Ancillary Narrative 2

TITLE: Foundation (Dan Park)
CORRESPONDING MACRO-STORY BEAT: '''It’s been 15 years since the first colonists arrived to Mars. To do the first process of Terraforming, they launch a spaceship with a giant magnifying glass to melt polar ice caps.'''

SHORT STORY SYNOPSIS/LOGLINE THAT INCLUDES A CLEAR BEGINNING, MIDDLE 'AND' END:  A spaceship, where Michelle and her crew are finishing final adjustments on it, has been sent and orbiting. One of the crew finds out that the magnifying glass is slowly tilting toward one of the bases where most colonists live in (if that happens, sunlight reflected on the magnifying glass will destroy the base). Every crew has different ideas for solving the problem. They have intense argument and fight. The conflict gets intensified as the satellite is tilting toward the base faster and faster. In order to solve this issue, they cannot but give up another base where family of some crew members live in by tilting the magnifying glass to another direction. And they eventually does it, sacrifice the base, and avoid melting the biggest base on Mars.

GENRE: Sci-Fi/ Strategy Game

PROTAGONIST: Michelle (engineer/the commander of the spaceship)

ANTAGONIST: Malfunction in the spaceship

MAIN SUPPORTING CHARACTERS W/ DESCRIPTIONS:

Arseny: Russian physicist, strict in rules, stubborn

Natalie: Chinese doctor, generous and merciful, but becomes insane when it comes to family

Joe: Sweden engineer, used to be a rival to Michelle in science field, against Michelle when the magnifying glass is not properly working

PRIMARY LOCATIONS WITH DESCRIPTIONS: the bases in Mars, The spaceship, Inner crater, Polar Ice Caps

ADDITIVE COMPREHENSION: This story conveys obstacles colonists have to go through to process Terraforming.

TARGET MARKET: 16- 40 males and females.

THOROUGH DESCRIPTION OF THEIR MEDIA HABITS: Males within this demographic tend to play video games.

MEDIUM: Video Game

WHY IT WORKS IN THIS MEDIUM: Brings in a new audience of gamers.

PLATFORM: PC

WHY IT WORKS IN THIS PLATFORM: Number one platform for game