Stories by @ltathena

2001: A Space Odyssey

An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of a short story by revered sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. When Dr. Dale Bowman and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission to the moons of Saturn, their ship the U.S.S. Discovery One's computer system, SAL 9000 aka. "Athena", begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between human and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.

Four Little Engines

Dear Friends, Sir Handel Brown is the owner of a little Railway which goes to Skarloey and Rheneas. Skarloey means "Lake in the Woods", and Rheneas means "Divided Waterfall". They are beautiful places, and lots of people visit them. The Owner is very busy, so Mr. Peter Sam, the Thin Controller, manages the Railway. The two Engines, who are called Skarloey and Rheneas, grew old and tired, so the owner bought two others. The stories tell you what happened. The Author

Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

A runaway kid is frozen when the experimental zeppelin he has taken control of crashes at the North Pole in 1939; while in 1984, a US Air Force captain is launched aboard a one-man exploration starship Olympus IX and is frozen as well by a freak mishap running into a frozen meteorite storm. The two are thawed out by Earth people hundreds of years later in 2491 A.D. The two are introduced to life on Earth and across the Solar System of the 25th Century. A secret government conspiracy that the captain tried to infiltrate and blow the whistle on initiated a nuclear first strike against Soviet missile silos in Siberia, Antarctica and the Arctic. In repentance for their actions, the nations of the world banded together to make the future better in all aspects. While they were setting out to colonize other worlds and parts of the Solar System and beyond, the criminal element waited in the shadows and sought the help of the dominant galactic powers to challenge and usurp the power their enemies had. Now the race is on to see which side shall rule the galaxy...

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Three years into the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker finds himself torn between loyalty to his mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi, apprentice Ahsoka Tano and wife Padmé Amidala on one hand - and the seductive powers of the Sith and Chancellor Palpatine on the other. Struggling to do the right thing, he verifies the suspicions that Palpatine is the Sith Lord known as Darth Sidious who has been behind everything from the invasion of Naboo to the Separatist Crisis to the Clone Wars. Ultimately, Anakin's fear of losing Padmé draws him to ultimately turn his back on the Jedi Order, thus completing his journey to the Dark Side of the Force and his transformation into Darth Vader. In the waning hours of the Republic and the rise of the Galactic Empire; Padmé, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, Jar-Jar Binks, R2-D2, C-3PO, Captain Rex, Admiral Yularen and the founding members of the Rebel Alliance must fight and even make the ultimate sacrifices in order to keep the fires of hope alight.

Carte Blanche (James Bond 26)

My fan casting for the 26th James Bond 007 film in which 007 investigates the activities of Severan Hydt, a waste-disposal magnate. Hydt had been tasked by an American pharmaceutical company working in league with a successor organization to SPECTRE to detonate a device at a British university to kill a researcher who was on the verge of creating a drug to cure cancer. Bond must foil both this first plot and a second plot to use food aid to give the Sudanese government a pretext to go to war with rebels and prevent Southern Sudan from seceding and installing a puppet state through which SPECTRE holdouts can rule the Earth.

Edward the Blue Engine

Dear Friends, I think most of you are fond of Edward. His Engineer and Fireman, Charlie Sand and Sidney Hever, are fond of him, too. They were very pleased when they knew I was giving Edward a volume all to himself. Edward is old and some of the other much bigger engines were rude about the clanking noise he made as he did his work. They aren't rude now! These stories shall tell you why. The Author

Winx Club: The Motion Picture

Having been sent to Earth to have a normal life until she is ready, Bloom is found at the age of seventeen by Princess Stella of planet Solaria. She delivers a letter to her from Headmistress Faragonda of Alfea College for Fairies located on the planet Magix – a major world in the Magic Dimension. Stella and Bloom depart Earth with Bloom’s pet rabbit Kiko for Alfea where they meet fellow princesses, fairies in training, and protectors of Bloom – Aisha of Andros, Tecna of Zenith, Flora of Lynphea, and Musa of Melody. In competing with and partnering up with the Specialists from Red Fountain and young witches of Cloudtower, the newly-formed Winx Club must investigate and foil a plot by the Trix witches – Stormy, Icy and Darcy – to use magic and technology to ruin Earth and make it their own.

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... The Star Wars saga continues as both Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala have grown into very accomplished Jedi apprentices, but they must face their most difficult challenges yet as they must choose between their duties to both the Jedi and Senate on one hand and a hidden romance between them on the other. But as the clouds of darkness threaten to send the galaxy into the heat of the Clone Wars, malevolent powers conspire to push Anakin closer to the dark side as he loses his mother, rushes to rescue his master Obi-Wan Kenobi, and prevent all-out war.

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Two children - Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala - have special powers but are unaware of the journey they will undertake that will lead to the former becoming Darth Vader. Obi-Wan Kenobi is a mere Jedi Padawan who along with two other Jedi and two droids will lead the defense of Padmé's home planet of Naboo from evil corporate Separatists fighting the Galactic Republic which will soon fall under the sway of the Sith Lord known as Darth Sidious. Sidious will ultimately manipulate events to becoming the Emperor.

Gordon the Big Engine

Dear Friends, You asked for a volume about Gordon, our big blue express engine. Here it is. Gordon has been naughty for not wanting to do a dirtier job, and Sir Topham Hatt was stern with him for trying to avoid it and sliding into a ditch by forbidding him to pull coaches for a while. Gordon has now learned his lesson after helping both James and Thomas after some troubles and is now a Really Useful Engine again for his help in saving the day when Queen Elizabeth came to visit us here. The Author

Star Trek: The Original Series (What If)

"Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before!" With these words, television history was made. But what if time travelers from the future went back and financed the series at $5,000,000.00 budgets per episode (in 1966 money) for a full agreed-upon five years/seasons of 26 hourlong adventures over a great mission? With the $5 Million per episode spent on a large ensemble cast and pushing the boundaries of the then-new fields of visual/photographic effects, another $5 Million per episode would be used for insurance and convincing NBC affiliates to air the programs as is from fall 1966 to spring 1972 to document a sex/race/species-positive future vision of the crew of the starship Enterprise. If the merchandising and other problems were tackled out of the gate, what would happen to the show?

Star Blazers Yamato: Volume I - The Quest for Planet Iscandar

In the year 2199 when the Earth faces destruction at the hands of renegade terrorists supposedly on behalf of the Interstellar Empire of the Gamilons, Project Argo is put into effect. Having recovered a messenger of peace from Gamilas' sister planet Iscandar, the Earth Defense Force rebuilds and then launches the sunken WWII battleship Yamato with a talented crew to clear a path through renegade Gamilon forces to Iscandar to save Earth or allow humanity to emigrate. Going back and forth between the conflicts of Yamato's crew trying to survive a hostile galaxy to get the Cosmic Reversal Capacitor that will cleanse the Earth of radioactive pollution, we also will follow Supreme Leader Abelt Desslok's attempts to stop the fighting and death being wreaked by his subjects while trying to rescue one of the survivors of his warships' attacks - one Alex Mamoru Kodai Wildstar who has fallen in love with the beautiful Queen Starsha of the planet Iscandar.

Florence & Olive

On November 13, Florence Unger was asked to remove herself from his place of residence; that request came from her husband. Deep down, she knew he was right, but she also knew that some day she would return to him. With nowhere else to go, she appeared at the home of her childhood friend, Olive Madison. Several years earlier, Madison's husband had thrown HER out, requesting that SHE never return. Can two divorced women share an apartment without driving each other crazy?

Toby the Tram Engine

Dear Friends, Poor Thomas has been in trouble. So Sir Topham Hatt (our Fat Controller) asked Toby to come and help run the Branch Line. Thomas and Toby are now very good friends. Toby is a funny little engine with a queer shape. He works very hard and we are fond of him. We hope you will like him, too. The Author

Space Camp: Olympians Rising

In the year 2050, NASA has chosen to restart the space shuttle program and bring its shuttles out of the current retirement status and made flyable again - with the intent to have Boeing & other aerospace contractors build shuttle fleets for the United Nations, Japan, the European Union, their home United States of America, and the United Kingdom. Inspired by the films SpaceCamp from 1986 and Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys, seven youths attending the Space Camp program are accidentally launched with their instructor astronauts aboard the orbiter Excelsior to save the International Space Station and the Earth from an errant North Korean missile satellite.

Team Fortress 3

The story mode of Team Fortress 3 is that the world is under siege by a now renegade all-male RED (Reliable Excavation Demolition) Army. Under the guidance of Miss Ashley Pauling; the brand-new ethnically and sexually diverse ORG, YLO, GRN, BLU, PLM, BLK, WHT, PNK, GAD, SLV and BRW armies are sent to secure the world from the tyrannical and psychotic machinations of the RED Army and their superiors Saxton Hale and Erica Mann. Will it be through superior firepower or through classic ingenuity that overcomes the xenophobia and toxic masculinity of the RED Army?

Neverland: The Epic of Wendy Darling

In a contemporary (1954-present day) set England, Peter Pan's shadow is caught by the Darling family. Seeing Wendy recover his shadow tells Pan and his faithful fairy Tinker Bell that she may be the key to saving Neverland from a dark and malevolent force that threatens to bring untold torment and terror upon the Earth. Wendy and her brothers welcome a chance for a holiday vacation to Neverland as they are having doubts about growing up and whether they want to give up childish thoughts and possessions altogether. But this adventure off towards the "second star to the right and straight on until morning" across space leads to a war with the crew of the pirate ship Jolly Roger who are out for establishing a pirate empire across Neverland and getting revenge on Pan. But Captain Jacqueline Bartholomew Hook and her crew are just pawns of the wicked Black Fairy and her plans for a reign of nightmares over all the Universe...

Henry the Green Engine

Dear Friends, Here is more news from the Region. All the engines now have numbers as well as names; you will see them in the pictures. They are as follows: Thomas 1, Edward 2, Henry 3, Gordon 4, James 5, Percy 6. I expect you were sorry for Henry, who was often ill and unable to work. She gave Sir Topham Hatt (who is, of course, our Fat Controller) a lot of worry. Now Henry has a new shape and is ready for anything. These stories tell you all about it. The Author

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

In trying to bring an early end to the war with the Mysterons before it gets out of control, the armed military/global peace force Spectrum commandeers a Zero-X mission to Mars to seek out a Mysteron outpost on the red planet as a peace envoy. But a renegade Mysteron power known as Enigmas goes on a rampage and kills the Zero-X crew assigned to escort Captains Black and Scarlet. Put under the control of the Mysterons, Captains Black and Scarlet are tasked with assassinating the World President. In response to this, Colonel White of Spectrum tasks his best officers (Lieutenant Green and Captains Blue, Grey, Magenta and Ochre) and the female fighter pilots the Angels (Destiny, Harmony, Melody, Rhapsody and Symphony) to rescue Captain Scarlet and foil Enigmas who now has total control of Captain Black. Successful, they must now fend off an attack by the Mysterons on Spectrum's Cloudbase.

Capricorn One (Remake)

Three astronauts are about to launch into space on the first mission to colonize Mars. But when a cascade of mechanical failure surfaces that would kill the three astronauts, UESC (United Earth Space Commission) removes them from Capricorn One's Saturn V launcher. To prevent a public outcry, UESC launches the capsule unmanned and requires the astronauts to film fake mission footage in a studio. However, the plan is compromised when an ambitious NASA correspondent discovers the conspiracy and the real spacecraft burns up on reentry. Facing capture and total extermination, the astronauts go on the run as the NASA correspondent rushes to rescue them.