#the ark station

[humanoidhistory]

Doctor Who, "The Ark in Space," 1975.

[okmcintyre]

Bellamy Blake Appreciation Week: Day 1:  Bellamy + home - ‘On The Ark & On Earth'

[clockworkreapers]

I FOUND THE VOL3 DRAFTS

Ok odd post but I gotta let people know since this is kinda wild. Yes yes, yes, Tales From The Gas Station, Clock is still hyperfixating after months. ANYWAYS, way back, years ago when I was into the series prior I was there for the "How Did We Get Here" ark. I still have art of tftgs from during that time that's up on this blog if you go back far enough.

I'm talking about the ark that was deleted, the one that became lost media, the draft versions of Volume 3.

To be fair these are the retconned versions and are by a dif narrator than MCP. They are not canon BUT they exist just not in the form we are used to. So uh... here you go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFHc1DOHMmc&list=PL9mgOzafXS51l0We273_COKdskycwlyBa

[pxmun]

A side project for STSR.

[telesodalite]

I need to be weirder about the scavengers and cannibalism...

[gwendaria]

[sonknuxadow]

as funny as the idea of shadow being completely unable to use technology is i feel like it doesnt actually make much sense because like . yeah he basically fell asleep 50 years ago and woke up in the modern day and theres been a lot of changes in culture and technology that he'd have to get used to. but he wasnt living on earth with zero exposure to computers he was living on a space station where the science was advanced enough for them to be able to create him. maybe he'd struggle a bit using modern computers/phones/etc but i dont think he'd just know nothing about technology either. you know.

[stardustchild25]

Shadow the Hedgehog.

[arkfeather]

beautiful men with mental disorders scurry to me like rats

[true-blue-sonic]

The thought of Espio being either more incompetent with technology than the rest of his friends or just being wholly tech illiterate gets a lot funnier for me when I remember that he's sixteen. I personally never knew any sixteen year old besides myself who wasn't very involved with technology at that age (I've gotten better as an adult though I guess). Plus one of Espio's friends/allies is basically a literal boomer who hacks computers by smacking them. And yet Espio is still the cringe one

To be fair, I don't think Espio is that incompetent with technology? Vector wouldn't have asked him to go hack Eggman's and the ARK's computer if he didn't at least believe Espio could pull it off, I figure. Plus, the Chaotix managed to fire the Eclipse Canon, even if it's not shown who was responsible for that specifically. It's just that we never see Espio with anything else technology-wise as far as I know, and the telephone the Chaotix have in their possession in X and IDW is one of those very old-fashioned horn-with-cord ones, haha. So there's just nothing modern for Espio to practice with, maybe?

That being said, with Espio's focus on Being A Ninja, I figure he might show more appreciation for the traditional way of doing things than replacing it all with technology. In one Sonic Channel artwork, he's shown taking notes with a notebook and brush, where I'd say a laptop is just far more efficient. (Assuming they've got the money to buy one, of course. If they do ever get a computer, I figure it'll be one of those twenty-year-old square blocks of screen with a dinky keyboard and mouse that's barely hanging on to its last threads of life. That fits best with the Chaotix Vibes in my mind.) So Espio staunchly refusing to modernise and sticking to what works best for him is something I can envision, haha. I would say that he'll be able to figure out how a smartphone works if you gave him one and just let him figure it out by himself, it's just that he doesn't want to use it until it's a clear necessity.

[conceptmobius]

World of Sonic: Underexplored

[hezuart]

Character rewrite: Maria Robotnik is taken to the ARK with her grandfather when she is young. Initially, there are no other children on the ARK, and most of the people there are older scientists too busy to interact with her. Half of them don't even believe her disease is real, while the other half treat her like a fragile doll. Maria, severely lacking interaction and attention, starts acting out, getting into trouble around the space station, and pushing herself to her limits when doing so. She becomes a nihilist and falls into a depression, realizing her situation is hopeless, that she may never see the Earth again. Gerald doesn't know how to console her, and tries to keep her focused on her studies. She's very smart, but feels like applying herself is a fruitless effort.

When Abraham is born, while excited to finally have a possible friend, Abraham is too young to play with for several years, so she still feels a disconnect to him. (And the parents aren't too thrilled about Maria's behavior to let her spend too much time with him unattended anyway) But when Shadow is born, as the ultimate life form with immediate intelligence and zero fragility, Maria immediately takes a liking to him, which makes Abraham jealous and lonely in the later years. Shadow is actually the voice of reason at the start, reserved, but curious. Maria's rebellious, juvenile nature inspires him as a semi-bad influence. Both he and Maria get into a lot of trouble on the ARK; Gerald leaves them be, seeing how happy and hopeful Maria is now. As the years pass, Shadow became a great inspiration to Maria. She started helping her grandfather design and build machines as well as shoes for Shadow. Maria matured as she grew up, even as her illness got worse; becoming more optimistic, kinder, and sweeter. After the stories of Earth, the time together as well as exchanged promises for a hopeful future... When Shadow witnesses his best friend die, sacrificing herself for him... it's no wonder he became who he is today.

[somewhereinchaos]

How many people were in "The Ark"? We know that Gerald Robotnik and Maria were there with you, but... How many more were there?

          ╳ ┊ u l t i m a t e  »  Shadow bites his teeth together. It's an odd question, oddly specific. How many? How many scientists lost their lives because they were involved in his creation? Because they thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work alongside Gerald Robotnik aboard a huge colony in space? Only to get slaughtered. Because of him? He.. doesn't know. The memory of running up and down those halls, his interactions with everyone, the things they taught him. All gone, only to appear in his hazy nightmares. "..." It's too late to apologize to anyone now but.. he's sorry.

[angstandhappiness]

LMAO ADORABLE DORKS

Can’t blame them for wanting to be play little scientists huh