$810 raised out of $50,000
Overview
Platform
Indiegogo
Backers
4
Start date
Jul 04, 2024
Close date
Aug 04, 2024
Concept

Launch the adventures of Commander Zoey and her TimeSpace Defenders team.

Story

Short Summary

During the pandemic I began creating adventure stories to share with my incredible daughter. For over 500 nights, a new story was created. A passionate vision took shape. From the second night, I decided to keep building on the first story. Commander Zoey was born. A few days later her friends, Xara and Linsey, joined her to create the TimeSpace defenders. I documented the best stories and the result are the 9 books I will be releasing with your backing.


These stories reflect my belief in my daughter, that she is super smart, capable of saving a world or galaxy.  Saving a world or galaxy just needs more advanced technology than what we have in this planet. Believe in the girls in your life, of any age, and you will be surprised by their talent, passion and determination. In my case, I believe there is nothing my daughter cannot accomplish. These adventures reflect my belief in her.


I want to spark the imagination of anyone who reads my stories. To make the reader think about how fantastic and different, yet similar, the rest of our Universe is like. Our Universe follows the principle of UPOLR (Universal Path Of Least Resistance). Planets and galaxies are shaped the way they are because that is the most efficient way to preserve their energy. Electricity and water follow the universal path of least resistance as well. So, it stands to reason that other civilizations around our Universe will be somewhat similar to what we have in this planet, but different.


Languages are a different thing. There is no such thing as a universal translator. Even if the syntax is similar, the specific way to call something or measure something cannot be guessed or statistically determined. Just think about how many words exist around the world for a simple object like a chair. One of the biggest challenges for the TimeSpace defenders is communicating with civilizations from other places in our Universe. Thankfully, Commander Zoey has a few tricks for this problem.

Place yourself in a story about finding the Universe’s best ice cream in a far galaxy; or avoiding capture by the Bearinix, space hunters that look like Bears; or perhaps trying to find the Cobtri, who seeded billions of planets with cacao seeds, the basis for chocolate; or even the story about the Lion-like civilization that loves their flying ships, but has a dark side that likes to dominate entire galaxies.

Each chapter of the books introduces a new world or civilization. It also introduces at least 1 scientific fact. Each chapter features several background information graphics about the place and civilization you will be helping and the problem they’re facing. I call these Galactic records. You can also think of them like a dossier.


 

The lion-like creature featured above is a Juveo from galaxy NF671M. It looks like the lions in our planet, but its civilization has conquered over 70 galaxies. The graphic is just an example of the added Galactic record graphics in the book, the stories are not like a comic, rather just the written adventures with Galactic records (dossiers)  graphics added,

Commander Zoey and the TimeSpace defenders reflect a higher standard. They are talented, intelligent, fragile at times, fearless other times. They make mistakes like everyone and have to acknowledge their mistakes and be a part of fixing them.

They have a high moral compass, and you need it when the fate of entire civilizations and galaxies are at stake. They acquire fantastic technology from highly advanced civilizations. They do the right thing, not because of rewards, but because it’s the right thing to do. They most definitely do not earn miles when they travel.

Commander Zoey was gifted the capability to access the Timedim, a special dimension that only she can access. From there she can access almost any point in TimeSpace, including the past. 

Consider traveling back in time to planet Terra 100 years ago. You must travel back 100 years and also travel to the position Terra was 100 years ago, which is hundreds of billion kilometers away from where we are today. Planet Terra travels around our Sun at over 100,000 km/h. Our Sun itself travels around our Galaxy at over 800,000 km/h. Then our Galaxy travels at over 2,100,000 km/h on its path around our Universe.

Traveling back in time is not without a heavy price. She was given 700 trips only. She has 650 left. Any trip back in time after that, could result in her death. Each trip can only last 21 hours. There are Timequakes that occur if anything changes. The type of changes and the time-distance will determine the size of the Timequake. 

The Timequake affects the time traveler and the TimeSpace location itself, including all beings in that area. TimeSpace fractures can prevent any further changes to the past of that area. Let’s face it, our Universe does not like changes to the past.

And yes, there is this one super important fact, only girls can travel back in time.
 

About Me

I was a software architect for many years. The pandemic gave me the freedom to create more fluidly.  The results of that freedom include the Commander Zoey adventures, I am proud of them and I hope you will enjoy them. You will find that my stories are well thought out, including an imaginative lore that adds depth to the characters and the adventures. My name is Andres Ramirez, my company is Neutrania LLC, and I believe in the higher standards that Commander Zoey and her TimeSpace defenders represent

 

I want to remind everyone that there’s always hope. These books are about believing in a better today and tomorrow, no matter if you are a Terran or from another world. We live in interesting and challenging times, yet when seen from the outside, there are solutions to all of our problems. We should all inspire the minds that will make this tiny Terran world better.

Your backing will help me launch these books during the last mile effort.  I’m seeking to raise at least 50,000 USD. All of the stories were created by me without any AI assistance. On the graphics side I’m using licensed stock images, 3D images, some of our own pictures and some ethically licensed AI images.

If for whatever reason the goal is not reached, each backer will still receive their perks. You do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do, that simple.

These are the perks available for my backers:
Perk #1 $25 – Commander Zoey Book 1, “Only Girls can travel back in time”, plus the “Only Girls can travel back in time” and the “Help the many, protect the one” Bumper stickers.

Perk #2 $50 – Everything from Perk #1 plus you get your own lifetime honorary TimeSpace defenders’ membership along with a ID card with a photo you choose. The card has a unique QR code that links to the commaderzoey.com website. It also has your own user id and password, and your chosen name and picture. Your chosen name and picture will show on the website, if you choose to.  Show everyone that you believe in the TimeSpace defenders and Commander Zoey. You become a lifetime member of the TimeSpace defenders. 

Perk #3 $75 – Everything from Perk #2 plus the T-shirt of “Only Girls can travel back in time”

Perk #4 $100 – Everything from Perk #2 plus Book 2, Book 3 and the 2025 TimeSpace defenders’ calendar.

Perk #5 $125- Everything from Perk #4 plus the Commander Zoey picture puzzle.

Perk #6 $250 – Everything from Perk #5 plus T-shirt of “Only Girls can travel back in time”. You also get assigned a specific TimeSpace defenders’ galactic outpost. You will get a poster showing where you have been assigned to, the leading civilizations and the biggest problems facing that outpost. Your galactic post will be shown in the website. You also get a Commander Zoey medallion.

Perk #7-$500 Everything from Perk #6 plus the rest of the books, 4 to 9 when released. There will be 2 shipments, by Nov 2024 everything but books 4 to 9. Books 4 to 9 will ship by Feb 2025.

Perk #8-$1000 Everything from Perk #7 plus a Commander Zoey board game and you and your galactic post get mentioned in a story in book 6. There will be 2 shipments, by Nov 2024 everything but books 4 to 9. Books 4 to 9 will ship by Feb 2025.

Perk #9-$5000 Everything in Perk #8 plus a full chapter dedicated to a story where you work with Commander Zoey on saving your choice of galaxy, planet, civilization or individual. These stories will be added in one of books 5 to 9. There will be 2 shipments, by Nov 2024 everything but books 4 to 9. Books 4 to 9 will ship by Feb 2025.

Any Perk #2 and higher features your own lifetime honorary TimeSpace defenders’ membership and ID card. With this card you can submit your answer to a very important question. Why can only girls travel back in time?

Hints will be featured in books 1,2 and 3. The correct answer with the earliest postdate will receive a very special gift. The gift you get for submitting the earliest, correct answer is to make you a featured Level-4 commander, like Commander Xara and Commander Linsey. That means you will get an entire chapter featuring you as a commander Level 4 character in book 5.

You can help by becoming a backer, or even better, make a loved one an honorary member of the TimeSpace defenders. If you cannot help financially, then help spread the word or have your loved one take the TimeSpace defenders pledge and share it.

If you take the “Help the many, protect the one” pledge and share it on social media (Instagram or X), you will earn an e-book version of Book 1. Post a picture or video with the written or spoken words for “I pledge to Help the many, protect the one. I love the TimeSpace defenders”. Use any of these hashtags, #Neutrania, #TimeSpaceDefenders or #HelpTheManyProtectTheOne. The e-book will be made available by December 31, 2024 to those that qualify.

The option to become a lifetime honorary member of the TimeSpace defenders is time limited to this campaign. Take advantage of it. Members will also receive an end of year TimeSpace defenders’ short story, via an e-book or the website. The end of the year short story will not be available to the general public. Finally, members will get to read galactic records as posted.

I plan to start delivering most perks within 120 days of finishing this campaign. Books 4 thru 9 will be scheduled to be delivered by  end of Feb, 2025 at the latest. The final products (perks) could differ slightly in look to any shown here. 

The books are soft cover, 210 pages each, 7” x 9”, the graphics will be in full color. These are books with added Galactic record graphics for easier visualization. There are 10 chapters in each book.

There are 2 big arcs in the triple trilogy’s adventures. The first is finding the Dimkoan civilization, who are very advanced and are responsible for an accident that badly hurt Commander Zoey’s boyfriend. The accident damaged that part of TimeSpace, so she is unable to go back in time to prevent the accident. During the adventures he remains on stasis, while she balances her duties of helping across the universe, with the desperation of finding them and figuring out a way to save the love of her life.

The second big arc in the triple trilogies is finding the creators of the Timedim. There are no records of them, but Commander Zoey believes she can find them out there in the Universe, either in the present or the past.

For your consideration, 25 reasons to become an honorary TimeSpace defender. If you agree with any of these, then you should most definitely make someone you love an honorary member.

1.    You love that only girls can travel back in time.
2.    You really like the name TimeSpace defenders.
3.    You want to be assigned to your own galactic post.
4.    You would like to be mentioned in one of the adventures.
5.    You would like to have your own chapter in one of the books.
6.    You happen to have too much money.
7.    You love the philosophy of “Help the many, protect the one”.
8.    You believe we can live in a better world.
9.    You agree that the Universe follows the universal path of least resistance.
10.    You love any of the outfits in the book covers.
11.    This world needs more girl superheroes.
12.    You want to find out more about the Lions civilization.
13.    You love bears, who doesn’t?
14.    Commander Xara loves cats as much as you do.
15.    You love Roby, the TimeSpace assistant.
16.    You agree you need to travel in TimeSpace not just time, 88 miles per hour is not enough.
17.    Maybe Commander Zoey is real and she will take you with her back in TimeSpace.
18.    Commander Zoey loves ice cream as much as you do.
19.    Commander Xara is hyper smart and stylish, just like you.
20.    Commander Linsey is smart and fearless, yet casual, just like you.
21.    The author and his imaginary characters will thank you forever.
22.    You want your own lifetime honorary membership and physical ID of the TimeSpace defenders .
23.    You want to own the Commander Zoey puzzle.
24.    You believe in doing the right thing, because it’s the right thing to do.
25.    You’re alive.

BECOME AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE TIMESPACE DEFENDERS TODAY.


 

 

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