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The Estrogenesis Initiative: Althaea and Synthia's Quest for Romantic Vengeance Against a Vile Authority

Ruby Rockatansky

December 6th, 2024
8 tracks
56:03
The Estrogenesis Initiative: Althaea and Synthia's Quest for Romantic Vengeance Against a Vile Authority
The Estrogenesis Initiative: Althaea and Synthia's Quest for Romantic Vengeance Against a Vile Authority
Ch. 1: Grand Theft Cosmos (Together We Fly)
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Ch. 1: Grand Theft Cosmos (Together We Fly)
Ruby Rockatansky
[Althaea] What is goin' on out there? [Synthia] Althaea, do you copy? [Althaea] Synthia! Are you okay? [Synthia] Ask my again when I'm in your arms, huh? I have the plans, but I'm going to have to make a run for the hangar. Be ready for me. [Althaea] You know I could never fly without you. I just hope all of this was worth the trouble. [Synthia] What I've discovered... could end the war for good. I am free! We've been at war for so damn long Opposing The Authority, the horrid majority Our allies who betrayed us liberally Compromising for a seat to belong So now we fight! We take to the stars Our mission a success Our enemy not far behind Together we ride Her ship and mine Laser blast clips my wing Raise the shield! She fires back at them Enemy down! One more grazes past me I engage Systems lock on target No remorse We must find our people No matter the distance Our strength is each other Together we will survive We take to the stars Our hope in the nebulous Two ships in eternal night We set course for home Lightspeed thrusters damaged Need repairs Energy is fading I must land We take refuge among asteroids Then his ship appears- Authority I will find you! I will take you! I will kill you! Redefine you! I will find you! I will take you! I will kill you! Redesign you! [Althaea]- "Hey, I think we lost 'em." [Synthia]- "Yeah, for now at least. You okay?" [Althaea]- "Better than ever! How about you? You with me?" [Synthia]- "Always. Now let's get outta here."
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Ch. 2: Eventual Horizon (No Going Back)
Ruby Rockatansky
We have been searching for so long And now we know their plan We must find our way back home Before they issue their last command! Wanted... Followed... Hunted... Through the void! They don't want their secrets revealed! We know the truth; no going back! Wanted! Followed! Hunted! No escape! We won't back down! We won't give up! No one is free until we all are! The universe must heal The voice of truth guides you Wanted! Followed! Hunted! To the end! Our fight and flight have taken so much, but I promise we will win We will survive! To Hell and back We will survive! It's time to attack We will survive! They won't erase who we are We will survive! Whose side are you on? We will survive! We will survive! We will survive! We will surviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive [Althaea] Hey love, just heard back from Pleiades Squad. They said they'll meet us near Alcyone. [Synthia] I'm surprised they wanted to work with us again, especially after what happened... wait, did you hear that? [Althaea] Oh no. I don't think we're alone out here... Searching overhead We've almost lost them They can't find us There's too much at stake FLY! We had been searching for so long And now they have her!! [Althaea] No... no.... no!!!!
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Ch. 3: Orion's Bastard (A Promise Made)
Ruby Rockatansky
AHHH FUCK We were so fucking close! The darkness swallowed us whole! Spat me out and devoured her! How I wished upon a star Cursed how long eternal nights Now I drift along a desperate quasar Pleading with traitorous Angels afar They betrayed us once before; we had answered in kind I swear on their on their pretentious fucking wings they will aid us and vengeance will be mine BLEGH Oh fuck, what do I do? He'll erase her soul Refine, remake, redesign Sand her down 'till nothing is left Troglodyte Bastard, he'll eat us alive Nothing we can do, no chance to survive Surrender, surrender, our only means I can already hear her scream STOP Collect yourself! It isn't over 'till it's over And I've got some old friends to see Show the whole damn universe that every fascist can fucking bleed Should have left us alone to live our lives in peace He siphoned all the capital and now his life is up for lease She will not suffer long; his blood will quench my thirst Unless of course She fucking kills him first OH His blood will quench my thirst Unless of course My beloved kills him first! One way or another... by her sword or mine... He will soon realize... you fucked with The wrong bitch! YOU FUCKED WITH THE WRONG BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH
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Ch. 4: Pleiades Squad (Initiate)
Ruby Rockatansky
[Maia] Althaea, do you read me? This is Pleiades Squad Leader Maia; Althaea are you there? [Althaea] I'm here... [Maia] You made it! I see your ship, but where's... [Althaea] We were caught during our escape run. I got away, but... [Maia] They have Synthia? [Althaea] Yes. HE was there. [Maia] The Authority? No... Do you still have the plans y'all captured? [Althaea] No, we didn't have time to copy them to my ship before she... I was able to read through some of it, though. Maia, it's bad. The Authority has technology that will drain the heart and spirit out of every living thing and make him immortal, giving him and endless amount of sentient creatures too broken to defy him until the end of time. [Maia] Fuck me. We only have one choice, then: The Angels of Aldebaran and the ambrosia that gives them power; Estrogenesis. It could finally turn the tide on this war. They're still insisting on neutrality, but if they understand what's at sta- [Althaea] What, you really think they're going to budge!? They cast Synthia out and cut off her wings just for working with us, and the rest of you just sat by while- [Maia] Althaea, listen. We made a mistake and I am truly sorry. I swear to you now that we will do whatever it takes to get Synthia back. If we have to fight the Angels and take the ambrosia for ourselves, so be it. Pleiades Squad flies with you again, and your sisters welcome you home! We make way for Aldebaran. Commencing... The Estrogenesis Initiative
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Ch. 5: The Angels of Aldebaran
Ruby Rockatansky
Oh! We fly on mechanical wings of faith To the Angels in deep space! Hear our prayer! Gravitational effects increase Slingshot around a black hole Activate the Time Un-dilator And hold faaaaaaaaaaaaast! Fuck, we survived! We press on towards vengeance, Our thesis is sound We will save her! And obliterate the Authority! [Squad Leader Maia] "We are here... and so are they. Behold, the Angels of Aldebaran." [The Angels] Be not afraid, we've heard your plea Synthia has been taken You ask us for our aid We know her pain, but you bring us WAR We cannot risk our own She made her choice [Althaea] "So that's it? Is that not the antithesis of your creed? Do you really think they'll stop with us? Guess I gotta bring you down to our level, because if we don't fucking do something-" They'll fucking kill us all! [The Angels] FINE Angels grab your blessed swords Today we join forces Prepare the Blessnaught for one last stand Together we flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy [All] OHH YEAH We've found synthesis
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Ch. 6: Execute Domine
Ruby Rockatansky
Be not afraid! Only here to break our chains They knew the stakes And buried the keys anyway Not here to negotiate No compromising truth We will ascend And claim our divinity Create your own genesis A new form of revelations Know thyself Raise thy sword Sing among angels And claim your divinity! Be not afraid Your shell was just a cage You knew the stakes And broke free anyway! Your life is now Your own design Take your fill of ambrosia And become! Your wings are growing! Your halo is glowing! We know ourselves They denied us this chance Fly among our sisters And claim our divinity! They will not take us They will not take us They will not take us They will not take us all!
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Ch. 7: Stellar Showdown
Ruby Rockatansky
One two three Now we go forth Sink or swim, our Sisters join us Set phasers to vengeance Eight-thousand years of war ends here New universal chaos We will decimate this regime Expanding measures, the eleventh hour The bell tolls at relative high noon Stellar showdown We know the stakes They had every chance Now we take our own Stay close and stay alert The Pleiades shine bright tonight Subdivide his forces We will survive or die trying Compounding forever, his eleventh hour The bell tolls from blood-red moon Take my hand at long last Don't let go and hold fast We will soon be free Triumph over tyranny If you could just believe believe We create eternity This labarynth will not be our tomb Once more into the breach Together we fight Where is he hiding? Eight-thousand years of rage to quell Corner him into the void A promise made and a promise kept Now I swear we will avenge the dead The bell tolls and I'll have his head [Synthia] There he is... right there on the bridge! He has thousands with him! [Althaea] He hasn't seen us yet. If we sneak around, we might be able to surprise him, but we have to act fast. You with me? [Synthia] Always. [The Authority] Attention. I know you are out there. And in case you have forgotten, I am all too happy to remind you... I WILL FIND YOU I WILL TAKE YOU I WILL KILL YOU REDFINE YOU I WILL FIND YOU I WILL TAKE YOU I WILL KILL YOU REDESIGN YOU I WILL FIND YOU I WILL TAKE YOU I WILL KILL YOU I WILL KILL YOU [Althaea] Not this time motherfucker One fatal mistake, it's now or never I go left, she goes right We can take him Time to finish this Together we fly [Synthia] Where are you going? Where's your Authority now? He's trying to escape [Both] WE TAKE TO THE STARS [The Authority] No... NO... NOOOO!!!! [Maia] Althaea! Synthia! Are you there? Do you copy? This is Pleiades Squad Leader Maia, I repeat, do y- [Althaea] We're here! We're alive! [Synthia] We're okay. What about you? Is the squad okay? The.. Angels? [Maia] Hot damn it is good to hear your voice, Synthia. We're okay! You did it! His army is surrendering! The war is over! [Althaea] We can finally return home... [Synthia] Right behind you, darling. Now let's get outta here.
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Epilogue (Returning Home)
Ruby Rockatansky
:)
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Two ships in eternal night;
One chance to save the universe.

Follow Althaea and Synthia, two rogue pilots who have made the bold choice to take on the vile Authority who has been oppressing the universe for countless years. While a resistance movement has made some progress in overthrowing The Authority, there has been little to no hope for so long.
However, whispers and rumors have led our aspiring heroes to a secret space station in a remote quadrant of a quiet solar system where, supposedly, they will find information that will finally turn the tide on a conflict that has already consumed far too many...

Inspired by classic science fiction radio dramas and a life-long love of extreme music, "The Estrogenesis Initiative" is a nearly hour-long production that is one part audio drama and two parts crushing progressive metal that pays homage to a multitude of musical stylings and the classic tradition of human storytelling.
Following 2023's "Better Days" EP, this new album proves to be an incredibly ambitious step forward that challenges expectation and convention to craft a compelling story of love and war against the backdrop of that most infinite unknown...

Credits

All arrangements, performance, voice acting, mixing, mastering, and artwork by Ruby Rockatansky.

No form of machine learning or "AI" was used for any single aspect of this creation at any point during writing, recording, producing, or marketing.

Attribution for various sound effects via Freesound:

Footsteps Concrete Slow Male Heavy by AMBIOSIS -- freesound.org/s/316691/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
Spaceship Emergency Alarm by onderwish -- freesound.org/s/465890/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Prison cell door open and close // Vankikopin ovi auki ja kiinni by YleArkisto -- freesound.org/s/434535/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
Male Dark/Evil Chuckle by cacti225 -- freesound.org/s/405613/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Spaceship whoosh 1 by steshystesh -- freesound.org/s/336740/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
radio click 7.wav by ERH -- freesound.org/s/30331/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
radio click noise 2.wav by ERH -- freesound.org/s/30332/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
BLASTER (multiple) by C3Sabertooth -- freesound.org/s/480872/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Go Go Go - (Version 2) Northern British Soldier by theuncertainman -- freesound.org/s/402643/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
Fantasy Hangar Space 200704_0016_01.wav by szegvari -- freesound.org/s/525036/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
voice fire by JD_Brick_Productions -- freesound.org/s/405577/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
R30-03-Artillery Gun Sequence.wav by craigsmith -- freesound.org/s/486036/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Album art uses royalty-free assets courtesy of Vika_Glitter via Pixabay

This album made possible with the support, advice, and encouragement from these incredibly creative individuals:

Helia Finton
Krystal Swords
Shaun
Grace Robertson
Penny Farthing
Dani Lopez
Steve and Kenzie
Chris Kessarsis
Laliana