Sentinel: 2650

Hey folks! Your friendly neighborhood music composer here!

Well, as many of you have seen already, I've been hard at work on an original SciFi novel. I have lots of reasons for doing this, but maybe the most basic is that I just NEEDED to do something other than just music. I actually used to write fanfic back in the "before time." I wrote a Star Trek fanfic about a Starfleet Marine squadron at Wolf 359 and I did a GIGANTIC online novel in the Elite universe called "Pritchard on the Frontier" that I never finished because... well... life. (but it's still out there... and I still know how I'd end it.)

Anyway, twenty five years after all that, I'm trying my hand at a SciFi novel in a totally original universe inspired by LOTS of existing IPs. It's not meant to be uber-serious and it has TONS of very tropey elements but, in the end, I'm hoping to create a fun space adventure that combines reasonably-believable SciFi with some action, adventure, romance, and maybe a hopeful picture of Humanity based on how we move on from today's world. (Ask me about Platinum Crater on Mars ;) )

I'm thrilled that Wingman and company have asked me to present some moments from the story as it currently stands (it a WIP right now) in my Modern Masterpieces segment and I hope y'all are enjoying the experience. I'll continue to up my game on that as I share some of the more action-packed, funny, and maybe even sensual bits of Sentinel: 2650.

Cheers, everyone!

• Matt / Mufossa75 (PensacolaOboist on YouTube)

Aha, thanks for some bg about the story. I was very curious about what was happening lol

So cool! Optimistic future is so largely ignored as a genre and I appreciate that you're making a hopeful picture so much.

Thanks much, Spark!

I'd be glad to keep the conversation going here and, as time passes, would love some of our community to be beta readers as I churn out parts of the story. Right now, Part One is in its third iteration and I'm writing an Interlude (or, rather, a set of interludes) to cover the 2.5-year span between Parts 1 and 2. I'd be glad to share and get critiques on Part One. Hit me up on Discord to talk about that.

Part Two is where the 2650 voyage of the U.S.S. Sentinel begins.

I've been at this since November of 2024 and have a timeline of events from today all the way to 2650 worked out (though some details likely need to be added) and it's been an interesting thought experiment trying to figure out how we'd go from where we are today to forming what amounts to a REAL UN with laws that have real teeth, then going out to colonize our solar system and, eventually other star systems.

Anyway, yeah, let's keep chatting! :)

Hey again, everyone! Just FYI, I've revamped my Discord server to have a forum and chatroll dedicated to this project! Come visit!

https://discord.gg/xqNMwXQrF