MARS
WHILE MARS IS ONLY GLIMPSED BRIEFLY IN THE PILOT 'ALH84001', THROUGHOUT SEASON 1 IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE SHOW.
ALH84001 & THE MICRO-VIRUSES
ALH84001 IS A METEORITE THAT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM MARS AND CRASHED IN ALLAN HILLS, ANTARCTICA 13,000 YEARS AGO. IT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1984, MISCLASSIFIED FOR 10 YEARS, AND WHEN IT WAS RE-EXAMINED IN 1994, SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED WHAT APPEARED TO BE FOSSILIZED EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL MICRO-BACTERIA IN THE ROCK. IT WAS ANNOUNCED ON THE NEWS IN 1996. THIS METEORITE IS A CRUCIAL ELEMENT TO THE OVERALL SERIES.
THESE PHOTOS ARE WHAT IS THOUGHT TO BE FOSSILIZED MICRO-BACTERIA THAT WAS FOUND IN THE METEORITE. IN THE SERIES, THEY ARE ACTUALLY A MICRO-VIRUS AND PLAY A HUGE PART IN THE OVERALL SERIES.
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THE MACRO-VIRUSES
INFECTED MUTANT HUMANS
THE MUTANT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THREE SKETCHES IS THE ONE I ULTIMATELY CHOSE. IT HAS ENOUGH HUMAN SIMILARITIES TO MAKE IT REALLY CREEPY. (ARTWORK PROVIDED BY GARY JENSEN OF SYTHERIOUS JONES).
HERE'S THE FINAL CONCEPT ART PIECE FOR THE INFECTED MUTANT HUMANS. THEY ARE VERY LARGE AND VERSATILE. THEY CAN WALK ON THEIR HIND LEGS OR ON ALL FOUR LEGS WHICH THEY PREFER WHEN RUNNING OR CHARGING. THEY ARE ALSO FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF A REGULAR HUMAN BEING WHICH HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF THE MACRO-VIRUS GROWTH HORMONE RAVAGING AND ALTERING THE CORPSES OF THOSE INFECTED.
XORNUS & THE XORNIANS
XORNUS IS A DYING WORLD THAT WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY ITS NEBULA WHEN A CHAIN REACTION CAUSED THE NEBULA TO EXPLODE RESULTING WITH THE PLANET BECOMING BAKED OVER TIME. THE XORNIANS WHICH USE ORGANIC BASED TECHNOLOGY, LIVE IN ONE METROPOLIS WHICH COVERS ALMOST 25% OF THE PLANET. BELOW IS A ROUGH CONCEPT OF THE CITY.
THE XORNIANS HAVE A SCALY AND SCARRED REPTILIAN LIKE SKIN AS A RESULT OF EXCESSIVE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THEIR DANGEROUS PLANET. THEIR CLOTHING REFLECTS THEIR ORGANIC TECHNOLOGICAL NATURE.
THE XORNIAN'S TECHNOLOGY IS PARTIALLY ORGANIC BASED WHICH IN SOME CASES GIVES IT THE ABILITY TO GROW AND EVOLVE. HIGHLY ADVANCED, THE XORNIANS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO TELEPATHICALLY BOND WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY ALLOWING THEM MORE DIRECT AND ACCURATE CONTROL OF EVERYTHING. BELOW IS A CONCEPT FOR ONE OF THEIR SMALL SHUTTLES. THE FINAL DESIGN WILL BE A BIT MORE ORGANIC.
EARTH
EARLY ON IN THE SERIES, THE STORY BEGINS ON EARTH WHERE EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE. IT'S NOT UNTIL THE DISASTER THAT EARTH AND THE MOON END UP SEVERELY DAMAGED. HERE'S SOME CONCEPTS OF WHAT THE EARTH AND THE MOON WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER THE DISASTER HAS BEGUN.
ENVISION TECHNOLOGIES
ENVISION TECHNOLOGIES IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL CORPORATIONS. ITS VERY SECRETIVE NATURE ALLOWS IT TO DO MANY THINGS OTHER CORPORATE ENTITIES ARE UNABLE TO. ITS MAIN GOAL IS TO DEVELOP UNIQUE AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES. THE PRESIDENT OF EARTH COMMISSIONS THE C.E.O. OF ENVISION TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE MARS PROJECT AND SHE IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO SIGN ON KNOWING THAT IT WILL HELP TO ADVANCE HER GOALS.
THE C.E.O. KASSANDRA THORNE IS A VERY STRONG AN COMPLEX WOMAN. SHE IS INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT AND MANAGES TO ALWAYS STAY ONE STEP AHEAD OF EVERYONE. SHE IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS SHE IS SMART. SHE DOES HAVE A DARK SIDE AND LIKES TO BE VERY SECRETIVE. HER SENSE OF STYLE SUITS HER PERSONALITY AS WELL AS REPRESENTS THE FUTURISTIC ELEMENTS OF HER BUSINESS. YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL OF HER OUTFITS.
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THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
ON EARTH, THERE ARE 4 MAJOR GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE OVERALL PROJECT. MISSION CONTROL, THE MILITARY, ENVISION TECHNOLOGIES, AND THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL. BELOW IS SOME CONCEPT ART FROM THE CDC.