Pacific Rail

Story pitch of this personal project: In the near future, imagine a utopian world where a bullet train island-hops across the Pacific Ocean joining Asia and North America. A pair of high speed trains glide both ways on a couple of rails a few hundred feet above the water. Frontier towns have developed along its route dressed in a mixture of Asian, American, and Islander cultures. The train itself mirrors the wealth of the great cities it connects—A sleek ribbon greatly contrasting with the rough nature of the sea and its planer developments. As an unregulated neutral zone, this newly populated ocean has created a new bread of sea pirates that are highly skilled and organized collaborating with informants in the mainland cities. Despite the heightened measures in security, train robberies remain a common occurrence as pirates continue to gain leads as to who and what will be taking the route. Sci-fi futurism and sea pirates are joined by spaghetti western tropes and overall theme.