"One journey ends, another begins..."
The galaxy is in shambles.
Despite the authoritarian rule of the vile Authority meeting an explosive and definitive end, peace and cooperation among the trillions of survivors remains elusive and hard-fought. Millions of separate factions all vie for power in an attempt to carve out their own quadrant in the stars.
A tenuous and delicate truce, set it motion by the extraordinarily powerful Angels of Aldebaran, is the only thing keeping this cold war from turning blazing hot at the blink of an eye. And all the while, the Angels themselves have been discretely consolidating their power.
Meanwhile, Althaea and Synthia, two rogue pilots and lovers who lead the charge in the Stellar Showdown that brought the Authority's regime to end, have been exploring across the cosmos in search of those who need help as their worlds collapse around them. With the assistance of Pleiades Squad, a small faction of rebellious fighters who bear the names of the Seven Sisters, they've done all they can to keep the violence at bay.
However, it is becoming increasingly clear that their efforts may ultimately be in vain, and as the two of them set out to explore the ruins of an ancient seedship, they are about to uncover a plot that will ultimately decide the fate of trillions and challenge the status quo of all that there is...
They are about to uncover... "The Vampires of Vulcan"!
This introductory mini-EP contains a prologue and two tracks from the upcoming explosive sequel to my debut album, "The Estrogenesis Initative". The sequel, "The Vampires of Vulcan", will be my most ambitious project yet as I push my creativity and storytelling prowess to its limit. Comprised of two parts progressive symphonic metal and one part audio drama, we once again set on a journey of love, war, and what it means to truly be free in a universe that seems to stand against you at every turn.
Enjoy! :)
Credits
All arrangements, performances, and production by Ruby Rockatansky
Cover art uses the following assets and artwork:
pixabay.com/videos/technology-futuristic-126832/
pixabay.com/illustrations/space-station-spaceship-space-7353375/
pixabay.com/illustrations/space-station-spaceship-space-7353375/
pixabay.com/illustrations/extraterrestrial-et-alien-6322554/
pixabay.com/photos/hair-woman-long-hair-hairstyle-5767086/
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AirBaltic_Bombardier_CS300_launch_event_(31581897816).jpg
Tracks use the following sound effects and samples:
Trailer-esque track by vykroft -- freesound.org/s/416155/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 (modified from original - pitch shift, tempo change, eq adjustments)
Ambient strings by thisusernameis -- freesound.org/s/432837/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 (modified from original - pitch shift, tempo change, eq, other effects)
Mission Control.wav by ProtoSounds -- freesound.org/s/379269/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 (personal note - I love this sample and will use it literally forever. if you need a good generic sci-fi ambient room tone, this is perfect!)
EnterCommand.wav by aj_heels -- freesound.org/s/520570/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 (modified from original - time, eq, reverb, other effects)
Abstract Spaceship, Flyby, Ascending, A.wav by InspectorJ -- freesound.org/s/417045/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 (modified from original - reverb, eq, other effects)
Artemis_Docking Complete_v2.wav by crashoverride6 -- freesound.org/s/422577/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Pilot_GearDown.wav by Leadershinji -- freesound.org/s/701510/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 (modified from original - pitch shift, reverb, other effects)
.jpg){kind=link}