A commission that I got from ufficiosulretro combined with earlier concept work from ViiVivacious that comprised much of the outfit and rifle elements.

The character is essentially a mashup of a Big Game Hunter and a content streamer, living in a future earth where space travel is common. With a focus towards his hunting expeditions being sanctioned hunts. Authorized by Terraformers, Colonies, and organized competitions featuring engineered or problematic xeno-organisms.


Story CW: Hunting

Patience, Red sands, and the Brush. That was the makings of a simple trip back home. Smooth breastplate placed against Martian soil and rock. The end of a Plasma rifle poised over the rocky face to aim in the green fields beyond. A scope slowly and steadily calibrated to suit the game beyond. There were two designated contracts among a herd of Modified Bison. Bulky animals with pronounced horns that encouraged them to dig into the soil.

Idly, Barrett was considering keeping a simple Trophy from this trip to home. Though that was not a dominant thought process as he identified his marks through the scope. A scope that showed it’s own displays, with an alert indicating when he was looking at the marks. One animal was sickly and a possible threat to the herd. The other a beast with a shattered horn, that had already cost the herd one individual.

All while he identified the targets, the camera drone was following his every motion. Hovering above his person, the live feed broadcast across the Galact-net. An Ai driven camera focus flipping the field of view frequently between Barrett’s face, the rifle scope view, and the animals downrange. There was a viewership, though it was often secondary to Barrett’s endeavors. The viewers were appreciated, but it wasn’t the total focus of his endeavors.

At this moment, it was Protection and Mercy. One to protect the other animals from one of their own. The second to put a sickly beast out of its misery. The Scope focus directed to the Shattered Horn, the one that was imperative to eliminate first. The Bull was large even compared to it’s peers. That meant that Barrett’s shot had to be precise. Adjusting dialing features on the scope, lining up the imminent projectile.

THUMP, the Feed view flipped to the scope. Where the viewer base could witness the plasma flash of the barrel. Followed quickly by following the above view and a zoom, tracking the shot. Predictably, the Bison herd scattered across the field. Red dust was kicked up into the air shortly. Amidst the frenzied flee, the downed Bison was evident. The Stream directing to focus on the animal, before refocusing for Barrett tracking the second animal. The sickly beast was lagging behind, which made things simple. A single shot and it was done.