Otherworld Shipping, and Logistics; 10% discount to Mad Scientists

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Otherworld Shipping, and Logistics.

10% discount to Mad Scientists.

For all your shipping needs, there is no one better. Really, I've checked.

Someone has to handle the freight, and Shipping of all those Death machines, and Doomsday devices that those whack-job "Sparks" create. Course, if I can make money on the side delivering medicine, and needed supplies to villages and towns as well. Then my conscience can rest easier.

Whom am I you ask? Well, I'm Earl Jenkins, Trucker Extraordinaire! And that there is Rosy, my faithful Rig. Both of us the unfortunate side affect of a whack job's experiment in teleporting. Apparently she ripped a hole in space time and plucked me right off I-40 through the panhandle of Texas. Now, we're stuck here in this twisted version of Victorian Europe that is a Steampunk enthusiasts dream come true. So I figured to make the best of things, and start a business doing what I know best, Hauling.

Now if only these people will believe me when I say I'm an American.



The idea is that a Mad Scientist dabbling in Teleportation has ripped a hole through space, and time. Abducting Earl Jenkins, and his Tractor-Trailor Rosy while they were coming back from California to his home in North Carolina. He is running a Dead Head load (Meaning Empty), and had plans on taking a long vacation. Earl just didn't realize how long that "Vacation" would be.

Due to a mishap, the Lab was destroyed when Earl, and his truck appeared. Following leads from the Scientist, and his/Her Assistant. Earl is directed towards another that is working on similar projects. Only to arrive the day after the Lab exploded. Apparently that is quite common in this world.

So in order to make the best of a bad situation, Earl decides to open his own Trucking company. The initial Scientist that brings him being a partner in the business to gain funds to rebuild their lab.

This idea was heavily inspired by the webcomic, Girl Genius, if you not read it, I recommend it highly. The setting is an alternate Victorian era Europe where Steampunk, and Mad Science has taken root. Think of those 20s, and 30s radio dramas about strange gadgets, Airships, Automatons, and fanciful locals, and people.

There would be emphasis on world building as I can see the Geopolitical Lines of This Europe a might skewed cause of how much Steam powered contraptions, and Mad Science has altered the power balance between the Aristocracy. Some of the major Power players like France, England, and Prussia may still existe, but there may be many smaller countries that have different names, and ethnicity.

I'm looking for someone to play a Female companion/Co-worker for Earl. She would be a denizen in this world. Possibly the "Mad" scientist that brought him. His/Her assistant. Perhaps someone that is hired cause she is very familiar with the Roads, and passes between the countries to act as both a navigator, and intermediary between Earl and border crossings/officials. Her origins could be Humble (A simple small village girl that gotten bitten by the bug of Wanderlust), or they could be extraordinary (A warrior princess kidnapped from her Tribe from the deepest Rainforests of some Unknown island and desires to return). Due to the "Mysterious" nature of the Americas, some people believing that it simply doesn't exist, and how difficult it would be to get there (Going around the moon, and through the bermuda Triangle), Her being from American would be overly difficult to justify. Also resulting in denizens not believing Earl is an American. Just an Englishman with a funny accent.

I can also see quite a bit of (Mis)adventure, and Comedy.

Eventually Rosy will get too worn out to drive so a "MkII" version would have to be created.

Rosy MkII: (All credit goes to her creator)

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bumping for consideration.