MEPA-12X
MEPA-12X (めぱ12X in Bahasa Sokoku) is a dystopian sci-fi drama series made in Sokoku, broadcasted in a dozen countries around the globe. The series are set in an unnamed future, about 60-120 years from now, aboard an interplanetary vessel making its second journey between Gotha and Koth. The 15 person crew, mainly of Sokokan origin, battles against the unreliable nature of the experimental vessel and the internal tension among the crew members on a mission to rescue a stranded expedition attempting to set up a first Orderist colony on the distant planet. In this setting, Sokoku is an Orderist state partaking in an enterprise to colonise new worlds due to the overexploitation of Gotha by free market capitalists.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Plot, seasons and episodes
The series comprises of three seasons with 11 one hour episodes each. The first series covers the launch from Gothan orbit towards Tyr and ends when the commander explains the purpose of the mission. The second series covers most of the journey towards Tyr, while season 3 mainly takes place on Koth. While a season 4 was planned, funding was cut which left a rather open end to the plot.
The series is mainly told from the perspective of the 8 men "night crew", which operates on a 12 hour shift opposite the "day crew". While the day crew is executing the mission, the night crew is only there as some sort of back-up. Which explains why the medic and the caretaker were on the night crew. The mission is unsanctioned by the Orderist Commonwealth at first, who had already given up on the nearly 200 Orderist colonizers on Koth. The dangerous journey was planned by an opposing faction within the military. This is one of the reasons the crew mainly consists of Sokokan members, it is considered too dangerous to risk an Anarian crew for.
Characters
Day team
- Anji (male, early fifties) commander
- Taisan (male, late fourties) military pilot
- Frank (male, mid fifties) chief engineer from Helreich
- Geru (male, early fifties) executive engineer, Kurumi's uncle
- Alto (male, late fourties) x from Mirapan
- Kotono (female, early thirties) life support engineer
- Rina (female, mid thirties) payload specialist
Night team
- Tsumugi (female, late thirties) team commander, Kakuri
- Endo (male, early fourties) military pilot
- Kohei (male, late fities)
- Shinsuke (male, early fifties) vessel engineer
- Kurumi (female, around 25) propulsion engineer
- Toru (male, early thirties) payload specialist
- Kei (female, early fourties) military doctor
- Ana (female, late twenties) caretaker, originally from Anisora but traveling incognito, on the run for authorities.
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