Space Engineers: COLONY ALLIANCES

'**Space Engineers: Colony Alliances**' is the fourth series in the Colony Universe from Captain Jack. It is a sequel to the third Colony series, 'Space Engineers: Colony Lost,' and began airing via YouTube on July 23, 2021. The series is much like previous series, as the episodes include much first-person action from the various POVs. However, the presence of cinematic cutscenes at the beginnings and endings of episodes has become much more important to telling the story.

Around the end of 2021, the series went on an indefinite hiatus due to a variety of production reasons, and in 2022 it was reorganized and planned to be shortened from its original 50 episodes to 30 "classic" episodes and 5 completely cinematic episodes to end the series off, which are currently\* planned to release in September 2023. Writing and planning has resumed on and off between March of 2022 and the present; in February 2022, 'Space Engineers: Starship Lost' aired as a miniseries set before the events of 'Colony Alliances' while Captain Jack works on the series and other projects, such as ‘Space Engineers: Colony Salvage’ in late 2022-early 2023.

(\*as of July 2023)

## Official Series Description

One year after the Green Drone War of 2733, factions and civilizations are focused on rebuilding. However, a concerning, mysterious signal has begun broadcasting from deep space. With resources stretched thin following the devastating war, Red Wood Industries along with their allies Crazy North Logistics and the Royal Coalition of Spatial Protection, launched the Joint Expedition Task Force under the command of Admiral Jack Roberts. Their mission: find the source of the ancient signal and discover what mystery awaits...

## Basic Plot Run-Down

(WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT!!)

The Joint Expedition Task Force mission goes awry as the RWI *Prometheus*, the expedition flagship, falls under attack by a mysterious faction known as the Remnant, led by the shadowy Archon. Admiral Jack Roberts and the expedition forces make their way across the planet, evading the Remnant search parties, eventually gathering all RWI, CNL, and RCSP personnel at a massive ancient city - the source of the signal. When the *Prometheus* is destroyed by the reprogrammed Green Drone Armada drone units of Project X-12, tensions rise between the faction leaders, until they finally break...

## Cast and Crew

This is the casting of all main characters and supporting characters that have appeared (so far) in Colony Alliances, and the crew that made the series possible.

### Additional Voices and Characters

* RWI Commander (Icarus)
 RWI LT #2 (Prometheus)
 Craz's Wingman
 Remnant LT #1
 * Lt.Cmdr. R. Kyan
* RWI LT #2 (Zheng-He)
* RWI LT #1 (Olympus)
 * RWI LT (Icarus)
* RWI LT #1 (Zheng-He)
* RWI LT #2 (Olympus)
 RWI LT (Olympus)

### Additional Credits

* Brock Bland
 Editor
 Graphics Design
 Mod Development
 Film Crew Personnel
* Chris Groutage (Isadorious)

Assistant Directors
* Stefan Blakemore (Orion Matrix)
* Robert Auredník (ShadowS)
* Kieran Loffler (Marshmellow19901)
* Daniel Teichler (Ghostman513)

Members
* Arc\_Mindid
* Tigz
* NotAMorningSpartan
* Doctor Gray
* Dexus
* ShadowAI
* Icon\_Alpha
* Madcat
* Kiriyon
* Kirbecio
* Jerrai
* Neoaptic
* thecrazy13
* Krisfallion
* RangerOmega
* EXX
* Jester
* Jack MacGerGor the Librarian
* Cuddly\_Skye
* gruenerdrache
* SNPERKILLER10
* jt\_rogantini
* Strasakul
* kingfrogs
* Starburst
* LT MAGS
* AudioCalibrator
* Theoneandonlyrob
* Lyderian

## Trivia

* Colony Alliances was first announced on Captain Jack's 24-Hour Charity Livestream for GameBlast 2021, after the £4000 donation milestone was achieved.
* Colony Alliances was the first series by Captain Jack to feature the real names of cast members and voice actors in the credits of each episode, rather than just in-game or online usernames.
* The series draws inspiration from several popular sci-fi franchises, such as *Halo*, *Star Trek*, and *Stargate: Atlantis*. The City of the First Ones, in particular, is heavily based on the Atlantean city from *Stargate: Atlantis*.
* The CSS *Vengeance*, the iconic Colonist flagship from ‘Space Engineers: Colony Wars,’ was originally planned to make a return under Finn’s command, as it was last seen being salvaged by Finn and Castle’s salvage company, Dawnstar Salvage Corporation, but due to the series’ hiatus as of early 2022, this idea has been scrapped. However, this idea was reorganized into another series which premiered in the 2022, 'Space Engineers: Colony Salvage', and this plan may be reintroduced due to the events of the series' finale episode.
* The Official Mod List for 'Colony Alliances' can be found here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2779926138.
* In July of 2023, Captain Jack began posting promotional "teaser" images and eventually a teaser trailer of the upcoming episodes of 'Colony Alliances' on his Discord server and YouTube channel. From the trailer, it can be deduced that Admiral Hask’s fleet attacks CNL ships and attempts to relieve Jack of duty, all while the Remnant and Commander Lynch plot their next move as RWI fractures.