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Posts Tagged ‘ Space ’

Generic Martian invaders

(War of the Worlds and variant stories) (Part #1)

A review of Martian invaders as portrayed by the great H.G. Wells in several novels, followed by a review of those Martian invaders that The War Of The Worlds inspired. So that's a lot of Martians, yeah.

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Atlas Corporation

Evil space militarised megacorporation - in space. From the Borderlands video games, though for now we'll only cover the first one (plus DLCs).

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Aryn Vance, salvage and rescue operative

A space salvage and space rescue specialist - in space. Aryn is the heroine of small, well-reviewed indie video game STRADROP.

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Inhumans

(Part #1)

Let's talk about Marvel Comics' Inhumans. Let's walk among a few decades of ancient lore, cosmic grandeur and the occasional continuity gaffe.

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Epsilon Red

An intriguing ex-Soviet altered cosmonaut. Psionics. As of April of 2021, this profile was dusted off and received Mutants & Masterminds cosmo-stats.

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Mordecai the hunter

The sniper/hunter/falconer in the original Borderlands video game. As of April of 2021, this profile was entirely redone and partially updated. So big. So angry. So dead.

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Sunbeam crew

(On a Sunbeam)

The setting and ensemble characters from On a Sunbeam, a 2018 sci-fi romance/coming of age graphic novel. Intriguing space setting -- in space -- and attaching cast.

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Roland the soldier

One of the playable characters in the original Borderlands video game. Rogue soldier and assault specialist with a robot-turret. As of March of 2021, this profile was entirely revised to include the main BL2 material.

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Brick

(Borderlands)

One of the Player Characters in the first Borderlands video game. Superhumanly strong and tough berserker giant mutant. As of November of 2020, added M&M stats and some polish. As of March of 2021, fully redid and partially updated this profile.

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Lilith the siren

Mysterious space-warping abilities, fire powers, plenty of a lotta many guns, orb shields, crazy laugh, sexy body markings... Lilith as it all. As of March of 2021, this profile was entirely redone and partially updated.

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Skyrocket Steele

A 1930s sci-fi comics character, written and drawn by a young Bill Everett for Centaur Comics.

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Borderlands setting

(Part #1)

A bunch of setting notes about the Borderlands video games. Essentially post-apocalyptic sci-fi with some alien tech, megacorporations and ultraviolence.

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Warframe weapons locker (part 1)

A selection of weapons -- ranged and melee -- from the Warframe video game. New weapons and pictures get added as I play. Additions since the original release : - Twin Gremlins machine pistols. - Boar assault shotgun. - Fixed missing illustrations, added some. - Orthos poleaxe. - Miter launcher. - Vectis precision rifle. - Kohm shotgun. - Ignis flamethrower. - Nagantaka repeater crossbow. - Pandero pistol. - Amprex electrical projector. -...

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Dharlu

An enigmatic and powerful alien seen in a few 1970s Justice League of America stories.

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Nekron

(The alien one)

A somewhat obscure, powerful 1970s enemy of the Justice League of America. Otherdimensional alien feeding off fear. Mmm, this image is very tall. I prolly should add some text here so it doesn't feel weirdly empty, especially for people not familiar with the site. So how are y'all doing. I'm doing good. I have some delicious flan left to eat, and...

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Anabasis-5

(Destiny video games)

A window into the Destiny "epic sci-fi" video game universe, using a sample character. Though in this article the emphasis is on the universe. So if you want to learn about stuff such as the Worm Gods, the Sword Logic, the Traveller's Ghosts, the Last City, the European Dead Zone, the Rasputin Warmind, the Infinite Forest, etc. it's all in...

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Queen Femina Suarestellar Baroux

The space misandrist enemy of Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah, by golly ! Who was a goofy, not-highbrow parody of Filipina national super-heroine Darna. This entry previously had to be altered due to US online advertising standards. So we restored it, and did its hair while we were at it. If there are problems again I'll just ditch the ads, as happens increasingly...

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Starfire

(DC Implosion) (part #1 - Setting)

This profile is about the sword-and-sciencery (new word !) heroine Starfire, back in 1976. Only a young woman’s sword and her courage will challenge the inhuman hordes who would enslave her people ! As of September of 2020, this profile was split in two for more comfortable reading. And went through extensive edits for style, being almost 10-year old.

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Bur Sed and Ker Sed, Keepers of the Balance

Two aliens who clashed with the Justice League once, in 1972. They had a forced alien reforestation thing going on. It didn't necessarily age well.

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Callsign Hammerfall

(Kaddish Yen) (Warframe)

A full-on example of a Player Character in the Warframe video game. This also explains Tenno Void abilities, a chunk of the game's backstory, the Lotus-issued spaceships (pre-Railjack), and the like.

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Khora-class warframe

A short-ish profile of the Khora warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs. A strange huntress with a mysterious backstory, a killer cybercat and a magic barbed chain.

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Annihilus

(Part #1 - 1960s/70s)

A great space menace from another universe. And one of Marvel Comics' notable villains. As of March of 2020, this entry has been entirely redone. It now covers but the 1960s and 1970s, since even just that is a lot of info.

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Lizard Lady

From the Negation book in the Crossgen Universe. Adaptative alien warrior. As of March of 2020, added M&M game stats.

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Negative Zone blotter

This article is where we keep our notes about the Negative Zone in general, as we research stories that take place there. How it works, how to get there, local lifeforms, area codes, etc..

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Inaros-class warframe

A short-ish profile of the Inaros warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs. Endurance/durability unit with an undead Ancient Egyptian warrior theme and a backstory. And a smile.

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Tongpu (Mad Pierrot)

A strange, superhuman assassin/serial killer. Tongpu appeared in a fan-favourite episode of Cowboy Bebop.

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Trinity-class warframe

A short-ish profile of the Trinity warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs. Support unit with defensive and buffing energy manipulation powers.

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Clem the rogue Grineer

(Warframe)

A goofy super-soldier in the Warframe video game universe. He's beloved by much of Warframe’s humongous player base.

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Brain Globes of Rambat

1962 enemies of Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes. Very Silver Age. Powerful alien mentalists. As of December of 2019, the illustrations were redone and they received M&M game stats... in a transparent globe!

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Saryn-class warframe

A short-ish profile of the Saryn warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs. Biological warfare/devastation unit.

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