Conceptual Idea:
Rama's Dream / Alternate Version
Inspiration/Source:
In the Ashok Banker novel Prince Of Ayodhya, Rama awakes to an unseen threat, which launches him into high alert and a ready to kill mindset. After this a disembodied voice speaks to him sending him to a dream world foreseeing the horrors waiting to be unleashed. This ended up being Ravana speaking to him, within a dream. Awakening, Rama finds nothing wrong.
I want to take a flip of this dream where Rama again has a nightmare but this time is teleport into a space station traveling through the expansive cosmos. The ship is a City Ship, meaning it has a large population of vital humans. The forces of Ravana breach the space ship, laying waste to all humans aboard: devouring and brutally slaughtering all inhabitants on the ship.
Character and Plot:
Rama will awake from one of the cryo chambered used for the sake of preserving the inhabitants on their long journey. Rama awakes to see the cryo-room torn apart and blood spewed across the hallway and floor. Another pod had been smashed against Rama's cryo pod, protecting him from detection and initiating the warm up sequence. This takes 11 hours to completely revitalize and adjust the specimens vitals to appropriate levels. Rama locates the weapons room for the ships security, and equips himself with one of the modified Pinaka Rifles, as well as some slight armor. He finds a broken transmission and begins to investigate the ship for what is happening. He eventual comes across body's and several enemies and begins his struggle to reach the remaining inhabitants before they are completely slaughtered.
Details:
Rama is a member of the Royal Fleets Prince Class Security, Nicknamed the Ksha (kay-shaw)
"We have been...-ched! I repeat... -Breached!" "They are...in from the...ear of the shi-..."
Ship Name: S.S. Vishnarus
Gun Name: R3 Pinaka Rifle. Fires super charged electric rounds capable of melting steel.
Ravana's Forces: Dark Ones
Ship Security: Royal Fleet 'Prince' Class Security (RFS)
Story Motifs and connections:
Rama
Ravana (disembodied voice)
Ravana's Army of Raksha
Dreaming*
City(Ship) Under Siege
Pinaka (Shiva's Bow) *Side note: Does it break?*
*More Details to be added before the story is posted*
-Edit 1: This will more than likely turn into a multi part story, spanning a few weeks.
Source:
Prince Of Ayodhya
Author: Ashok K. Banker
Published by Orbit (Time Warner Books UK), June 2005. Great Britain. Print. University Of Oklahoma Libraries.
This is a really cool idea for a story! You have done a lot to twist it from the original and I like the creativity! The science fiction aspect of your story is a really cool touch and I think it will turn out really good when you write it! I like especially that it is based on Rama because he is such an easy character to use in other stories!
ReplyDeleteIt seems that you’ve put a lot of thought into planning this story. It’s clear that you have a very good idea of where you want to take this tale and how you want it to compare to and diverge from the original. That should make for an excellent story next week. One warning I would give, however, would be to be careful with your grammar. I noticed a couple small errors throughout the planning. It’s nothing that looking over the piece a second time wouldn’t catch, though. In other words, it’s an easy fix. I really enjoyed your concept, and I hope you have fun expanding on it.
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