Michael Richartz

“The Proteus Logs” is a Western Steampunk proof of concept for a television series. It follows the adventures of four unlikely teammates in the Florida 1800s tracking down threats to destroy a shaky union after the Civil War. They travel in a stolen Navy dirigible prototype, the USS Proteus II, and are wanted for various personal reasons. Will they save the country while avoiding capture themselves? Will they find out who is behind the threat? Is it factions in the north not wanting peace? Someone from the south trying to regain control? Or the Western Alliance that remained neutral during the war? Follow Union Navy Captain William Armada with Forin, the Confederate explosives expert, Rodrick, the former slave now engineer, and Gage, who has secrets of her own, as they track the clues to find out.