Preface: This is a comic that contains artwork that is largely by a generative AI under my direction. Hope you all enjoy the story.
Max Simian’s Origin Story
Max Simian's birth planet, Tan Aerith, was a jungle rainforest world with huge expanses of verdant growth and great rivers. Max is possessed of a high intelligence which has served him well in his ascent in society. He has always been a motivated individual, a driven achiever, ever confident in his eventual success. This is his story.
"My name is Max Simian, and I am a certified sentient. I serve under the imprimature of the Alliance and my loyalties are certain."
"My birth planet, Tan Aerith, is a jungle rainforest world with huge expanses of verdant growth and great rivers."
"The scenery is breathtaking."
"Trees that soar hundreds of feet into the air.”
"And the canopy is a mesh of branches and vines that invites exploration."
"And water. Abundant, plentiful water.”
"Large rivers coursing their way through the jungle growth.”
"I have fond memories of playing with my mud puppy in the warm river water."
"Probably being raised near the Shagu flood plain influenced my destiny."
"The marsh reeds that grew in the shallow waters of the flood plain were possessed of seed pods that contained alkaloids, psychoactive alkaloids."
"My predispositions led me to explore some of this chemistry in labs that were funded by an outfit named Imperium ChemCor."
"No doubt the acid base reaction products could lend a different tone to things.”
"So when I reached my legal majority I left our treetop village."
"I took an offer with Imperium and migrated to a city named Narveen on the planet Harben13.”
"No doubt the city was beautiful. The first time I saw the skyline by night I was smitten."
"Even by day the muted tones and colors had a certain attraction. And yet the fascination began to pale."
"But the real issue I had with life in Narveen was that there was just too much monkey business."
"And the endless parties fueled by drugs not much different than those I was working on.”
"By then I had seen a lot of adverts for the benefits of service to the Alliance. The attractions of Adventure."
"A chance to enter the halls of Leadership, of Power."
"Even the potential for romance was a pitch.”
"So I signed up and they sent me to Leasee, a desert planet that boasted of its discomfort. I was there for indoctrination and training. My first kill of record occurred there. Sure it was an AI biomorph, yet and still the Alliance wanted to insure that I could act without regret or remorse, and especially without pity."
"I did well, and so they sent me here for my initial duty assignment."
"Here is Shanzi, a desert planet in the Solanus System here in Canar Galaxy."
I hope you enjoyed this scifi comic novel. A sequel follows. As always, Comments, Criticisms, and Suggestions are Welcome. Thank you for reading!