[KFAT] Twin Stars, Book Two

[UltraRob]

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Book 2, Episode 1 – Cat and Mouse

Written and Produced by Robyn Paterson

Ping-An leads a team of newly recruited space pirate captains on a raid against an Imperial Supply Station to learn who can be trusted, and who can’t.
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Starring:

Ping-An- Mippa
Ketch- Steve Riekeberg
Hassan- Tablet
Davies- Althea Aseoche
Mammon- Pokejedservo
Deck Officer-Paul Campbell
Bob- Carl Cubbedge
Doug-AJ Rich

Opening Music: Beyond Infinity by Peter Chen

Closing Music: Victorious Day by Maestro Rage

Other Music:

Kevin Macleod
We Got Trouble
Western Streets
Double Drift
Anglozulu
Power Restored
Spider’s Web
Interloper
DD Groove
An Upsetting Theme
Water Prelude

Newgrounds:
170736_Hybrid Statement
170172 Our Land
195607 Unending March

Special Effects
Freesounds:
13898_Thump
18379_Laser
18385_Laser
18396_Laser
18397_Laser
18400_Waterexplosion
18403_Explosion
30247_Large Spaceship
71739_Tires Squealing

Apple iLife Sound FX Collection
And
Purchased from Soundeffectslibrary.com

This recording is licensed under a creative commons non-commercial share-alike license. So pass it around, please!

This story and all its characters within are copyright 2009 Robyn Paterson, all rights reserved.

For more audio adventure come to Kungfuactiontheatre.com, where theatre is spelt with an “re” at the end because that’s how it’s done with style!

[UltraRob]

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Twin Stars Book 2, Episode 2- PathwaysTwin Stars: Book 2, Episode 2 – Pathways

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Written and Produced by Robyn Paterson

Mixed by Brushmen

Lost, hunted, and abandoned- Tysen and his crew must make their fateful decisions about their future.

Starring:

Tysen- Greg Nugent
Esther- Tegan Harris
Sir Fawn- David Ault
Kip- Ty Konzak
Vaela- Alexa Chipman
Ulstead- Quinten Boyd
Helgi- Cathy Rinella
Raven- Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard
Bernard- Michael Hudson

Opening Music: Beyond Infinity by Peter Chen

Closing Music: Victorious Day by Maestro Rage

Other Music:

2. Touching Moments Two - Higher (Kevin MacLeod)
3. The Puddle of Life (Peter Chen)
4. Awkward Meeting (Kevin MacLeod)
5. Cold Funk (Kevin MacLeod)
7. Goodbye Beautiful (Alexx Pacifici)
9. Dragon and Toast (Kevin MacLeod)
10. Time Passes (Kevin MacLeod)

sound effects:
sounddogs.com
freesound project
CBS Audio-File Sound Effects Library (produced by Ed Hoppe and Joel
Dulberg) others recorded by members of Kung Fu Action Theatre

This recording is licensed under a creative commons non-commercial share-alike license. So pass it around, please!

This story and all its characters within are copyright 2009 Robyn Paterson, all rights reserved.

[UltraRob]

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Starring:


Ping-An: Melissa Johnson [Mippa]

Betsey: Niko Ford

Tomlin: Nick Patrella [Will Knavison]

Cmdr. Vasquez: Justin Charles [TsiXin]

Lt. Harrison: Andy Welch

Mike: Peter Katt

Kelly: Allison H. [Snowfender]

Ronaldo: Bill Hollweg

Jack: Phantasm

Trooper: Robyn Paterson

Darla: Niko Ford



Opening Music: Beyond Infinity by Peter Chen



Closing Music: Victorious Day by Maestro Rage



Other Music:


Kevin Mcleod

We Got Trouble

Stoneworld Battle

A Turn for the Worse

Creeping to the Ship

Time Passes

Dragon and Toast

Double Drift

Achilles

Heavy Interlude



Newgrounds.com Audio Portal

181679_DCFightforFreedoms

221569_FF8Landing

171616_Champion Road

190201_WithGunwithCrucifix





Sound Effects:

soundsnap.com

freesound project

and Purchased from Soundeffectslibrary.com



This recording is licensed under a creative commons non-commercial share-alike license. So pass it around, please!



Come join the KFAT Facebook group, check out the KFAT forum on Audiodramatalk.com, or visit the Twin Stars homepage for more info on your favourite Stars.



This story and all its characters within are copyright 2009 Robyn Paterson, all rights reserved.

[UltraRob]

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Written and Produced by Robyn Paterson

Mixed by Brushmen

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Tysen and Esther travel to Versagan University on Hanna's World in search of an old associate of Sir Fawn, but what they find is a fateful encounter that will decide the lives of millions.


Starring:


Tysen- Greg Nugent

Ping-An- Melissa D. Johnson

Sophie- Cathy Rinella

Esther- Tegan Harris

Betsey- Niko Ford

Tomlin- Nick Patrella

Professor Rossum- Ty Konzak

Lt. Kilpatrick- Nathalie van Sistine

Mark- River Kanoff

Henrietta- Kimlinh P. Tran



Opening Music: Beyond Infinity by Peter Chen



Closing Music: Victorious Day by Maestro Rage



Additional Music:


Backyard Boom (Nemesis Theory, newgrounds:223470)

Monday Night In Seattle (Orb Gettarr, Devadata, Jesse A)

Head First Into A Wall (xerochi, newgrounds:104618)

Just Nasty (Kevin MacLeod)

Accralate (Kevin MacLeod)

Backalley Royale (Cross666, newgrounds:91580)

Solo2 (Alexx Pacifici)

Sunshine (Kevin MacLeod)

Glorious Morning (Waterflame, newgrounds:91476)

Elm (fosterCHILD16, newgrounds:95080)

Ignosi (Kevin MacLeod)

Evening Fall Harp Hi (Kevin MacLeod)


Sound Effects:


sounddogs.com

freesound project

Sound Ideas Series 6000 Sound Effects library

others recorded by members of Kung Fu Action Theatre


This recording is licensed under a creative commons non-commercial share-alike license. So pass it around, please!


This story and all its characters within are copyright 2009 Robyn Paterson, all rights reserved.


For more audio adventure come to Kungfuactiontheatre.com, where theatre is spelt with an "reâ at the end because that"s how itâs done with style!

[UltraRob]

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Written and Produced by Robyn Paterson

Mixed by Brushmen

Continuing from the previous episode- With Tysen, Sophie and the Professor in the hands of Captain Kilpatrick of Fleet Security, Esther and Ping-An strike a bargain to rescue them. But Captain Kilpatrick has a few surprises in store, and carries news of a threat to millions.

Starring:

Ping-An- Melissa D. Johnson
Tysen- Greg Nugent
Sophie- Cathy Rinella
Esther- Tegan Harris
Betsey- Niko Ford
Tomlin- Nick Patrella
Professor Rossum- Ty Konzak
Lt. Kilpatrick- Natalie Van Sistine
Agent- Richard Bartok

Opening Music: Beyond Infinity by Peter Chen

Closing Music: Victorious Day by Maestro Rage

Additional Music:

1. Sancho Panza gets a Latte (Kevin MacLeod)
2. Lone Harvest (Kevin MacLeod)
3. 5ive Style (porksoda, newgrounds.com:34219)
4. Serpentine Trek, Exciting Trailer (Kevin MacLeod)
6. Poise and Grace (Peter Chen)
7. Interloper (Kevin MacLeod)
8-11. Beat On Classic (Drawoh, newgrounds.com:115434)
12. Alpha Animal BBA Suite (Denny Schneidermesser), untitled (Brian Hedler, bwonderve on VAA)


Sound Effects:
sounddogs.com
Apple iLife Sound Effects Collection
Sound Ideas Series 6000 Sound Effects library
others recorded by members of Kung Fu Action Theatre

This story and all its characters within are copyright 2009 Robyn Paterson, all rights reserved.

[Ren Wo Xing]

I just randomly clicked on one of your (podcasts?) and listened for a bit; without having chance to go in depth (it's 3AM!), this is really friggin' cool! How many people do you have working on this total, I'm curious? What is goal of this? Details please!

[UltraRob]

I just randomly clicked on one of your (podcasts?) and listened for a bit; without having chance to go in depth (it's 3AM!), this is really friggin' cool! How many people do you have working on this total, I'm curious? What is goal of this? Details please!

Thanks.

I usually use the term Audio Dramas to describe them, but you can use Radioplay, or Audio Play too.

How many people in total? Well, in terms of production there's just me (writer/producer/mixer) and another mixer who's been helping me out. As for actors- that's a difficult thing to answer. My regular cast is about 10 people, but since each episode requires new people I'm always recruiting people from across the net. (Mostly though voiceactingalliance.com and audiodramatalk.com ) Thanks to the way these shows are made the actors can come from anywhere, as long as they have a computer, an internet connection and a decent microphone.

What's the goal? To have fun and tell good stories! If you mean Twin Stars specifically, then I plan for 5 seasons (real life permitting, may end up being shorter) with around 40 episodes in total. The one I released over the weekend is episode 14, and I'm working months ahead on them to get them out for the first of each month since producing them is not a short process.

Glad you enjoyed them.

Rob

[Ren Wo Xing]

I think I'll have to start from Book One. Got a link?

[UltraRob]

Sure.

If you just want to hear Twin Stars from the start, go here:
http://twinstars.kungfuactiontheatre.com/?page_id=51

If you want to hear all of KFATs productions, click on my sig below.

Rob

[Ren Wo Xing]

Thanks for the link! I'll get back to you with some thoughts once I have some time; I'll download'm to my iPhone and listen while I'm jogging.

[UltraRob]

Thanks for the link! I'll get back to you with some thoughts once I have some time; I'll download'm to my iPhone and listen while I'm jogging.

Sounds good to me. I usually listen to audio dramas when I'm walking the dog, it's a great use of time.

Let me know what you think.

Rob

[UltraRob]

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Twin Stars: Book 2, Episode 6 – Valkyrie

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Written and Produced by Robyn Paterson

Returning to Sir Fawn’s Factory on Polychrome, Tysen, Esther and Doctor Rossum find the planet under siege by an Imperial Battlegroup. But when they follow a mysterious signal they find the battlegroup may be the least of anyone's worries.

Starring:

Greg Nugent as Albert Tysen
Tegan Harris as Esther
Quinten Boyd as Keith Ulstead
Alexa Chipman as Vaela
Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard as Skadi
Russ Gold as Commodore Milgren
Michael Hudson as Director Bernard
David Ault as Sir Fawn
Kakkun as Officer 1
Scott C. Wentworth as Officer 2

With

Ty Konzak as Professor Rossum


Opening Music: Beyond Infinity by Peter Chen

Closing Music: Victorious Day by Maestro Rage

Additional Music:
Celestial Aeon Project (http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=48147)
09- Straight Into Ambush
World of Ice
Thralls Theme
They Came from Nowhere
Procession
Hold the Line
Hymn of the Sky
Burn them Down
Rememberance

Kevin McLeod (Incomptech.com)
Western Streets
Colossus
We Got Trouble

Chopin- Waltz 20
Chopin- Waltz 22


sound effects:
sounddogs.com
Apple iLife Sound Effects Collection
Sound Ideas Series 6000 Sound Effects library
others recorded by members of Kung Fu Action Theatre

This recording is licensed under a creative commons non-commercial share-alike license. So pass it around, please!

This story and all its characters within are copyright 2009 Robyn Paterson, all rights reserved.

[UltraRob]

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Written and Produced by Robyn Paterson

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Mixed by Brushmen

Returning from the Empire to Sulvan-Kay, Ping-An attempts to rally her forces for war. Meanwhile, Sophie Farmer has a fateful meeting with Captain Ketch.

Starring:
Ping-An- Melissa D. Johnson
Sophie- Cathy Rinella
Betsey- Niko Ford
Tomlin- Nick Patrella
Ketch- Steve Riekeberg
Hassan- Daniel Whitelaw
Davis- Althea Aseoche
Captain Argus- Gareth Bowley
Captain Tell: Michelle-Casey Burton

Opening Music: Beyond Infinity by Peter Chen

Closing Music: Victorious Day by Maestro Rage

Additional Music:
1. Autumn Colours (MarkySpark, newgrounds:179581), The Ancients (Matti Paalanen)
2. The Beautiful Savage (MilkMan-Dan, newgrounds:87461)
3. Our Moment (Winterwind-NS, newgrounds:99888. )
4. Dreams Without Fear (WinterWind, newgrounds:44740)
5. Mystic River, Angel’s Redemption (Matti Paalanen)
6. One Day (Peter Chen)
7. Pieces of Clouds (Peter Chen)
8. Hope of Rebirth (Matti Paalanen)
9. Traveling For Italy (Stefano Maccarelli)

Sound effects:
sounddogs.com
freesound project
Sound Ideas Series 6000 Sound Effects library
Premium SFX series
special thanks to Bill Hollweg
others recorded by members of Kung Fu Action Theatre

This story and all its characters within are copyright 2010 Robyn Paterson, all rights reserved.

For more audio adventure come to Kungfuactiontheatre.com, where theatre is spelt with an “re” at the end because that’s how it’s done with style!

[Ren Wo Xing]

Rob, how far do you see this going?

[UltraRob]

My current plan is for 4 seasons, perhaps 5. So somewhere between 36 and 45 episodes, with this most recent episode being Episode 17.

Rob

[Ren Wo Xing]

Wow, so we are barely halfway there...very ambitious, keep it up! :d

[UltraRob]

Yeah, it's a pretty big story. I wanted to tell an epic space opera adventure, and this story has taken on a life of it's own. As long as my audience keeps coming back, I'll keep making them!

Thanks for the support!
Rob

[Ken Cheng]

It's quite an undertaking with, for a fan fiction, some impressive resources behind it. It might not be Lucas or Cameron-like resources, but it's the envy of many other fan fiction writers (including m'oi) to be able to put together something like this.

Ten cast members...how did you recruit them? I doubt I'd be able to assemble ten of my friends to perform something like this (and even if I could, well...let's say not many of them were cut out to be thespians...on the stage *or* behind the mic).

[UltraRob]

Twin Stars isn't a fan fiction, it's 100% original by me.

And actually, the recruiting part isn't as hard as you might think.

First, this is a Satellite Audio Drama production, which in simplest terms means that all the lines are recorded by actors in their own homes (or wherever) in isolation, and then stitched together via audio editing software. (The actors never actually talk to each other and in most cases don't even know each other!)

Second, there are 2 great places online you can recruit talented voice actors who are looking for roles to play. (For free, too! Since they're doing it for fun and experience.) The first is the Voice Acting Alliance, which tends to have a younger crowd, but a very high turnover of new actors coming and going. The other is the much more stable Audio Drama Talk, which is where most of the more experienced actors and producers (like myself) hang out and trade tips.

If anyone does read this and decide to give it a go, be aware that a) it's a lot of work to produce these things, and b) fanworks tend to get a tonne of auditioners, while the producers of original works have to work more to fill out their casts. Ken your Gundam series as an Audio Drama would probably get more people auditioning than you could handle, but producing it would probably be quite a project. Still, if you have the dedication it could be worth it.

Rob

[Ken Cheng]

Twin Stars isn't a fan fiction, it's 100% original by me.

I thought as much. I'm not an expert with all things sci-fi, but I'd never heard of a TWIN STARS book series, comic book series, anime, movie, or television series before.

Second, there are 2 great places online you can recruit talented voice actors who are looking for roles to play. (For free, too! Since they're doing it for fun and experience.) The first is the Voice Acting Alliance, which tends to have a younger crowd, but a very high turnover of new actors coming and going. The other is the much more stable Audio Drama Talk, which is where most of the more experienced actors and producers (like myself) hang out and trade tips.

Hmmm. Have to keep that in mind. These folks are all volunteers? Nobody expects to be paid anything?

If anyone does read this and decide to give it a go, be aware that a) it's a lot of work to produce these things, and b) fanworks tend to get a tonne of auditioners, while the producers of original works have to work more to fill out their casts. Ken your Gundam series as an Audio Drama would probably get more people auditioning than you could handle, but producing it would probably be quite a project. Still, if you have the dedication it could be worth it.

Unlike TWIN STARS, GUNDAM is definitely a copyrighted universe. About 70% of the characters in my fan fictions are my own creations, but that still leaves 30% that are the copyrighted property of Bandai and Nippon Sunrise. I wonder if I'd get busted for doing something like this.