Drive: the scifi comic
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| Author(s) | Dave Kellett |
| Website | official Drive site |
| Current status / schedule | Updating twice weekly |
| Launch date | August 15, 2009(first post) |
drive: the scifi comic, more commonly referred to as simply Drive, is a weekly webcomic created by Dave Kellett.
Drive began as a "Saturday Sci-Fi" storyline on the popular webcomic site, Sheldon.
The strip is inked in shades of blue and is typically organized into several rows of panels per page.
Drive is a space opera that takes place in the year 2401. The strip tells the story of the second Spanish Empire — a galactic empire—and its war with a race called "The Continuum of Makers".
The story follows the crew of the Machito, who have been press-ganged into a unique mission by an Emperor they despise. But their mission ripples out in ways neither they nor the Emperor could imagine, to impact the fate of both warring races.
Nosh: The Machito's Science Officer. Nosh is a Veetan (a burly, yet pacifistic Alien race) who learned to speak English while in Russia.
Skitter: The Machito's Pilot. A small alien with amnesia—and a gift for guiding a ship through "pinched space" that could give the Empire an advantage in its war with the Continuum-achieved by sensing gravity wave movements through his mohawk head-crest. Nosh gave Skitter his working name.
Fernando ('Nando) Cruz: The Machito's 14-year-old head of engineering, and member of "La Familia" (the Empire's Spanish Royal Family).
Cuddow: A Fillipod (an insect-like race) from the planet Tesskil. Cuddow was the senior adviser to Tesskils leader. He joined the crew when he fled the planet during a Continuum attack.
Captain Taneel: Described as an "unhappy grandmother captain," she is in charge of the Machito.
Orla O'Malley: A xenobiologist assigned to the Machito by the Emperor, and also secretly a member of "La Familia".
Emperor Cruz: Member of "La Familia" who committed regicide by killing his uncle to take up the throne. Commands the Human/Veetan empire and "La Grande y Felicissima Armada" (the Navy).
Los Tres Primos: A trio of "La Familia" cousins who have rebelled against their upbringing and strive to bring equality to the downtrodden people of the Empire. They move in secret using a stolen ship- piloted by another member of Skitters' unknown species.
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