#the ark station

[humanoidhistory]

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

[pxmun]

A side project for STSR.

[telesodalite]

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

[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.

[okmcintyre]

Kids on The Ark being supervised as they practice chess (+ a grown-up Murphy accepts a match: annoyed, but playing like it's the most natural thing in the world...)

[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

[son1c]

shadow from my original shatterspace! this version of shadow was created using wisp dna, but not just any wisp dna--dna from mother wisp herself!

for this facet of shadow, i decided to focus on his heart. callisto is very dependent on the people he loves, much like how a moon is dependent on the planet it orbits... he's also much more open with his love, unlike how shadow keeps it under lock and key.

and of course, every wisp he encounters seems to love him right away. but, unlike everyone else in this shatterspace, he doesn't have a wisp partner. if he were to ever need the help of a wisp, he would simply ask any random one he came across--and they would comply.

(all of the other characters think he's a huge weirdo for this.)

pre-canon, he lives at the ARK-tic research station in deepfreeze domain. then, something happens, and he ends up travelling with a mysterious stranger! to be honest, he's not really sure what happened... but he's determined to figure it out! and since he doesn't know where the research station is located, the stranger suggests joining the wisp races to look for it. what a great idea!

but wait, is he even allowed to join if he IS a wisp?! ref, that doesn't count as a foul, right?

[tinderbox210]

The 100 AU

97 years after a devastating nuclear apocalypse wiped out most human life on Earth, thousands of people survived in a space station called the Ark. With resources running low, 100 colonists are sent to Earth in an attempt to determine whether Earth is habitable again. Among the chosen ones is the young woman Mae.

The colonists discover that Earth is mostly habitable again but now ruled by sentient apes, divided into 12 clans locked in a power struggle. Noa, a young ape from the Eagle Clan, saves Mae and joins her on her journey across the land full of mutated animals and other dangerous threats.

Together, they discover more humans survived the apocalypse. They get captured by the residents of Mount Weather, the Mountain Men, who execute horrible experiments on apes, using their genetic material in order to make humans immune to radiation.

After they managed to escape, Mae and Noa stumble upon a bunker build by a doomsday cult called The Second Dawn who worship an atomic bomb and intent to evoke a new cataclysmic event that sends a wave of radiation spreading across the world.

Unable to stop the doomsday cult, Mae and Noa flee from the deathly wave and find shelter in a valley that remains the only habitable place on the planet.