Zeitgeist: Symphony Of Dreams

The Overview: Captain Kathris Reinhardt assumes command of the Vanskar Facility, a building integral to the Alliance’s effort to control the demon and vampire population. He brings along for this mission a number of comrades, and together they will combat any threat the dark forces have to throw at them.

The Facility: The Vanskar building is a well-constructed military facility, with crew quarters for 250 persons. The facility has adequate defenses against aerial assault, and has a powerful defense field in the event of orbital bombardment or ground attack.

The Mission: To find the demons and vampires where they gather, and protect the citizens of the Alliance from any harm that may come to them as a result. The Vanskar facility is also responsible for various Alliance duties, such as humanitarian aid and scientific research.

The Theme Song:

No theme song was ever selected for this series.

The Crew:

Captain Kathris Reinhardt: (Season 1 - 7) A male tiger shifter, Kathris is unusual in a number of ways. First, his base form is an anthro tiger, rather than the usual human form. Secondly, his hairstyle consists of black hair that changes color into blond at about neck level. He assumes his first command in charge of this facility with his best friend and his girlfriend at his side.

Commander Rikan Griswald: (Season 1 - 7) A male anthro lion, Rikan is Simba’s son and Kathris’s best friend. The two grew up together and are practically related. They are intensely loyal to each other, and have almost always attempted to serve on the same assignments. Rikan is both the security chief and the first officer of the Vanskar facility.

Lieutenant Commander Wade Wilding: (Season 1 - 7) Wade is a weretigress. She is famously known for two things. Both her ability to fix almost any conventional technology, and her inability to keep anything at all a secret. Though often the gossip queen, she is more than dependable if you need anything fixed faster than you knew it was broken. She is also an expert in propulsion technologies.

Lieutenant Halifax ‘Hali’ Devane: (Season 1 - 7) Also known by the moniker ‘Sly The Magnificent’, Hali is a vixen with a talent for painting and art. She is romantically involved with Captain Reinhardt, and comes from a family that would suffer a heart attack if they knew she was dating a tiger. Trained as a pilot, she often works as support staff in the command center.

Professor Simba Griswald: (Season 1 - 7) Basically the father of the entire crew, Simba is the oldest civilian member on staff. An expert in demonology and ancient artifacts, if it’s otherworldly, Simba will know about it. He prefers books to datapads, and wears traditional reading glasses instead of having ocular surgery. He is an old fashioned and dignified lion, and tries to pass on his values to the younger members of the crew.

Lieutenant Alexis Blake: (Season 1 - 7) An Esper and a Varish knight, she serves as the counselor of the crew. Though her crew doesn’t know it yet, she is one of the most powerful Espers alive, and has numerous connections to her government. She is highly skilled in the use of her powers and the single hilt Varish energy blade.

Cloud: (Season 3 - 7) Raised on an island floating in the heavens, Cloud has never seen anyone outside of her people, never mind a walking talking tiger man. When Kathris arrives in her village, she believes him to be her spirit guide, and follows him back to Vanskar to learn from him. She is believed to be nearly immortal, due to the Chaos Water present on her island.

Doctor Arandis Scott: (Season 1 - 2.11, Season 5 - 7) Doctor Arandis Scott was the chief medical officer of Vanskar. She is trained in most magical forms of healing as well as conventional Alliance treatment techniques. Her skill in magic use is higher than most, and she often wears her hair in such a fashion that it almost covers her right eye.

Lieutenant Summer Ramzey: (Season 1 - 7) Summer is Rikan’s girlfriend, and the operations officer on the crew. She comes from a long line of vampire slayers in her family, and this seemed like the perfect place to utilize all of her talents. In addition to her vampire slaying heritage, she has access to a number of rare volumes in her family library that others would not have access to.

Zeitgeist: Renaissance

The Overview: Twenty years after Captain Reinhardt and his mission, Captain Skylar Prescott and the ACS Sentinel have been sent out to reestablish control over their territory after a brutal 5 year war with the energy beings known as the Phantoms.

The Ship: The ACS Sentinel is a medium sized cruiser with a flight deck in the forward saucer section capable of holding and launching up to 50 fighter craft, 10 at a time. It is a top of the line ship with the finest weapons available, and a crew complement of 250. One fifth of the crew are pilots/military troops, with multipurpose training to serve in Engineering or Security when flight operations are not active.

The Mission: To reestablish control over their area of space, as well as reconnect with local alien races, and protect colonies in the once stable areas of Alliance space.

The Theme Song:

Though I don’t know the name of the song, it was the opening theme to From The Earth To The Moon, selected because I felt it was appropriate to taking the franchise into space for the first time.

The Crew:

Captain Skylar Prescott: (Season 1 – 7) Hand picked and trained by Admiral Kathris Reinhardt, Skylar is his protégé in every way. She is very loyal, dedicated, and eager, and brings along for her first command her husband, Aaron Prescott, and her intelligent son, Willis Prescott, who are both civilians. Trained as a fighter pilot, she has never before commanded a starship, and she hopes to use this chance to prove herself to Kathris. She is a brown vixen.

Commander Kardis Brenner: (Season 1 – 7) A female squirrel, Kardis was requested by Captain Prescott because of her military background. Skylar’s strong right arm, she quickly develops a useful working rapport with the woman, and the two work well anticipating each other’s moves. Her last posting having been a ground assignment, she looks forward to moving out into space.

Lieutenant Alexander Archer: (Season 1 – 7) The large anthro bear has known Skylar for several years in her career. The two are very close, and were thought at one point to possibly become intimately involved. He collects projectile rifles, and is very physically intimidating, though friendly, which is why he is very good at his job.

Lieutenant Commander Kaiden Rennek: (Season 1 - 7) An iguana who has a minor fear of small spaces, he serves as the Chief Engineer of the ship. He works closely with the flight squad, and is good friends with the ship’s flight commander.

Lieutenant Kristania Adelaide: (Season 1 – 7) A wereskunk and daughter of Pascal Adelaide, she serves as the operations officer on the bridge of the ship. Young and inexperienced, she is taking this on with her graduating classmates as her first assignment.

Ensign Miriah Griswald: (Season 1 – 7) Rikan and Summer’s daughter, she has trained to become the primary pilot of the ACS Sentinel. This is her first space assignment, though she had spent some time training with her parents on Earth slaying demons. Now on her own, she is eager to test herself.

Pilot Tigerfox Reinhardt: (Season 1-7) Tigerfox is Kathris and Hali’s son, and he is the Flight Commander. It is his duty to command and manage the five flight squadrons, and handle any combat operations related thereto. He has often been given special treatment due to his father’s reputation, but he is working to earn a reputation of his own.

Doctor Steven MacKenzie: (Season 1-7) Doctor MacKenzie is an Esper, trained in mental therapy and conventional healing techniques. He is often whimsical, searching for something to satisfy his frequently changing urges, such as women, pets, and theatre.

Regina Darwin: (Season 1 – 1.22) One of the three pilots on the Alpha Squadron, she is well trained, and often competes with her flight team members for the best ratings on the squadron. She is a female anthro horse, of the arabian breed.

Harken Maris: (Season 1 – 4.20) A male griffin pilot, he is relatively secretive and quiet when he comes on board. He spends most of his time servicing his fighter craft.

Sidney Scott: (Season 2-7) A female rabbit and Adair Scott’s daughter, she is assigned as Regina’s replacement. She quickly forms a relationship with Tigerfox, and the two become very close, both professionally and personally.

Zeitgeist: Captured Hearts

The Overview: Searching for the next generation of Kai’Rin in an effort to make them a force for good, Director Darren Van Der Croix assumes command of the Keristal Prison Facility. As his first regular duty assignment in many years, he is not certain what to expect, but what he will find is both his past and his future colliding into one.

The Facility: Keristal Prison is a retrofitted prison building. There are wings for the crew of 300 regular crewmembers, and approximately 200 additional personnel live nearby and commute to the facility via transporter or walking. There are several modern wings of prison cells, named A – K. There are several additional wings with antiquated bars and vastly outdated construction methods which are being updated to modern standards. There is a central courtyard open to the sky, and an area open for future expansion and construction. The facility has moderately powerful shielding, and four orbital defense cannons, as well as a number of ground mounted defense plasma beam emitters.

The Mission: Darren must run the Keristal Prison Facility in an effort to rehabilitate the prisoners. At the same time he hopes to form a team of the prisoners there that he believes to be part of the Kai’Rin in the hopes of turning them into a positive force. In addition, he is expected to control the local demon population and handle any Alliance missions in the area.

The Theme Song:

No official theme song had been selected, though the opening song for Final Fantasy Tactics had been considered as an intro, and it was thought that a rapid song would be most appropriate for the show.

The Crew:

Director Darren Van Der Croix: (Season 1 – 10) Darren is a male anthro wolf, recently separated from Foxhound, a secret underground Alliance organization. He has returned to standard Alliance duty, accepting command of Keristal Prison, though he has his own reasons for doing so. He brings along emotional baggage from a relationship he had that ended badly, and from his former dealings with the Kai’Rin and Captain Reinhardt.

Commander Ryan Drake: (Season 1 - 10) A male panther, Ryan used to serve with Adair Scott and Pascal Adelaide as resistance fighters against the Hegemony on Harlequin before joining up with Captain Reinhardt. After becoming an officer, Ryan rose up the ranks until he reached commander, and married Idania Devereaux, a former kangaroo slave. Ryan is noted for his extreme loyalty, and excellent tactical knowledge. He serves as both the first officer and security chief.

Lieutenant Hannah Reinhardt: (Season 1 – 10) A tiger shifter/fox hybrid, Hannah is Kathris’s daughter and Tigerfox’s younger sister. She, unlike her brother, possesses her father’s shape-shifting ability. Her previous assignment was serving as a phantom expert, before she became an expert engineer. She is extremely determined and loyal.

Doctor Calais Brightpaw: (Season 1 – 7) Calais is a med student, assigned to Keristal Prison as her final year before she takes the test to become a full doctor. She is highly qualified, and despite her being an anthro mouse, she’s a lot tougher than she looks. She has an aptitude for magic, and is a very dedicated medical officer.

Ensign Marla Cheney: (Season 1 – 10) Formerly the human night shift pilot of the ACS Sentinel, she transferred to Keristal Prison to serve as the Records And Information Officer, handling prisoner records. After serving on a starship, she accepted the ground assignment with the hopes of earning a promotion to Lieutenant.

Tafka: (Season 1 – 2) An atavist male lion, he has completely surrendered his mind to his animal instincts. He is very physically powerful and very dangerous, usually requiring multiple guards to transport him. He speaks little, though he clearly does still have enough mental faculties to understand English.

Nikolai Romanov: (Season 1 – 8.22) A tiger/skunk hybrid, he was imprisoned to keep him from continuing his research on the Kai’Rin by people that dislike hybrids. Speaking with a Russian accent and extremely intelligent, he quickly wins the attention of Director Van Der Croix, who helps him with his work since their goals coincide.

Reika Kyle: (Season 1 – 10) A fiery vixen with a gap in her memory, Reika is transferred to Keristal Prison after having a dream that tells he she will find her destiny here. A skilled fighter, she is quickly recruited by Darren into his team of fighters. She has a former association with ZigZag, from Double Z Studios.

ZigZag: (Season 1.16 – Season 10) The head of her own porn studio, ZigZag arrives when she hears Reika is in the prison and has asked for her. She stays to help protect her friend, and ends up enjoying herself tormenting Darren and Father Caine. A female tigerskunk, and a very infamous one, she quickly becomes a frequent visitor to the prison.

Soli Karrel: (Season 3-5) A cat/rabbit hybrid, she arrives in the prison possessing an advanced knowledge of magic. Ashamed that she is the only member of her family to not have worn an Alliance uniform, she arrives in the prison attempting to earn her way to wearing one and making her family proud.

Doctor Steven MacKenzie: (Season 8 – 10) After his assignment on the Sentinel, he was transferred to Keristal Prison at Director Van Der Croix’s request. Having been to the prison several times and already having served with the now Lieutenant Cheney, he accepted immediately. He takes over after Calais leaves.

Professor Anna Reschen: (Season 6 – 10) Darren’s former girlfriend, she arrives in season 4 and eventually ends up falling back in love with Darren. A werewolf and the Alliance’s premiere expert in temporal and interdimensional disturbances, she is placed in charge of Project Checkpoint, which she runs from Keristal Prison.

Lakota: (Season 9 – 10) A male okapi who had dedicated his life to the teachings of Cloud and her Native American tribe on the floating island, he was sent to the prison at Cloud’s request to investigate something she had detected, and ended up staying.

Father Caine: (Season 1 – 10) A feline priest and mentor to Captain Kathris Reinhardt, he accepts the job as the priest and counselor to Keristal Prison, attempting to deal with both the problems of the crew and the inmates of the facility.

Zeitgeist: Chosen

The Overview: Under the oppressive rule of the Axis Confederation, Valerie attempts to battle both the demons and the government that utilizes them in order to protect the helpless civilian population.

The Facility:

Brandy’s Point: A club where Brandy puts out her music in the lower levels of the city. Valerie and the gang often meet here for strategy meetings. Both Valerie and Brandy have rooms on the second floor of the club. It is a mid sized club, and popular enough so that it is often full on most nights.

Sorcery Council: In season 4 – 5, Valerie and the entire cast moves into the Sorcery Council Building, where they assume their new duties in managing and training new magic users. The building has mostly wood interiors, and has spacious quarters, libraries, and training rooms.

The Mission: Valerie and her friends must protect the civilians of Harlequin from the demons and oppressive government that is out to do them harm for their own gain.

The Theme Song:

Season 1 - 7: “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” by Green Day, selected for the feel of the song. I think it matched the characters well.

Season 1 – 7: (Alternate) “Buffy The Vampire Theme” by Nerf Herder, chosen because I felt it would score well with the opening sequence.

The Cast:

Valerie Dessler: (Season 1 – 7) A mare, she is a trained soldier and a magic user, and has been searching for her former partner for some time. She shares a living space with Brandy, a young female tigerskunk. Intent on protecting the innocent and becoming stronger, much of her energy is diverted to these two goals. She carries a sword of unknown and ancient origin, with an ancient writing on the blade.

Patrick Hayes: (Season 1 – 7) A distinguished male unicorn with golden hair, he is the foremost heir to Hayes Bauer Incorporated. They are currently servicing the Axis, providing them with defense and weapons technology. He is not the only heir, and has had numerous attempts on his life since he took an official position at the company. He has been given sword training by his father.

Brandy: (Season 1 – 7) ZigZag’s younger sister, she has a special gift for music and dance, and becomes a very popular singer. Though she is also a tigerskunk, her fur pattern is an inverted skunk, thus her colors are reversed. She also accidentally gains ice powers that she cannot control, and must work to learn how to manage them.

Connor O’Hallery: (Season 1-3) Originally from 1920’s Irish America, Connor ended up in our time while trying to save his fiance in the 20’s from her unalterable death. After seeing the future and warning the current time about the Axis, eventually he stayed after believing it was futile to keep trying to restore the life he lost.

Colonel Ivy Vionne: (Season 1 – 7) Ivy came from the future, 200 years after the present time, and had initially arrived with Chronos and the Axis army. After leaving him for the Kai’Rin, she eventually was arrested and sent to Keristal Prison, where she was eventually released. She found her way to Harlequin, and soon fell under The Judgment.

Trish McClellan: (Season 3 – 7) One of the Axis’s generals, Trish is a clouded leopard with the ability to copy powers and turn them against people. She is very skilled at combat, and has worked for the Axis for some time.

Brett Alexander: (Season 3 – 4, Season 6-7) Held by the Axis for some time, he helps them escape when they are there to remove Trish from an Axis facility. He is a male emperor penguin, and was kept their for his unexpected psychic talents.

Reagan: (Season 4 – 5) A half vampire that’s been alive for two hundred years, he has kept himself in isolation for most of that time. Not wanting to harm anyone or let his vampire half take control, he has kept himself isolated from all contact to avoid temptation.

Karen Aylesworth: (Season 4 – 7) The second general for the Axis, she works alongside a mysterious mentor. She is very powerful, and carries around a number of dark talismans and tools to help her. She aims to protect the world, but is not concerned with the methods that she uses. Karen was badly wounded in combat, and her wings are currently damaged. One of the talismans she obtains restores them, but at a cost.

Solange: (Season 5.14 – Season 7) Originally controlled by the Axis, she was freed and ended up on Harlequin with Valerie after rescuing her friend, Annika. The raptor and her companion joined Valerie’s team in an effort to help them fight evil. She possesses a number of cybernetic implants, which for most anthros are very uncommon.

Commander Sikaris: (Season 5 – 7) Originally assigned to command the Alliance forces sent to assist Valerie in season 3, he ended up being permanently assigned in season 5 in an attempt to help solidify the new bond formed between the Axis and the Alliance. He is a were clouded leopard, and soon fell in love with Trish McClellan.

Special Ops Officer Crush: (Season 5 – 7) A male ram, SO Crush arrived to hide from the JAG Office which was looking for him for a crime he wasn’t sure he committed. After he was cleared, he ended up staying to assist Commander Sikaris in his assignment. He is an expert with the plasma pulse rifle.

Zeitgeist: Allixis

The Overview: This series follows the story of Captain Jonathan Arahan, recently reassigned to the ASV Allixis by an Admiral that wants him to fail in his mission.

The Ship: The Allixis is a retrofitted Axis Straw Man class ship, with solar sails instead of an impulse drive, space for a crew of 50, and only two transporter pads. Left over from the fleet the Axis had secretly built, after the two governments reunited, the Axis fleet was retrofitted and repainted with Alliance markings and registry numbers. This is one such vessel.

The Mission: Captain Arahan must work to help repair the damage brought on by the civil war when the Axis Confederation attempted to secede from the Alliance.

The Theme Song:

Season 1-4 : “Where My Heart Will Take Me” by Russell Watson, selected because I thought it really represented Captain Arahan’s journey from where he is to being a respectable man.

Season 5-7 : “Ballad Of Serenity” by Sonny Rhodes, selected because I felt that with a new captain, the show should have a different feel. I also appreciated the refusal to give up the freedom of flight, which is a significant part of Captain Jackson’s character.

The Crew:

Captain Jonathan Arahan – (Season 1 – 4) A male human, reckless and a womanizer. He's got a girlfriend on every planet, an estranged wife and daughter he never sees, and he's the only captain that was court martialed less than six months after getting his first command. His most recent assignments include commanding a cargo ship (Series 2) and serving in the daredevil flight squadron Red Wing.

Commander Gellik – (Season 1 – 7) A Vahrain first officer, very concerned with duty, and he wears a Vahrain uniform rather than the Alliance uniform, despite their status as allies. Though he does respect their status as allies, he is attempting to walk the fine line between maintaining his people’s individual identity and accepting their new identity as part of a larger whole.

Lieutenant Commander Tony Ringtail – (Season 1 – 7) The chief engineer of the ship, a male raccoon. Tony is good-natured, and knows the details of the ship inside and out, even with it's less than advanced technology. He oversees the Engineering department and keeps a close eye on his cousin Patch.

Doctor Lisa Corelli – (Season 1 – 7) Formerly an Axis officer, she was assigned against Captain Arahan's express request. Her former occupation was developing bio weapons for the Axis, however, the schism between the two organizations ended before any of them were deployed. She is a lion/raccoon hybrid.

Lieutenant Tori Masters – (Season 1 – 7) An Esper/anthro snow leopard hybrid, he is the counselor on the ship. He posesses most of the standard Esper abilities, including telepathy, empathy, and telekinesis. He has limited experience with a Varish energy blade, and is very skilled at what he does.

Lieutenant Cassandra Kelly – (Season 5.13 – Season 7) She is a female tigress science officer that studies spatial anomalies and their effects on planetary atmospheres. She has been known to be tempestuous, and used to serve with Captain Jackson Croft. Her immediately preceding commander was Captain Amanda Beck of the ADC Archimedes.

Ensign Sabrina Schlie – (Season 1-7) She is the pilot of the ship, an Esper. She hides her Esper status because she is one of the rare Espers that has the ability of precognition. Espers that are found to have this ability, one in a million or more, are often conscripted into special units for their ability to see the future. Precognitive power usually requires so much psychic energy that having this ability forsakes all others usually held by Espers.

Ensign Patch Ringtail – (Season 1.16 – Season 5.6) Patch is Tony's cousin, a young and idealistic girl of a raccoon. Tony often feels very protective of her, because she's gotten herself into trouble more than once by accident.

Kuro St. James – (Season 4-7) A former Axis renegade, he became part of the crew almost by accident, and soon fell in love with Security Chief Kesra Sailey. In time, he became a useful member of the crew as part of its security staff, serving as an enlisted crewmember. He is an anthro fox.

Captain Jackson Croft – (Season 5-7) A male human, and a friend of Jonathan Arahan. After his friend's death, he assumed command of his ship in his memory, and took over in season 5. Captain Croft is usually called 'Captain Jackson', and is much more of a military commander than his friend.

Lieutenant Commander Kesra Sailey – (Season 1-7) A wereskunk, she is the head of security on the Allixis. She is familiar with most forms of munitions.

Willis Prescott – (Season 1.16-Season7) A male fox, and the son of Captain Skylar Prescott from series 1, he works currently for Project Checkpoint, the branch of the Alliance that deals with temporal and interdimensional disturbances. He joins the crew after interceding to help Sabrina out of a problem.

Zeitgeist: Broken

The Overview: An Alliance civilian run research facility uncovered a sarcophagus containing an Ancient, the first race to have ever been known to exist. Soon she escaped her confinement, and began her attempt to rule the world.

The Facility:

Research Facility: A small facility intended for a team of researchers, it has everything to support approximately 30 researchers and support staff.

Iridescence Inc: An impressive corporation tainted by darkness, Nikki accepts control of this place in exchange for ensuring the survival of one of her companions. At this point it is uncertain who is using who in this arrangement.

The Mission: To stop the demon and vampire threats facing them, as well as combating the works of Iridescence Inc and Allaris.

The Theme Song:

Season 1 – 4: “Broken” by Seether and Amy Lee, selected because it felt to me like the perfect theme song. The goal of this show was to get the cast and their lives as messed up as possible, and this seemed to fit the show.

Season 5 – 7: “Someday” by Chad Kroeger, chosen because it felt like it fit the theme of working back towards where they were supposed to be, and becoming a cohesive team.

The Cast:

Nikki Cole: (Season 1 – 7) A female red panda, she was assigned to lead the research team, though the bulk of her expertise was in demon fighting. Since the area was known for a great deal of demon activity, it was likely appropriate. Nikki has a moderately serious relationship with Scott Kerran.

Doctor Anara Riley: (Season 1 – 6.13) A female doe, she specialized in holistic medicine, and is an expert Alliance doctor. She recently came out of an awkward relationship with her husband, Adrian Riley, and avoids talking about him.

Weylon Ashmore ‘Ash’: (Season 1 – 7) A bookish male human, he is extremely intelligent, but has little actual demon fighting experience. As a matter of fact, he has almost no combat training, but he has a great deal of experience in a library setting.

Rakkar: (Season 1 – 1.13) A male raptor, hired by Iridescence to get the Ancient for themselves, he accidentally ends up releasing her from her captivity. Rakkar soon ends up working only for himself, trying to see which side will favor him more.

Lyndon ‘Lynn’ Brennan : (Season 1.14 – Season 3.22) A male elephant who is being forced to cooperate with Iridescence to use his technical expertise to develop their weapons and experiments.

Lakota: (Season 1 – 6.13) After serving with Director Darren Van Der Croix, he moved on to follow the whims of his life and ended up working with Nikki Cole and battling evil alongside her, though he would soon come to wonder if he made the right choice by following her.

Allaris: (Season 1 – 7) An Ancient, released from her sarcophagus where she was resting for many millenia, and she is now intent on recapturing what was once hers, the entire world and everything in it. She appears human, but has green tints in her hair, and has crystalline eyes. She is also super strong, and possesses the ability to control magnetism and electricity.

Sayenne Kristo: (Season 2.14 – 7) A Varish Knight and an expert in memory, she originally was called to help deal with the Allaris situation. She returned as Nikki’s mentor, and is one of the finest swordsmen in the universe. She fights with two blue Varish energy blades, one in each hand, and has a very fluid style. She is an expert in Esper powers, and can quickly switch from one style of sword fighting to another.

Topaz: (Season 2.14 – 7) A young siamese kitten, 16 years of age, she was placed in Ash’s custody when her parents were both killed. She is interested in dancing and acting, and hopes one day to do that for a living. She is very optimistic and a very sweet girl, despite the loss of both of her parents. She has an older brother named Starr.

Scott Kerran: (Season 2 – 3, Season 6.14 – 7) Nikki’s first love interest, Scott is a fellow demon fighter. After some time of working with her, he gains interest in Natasha Husky, and ends up making a choice between the two women in his life. He is a tiger/panda cross breed.

Diana Parrish: (Season 2 – 4) A snake/avian hybrid resembling a Quetzacoatl of sorts, she has the patterning of a coral snake and the wings and feet of a scarlet macaw. She is a civilian Alliance agent sent specifically to watch over the Ancient, and report back to her superiors on her capabilities and motivations.

Quinn Allen: (Season 3.13 – 7) Brought from an alternate reality where Allaris destroyed the world, Quinn followed Nikki back to our reality, where he quickly made himself at home and adjusted to a reality where Allaris is not his blood enemy, but his ally. Quinn is an expert at technology and inventing things.

Colin Barrett: (Season 4 – 7) A male bat who is seeking four objects of power known as the scions, he often drops in to search for them, and stop anyone who might misuse their power. He forms an interest in Nikki, though she only half returns it.

Sarelle St. Alden: (Season 5 – 7) The ultimate pinup vixen, she is an agent of Iridescence Incorporated. Though she appears delicate and feminine, she is clearly connected to a much stronger and darker power than can be obviously seen, and her strength is several times greater than normal for a fox her size. Even in high heels and a dress, she is a formidable opponent.

Commander Lilah Terrance: (Season 6.14 – 7) A female snow leopard, she represented the Alliance’s interests after Nikki and her team joined Iridescence. At first at odds with each other, in time she and Nikki are able to work on the same side.

Zeitgeist: Independence

The Overview: A prototype vessel with a new experimental drive is sent out after the Irquen kill all their experts on the technology. Taking along Kieran Reynolds, a prisoner and the only surviving expert, Commander Susan Gray must take command and lead the ship in their quest to find those responsible.

The Ship: The ADC Independence is a prototype warship with a crew of 300. The ship has integrated engine nacelles, and is powered by the Serrin drive, a partially organic engine core. The ship has quantum and ion weaponry, and the standard Alliance technologies, such as a cloaking device and armor plating.

The Mission: To deal with the Irquen threat, and deal with those responsible for the deaths of those that created the Serrin drive.

The Theme Song:

Season 1 – 7: “A Place Called Home” by Kim Richey, picked because it fit the fact that most of the crew is wandering on their mission, waiting for home to come along on their travels.

The Crew:

Commander/Captain/Admiral Susan Gray: (Season 1 – 7) A female rabbit, recently promoted to Commander. As one of the few command officers trained on the new design, she must take over when Captain Harn is killed during her first mission. She must quickly grow into her role as the captain, and deal with her new first officer, the other candidate she beat out for the first officer slot.

Commander Maxwell Pelaide: (Season 1 – 3.7) Though a military officer, Maxwell is a very gentle gorilla. He prefers to seek the diplomatic or non violent alternative if there is one, and is mostly peaceful, though he is capable as a tactical officer. He gets along well with Captain Gray.

Lieutenant Lindsay Clarke: (Season 1 – 7) A highly experienced science officer, she is a were german shepherd. Assigned to the ship at Admiral Gellik’s request and Captain Harn’s confusion, she is there for all the things he can’t think of on a long-range tactical mission.

Doctor Ikaran Keilis: (Season 1 – 7.21) A hermaphroditic alien of the Varr, species, shi resembles a tiger/snake/fish/bird crossbreed. Hir face is feline, with serpentine eyes. Shi has a serpentine chest and inner leg with tiger striped fur on hir back, and striped fur down the outside of hir leg. Hir feet are eagle like, with webbing between the talons. Hir hands are talon like, and also have webbing. Shi has tiger striped wings and gills on the sides of hir neck. Hir tail is snake shaped with fur on the back in tiger stripes, and ends in a fan like pattern of feathers and fin. Shi serves dutifully for most of the ships tour. A skilled medical officer, shi is sometimes torn between hir people and hir duty as an Alliance officer. Relatively inexperienced with non hermaphroditic species in a social sense, shi is slowly learning.

Lieutenant Commander Sadie Kane: (Season 1 – 7) Inventive and a little quirky, Sadie Kane is known for her off color sense of humor. She is experienced in most conventional technologies, but even with her broad engineering expertise, Kieran is still more skilled with the Serrin drive than she is.

Lieutenant Alison Taylor: (Season 1 – 7) A meerkat security officer, Alison is the head of security on the Independence. She is highly decorated for her tactical missions, and is prepared for almost any tactical situation that may arise.

Kieran Reynolds: (Season 1 – 3.10) A male hyena prisoner, held on Earth and transferred to the ADC Independence as a consultant. He is at first very resistant to cooperate, though they know his expertise is needed.

Ensign Kevin Bell: (Season 2.14 – Season 7) A fox/zebra crossbreed, he is formerly of the ASV Courageous, which for 20 years was frozen in time. After the situation was resolved, he stayed with the crew of the ADC Independence as their helmsman.

Special Ops Officer Hamilton: (Season 3.1 – 7) While being held in an alien prison facility, the male raptor was rescued by Captain Gray, and became a regular member of the ship’s security staff.

Commander Kuroshi St. James: (Season 3.10 – 7) After Maxwell Pelaide was killed, Kuroshi was transferred to the Independence as its new first officer. He is a fox/wereskunk hybrid, and Kuro and Kesra’s child.

Halto: (Season 4.9 – Season 7) Halto is a Quanar storyteller, rescued from an Aziri planet during a civil disturbance. He stays around to document the adventures of the crew, and the give the captain an advisor in times of difficulty.

Doctor Olivia Worth: (Season 7.22 – 7.26) The female otter medic, assigned as an emergency replacement for the late Doctor Ikaran Keilis. She filled in responsibly and dutifully, as the only other medic Susan trusted.

General Talri: (Season 7) The Etascan military leader, in almost every way Susan’s equal. He stands by her side in command of the Etascan fleet when they begin their final campaign against the Saiyad.

Zeitgeist: Whisper

The Overview: Davis picks up a mysterious new passenger during his latest job, and what he gets is vastly more than he bargained for.

The Ship: The Whisper is a small civilian built cargo ship built for a crew of just 12 people. Davis modified the ship after buying it, and recruited a crew as he left Earth. The ship has no food synthesizers and must carry a food supply, only 3 decks, no transporter, a small medical bay, and a bridge only large enough for four.

The Mission: To get jobs and keep the ship flying, keeping the crew together.

The Theme Song:

“Photograph” by Nickleback, which I selected as it showed the way many of the characters feel, frozen, and searching for what they once had in their images from their past. They try to forge a new future coming from many different places.

The Crew:

Davis McKane: (Season 1 - 7)A 24 year old wolf, he is determined to find and complete his father’s work, though he has little in the way of scientific experience. He is the captain of his own ship, and is mostly naïve to the way the universe works. Davis is skilled with a gun, and prefers plasma weapons to conventional quantum weapons.

Lucy McKane: (Season 1 – 4.22, recurring in 5, 6.1 – 7.22) Davis’s 22 year old sister, she tags along when Davis goes looking for his father’s work. Lucy is more or less the first mate, often being more aware of their surroundings than Davis is. She is the pilot and the communications officer, and is the only person who knows all of the hidden maneuvers the ship can pull off.

Mallory: (Season 1 – 4.3) An Esper engineer with a skill for telekinesis, she works as the engineer for the ship. She does not talk much about her past history, but she does clearly have one, as what she doesn’t say speaks volumes. She mostly keeps to herself, spending almost as much time with the engines as she does in her cabin.

Riley Carver: (Season 1 - 7) A former Special Ops Officer, Riley was sent to prison after committing several violent crimes, and escaped with the help of certain ‘friends’. Now serving as the muscle on Davis’s ship, he rarely volunteers to go planetside if he can avoid it. The male tiger has pulled them out of scrapes on numerous occasions, which is one of the few reasons he is kept on board.

Doctor Auron Chambers: (Season 1 – 5, recurring in 7)A male red robin who serves as the doctor for the ship. He often wears slacks and a gray vest. He has his own private agenda, which as far as Davis knows only goes so far as to survey planets they pass for colonization possibilities.

Sayenne Kristo: (Season 1 - 7) A Varish Knight and an expert in memory, she left Nikki’s company after the near annihilation of the Varish order of the Esper people. Being one of the few survivors, she has every intention of restoring the Varish order, working to stay one step ahead of the shadow men, who are actively pursuing her. She fights with two Varish energy blades, one blue and one silver, and has a very fluid style. She is an expert in Esper powers, and can quickly switch from one style of sword fighting to another. Sayenne chartered a flight with Davis for a lot of money and few questions.

Lauren Rivers: (Season 2 - 7) The sole ‘survivor’ of a near death experiment gone wrong, this female zebra was brought on board after their departure from Artemis 116. After being reunited with her body she began to exhibit two separate personalities, neither of which is definitively hers, and both are distinct from her ghost persona. One is clairvoyant, erratic, and an introvert with random bursts of violence or psychosis. The other is cold, aloof, and aristocratic, with occasional fits of power. Sayenne takes an interest in the research being conducted there, and as the only survivor, she is the only one that may even understand it.

Kyle Simon: (Season 2.1 – 4.22, 7.1 – 7.22) A male giraffe, and the former associate of Arthur McKane. His old partner, he knows more about the wolf than his own children do. Possessing all of Arthur’s journals, Davis is drawn to him trying to learn everything he can about his father. What he may learn is far more than he ever wanted to know.

Kate Coyle: (Season 3.12 - 7) A female diamondback rattlesnake, Kate was initially more of a problem for the crew than anything else. After several more encounters with them she eventually became familiar enough to them that they hired her on the crew as the barker, responsible for getting them jobs to keep them fed. Kate has a history of being very hard for the law to hold on to.

Elias Martel: (Season 4.4 - 7) Formerly of the shadows, this Aukerian with the power of shock waves left them after discovering his reasons for hating the Varish were not as clear as he thought. He joins as the mechanic, using his former vocation to their advantage wherever possible.

Mei Xiang: (Season 5.1 – 6.22) A female panda with dirty blonde hair in a bun. Leader of the Sadran, a mostly isolationist sect of the Varish order. They broke off from them several years ago and for all intents and purposes disappeared. As a result, they survived the shadow’s genocidal assault on the Varish order, and very few people know they exist. Mei Xiang has a history with Sayenne, and their relationship is complicated. She is an expert on myths and legends, and joins to find the White Wolf sword fragments and play her part in the events to come.

Edith ‘Eddie’ Russ: (Season 5.1 – 5.22) A friend of Lucy’s, she is a female kangaroo with red hair in a ponytail, with a strand hanging down in front of her face. She wears goggles all the time, through rarely over her eyes. She has led a life of uncertainty, often finding herself in more trouble than she knows how to handle, and has so far relied on Lucy to be her big sister. Now, she fills in as the pilot, though her reason is not entirely clear.

Astor Young: (Season 6.1 – 7.22) At first a soldier for hire, this bat/okapi/deer hybrid is an old friend of Elias’s. Most of his past is a mystery, even to him. With Elias and his friends being the only links to his own history, he stays on board in the hopes of unearthing more of his past history and the source of his powers and training.

Commodore Lydia McClaren: (Season 7.1 – 7.22) A widowed female crocodile, she is currently in command of a starship called The Silence Glaive, a destroyer class starship. In command of The Directive, she initially is concerned with her goal of controlling the super powered beings of the universe, though she later becomes swept up in greater events.