During the year 2060 of Earth’s recorded history, the first manned mission
to Saturn’s moon of Titan approached its final destination. What they
found would change the face of human evolution. They discover an alien
ship which has been buried for over three hundred years deep in the harsh
Titan landscape. A holographic image of an ancient mariner named Akillian
appears and tells them the story of how he journeyed far across the stars
from the Great Magellanic Cloud to save their world generations of pain
and destruction! They stare in awe as he recounts his amazing story:
"Let me tell you the story of the Great War of Magellan."
The Great War of Magellan can be likened to Mad Max meets
The Matrix in space. The Elders talk about the days before the
Great Horror came and of The Ancient Ones, those who prophesized their
return one day to reawaken mankind to a higher purpose and help restore
their freedom.
A young warrior named Akillian wanders through the desolation of a society
gone mad. He has lost everything: his family, his world and his memory.
The aftermath of the Great Civil War has left the Magellan Confederation
of Planets in ruins. Intense radiation has severely damaged and altered
his race’s DNA. The radiation threatens to destroy what was left of their
galaxy. Surviving scientists engineered a micro-organism which was successful
in repairing the damage to their genetic structure. Eventually, this organism
pervaded the entire race -- and was later transported to an area of the
galaxy where it found the ideal host and conditions to mutate into the
most lethal and terrifying predator species ever created: the Kabba.
A thousand years pass as a strangely age-defying Akillian continues
his journey through a half-destroyed universe conquered by the Kabba:
energy vampires who continue to drain worlds of their resources, laying
waste to countless societies and species. Rebel forces representing the
last remaining humans still resist them but are slowly succumbing to their
superior power. In deep space, Traders (marauding bands of nomads, rogue
pilots and ship captains) rob, loot and scavenge to maintain their survival
as they fight for control of the last remaining free territories.
Akillian, now a legendary, weathered and war-weary Trader pilot, is befriended
by a self-adopted, precocious orphan named Jonea and a beautiful A.I.
named Jari as he struggles to unravel the mystery of his long forgotten
past.... and fast approaching destiny. The story uncovers the secrets
of their forefathers, the ancient Magellans, who evolved beyond war and
self destruction -- and also hold the keys to the evolutionary path of
the Kabba -- and the future survival of their race.
© 2001 Richard
Hatch.
Various creative talents whom contributed to Richard's Battlestar
Galactica: The Second Coming trailer have returned, along
with some fresh faces. Among the actors participating: Richard
Hatch, Richard Lynch, J.G. Hertzler, Jason Carter, Robin Atkin
Downs, Marjorie Monahan, Jack Stauffer and the Academy Award
nominated Brad Dourif.
Mythological explorations. Mysteries unfolding. Dramatic, epic storytelling.
Intense science fiction drama.
The Great War of Magellan embraces these elements and much
more.
