunderbolt A.K.A Fred Chisanga

Thunderbolt is one of the two officers assigned to Luanshya. He is your typical boy scout albeit with a dark sense of humour. He has a strong sense of justice and works his hardest to set a good example for his son Isaac. He's a very serious guy when it comes to his work but generally tends to relax and go out with his son on his days off. He wears a mask because he thinks it makes him look more heroic. He is able to fly thanks to the military grade  implants in his legs and his arm implants allow him to fire highly concentrated energy beams from his hands. He is also able to compress this energy into simple forms such as swords for close combat.

Sparchitect A.K.A. Bupe Chileshe

Sparchitect is the other officer assigned to Luanshya. She is a very cheerful young woman. She takes great joy in infuriating Thunderbolt but takes her job just as seriously. She took the job to help protect her city because she felt she was the best one for the job. Unlike Thunderbolt, her leg implants are bulkier and allow her to move at high speeds as well as fly. She is mainly a close combat fighter because she is able to transform the book she carries with her into any weapon she has drawn in it. She is limited however in that she can only summon the weapons as long as she is able to carry them around otherwise they're basically useless.

Scout 2793

Scout 2793 is a third generation scouting and acquisition android. It's main purpose is to go to a planet and make preparations for its masters to arrive and begin draining matter from that planet's core. It's masters require the matter to to power the enormous warships that they are creating in preparation for a large scale intergalactic war that they instigated. To conserve power they can only go to one planet at a time and only send one android at a time giving it a time limit of 7 hours to prepare before they arrive. The scouts basic operating mode doesn't allow them to strategize as most of the planets they destroy are uninhabited but in case it's needed, their masters can activate an emergency AI that allows it to properly plan for any enemy it might face.

So thats the basic descriptions of the 3 most prominent characters featured in the short and the world they inhabit. On my next update on this project i'll introduce the rest of the cast and maybe some backgrounds but this is it for now. My next post will be a review of the movie 009: Recyborg and what i thought of the approach to that style of CG and the progression of Sanzigen's style as a studio so far. Look forward to it.