Balzak Globotron

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Balzak Globotron
Balzak explores an abandoned alien flying saucer.
Full Name	Balzak Globotron
Appearances	{{{Appearances}}}
Gender	Male
Species	Sphere Child
Height	Roughly 6'2
Weight	Surprisingly light; No more than 40 pounds total.
Eye Color	Red
Skin Color	Silvery-metallic
Blood Type	Electromagnetism
Known Relatives	Ginkus, "Father"; Ginkus Jr., possible brother-in-law?, Firzal Globotron, brother
Special Powers	Enhanced strength and speed; The ability to change his arrangement (shape) at will; the ability to fold up or extend himself beyond his normal body size; is at least as durable as the metal he's made of; can give slight electrical shocks at will, depending on the amound of power currently in his body
Created By	Xaq
Known Affiliations	Balzak's Crew
Known Aliases	Jim
Current Status	Active
Other Abilities	None known, as of yet.

A man named Alton found a strange canister in space and brought it aboard his space-station. Inside it was a collection of metallic spheres. After removing the spheres from the canister, Alton discovered that they were all connected to each other through electromagnetism, and the connection was growing stronger. Soon, they were causing each other to float in the air. After a few days, the spheres had formed into a man. Alton named the strange creature Balzak Globotron.

Balzak had no memories of his true nature and embarked on a quest to find out what he was. This quest started when he was forcibly taken from the station by invading aliens. He escaped from them, stealing a shuttle which soon became his personal ship. He met up with a starship which took his little ship in, and he soon joined their crew. They learned to trust him, and named him captain after a time.

His quest took him to Shri, where he encountered Ginkus, his creator- although Balzak didn’t know this yet.

Balzak Globotron, looking more three-dimensional than usual.

By the end of his adventure, Balzak Globotron found out much of his origin. He was one of roughly 200 'Sphere Children' created by Ginkus and a group of scientists who were working for The Company. The scientists eventually betrayed Ginkus by arming his political opponents with weapons based on the technologies which now make up Balzak.

Soon after the betrayal, the Sphere Children learned what had happened and violently escaped the lab where they'd been created out of loyalty to their 'father'. Balzak remained for the longest amount of time, since he was the youngest of the Sphere Children and the most innocent. He had less of an idea what was going on. The scientists coveted him, since they couldn't create any more Sphere Children or related life forms made from the metallic spheres without Ginkus' help. Balzak did eventually escape, however.

[edit] Early Versions

The very first drawing of the Balzak Globotron bridge, and in fact, the first screen ever drawn for Balzak Globotron. To the left is Chanai and Matak Rho'Shivej, both very similar to their ultimate depictions. To the right is a chair, intended to be a Captain's chair, where the main character is intended to sit; The man himself is absent. Ironically, the chair itself didn't make it into the game. Above and to the right is an early form of Bob.

When the game 'Balzak Globotron' was still in its early stages, it didn't have a protagonist. It centered around the crew of the starship, all of whom were mostly fully realized. The original idea had an unnamed captain of the ship as the protagonist; nothing was known about him at this point.

[edit] 'Jim'

An early, incomplete drawing of 'Jim', who would later be known as Balzak Globotron.

In a letter the creator wrote to his friend, he included a drawing of all the crewmembers thus far of the ship as well as some original characters. Among the original characters was a tin woman, and, thinking that she needed some sort of a boyfriend, the creator thought of and drew a little man made of the metallic spheres connected by electromagnetism that so frequently appeared in the creator's works at the time. He labelled the character, 'Jim'. It wasn't till later on that Jim filled the role of the captain of the starship.

APPEARANCES: “Balzak Globotron”

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