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*Characters:

Dr. Plankter:
    - 45 years old.
    - Suffers from a spinal cord injury sustained from an attack while previously docked with a
      research space station.
        - KORPS was responsible for the attack.
    - Paraplegic as a result of the attack.
        - Uses red wheelchair to move around.
    - In spite of his inability to walk, he spends most of his time exploring space.
        - Specifically looking for spaceships/space stations in need of a hand.
    - Found Pixel on an abandoned space station a 3 years ago.
        - Same station the attack happened on which made him paraplegic.

Pixel:
    - 7 year old dog.
    - Was rescued by Dr. Plankter in 2052 (3 years ago) on an abandoned spaceship.
    - Now travels space with the Doctor.
    - Highly intelligent.
        - Was the only survivor from the UFR-II.
        - He was the second dog to be "merged" with "human" intelligence.
        - The first dog reacted negatively, started attacking everyone.
        - Pixel fought back, although it was too late for the human scientists.
        - With dog food running out, Pixel had to resort to other forms of food laying around.

Luke Mons:
    - Founder of the United Frontier.
    - First, and only, Quadrillionaire.
    - Took off on the UFC-I in 2014 in search of E.T. life on Pluto.
        - This "E.T." life ended up being a version of himself from the future.
        - Future Luke brought his ship, technology and all, along with other 
          technology from his future.
        - This technology was invented by someone else, so future Luke was    
          current Luke to be the one who invented it and make a fortune.
        - Luke #1, the Luke from the "now", agrees.
        - Find's out the person who invents the technology is called Riley Parker Spencer.
            - Created a task force to Keeping Observing Riley Parker Spencer.

United Frontier (UF):
    - Founded in the year 2019.
    - Claims to be at the forefront of space technology and exploration.
    - Positioned to be the authoritative figure of the Sol System.
        - Although this isn't official, it's still the common understanding.

KORPS:
    - Formed in the year 2020.
    - Keep Our Regions Prosperous and Safe
        - Or, as they're referred to in the "underground": Keep Our Rich Pricks Spotless
    - UF funded military agency.
    - While they mainly "protect the peace" in space, they perform the "dirty work" for the UF.
        - Such work includes research in to new weapons.
    - Killed Riley Spencer in 2045, after they were found to be researching methods of deep space travel, something that hadn't occurred in Luke #2's future.

FTA:
    - Free The Animals
    - Formed in 2046 on board the UFR-I.
    - The United Frontier has convinced the general public that the members of FTA are an E.T. life form.
    - Despite meaning no harm to them, the general public lives in fear of them.
    - Only seek to free animals from captivity.
        - They do, however, put researchers and KORPS members in captivity.

*History:

- Accessible space travel arrived unexpectedly.
- Humanity hadn't yet built a ship capable of performing a round trip to mars.
- The head of the not-yet-formed UF, Luke Mons, announced a new space program to colonise mars.
    - This happened in 2019.
    - Claimed that all he needed was to perform a couple of test runs; the ship was almost ready.
    - Surprised people because if came from nowhere, although Luke Mons was a billionaire and known
      to make erratic, impulsive announcements, so most people quickly overcame the initial shock.
    - Still, there were some people who didn't understand how little records there were of any
      previous developments in space by Mons.

- It was in 2021 when the first ships started landing on mars with the resources needed to build
  the settlements. By 2022, there were people preparing to move to mars. In 2025, the first
  residential spaceships were available for purchase.

- Technology progressed rapidly from that point onwards.
    - No more cash, only digital currencies as these were easier to transfer between planets.
    - No more physical locks, almost everything used facial recognition with the exception of
      public space stations as to allow people to move around with restrictions.

- In 2045, the UF announced that humans should begin to explore deep space.
- KORPS began researching the effects of merging "human" intelligence with animals.
    - The goal was to create humanoid soldiers who were superior to human soldiers.
        - The UF were looking to bolster their military forces (the KORPS), aiming to further
          cement their place as the authoritative figure in space.
    - Research was conducted in distant spot in space, out of the public eye.
        - The station was called the UFR-I.
    - The first creature was the cat.
        - Chosen because the chief of science was infatuated with cat-girls, thinking that the
          same technology could be used to create cat-girls.
    - Upon gaining the "human" intelligence, the cats revolted against the scientists, killing
        all humans aboard the UFR-I.
    - The cats started their own faction (FTA) and made their presence known to humans.
    - The UF has successfully convinced the public that these "Werecats" are an extraterrestrial
      life form that has come to eradicate humanity.

- In 2050, KORPS resumed research on merging "human" intelligence, this time with dogs.
    - The chief of science figured that dogs and cats don't get along.
        - "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
    - Once again, research was conducted in space, out of the public eye.
        - Ship was called UFR-II.
    - In 2051, KORPS lost contact with the UFR-II.
    - In 2054, KORPS terminated the project for unspecified reasons.


*Story:

- The year is 2055, space travel has been accessible for the "normal" person for 30 years, so long as they can afford a spaceship.
- Humans have only settled on mars and the moon so far.
- You dock with an unmarked space ship on the "dark side" of Pluto.
    - Called UFC-I.
    - It belongs to the UF.
    - Abandoned.
    - Decades old technology inside.
    - Running on limited power, currently used to keep the gravity and oxygen systems online.
- KORPS is currently researching how to merge animals with "artificial intelligence".
    - The continuation of their research on merging animals with "human" intelligence.
    - The difference being they control what sort of information is being merged.
    - They are hopeful that this will result in a success, allowing them to create "super soldiers" for the fight against the FTA.
    - Research is taking place in an undisclosed location.
        - The ship is called UFR-IV.
    - The public does not know about this research, nor about any previous research performed by KORPS.
