Come up with an idea for a military scifi series

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  • 奖金: €535
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  • 获胜者: GeorgeBizhev

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Idea should be expandable into a series of a few books. The story takes place in the future(~year 2200-2800) and follows the crew of a military ship(battleship/battlestar/dreadnaught, a primary battleship that also carries smaller space jet fighters and special forces/ground forces) who safe earth and/or the galaxy from the bad guys. It could start on earth, a colony world or in space on the ship.

Here are some ideas that I’ve already used:

1. Humanity is in early long distance space travel time. Two ships(Military/research) have been send out , one came back without finding anything and the other didnt return. Third one has just been completed when bad aliens attack. With the help of good aliens who intervene we can beat the bad guys and the good aliens share technology and help us upgrade, they do this because there is a huge war in the galaxy with the bad guys and it doesnt look good, here the story and the adventure starts.

2. On Earth we found an artefact. Its something like a alien databank with lots of knowledge and helped us progress incredibly fast. We build ships, explore space etc. Then one day alien ships appear near earth and start to attack, after destroying something like a patrole space ship they head towards the place where the artefact is kept. It becomes clear they are after it. With other ships who have been called back we are able to defeat the aliens and find out that a lot of other alien races are after these artefacts who are scattered through space. A race to gather all artefacts begins.

3. Aliens attack us and abduct humans. They harvest human life force and make it into an elixir, we fight back and are able to beat them. But this has only been one harvesting ship and the empire it belongs to will soon find out what happened to it. Before that we will have to find out about the empire, gather allies among the stars and beat the empire or earth is gonna get turned into a slaughter house

4. Humanity exlored the galaxy and established multiple colonies. The thing that made all of this possible is a special material that can be mined in space, something like space uranium. Now aliens start to attack us and claim the space uranium belongs to them. We obviously cant just hand it over since our technology(faster than light travel etc.) depends on it.

As you can see the ideas all folllow the same principle but are still different enough.

I dont want ideas to include:
- Aliens just fighting for habitable planets
- Aliens are robots/AI
- Aliens want to rule everything simply because
- Aliens want our water
- Aliens want to steal/harness our sun
- Time travel/parallel universe

Here are some more examples that also fall in line with what I’m looking for:
https://www.amazon.com/Exodus-Forgotten-Starship-Book-1-ebook/dp/B086W16C68
https://www.amazon.com/Constitution-Book-1-Legacy-Fleet-ebook/dp/B010L6JTO0
https://www.amazon.com/Earth-Alone-Earthrise-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01H9DSYTO

I’m looking for a few paragraphs in which the general idea for the series is written down with a few key points(how the story begins and a little background information).

The most important part is the reason for the conflict though. If the aliens are aggresive or conquering the galaxy why are they doing it? Because they know nothing else than war? NO! I want to have a good reason for that and the conflict like in my previous stories.

Classic Star Trekt with enemies like the Klingons or the Halo game series are great examples of what I'm looking for, espcially Halo with its incredible backstory.

UPDATE:

Special attention will be given to colonization ideas.

Ideas in which a part of humanity leaves the system to start somewhere new from scratch. The focus is still on the military part so there need to be challenges and conflicts that will have to be solved. Do not submit plots for just one book but an overall idea for at least 5+ books, not outlines for book 1,2,etc. but overall ideas like the examples.

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  • whetstoneedits
    whetstoneedits
    • 3 年 之前

    Congratulations, George.

    CH, thanks for the contest. I've withdrawn my entries, but if you're interested in the ideas for later books/series, feel free to message me and I'd be happy to renegotiate my sale prices for those works.

    Best regards,
    -Whetstone

    • 3 年 之前
  • whetstoneedits
    whetstoneedits
    • 3 年 之前

    Dear Contest Holder,

    I hope this message finds you well. Thanks for the feedback so far on this contest. Thanks as well for a fun and challenging contest.

    We await feedback and ratings on the remaining entries when you have time.

    In total, it took 42 work hours to create all the entries I submitted to the contest. I enjoyed the process, but I regret that I cannot update my last two entries at this time. I simply cannot spare the work hours this month or next.

    Fortunately, each existing entry contains well above the content you requested in your brief. If you like what I've presented so far, I'd be happy to complete the outline for book 5 if awarded.

    To all those left, I wish you all good luck. I know your entries are strong.

    To those who did not make the cut, your concepts may well be worth pursuing on your own time. All rights revert to you upon rejection, so maybe it's time to write that book that's in you.

    Best regards,
    -Whetstone

    • 3 年 之前
  • shanayakarnan
    shanayakarnan
    • 3 年 之前

    Select someone or reject all the entries, otherwise you are going to lose money

    • 3 年 之前
  • sorta
    sorta
    • 3 年 之前

    PLEASE #EXTENDED

    • 3 年 之前
  • sorta
    sorta
    • 3 年 之前

    #extended

    • 3 年 之前
  • joneskirubh
    joneskirubh
    • 3 年 之前

    If Possible, please give me a day time, since i profound some concurrent materials that would certainly befit your expectation.

    • 3 年 之前
  • alisaada
    alisaada
    • 3 年 之前

    I want to know what is evaluating my work

    • 3 年 之前
  • aniquemd
    aniquemd
    • 3 年 之前

    Hello, I want to clarify whether my entry #335 is under your consideration for the further go! It's neither rejected nor sealed. Can you respond to this?

    • 3 年 之前
    1. blkidd
      blkidd
      • 3 年 之前

      It is sealed - they all are. It's just that you are always able to see your own.

      • 3 年 之前
  • theodornacev
    theodornacev
    • 3 年 之前

    Thank you for the contest, I couldn't achieve a satisfactory result. I hope you find what you were looking for and the inspiration to finish your series.

    • 3 年 之前
  • haleematallat
    haleematallat
    • 3 年 之前

    Please extend it for some time, my entry is complete and I just want to submit it now. #extended

    • 3 年 之前
  • ranjanabhishek7
    ranjanabhishek7
    • 3 年 之前

    Please check#352.I have ides for other five books too if you are interested.

    • 3 年 之前
  • haleematallat
    haleematallat
    • 3 年 之前

    Please can you accept my entry, I am just a minute late in submitting it, I have worked really hard on it.

    • 3 年 之前
  • Serkanb7
    Serkanb7
    • 3 年 之前

    Please check my entry. The number of entry is 343

    • 3 年 之前
  • happytowritenow
    happytowritenow
    • 3 年 之前

    Dear Contest Holder please check my entry #338

    • 3 年 之前
  • whetstoneedits
    whetstoneedits
    • 3 年 之前

    Hello,

    I will submit my revised entry before the deadline is up.

    Best regards,
    -Whetstone

    • 3 年 之前
  • Ayiecho1
    Ayiecho1
    • 3 年 之前

    Please review entry 312

    • 3 年 之前
  • aniquemd
    aniquemd
    • 3 年 之前

    I have made my 2nd entry just now. It stands at number 335. Thank you.

    • 3 年 之前
  • Zarminairshad
    Zarminairshad
    • 3 年 之前

    please check #323 #324

    • 3 年 之前
  • K1NGSLAYER
    K1NGSLAYER
    • 3 年 之前

    Lol why do I feel that this contest will never be closed, and meanwhile, the CH will be completing his story, making us just the fools here, discussing about our rights and wrongs. Do comment if anyone feels like I do!

    • 3 年 之前
    再查看1条消息 处理中。。。
    1. Motoko9
      竞赛主办者
      • 3 年 之前

      You guys do realize that whenever I'm extending the contest I'm upping the prize right? This is also a guaranteed contest so a winner has to be chosen.

      • 3 年 之前
    2. sudhirmudholkar
      sudhirmudholkar
      • 3 年 之前

      The Contest Holder is increasing the price. It only means that he is not getting the quality work that he is desiring. People come to Freelancer for solutions and if the Contest Holder is not getting the solutions he has the right to extend the contest as he likes and moreover the contest is guaranteed, so there is going to be a winner for sure.

      • 3 年 之前
  • jemishkhokhani07
    jemishkhokhani07
    • 3 年 之前

    please check #315

    • 3 年 之前
  • Zarminairshad
    Zarminairshad
    • 3 年 之前

    please check #304

    • 3 年 之前
  • aniquemd
    aniquemd
    • 3 年 之前

    I had submitted a story concept where aliens weren't supposed to invade earth without a valid reason... the idea included developing subplots within the main plot that would reasonably reach a point from where the aliens declare a war on earthizens. Though I didn't inject any colonial plot in it yet i think it could update with time into an intriguing storyline for a series of stories.

    • 3 年 之前
  • Motoko9
    竞赛主办者
    • 3 年 之前

    UPDATE:

    Special attention will be given to colonization ideas.

    Ideas in which a part of humanity leaves the system to start somewhere new from scratch. The focus is still on the military part so there need to be challenges and conflicts that will have to be solved. Do not submit plots for just one book but an overall idea for at least 5+ books, not outlines for book 1,2,etc. but overall ideas like the examples.

    • 3 年 之前
    再查看1条消息 处理中。。。
    1. Motoko9
      竞赛主办者
      • 3 年 之前

      Read the description again. II have clearly stated:

      I dont want ideas to include:
      - Aliens just fighting for habitable planets

      • 3 年 之前
    2. whetstoneedits
      whetstoneedits
      • 3 年 之前

      Hi. Thanks for your feedback. In the time left on the contest, I'll submit a new entry that expands to 5+ books (overall plots). Please see my two new comments on my existing entry. I have addressed the similarity between my entry and ME.

      • 3 年 之前
  • meelah0327
    meelah0327
    • 3 年 之前

    I agree maybe just a quick one- or two-sentence feedback would have been nice, especially now that I'm seeing you want the emphasis on colonization, which was the plot line in my idea. In my mind, my idea was rejected because there was too much backstory and not enough room for military engagements (which I understand is your main objective!) or that you simply didn't like the idea (which is also understandable). However, a part in the back of my brain always wonders if my proposal was just rejected without being read. I know that's unlikely, but just some quick feedback would be nice for future reference. That being said, this contest got my creative juices flowing, and I now have the plot line to a sci-fi series I can just write myself haha. So, I thank you for that, and I wish you best of luck in your writing career! :)

    • 3 年 之前
  • joneskirubh
    joneskirubh
    • 3 年 之前

    Dear sir, Thank you for considering us for extending some more time, I absolutely glad for redefining once again, and i can take extravagant steps to craft the content as the best fit for your need. However, i tried to reach you before submitting, i don't find an option to reach you but i come to know you can contact me through chat, so as i can share all my views and clarify all my unclear static with you.

    • 3 年 之前
  • SimonF01
    SimonF01
    • 3 年 之前

    Hello. What would be the upper limit for the word count of our ideas?

    • 3 年 之前
  • victorsangma
    victorsangma
    • 3 年 之前

    Hi, in your description you mentioned "If you have any questions feel free to ask." The clarification board is full of questions. Would you at least care to answer those. Rejecting the idea is no issue. But, an explanation would be great. Maybe a private message if that's not too much to ask. To me it seems like you don't care about our time and effort we have invested on helping you with your Si-Fi series. Thanks.

    • 3 年 之前
  • Contentkiller
    Contentkiller
    • 3 年 之前

    Can you give a feedback on what I lacked and how I can improve?

    • 3 年 之前
  • inderriat
    inderriat
    • 3 年 之前

    I am working on new story and will upload it within 10 hours.

    • 3 年 之前
  • Contentkiller
    Contentkiller
    • 3 年 之前

    Please check my entry #265 and give a feedback.

    • 3 年 之前
  • matama
    matama
    • 3 年 之前

    Please rate my entry #256

    • 3 年 之前
  • supersystemng
    supersystemng
    • 3 年 之前

    Can this contest be extended by a week, myself and my team of 3 creative writers would like to work on it and we need more time

    • 3 年 之前
  • petiteputih
    petiteputih
    • 3 年 之前

    Hi. My entry was No.172. which was rejected . I did think that it was a great idea personally at least. Maybe I over rate myself. I had alot of ideas to build it up. So please let me know where the shortcoming was and I can re-submit a new idea. Thanx. Have a nice day.

    • 3 年 之前
    1. iniyaz
      iniyaz
      • 3 年 之前

      Lol he outright rejects people's works without ever offering an explanation. The least he could do is to offer a rating, but no, it's impossible to gauge how well (or terribly) we did when he can't provide any feedback.

      • 3 年 之前
  • kingberr
    kingberr
    • 3 年 之前

    Hi I've got a question, can we add to the story some elements related to real life ? for example can we mention some real events happened in real life but somehow make it in the story, or can we use some real places in the story?

    • 3 年 之前
  • Manishadhikary
    Manishadhikary
    • 3 年 之前

    Would you mind going through the entry no 243?
    Here I have written a short story with a legit reason for the aliens to attack humans. However, this is just the beginning of a story that could make large books. Please go through my story. I hope you will enjoy it

    • 3 年 之前
  • inderriat
    inderriat
    • 3 年 之前

    Please check my entry #240

    • 3 年 之前
  • joneskirubh
    joneskirubh
    • 3 年 之前

    Dear Sir, I should be glad if you review the attached document. Please can you let me know if you have any inputs, comments, and concerns? I am glad to offer the best support and prepare for more strategies that convict smarter completion as expected.

    • 3 年 之前
  • Rach4393
    Rach4393
    • 3 年 之前

    Hello, I am a little bit confused here because I am not able to understand from what perspective you want to continue the story. Should it be from a military of humans perspective or should it be from an Alien's perspective? The points you have mentioned reminded me of the movie Transformers, Arrival and some other movies. I want to know what do you exactly want an idea of a whole series or a continuation of the details that you gave. Thank you.

    • 3 年 之前
  • joneskirubh
    joneskirubh
    • 3 年 之前

    I would like to thank you for your time and attention, and I hope to have the chance to extend my incredible support as required.

    • 3 年 之前
  • joneskirubh
    joneskirubh
    • 3 年 之前

    Well written and clear communication is the key to promote any idea, service or product in the modern business environment. Your recognition on my capabilities can bring about instant returns on your investment.

    • 3 年 之前
  • kasi01viswanadh
    kasi01viswanadh
    • 3 年 之前

    Please check my entry here sir #207

    • 3 年 之前
  • Pookie123
    Pookie123
    • 3 年 之前

    #193 Hi! How fun! Please consider me for this and future projects, cheers!

    • 3 年 之前
  • Kwinsley
    Kwinsley
    • 3 年 之前

    #190 :)

    • 3 年 之前
  • AbirAdib0
    AbirAdib0
    • 3 年 之前

    Please also check #185 :)

    • 3 年 之前

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