Welcome! The Outer Rim is an all-volunteer, community-produced independent science-fiction anthology webseries featuring various ships surviving along The Outer Rim of our galaxy. Learn more About Us and each Series.
Enjoy our premiere episode “Sweepers: Rift.” Our next episode, “Challenger: Another Door Opens,” is currently in post-production. Help launch our next episode – Watch the below video, then Click Here for more details.
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A few decades from now, Earth’s government is run by corporations. There is no President or any branch of government as we are accustomed to. Earth is now a member of a larger interplanetary coalition known as the Unified Worlds Consortium. Earth’s military branches are now consolidated into “The Corporate Fleet.” Mining and resource acquisition are the main tenets of the Fleet’s “Mission Statement.”
There are rumblings of discontent within the inner circle of The Command. There have been too many outbreaks of violence and resistance caused by corruption within the Corporate government. Some Fleet Captains have taken it upon themselves to take a more peaceful and level-headed approach where exploration and resource discovery is concerned. But the old establishment suffers from a paradigm paralysis and would rather take what they want by force. Many heroes in our stories struggle to live in this adverse environment attempting to find a better way.
Can peace, humility and cooperation win out over greed and technological might?
Each segment of the independent science fiction webseries will take place, well, along the outer rim of our galaxy, some time in the future. Our premier episode “Rift” will feature a mining ship Audrey that encounters an advanced civilization during their mission. How they deal with this alien race will have long-lasting repercussions throughout the region. Later, our tent-pole production, Challenger, will highlight Captain RJ Cage and the crew of the exploratory vessel Challenger, operating in the same region of space.
The look-and-feel of Challenger can be described as an “Express Train to the Twilight Zone.” Throw in a pinch of “Galaxy Quest” and “Outer Limits,” and well, you kind of get the idea. Challenger will be the common thread that runs through our other planned series, such as Assignment: Earth and Mother. To stay up-to-date on The Outer Rim productions, subscribe to our newsletter.