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Voona is Roger's other best friend, a purple human-like alien with smooth, hairless skin, PointyEars, and tentacles on her head. Native to the greenhouse world of Cholak, Voona is driven by her strong sense of justice and seeks to fight against the universe's evils, particularly bigotry, corruption, bullying, and abuse. Upfront in her beliefs, Voona is unafraid of getting physical when mad, possessing a HairTriggerTemper that gives her extremely little patience with wrongdoers. Her fierce dedication to her principles also gives her a talent for BrutalHonesty, and she is unafraid of calling out even her friends if they're in the wrong. But despite her harsh, blunt attitude, Voona is always true to her word and cares very deeply for her friends, having no tolerance for betrayal and lying. She is also very fond of animals and holds a deep respect for anybody who shares her sense of integrity, values, desire to do good deeds, and love of nature.

! Nebula Queen and The Queen's Hand

Pranter is a former member of Gaitha and Zemir's adventuring crew on board Queen Neb, a pot-bellied, blue-skinned alien with red compound eyes, insect-like antennae, and a trunk originating from the rainy world of Taruban. Pranter was the lovable scoundrel of the group, an ex-smuggler with numerous questionable connections and extensive knowledge of the criminal underworld that belie his Undying Loyalty. These days, he runs a small inn and cantina for intergalactic travelers and spaceship pilots known as Spaceman's Stop, which the old Queen Neb crew sometimes visits when feeling nostalgic for their old lives.

Tholl is another old member of the Queen Neb crew, a hulking, white-furred, dinosaur-like alien with huge tusks, six eyes (two huge, four tiny), a row of spikes down his back, and a long, powerful tail originating from the high-gravity ice planet of Dulgar. Possessing great strength and a stoic demeanor, Tholl was the mightiest warrior of his tribe, but exiled long ago for an unknown dishonor that he refuses to speak of (although he rarely talks much anyway). Today, he works as an outdoorsman-for-hire, recruited by citizens of Cosmic City as a guide on adventures and expeditions to the wildest planets in the Known Universe.

Kerbal is also an ex-member of the Queen Neb crew, an orange-skinned alien with a squid-like beak, fins for ears, tentacles for limbs, and a single eye on a lure-like stalk from the depths of the ocean planet Daquarri 8. Deeply neurotic and constantly on edge, Kerbal was the team's oddball, a panicky and fearful CloudCuckoolander who compensated for his many eccentricities with an incredible sense of selflessness and numerous unusual abilities, which helped him survive the dangers of his deep-sea home. Today, he is a simple deliveryman, travelling across Cosmic City and other worlds to transfer all kinds of goods.

Styleen Felfew is the final member of Gaitha and Zemir's old gang, a small, yellow-skinned ant-like alien with no mouth, big black eyes, and large antennae from the planet Thurisia. Like all of Thurisia's native life, Styleen possesses PsychicPowers, being entirely telepathic and able to read the minds and emotions of other beings. Lacking a gender in the human sense, they are gentle and compassionate, believing all lives have value and connection but also tending to violate others' privacy and personal space. They presently run a shelter that provides refuge and rehabilitation for those with nowhere or no one else to go to.

Glorgo was Gaitha and Zemir's {{Archenemy}} back in their days as adventurers, a spherical, green LivingGasbag with a dozen eyes and an equal number of tentacles encircling his gelatinous body from the gas giant Jorvon 6. The Known Universe's most wanted criminal mastermind, Glorgo was foiled time and time again by Queen Neb's crew. Presumed dead following the fall of his criminal empire, he has suddenly reemerged, intent on exacting revenge and rebuilding his syndicate. Glorgo is TranquilFury personified -- his patient and gentlemanly demeanor belying his unimaginable sadism and near-complete lack of restraint.

Karak is Glorgo's faithful aide, a small, reptilian alien with green, scaly skin, bulging, frog-like eyes, a curled, chameleon-like tail, and a long, crocodilian snout originating from Codranis, a deadly world of primordial jungles and active volcanoes. Karak had escaped Queen Neb's crew during Glorgo's presumed death and rediscovered his boss alive and well after years of searching. He shares Glorgo's cruelty and ruthlessness, but is far less subtle, being violent and foul-tempered, even to Glorgo's thugs. While not even Glorgo's goons like him, Glorgo is very fond of Karak, and the two share a surprisingly strong friendship.

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Roger is the main character, a mixed-race AllAmericanBoy from the flyover Midwest town of Armstrong invited into YEAR-GASP on his 13th birthday. Long obsessed with stories of sci-fi space heroes, Roger alleviated his SmallTownBoredom with fantasies of intergalactic adventures and sees Cosmic City as his chance to live the life he always wanted. Adventurous, excitable, and enthusiastic, Roger approaches life with a friendly, confident, and optimistic CarpeDiem attitude that makes him fearless in the face of danger, sympathetic to peoples of all backgrounds, and eager to try anything he's never tried before. While his audacity, energy, and obsession with sci-fi often overwhelmed others on Earth (giving him a FriendlessBackground), Roger is a moral and kind-hearted individual who always makes an effort to reach out to others. He is the youngest of three children born to a loving and patriotic pair of GreasySpoon owners.

Calculus ("Cal" for short) is one of Roger's two best friends on Cosmic City, a little grey robot resembling a trash can on wheels. Exceedingly well-mannered and quite timid, Calculus offsets for his social awkwardness with a great sense of curiosity and an endless fascination for the world around him. However, his shyness also means he is an immense worrywart. Calculus is always cautious about possible risks and what could go wrong, never takes chances, and prefers the comfort of controlled environments. As a result, Calculus is CrazyPrepared to the extreme, equipped with countless gadgets to help him out in a pinch or study objects of interest. He also possesses a vast internal databank that stores everything he learns no matter how small. He had never been off Cosmic City before meeting Roger, with his robot "parents" being a pair of reclusive inventors who develop advanced technologies for corporations to sell as products.

Voona is Roger's other best friend on Cosmic City, a purple human-like alien with smooth, hairless skin like a frog, PointyEars, and tentacles for hair. She is tough, stern, short-tempered, and blunt to the point of BrutalHonesty. But despite her harsh attitude, Voona is stubbornly principled, possessing a strong sense of justice and a burning hatred for bigotry, bullying, corruption, abuse, and ''especially'' animal cruelty. As a result, Voona respects those who share her values or stand for them. However, her fierce sense of integrity means she is also unafraid of calling out those she admires or considers her friends if she disapproves of what they're doing. Voona was born on the verdant greenhouse world of Cholak, but was sent to live with Gaitha and Zemir on Cosmic City by her parents, two passionate biologists and conservationists who are old friends of the couple and have passed their staunch values onto their daughter.

Droggs is Voona's pet Treescuttler, a green, cat-sized creature from Cholak resembling a six-legged lizard with a beak, compound eyes, and feathers on its back. As Voona's closest companion, Droggs is unfailingly loyal and ferociously protective of Voona, who in turn adores Droggs and shows him a degree of affection she rarely shows others. But while Voona loves Droggs above all else, most other people view him as little more than a repulsive pest.

Gaitha is the wife of the interspecies alien couple looking after Roger and Voona (and Calculus to some degree), a pink alien resembling an anteater with small horns and a long-haired tonsure, originally from the tidally locked world of Nhimm. A former galactic adventurer who commanded the spaceship Nebula Queen (affectionately known as "Queen Neb" by its crew), Gaitha is a classy, elegant, and sophisticated woman with a deep interest in art, culture, and history. After many decades travelling the Known Universe, Gaitha has retired to the humble life of an archivist for the GASP Museum of Galactic History. But despite her prim and proper personality, Gaitha holds a startling authoritativeness that comes naturally as the leader of Queen Neb's crew. Still, she is a gentle figure with those she loves, especially her husband and ex-Queen Neb engineer Zemir, whom she has been HappilyMarried to for many decades now.

Zemir is Gaitha's husband, an immensely fat, brown-skinned alien with four arms and four eyes from the desert planet of Elan. Like Gaitha, Zemir is a retired galactic adventurer, specifically the engineer of Queen Neb under Gaitha's command. Nowadays however, Zemir works as a mechanic, although he still keeps Queen Neb just behind his repair shop for when she's needed. Zemir has a relaxed and easygoing attitude that often leads others to mistake him as dumb and lazy (to his chagrin) when in reality, Zemir is extremely well versed in science, technology, and engineering. But if there is one way to truly enrage Zemir, it would be to threaten those he cares deeply for, especially his wife Gaitha, whom he has been HappilyMarried to for many decades now, the pair having been romantic partners even before from their thrilling youth as galactic adventurers and finally getting married after they settled down.

! Pranter Wartuya

Pranter is a former member of Gaitha and Zemir's adventuring crew on board Queen Neb, a pot-bellied, blue-skinned alien with red compound eyes, insect-like antennae, and a trunk originating from the rainy world of Taruban. Pranter was the lovable scoundrel of the group, an ex-smuggler with numerous questionable connections and extensive knowledge of the criminal underworld that belie his UndyingLoyalty. These days, he runs a small inn and cantina for intergalactic travelers and spaceship pilots known as Spaceman's Stop, which the old Queen Neb crew sometimes visits when feeling nostalgic for their old lives.

! Harthogarus Tholl

! Kerbal Qualor

! Styleen Felfew

! Glorgo the Globulous

! Karak Trokto

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Naturally, Roger is ecstatic about this opportunity, seeing it as his chance to finally break free of his small-town shackles. While not even his fellow YEAR-GASP students take him seriously, Roger is determined to make a name for himself, preferably in the same way all his favorite intergalactic heroes did, which is to say through adventure. Luckily for Roger, seizing adventure comes to easily to him, and furthermore, his guardians on Cosmic City are former space adventurers, the interspecies couple Gaitha and Zemir. Not only that, but Roger has found adventure-hungry kinship in the form of two best friends, a curious but cautious robot named Calculus and a fiercely principled alien named Voona. With his newfound friends, Roger finds all sorts of adventures across Cosmic City and the Known Universe, discovering not just its many wonders and dangers, but also the true way in which one is able to make a name for themselves

''Roger Rocket and the City of the Stars'' (or ''Roger Rocket'' for short) is a series made up by Tropers/MagnusForce. It is an adventure-comedy ScienceFiction series that [[AffectionateParody affectionately parodies]] the RaygunGothic and SpaceOpera genres, while following themes of friendship and exploration.

NextSundayAD, Earth is invited to join a galaxy-spanning, multi-planetary organization known as [[TheFederation the Galactic Alliance of Systems and Planets]] [[FunWithAcronyms (GASP)]]. In response, the United Nations launches YEAR-GASP (Young Earth Ambassadors and Representatives to GASP), an international program to send teenagers across the globe as exchange students to the Alliance's capital of Cosmic City, a highly advanced CityPlanet of unimaginable size populated by trillions of aliens and robots of all kinds. Thousands of kids apply for the chance to become the first humans to interact with an alien civilization, but only a select hundred or so are chosen. Of these lucky youth, the youngest of them all is the just-turned-13-years-old Roger Rocket, an eager and courageous [[TheAllAmericanBoy all-American boy]] [[AscendedFanboy who has always dreamed having intergalactic adventures]].

On Cosmic City, Roger lives under the guardianship of [[InterspeciesRomance interspecies alien couple]] and former galactic adventurers Gaitha and Zemir, while also befriending a curious but cautious TinCanRobot named Calculus and a fierce but principled {{Humanoid Alien|s}} named Voona. With his newfound friends, Roger is determined to make the most of his time on Cosmic City, leading to all sorts of adventures around Cosmic City and on other worlds across the Known Universe. In these escapades, Roger encounters many strange and wonderful things -- friends and foes both alien and robotic, secrets of the universe and strange cosmic phenomenon, highly advanced technology and incredible vehicles, environments beautiful and dangerous, extraterrestrial beasts of every appearance and ability, and everything in between.

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! From Gaitha and Zemir's Old Adventures (Adults)

!! Pranter Wartuya

!! Harthogarus Tholl

!! Kerbal Qualor

!! Styleen Felfew

!! Glorgo the Globulous

!! Karak Trokto

! From Roger, Voona, and Calculus' Current Adventures (Kids)

!! Integer

Integer is an old friend of Calculus, a yellow humanoid {{Fembot}} with two large antennae on her head. Deeply nerdy and obsessed with specimen collection, Integer is every bit as inquisitive about the world around her as Calculus is, but whereas Calculus is always wary of danger, Integer always gets so engrossed in anything that fascinates her that she is massively oblivious to her surroundings. And while she has a tendency to treat anything that interests her as a mere scientific specimen, Integer is chirpy and sweet. She is particularly fascinated by Earth and its inhabitants.

!! Hydraulics

Hydraulics is an aspiring lawman, a short, black, semi-humanoid robot with tank treads, a mushroom-shaped head, and pistons in his neck and limbs that allow him to increase his height. Hydraulics is a hardcore RulesLawyer, fiercely dedicated to law and order and seeing them as the ultimate force of good. Because of his vehement dedication to rules, he frequently butts heads with Roger, whose adventurous attitude he sees as careless. Nonetheless, Hydraulics greatly respects Roger's ability to do good deeds; he just wishes Roger would do so in a more law-abiding manner.

!! Tribbs Rilmur

Tribbs is a pickpocket and counterfeiter, a small, gray-furred alien resembling a cat mixed with a lemur. Born in the slums of the WretchedHive city ship known as Aquila City, Tribbs has lived her whole life trusting and caring for nobody but herself, consequently becoming extremely bitter, cynical, and sarcastic despite being only 8 years old. A regular at Styleen's shelter, Tribbs conflicts with Roger just as often as she allies with him, having an extensive knowledge of Cosmic City's nooks and crannies while also regularly causing trouble through her many shady activities.
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!! Dilzin Syranak

Dilzin is a popular teen influencer, a tall, thin, blue-skinned alien with a bird-like head atop of a long neck and with a long horn-like crest growing from the back of her skull, native to the verdant low-gravity planet of Galvena. Trendy and peppy, Dilzin uses her influence to conduct charity work across the Known Universe and spread positivity, although her lavish urban lifestyle does make her rather airheaded and sometimes out-of-touch. She has a particular interest in Roger, seeing YEAR-GASP as a great tool for social media publicity and often roping him into her work.
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!! Zanta Mobulon

Zanta is Roger's self-proclaimed rival, a gray-skinned alien resembling a hairless, noseless human with fleshy fins on his cheeks (like those of a manta ray) and a long tendril at the back of his head like a ponytail, native to Halua 4, an ultra-high-tech world of tropical archipelagos. Zanta's savviness with technology is only matched by his the fragility of his enormous ego, and he has a constant need to prove himself against Roger, whom he views as "inferior" for his species' "primitiveness". For the same reasons, he is perplexed by Voona and Calculus' friendship with him.
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* Nicknamed the Capital of the Universe, Cosmic City is the central hub of GASP. It is the sole planet of the Zed System, covered by a sprawling, high advanced metropolis of unimaginable richness.
* Cosmic City is populated by trillions of aliens and robots from across the Known Universe. While most of the aliens are migrants, the vast majority of the robot population are natively constructed.
* Cosmic City was once an empty Moon-like world, but GASP chose it as their capital as its location was deemed secure and neutral. It became the vibrant planet it is today after advanced terraforming.
* Cosmic City is very similar to Earth, except with an indigo-violet sky (due to its artificially engineered climate and atmosphere) and eight moons hosting landfills, prisons, starship bases, theme parks, and more.
* GASP is the most powerful political organization in the Known Universe, a cooperative interstellar union that guides itself on peace, progress, equity, justice, and liberty. Think the Federation from ''Star Trek''.
* GASP has many systems, planets, and species in its ranks, but it also regularly invites new worlds into its fold. These worlds are typically spacefaring societies, but they are not mandated to join or stay in GASP.
* GASP is headed by a President who runs for one 10-year term and lives on Cosmic City, where GASP gathers. Cosmic City, however, is run by a bureaucracy of city administrators, rather than GASP itself.
* GASP science/technology (especially robotics) is amalgamated and shared between members. GASP also has the Known Universe's largest starfleet, the Grand Galactic Fleet, used for exploration and self-defense.
* The Known Universe is the broader setting GASP is part of and the term used by GASP for all areas of space known to it. GASP scientists estimate that the Known Universe makes up 5% of the cosmos.
* Only 30% of the Known Universe is under GASP; the rest is uninhabited, controlled by other powers, or home to uncontacted species. Earth is at its very edge, on the other side of a vast stretch of empty space.

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!! Tropes of the series:

* AlienNonInterferenceClause: GASP has this rule for planets that are too "primitive" to join the organization or have no interest in joining it. However, this doesn't forbid these worlds from interacting with each other, resulting in many aliens from planets without space travel ending up in GASP worlds in some other way.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The official language of GASP is Galactic Standard, a universal language designed to be easy for most species to learn and speak. By sheer coincidence, it is exactly the same as English.
* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Robots in this setting are considered a sapient species in GASP. There are non-sentient robots in the setting too, but those are extremely primitive models from before robots gained sapience that have somehow lasted until the present.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Appears often, occasionally with comedic intent.
* BountyHunter: Wouldn't be a sci-fi adventure series without some of these guys. GASP law forbids bounty hunting, but that doesn't stop some from taking it up anyway, usually in the service of galactic crime syndicates.
* CityOfAdventure: Cosmic City. When you're dealing with a planet-sprawling metropolis populated by trillions of aliens and robots from across the Known Universe, it's bound to be this.
* CityPlanet: Cosmic City itself. A lot of the problems that come with such a planet are explained by the fact that it is in fact artificially terraformed.
* CoolStarship: The setting is full of these, ranging from tiny one-man saucers to enormous city-ships.
* TheEmpire: A major part of the setting's backstory is GASP's decades-long war against one, which essentially serves as the evil opposite of GASP. GASP was ultimately victorious, but the sheer horribleness of the conflict makes it also one of the darkest chapters of GASP history (including the only time in GASP history Cosmic City itself was directly attacked).
* FasterThanLightTravel: The setting's version is called Hyperwarp Travel, which takes the spaceship though a wormhole that acts as a shortcut. For instance, Hyperwarp Travel would allow one to go from Earth to Pluto in half an hour, or from one end of the Milky Way to another in less than a month.
* TheFederation: GASP, being inspired heavily by ''Star Trek''[='=]s Federation. It has existed for over 10 thousand years and is still going strong.
* HumanoidAliens: Much like in ''Star Wars'', most (but not all) of the aliens have this appearance. In fact, all of the main alien characters have a humanoid body shape.
* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: Earth was this for GASP until it was admitted into the organization, being seen as a primitive world in an isolated region of the universe. However, it has become the subject of much discussion after it became the first world below GASP's technology level requirements to be invited into the organization as a result of GASP learning several of its member worlds already had secret knowledge of it and had secretly violated GASP law by interfering with it through abductions, infiltrations, and various other activities (that became the basis of many alien encounters on Earth).
* InterspeciesRomance: A little bit here and there. However, interspecies couples are physically incapable of having children naturally.
* LawOfAlienNames: All the aliens have these kinds of unusual names.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: There are individuals of countless alien species inhabiting Cosmic City, so naturally, this is present.
* MegaCorp: As per many sci-fi works, a few exist in the Known Universe. The most significant one is GASP Robotics, which manufactures Cosmic City's robot populace.
* PlanetOfHats: As a sci-fi series with an expansive setting, this trope pops up often, sometimes for comedic purposes.
* RaygunGothic: The series has elements of this.
* RoboFamily: Robot families are a thing in the setting, since they are fully sapient beings here. When two robots marry each other, they can order a child to be constructed for them by GASP Robotics.
* RobotNames: The robots in this setting all have a series of letters and/or numbers as their "personal name", as well as a name they use in public. Their public name is usually a word related to math, machinery, electronics, or something appropriate to their character.
* RubberForeheadAliens: A number of aliens have this appearance, although they're not as common as the less human ones.
* SciFiKitchenSink: Due to the sheer vastness of the Known Universe and the countless opportunities for adventures it has to offer, there are elements of this under the general SpaceOpera and RaygunGothic style of the series.
* SingleBiomePlanet: A lot of such places are visited in the series, with Cosmic City itself also being example (albeit justified by advanced terraforming).
* SpaceOpera: The series has elements of this as part of its ''Star Wars''-inspired sci-fi setting.
* SpacePirate: They exist in the setting and are treated a lot like sea pirates.
* StarfishAliens: There are plenty of aliens on Cosmic City with these kinds of appearances.
* TechnologyUplift: GASP does this with any new planet that enters the organization by sharing the science and technology it has developed and acquired prior with the new planet in exchange for sharing their science and technology with the rest of GASP.
* TinCanRobot: Many (but not all) of the setting's robots have this appearance.
* TransplantedHumans: A minority exist scattered across the Known Universe, the descendants of alien abductees.
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Pranter is a former crew member of Queen Neb, and thus an old adventuring buddy of Gaitha and Zemir, a pot-bellied, blue-skinned alien with red compound eyes, insect-like antennae, and a trunk originating from the rainy world of Taruba. Pranter was the lovable scoundrel of the group, a friendly, loyal, charismatic, and honorable fellow with tons of shady connections and knowledge of the criminal underworld. These days, he runs a small inn and cantina for intergalactic travelers and spaceship pilots called Spaceman's Stop on a space station orbiting Cosmic City.

Tholl is another ex-member of Gaitha and Zemir's adventuring crew, a hulking white-furred alien with huge tusks on a reptilian snout, six eyes (two huge, four tiny), and spikes running down his back and long, scaly tail originating from the high-gravity ice planet of Dulgara. Tholl is a warrior long ago exiled from his home planet for an unknown dishonor, although his cold and stoic nature means he rarely speaks as to what happened (or about much else for that matter). Today, he runs an outdoorsman club for citizens of Cosmic City seeking activities on less urban worlds.

Kerbal is another ex-member of Queen Neb's crew, an orange alien with a squid-like beak, fins for ears, tentacles for limbs, and a single eye on a lure-like stalk, native to the depths of the ocean planet Daquarri 8. Deeply neurotic and constantly on edge, Kerbal was the team's oddball, his numerous eccentricities being compensated for by his great selflessness and his many unusual abilities that helped him survive the dangers of his deep-sea home. He currently works as a deliveryman, travelling across Cosmic City, and sometimes to other worlds, to transfer all kinds of goods.

Styleen is the last (but not least) member of Gaitha and Zemir's old gang, a small, yellow, ant-like alien with no mouth, big black eyes, and large antennae from the planet Thurisia. Like all beings from Thurisia, Styleen has psychic powers, namely telepathy, being TheEmpath, and minor telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities. Lacking a gender in the human sense, they are a gentle, pacifistic individual, although prone to invading others' personal space. They presently run a shelter that provides refuge and rehabilitation for those with nowhere to go or no one turn to.

Glorgo is Gaitha and Zemir's archnemesis from their adventuring days, a green jellyfish-like LivingGasbag with multiple eyes and tentacles and a gelatinous, semi-translucent body from the gas giant Jorvon 6. Formerly the Known Universe's most wanted criminal mastermind, Glorgo's schemes were ultimately foiled by Queen Neb's crew, but he has recently been released from prison. Hungry for vengeance, Glorgo is FauxAffablyEvil at its finest - his great patience and soft-spoken speech belying his unimaginable sadism and natural ability to intimidate others with ease.

Karak is Glorgo's faithful aide, a reptilian alien resembling a dwarfish, green-scaled, humanoid caiman-chameleon mix originating from Codranis, a deadly world of primordial jungles and active volcanoes. Having been released from prison alongside Glorgo, Karak was the advisor and second-in-command of his criminal endeavours. He possesses a quick temper and a cruel sense of humor, being as unsubtly vicious to Glorgo's henchmen as he is to his enemies. While not even Glorgo's underlings like him, Glorgo is very fond of Karak, and the two share a surprisingly strong friendship.

On Cosmic City, Roger lives under the guardianship of the experienced and knowledgeable [[InterspeciesRomance interspecies alien couple]] Gaitha and Zemir, while also befriending a curious but cautious TinCanRobot named Calculus and a fierce but principled humanoid alien named Voona. With his newfound friends, Roger is determined to make the most of his time on Cosmic City, leading to all sorts of adventures around Cosmic City and on other worlds across the Known Universe. In these escapades, Roger encounters many strange and wonderful things - friends and foes both alien and robotic, secrets of the universe and strange cosmic phenomenon, highly advanced technology and incredible vehicles, environments beautiful and dangerous, extraterrestrial beasts of every appearance and ability, and everything in between.

Droggs is Voona's pet Treescuttle, a green, cat-sized creature from Cholak resembling a six-legged lizard with a beak, compound eyes, and feathers on its back. As Voona's closest companion, Droggs is unfailingly loyal and ferociously protective of Voona, who in turn adores Droggs and shows him a degree of affection she rarely shows others. But while Voona loves Droggs above all else, most other people view him as little more than a repulsive pest.

* CityPlanet: Cosmic City itself. A lot of the problems that come with such a planet are Hand Waved by the fact that it is in fact artificially terraformed.

Roger is the central character, a mixed-race AllAmericanBoy from the flyover Midwest town of Armstrong invited into YEAR-GASP on his 13th birthday. Long obsessed with stories of sci-fi space heroes, Roger alleviated his SmallTownBoredom with fantasies of intergalactic adventures and sees Cosmic City as his chance to live the life he always wanted. Adventurous, excitable, and enthusiastic, Roger approaches life with a friendly, confident, and optimistic CarpeDiem attitude that makes him fearless in the face of danger, sympathetic to peoples of all backgrounds, and eager to try anything he's never tried before. While his audacity, energy, and obsession with sci-fi often overwhelmed others on Earth (giving him a FriendlessBackground), he is a fundamentally kindhearted and will always make an effort to reach out to others. He is the youngest of three children born to a loving and patriotic pair of GreasySpoon owners.

Calculus ("Cal" for short) is one of Roger's two best friends on Cosmic City, a little grey robot resembling a trash can on wheels. Exceedingly well-mannered and socially awkward, Calculus compensates for his intense timidity with a great sense of curiosity and an endless fascination for the world around him. However, his shyness means he is also an immense worrywart, always cautious about possible risks and what could go wrong, never taking chances, and preferring the comfort of controlled environments. As a result, Calculus is CrazyPrepared to the extreme, equipped with countless gadgets to help him out in a pinch or study objects of interest and an internal databank that stores everything he learns no matter how small. He had never been off Cosmic City before meeting Roger, with his robot "parents" being a pair of reclusive inventors who develop advanced technologies for corporations to sell as products.

Gaitha is the wife of the interspecies alien couple looking after Roger and Voona (and Calculus to some degree), a pink alien resembling an anteater with small horns and a long-haired tonsure, originally from the tidally locked world of Nhimm. A former galactic adventurer who commanded the spaceship The Nebula Queen (affectionately known as "Queen Neb" by its crew), Gaitha is a classy, elegant, and sophisticated woman with a deep interest in art, culture, and history. After many decades travelling the Known Universe, Gaitha has retired to the humble life of an archivist for the GASP Museum of Galactic History. But despite her prim and proper personality, Gaitha still maintains the startling authority and strength that came with leading Queen Neb's crew. Nevertheless, she is a gentle figure with those she loves, especially her husband and ex-Queen Neb engineer Zemir, whom she is very much HappilyMarried to.

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On Cosmic City, Roger lives under the guardianship of the experienced and knowledgeable [[InterspeciesRomance interspecies alien couple]] Gaitha and Zemir, while also befriending a curious but cautious TinCanRobot named Calculus and a blunt but principled humanoid alien named Voona. With his newfound friends, Roger is determined to make the most of his time on Cosmic City, leading to all sorts of adventures around Cosmic City and on other worlds across the Known Universe. In these escapades, Roger encounters many strange and wonderful things - friends and foes both alien and robotic, secrets of the universe and strange cosmic phenomenon, highly advanced technology and incredible vehicles, environments beautiful and dangerous, extraterrestrial beasts of every appearance and ability, and everything in between.

! Roger Roderick Rocket

Roger is the central character, a mixed-race AllAmericanBoy from the small Midwestern town of Armstrong invited into YEAR-GASP on his 13th birthday. Having always been bored with small-town life, Roger constantly fantasized about intergalactic adventures and sees Cosmic City as a chance to make his dreams come true. Adventurous and enthusiastic, he approaches life with a friendly, confident, and optimistic CarpeDiem attitude that makes him fearless in the face of danger and eager to make the most out of any opportunity. While Roger is rarely one to let things get him down, he hates being a bystander above all else and possesses a strong sense of heroism derived from his favorite space heroes. He is the youngest of three children born to a loving and patriotic interracial pair of classic American GreasySpoon owners, and he's even picked up cooking skills from his parents.

Calculus ("Cal" for short) is one of Roger's two best friends, a little grey robot resembling a trash can on wheels. Timid and well-mannered, Calculus possesses a great sense of curiosity that makes him endlessly fascinated with the universe around him. However, his drive to discover the world around him is tempered by his equally immense sense of caution - he is always concerned something could go wrong and he never takes chances. As a result, Calculus is CrazyPrepared for every possible outcome, being equipped with countless gadgets that frequently prove useful in a pinch and an internal databank that stores everything he learns. He was born and raised in Cosmic City (he's never been off-planet before), with his robot "parents" being a pair of logical and emotionally distant inventors who develop gadgets and other technologies for businesses to sell as products.

Voona is Roger's other best friend on Cosmic City, a purple human-like alien with smooth, hairless skin, PointyEars, and tentacles for hair. She is tough, stern, short-tempered, and blunt to the point of BrutalHonesty. But despite her harsh attitude, Voona is stubbornly principled, possessing a strong sense of justice and a burning hatred for bigotry, bullying, corruption, and ''especially'' animal cruelty. As a result, Voona respects those who share her values or stand for them. However, her fierce sense of integrity means she is also unafraid of calling out those she admires or considers her friends if she disapproves of what they're doing. Voona was born on the verdant greenhouse world of Cholak, but has been sent to live on Cosmic City with Gaitha and Zemir by her parents, two passionate biologists and staunch conservationists who happen to be old friends of the couple.

Droggs is Voona's pet Treescuttle, a green, cat-sized creature from Cholak resembling a six-legged lizard with a beak, compound eyes, and a row of feathers down its back. As Voona's closest companion, Droggs is unfailingly loyal and ferociously protective of Voona, who in turn adores Droggs and shows him a strong degree of affection she rarely shows others. But while Voona deeply adores and values Droggs, most other people view him as little more than a repulsive pest.

Gaitha is the wife of the interspecies couple that looks after Roger and Voona, a pink alien resembling an anteater with small horns and a long-haired tonsure, originally from the tidally locked world of Nhimm. A former galactic adventurer who captained the spaceship Nebula Queen ("Queen Neb"), Gaitha is a classy, elegant, and sophisticated woman passionate about art, culture, and history. After many decades travelling the Known Universe, Gaitha has retired to the quiet and humble life of an archivist for the GASP Museum of Intergalactic History. But despite her prim and proper personality, Gaitha still maintains the startling authority and strength that came with captaining a crew of intergalactic adventurers. Nevertheless, Gaitha is a gentle figure when it comes to those she loves, especially her husband and ex-Queen Neb engineer Zemir.

Zemir is Gaitha's longtime husband, an immensely fat, brown-skinned alien with four arms and four eyes from the desert planet of Elan. Like Gaitha, Zemir is a retired galactic adventurer, specifically the engineer of Queen Neb. Nowadays however, Zemir works as a mechanic, although he still keeps Queen Neb just behind his repair shop. Zemir has an extremely relaxed and easygoing attitude that often leads others to mistake him as dumb and lazy (to his chagrin) when in reality, Zemir is well versed in science, technology, and engineering. But if there is one way to truly enrage Zemir, it would be to threaten those he cares deeply for, especially his wife Gaitha, whom he is still very much HappilyMarried to, the pair having been romantic partners during their adventuring days and finally getting married after they retired from intergalactic adventures.

Pranter is a former crew member of Queen Neb, and thus an old adventuring buddy of Gaitha and Zemir, a pot-bellied, blue-skinned alien with red compound eyes, insect-like antennae, and a trunk originating from the rainy world of Taruba. Pranter was the lovable scoundrel of the group, a friendly and honorable fellow with a love of money, tons of shady connections, and knowledge of the criminal underworld. These days, he runs a small inn and cantina for intergalactic travelers and spaceship pilots called Spaceman's Stop on a space station orbiting Cosmic City.

Kerbal is another ex-member of Queen Neb's crew, an orange alien with a squid-like beak, fins for ears, tentacles for limbs, and a single eye on a lure-like stalk, native to the depths of the ocean planet Daquarri 8. Deeply neurotic and constantly on edge, Kerbal was the team's oddball, his numerous eccentricities being compensated for by his sense of loyalty and his many unusual abilities that helped him survive the dangers of his deep-sea home. He currently works as a deliveryman, travelling across Cosmic City, and sometimes to other worlds, to transfer all kinds of goods.

''Roger Rocket and the City of the Stars'' (or ''Roger Rocket'' for short) is an adventure-comedy ScienceFiction series made up by Tropers/MagnusForce and somewhat inspired by the RaygunGothic and SpaceOpera genres.

Roger is the central character, a mixed-race AllAmericanBoy from the small Midwestern town of Armstrong invited into YEAR-GASP on his 13th birthday. Having always been bored with small-town life, Roger constantly fantasized about intergalactic adventures and sees Cosmic City as a chance to make his dreams come true. Adventurous and enthusiastic, he approaches life with a friendly, confident, and optimistic CarpeDiem attitude that makes him fearless in the face of danger and eager to make the most out of any opportunity. While Roger is rarely one to let things get him down, he is a restless individual who dislikes simply sitting back to let things go past him; he is many things, but never a bystander. He is the youngest of three children born to a loving and patriotic interracial pair of classic American GreasySpoon owners, and he’s even picked up cooking skills from his parents.

Integer is an old friend of Calculus, a yellow humanoid {{Fembot}} with large antennae that act like radar dishes and a storage compartment in her back. Like Calculus, Integer is driven by a desire to learn about the world around her, but unlike Calculus, she is easily engrossed in things and becomes massively oblivious to her surroundings. While she tends to treat objects of her curiosity as mere specimens, Integer is simply an inquisitive robo-nerd who loves to collect things in the name of learning. She is especially fascinated by Roger, having never seen a human before.

Hydraulics is a hardcore RulesLawyer and aspiring law enforcer, a short black semi-humanoid robot with tank treads for legs and a domed toadstool-shaped head. As his name suggests, he is equipped with pistons in his neck and limbs that allow him to change height. Although currently a mere hall monitor, he is fiercely dedicated to order, following rules to a T and treating them with utmost seriousness. As a result, he often butts heads with the ever-adventurous Roger, although he also shares and respects the sense of justice and heroics Roger's action-focused attitude brings.

Tribbs is a street urchin, a small, gray-furred alien resembling a cat mixed with a lemur from Bastet 5, a world known for its inverted floating pyramids. Having arrived on Cosmic City from the giant city ship and WretchedHive, Aquila City, Tribbs is a bitter, cynical, and sarcastic individual for her tender age, being much younger than Roger. She trusts nobody and believes it's "everyone for themselves". Having survived through thievery and counterfeiting, Tribbs is a natural at navigating urban environments, making her quite helpful to Roger on many of his adventures.

Zanta is Roger's self-declared rival, a hairless, gray-skinned alien with two fleshy fins on his cheeks (like those of a manta ray) and a long tail-like tendril at the back of his head like a ponytail. Originating from the ultra-advanced archipelago planet of Halua 4, Zanta has a low view of Roger, believing humans are undeserving of being part of GASP for their "primitiveness". A firm believer in his inherent supremacy over "backwards" humans and extremely gadget-savvy, he often tries to goad Calculus and Voona to joining him, having a massive crush on the latter.

!! Dilzin Syranak

Dilzin is the most popular student at the school Roger and Co. attend, Andromeda Secondary. A tall, thin, blue-skinned alien with a long neck and a large crest balancing out her bird-like head, Dilzin's species originates from the verdant low-gravity planet of Galvena. A highly popular influencer and the student president, she is a sweet and peppy individual always seeking to maintain her good image and do good, although she can be a bit shallow and InnocentlyInsensitive due to her wealthy life. She sees Roger as a major help for her publicity and charity work.
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! From Gaitha and Zemir's Old Adventures

Pranter is a former crew member of Queen Neb, and thus an old adventuring buddy of Gaitha and Zemir, a pot-bellied, blue-skinned alien with red compound eyes, insect-like antennae, and a trunk originating from the swampy world of Taruba 4. Pranter was the lovable scoundrel of the group, a friendly and honorable fellow with a love of money, tons of shady connections, and knowledge of the criminal underworld. These days, he runs a small inn and cantina for intergalactic travelers and spaceship pilots called Spaceman’s Stop on a space station orbiting Cosmic City.

! From Roger, Voona, and Calculus' Current Adventures

!! Tribbs Rilmurr

!! Zanta Mobulon

!! Hydraulics

!! Yordak Xenthan

->"In the not-too-distant future, Earth has been invited to join the Galactic Alliance of Systems and Planets, an intergalactic democracy dedicated to peace, progress, freedom, justice, and equity. Eager to join this great federation, the United Nations has established a program to send teenage exchange students to the alliance’s capital of Cosmic City, a planetary metropolis teeming with aliens and robots of every type imaginable. And of these representatives, the youngest and most daring of them all is none other than... '''''ROGER ROCKET!!!'''''"

Glorgo is Gaitha and Zemir's archnemesis from their adventuring days, a green jellyfish-like LivingGasbag with multiple eyes and tentacles and a gelatinous, semi-translucent body from the gas giant Jorvon 6. Formerly the Known Universe's most wanted criminal mastermind, Glorgo's schemes were ultimately foiled by Queen Neb's crew, but he has recently been released from prison. Hungry for vengeance, Glorgo is FauxAffablyEvil it its finest -- his great patience and soft-spoken speech belying his unimaginable sadism and natural ability to intimidate others with ease.

Karak is Glorgo's faithful aide, a reptilian alien resembling a dwarfish, green-scaled, humanoid caiman-chameleon mix originating from Codranis, a deadly world of primordial jungles and active volcanoes. Having been released from prison alongside Glorgo, Karak was the advisor and second-in-command of his criminal endeavours. He possesses a quick temper and a cruel sense of humor, being as vicious to Glorgo's henchmen as he is to his enemies. While not even Glorgo's underlings like him, Glorgo is very fond of Karak, and the two share a surprisingly strong friendship.

Glorgo is Gaitha and Zemir's archnemesis from their adventuring days, a green jellyfish-like LivingGasbag with multiple eyes and tentacles and a gelatinous, semi-translucent body from the gas giant Jorvon 6. Formerly the Known Universe's most wanted criminal mastermind, Glorgo's criminal empire was destroyed by Queen Neb's crew, but he has recently been released from prison. Hungry for vengeance, Glorgo is FauxAffablyEvil it its finest -- his great patience and soft-spoken speech belying his unimaginable sadism and natural ability to intimidate others with ease.

Karak is Glorgo's faithful aide, a reptilian alien resembling a dwarfish humanoid hybrid of a crocodile and a chameleon originating from Codranis, a deadly world of primordial jungles and active volcanoes. A skilled tracker, Karak was Glorgo's second-in-command, remaining free while he was in prison. Karak shares Glorgo's sense of cruelty, but lacks his subtlety, being extremely feisty, quick to anger, and easily amused. While widely disliked by Glorgo's thugs, Glorgo has a certain soft spot for Karak, considering him his most valuable servant and a loyal friend.

!! Tribbs

!! Dilzen Synak

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Pranter is a former crew member of Queen Neb, and thus an old adventuring buddy of Gaitha and Zemir, a pot-bellied, blue-skinned alien with red compound eyes, insect-like antennae, and a trunk originating from the swampy world of Taruba 5. Pranter was the lovable scoundrel of the group, a friendly and honorable fellow with a love of money, tons of shady connections, and knowledge of the criminal underworld. These days, he runs a small inn and cantina for intergalactic travelers and spaceship pilots called Spaceman’s Stop on a space station orbiting Cosmic City.

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Roger is the central character, a mixed-race AllAmericanBoy from the small Midwestern town of Armstrong invited into YEAR-GASP on his 13th birthday. Having always been bored with small-town life, Roger constantly fantasized about intergalactic adventures and sees Cosmic City as a chance to make his dreams come true. Adventurous and enthusiastic, he approaches life with a friendly, confident, and optimistic CarpeDiem attitude that makes him fearless in the face of danger and eager to make the most out of any opportunity. While Roger is rarely one to let things get him down, he is a restless individual who dislikes simply sitting back to let things go past him; he is many things, but never a bystander. He is the youngest of three children born to a pair of classic American GreasySpoon owners, and he’s even picked up cooking skills from his parents.

Calculus ("Cal" for short) is one of Roger's two best friends, a little grey robot resembling a trash can on wheels. Timid and well-mannered, Calculus possesses a great sense of curiosity that makes him endlessly fascinated with the universe around him. However, his drive to discover the world around him is tempered by his equally immense sense of caution - he is always concerned something could go wrong and he never takes chances. As a result, Calculus is CrazyPrepared for every possible outcome, being equipped with countless gadgets that frequently prove useful in a pinch and an internal databank that stores everything he learns. He was born and raised in Cosmic City (he's never been off-planet before), with his robot "parents" being a pair of inventors who develop gadgets and other technologies for businesses to sell as products.

Voona is Roger's other best friend on Cosmic City, a purple human-like alien with smooth, hairless skin, PointyEars, and tentacles for hair. She is tough, stern, short-tempered, and blunt to the point of BrutalHonesty. But despite her harsh attitude, Voona is stubbornly principled, possessing a strong sense of justice and a burning hatred for bigotry, bullying, abuse of power, and ''especially'' animal cruelty. As a result, Voona respects those who share her values or stand for them. However, her fierce sense of integrity means she is also unafraid of calling out those she admires or considers her friends if she disapproves of what they're doing. Voona was born on the verdant greenhouse world of Cholak, but has been sent to live on Cosmic City with Gaitha and Zemir by her more peaceful parents, two biologists who happen to be old friends of the couple.

! Pranter Wartuya

! Harthogarus Tholl

! Kerbal Qualor

! Styleen Felfew

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[[folder:Cosmic City, GASP, and the Known Universe]]

* Nicknamed the Capital of the Universe, Cosmic City is the central hub of GASP. It is the sole planet of the Zed System, covered by a sprawling, high advanced metropolis of unimaginable richness.
* Cosmic City is populated by trillions of aliens and robots from across the Known Universe. While most of the aliens are migrants, the vast majority of the robot population are natively constructed.
* Cosmic City was once an empty Moon-like world, but GASP chose it as their capital as its location was deemed secure and neutral. It became the vibrant planet it is today after advanced terraforming.
* Cosmic City is very similar to Earth, except with an indigo-violet sky (due to its artificially engineered climate and atmosphere) and eight moons hosting landfills, prisons, starship bases, theme parks, and more.
* GASP is the most powerful political organization in the Known Universe, a cooperative interstellar union that guides itself on peace, progress, equity, justice, and liberty. Think the Federation from ''Star Trek''.
* GASP has many systems, planets, and species in its ranks, but it also regularly invites new worlds into its fold. These worlds are typically spacefaring societies, but they are not mandated to join or stay in GASP.
* GASP is headed by a President who runs for one 10-year term and lives on Cosmic City, where GASP gathers. Cosmic City, however, is run by a bureaucracy of city administrators, rather than GASP itself.
* GASP science/technology (especially robotics) is amalgamated and shared between members. GASP also has the Known Universe's largest starfleet, the Grand Galactic Fleet, used for exploration and self-defense.
* The Known Universe is the broader setting GASP is part of and the term used by GASP for all areas of space known to it. GASP scientists estimate that the Known Universe makes up 5% of the cosmos.
* Only 30% of the Known Universe is under GASP; the rest is uninhabited, controlled by other powers, or home to uncontacted species. Earth is at its very edge, on the other side of a vast stretch of empty space.

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Roger is the central character, a mixed-race AllAmericanBoy from the small Midwestern town of Armstrong invited into YEAR-GASP on his 13th birthday. Having always been bored with small-town life, Roger constantly fantasized about intergalactic adventures and sees Cosmic City as a chance to make his dreams come true. Adventurous and enthusiastic, he approaches life with a confident, optimistic CarpeDiem attitude that makes him fearless in the face of danger and eager to always make the most out of any opportunity. Nothing irritates Roger more than sitting back and letting things go without him, and his proactive nature means he is always the first to step up when action needs to be taken. He is the youngest of three children and the son of a pair of classic American GreasySpoon owners, and he’s even picked up cooking skills from his parents.

Voona is Roger's other best friend on Cosmic City, a purple human-like alien with smooth, hairless skin, PointyEars, and tentacles for hair. She is stern and short-tempered, straightforward to the point of BrutalHonesty. However, Voona possesses passionate principles, including a strong sense of justice and a burning hatred for bigotry, bullying, abuse of power, and ''especially'' animal cruelty. As a result, Voona respects those who share her values or stand for them. However, her fiery sense of integrity means she is also unafraid of calling out those she admires or considers her friends if she disapproves of what they're doing. Voona was born on the verdant greenhouse world of Cholak, but has been sent to live on Cosmic City with Gaitha and Zemir by her more peaceful parents, two biologists who happen to be old friends of the couple.

Gaitha is the wife of the interspecies couple that looks after Roger and Voona, a pink alien resembling an anteater with small horns and a long-haired tonsure, originally from the tidally locked world of Nhimm. A former galactic adventurer who captained the spaceship Nebula Queen (“Queen Neb” for short), Gaitha is a classy, elegant, and sophisticated woman passionate about art, culture, and history. But after many decades travelling the Known Universe, Gaitha has retired to the quiet and humble life of an archivist for the GASP Museum of Intergalactic History. But despite her prim and proper personality, Gaitha still maintains the startling authority and strength that came with captaining a crew of intergalactic adventurers. Nevertheless, Gaitha is a gentle figure when it comes to those she loves, especially her husband and ex-Queen Neb engineer Zemir.

Pranter is a former crew member of Queen Neb, and thus an old adventuring buddy of Gaitha and Zemir, a pot-bellied, blue-skinned alien with red compound eyes, small insect-like antennae, and a trunk originating from the swampy world of Taruba 5. Pranter was the lovable scoundrel of the group, a friendly and honest fellow with a love of money, tons of shady connections, and knowledge of the criminal underworld. These days, he runs a small inn and cantina for intergalactic travelers and spaceship pilots called Spaceman’s Stop on a space station orbiting Cosmic City.

Tholl is another ex-member of Gaitha and Zemir’s adventuring crew, a hulking white-furred alien with huge tusks on a reptilian snout, six eyes (two huge, four tiny), and spikes running down his back and long, scaly tail originating from the high-gravity ice planet of Dulgara. Tholl is a warrior long ago exiled from his home planet for an unknown dishonor, although his quiet and stoic nature means he rarely speaks as to what happened (or about much else for that matter). Today, he runs an outdoorsman club for citizens of Cosmic City seeking activities on less urban worlds.

Styleen is the last (but not least) member of Gaitha and Zemir’s old gang, a small, yellow, ant-like alien with no mouth, big black eyes, and large antennae from the planet Thurisia. Like all beings from Thurisia, Styleen has psychic powers, namely telepathy, being TheEmpath, and minor telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities. Lacking a gender in the human sense, they are a gentle and pacifistic individual, although prone to invading others' personal space. They presently run a shelter that provides refuge and rehabilitation for those with nowhere to go or no one turn to.

* Cosmic City is the central hub of GASP, the so-called Capital of the Universe. It is the sole planet in the Zed System, covered entirely by a sprawling, high advanced metropolis of unimaginable vibrancy and richness.
* Cosmic City is populated by trillions of aliens and robots from across the Known Universe. While most of the aliens are migrants from elsewhere, the vast majority of the robot population are natively constructed and raised.
* Cosmic City was once an empty Moon-like world, but GASP chose it as their capital as its location was deemed secure and neutral. It was transformed into the vibrant planet it is today after a century of advanced terraforming.
* Cosmic City is very similar to Earth, except with an indigo-violet sky (due to its artificially engineered climate and atmosphere) and eight moons hosting such structures as landfills, prisons, starfleet bases, and theme parks.
* GASP is the most powerful political organization in the Known Universe, a cooperative interstellar union that guides itself on peace, progress, equity, justice, and liberty. Think of the Federation from ''Star Trek''.
* GASP includes many systems, planets, and species among its members, but it also regularly invites new worlds into its fold. These worlds are typically spacefaring societies, but they are not mandated to join or stay in GASP.
* GASP is headed by a President who runs for a single 10-year term and is stationed on Cosmic City, where GASP meets daily. Cosmic City, however, is run by a vast bureaucracy of city administrators, and not by GASP itself.
* GASP knowledge (especially robotics) is amalgamated from its many worlds and shared between them. GASP also has the Grand Galactic Fleet, the Known Universe's largest starfleet, used solely for exploration and self-defense.
* The Known Universe is the broader setting GASP is part of and the official terminology used by GASP for all of space it has uncovered so far. GASP scientists estimate that the Known Universe makes up 5% of the cosmos.
* Only about 30% of the Known Universe is under GASP, with the rest being uninhabited, controlled by other powers, or home to uncontacted species. Earth is at its very edge, on the other side of a vast stretch of empty space.

Voona is Roger's other best friend on Cosmic City, a purple human-like alien with smooth, hairless skin, PointyEars, and tentacles for hair. She is stern and short-tempered, straightforward to the point of BrutalHonesty. However, Voona possesses passionate principles, including a strong sense of justice and a burning hatred for bigotry, bullying, abuse of power, and ''especially'' animal cruelty. As a result, Voona respects those who share her values or stand for them. However, her fiery sense of integrity means she is also unafraid of calling out those she admires or considers her friends if she disapproves of what they're doing. While she was born in Cosmic City, her parents are immigrants from her species' homeworld, the verdant greenhouse planet of Cholak, and they are the managers of a daycare for young alien children across Cosmic City.

Gaitha is the wife of the interspecies couple that looks after Roger, a pink alien resembling an anteater with small horns and a long-haired tonsure, originally from the tidally locked world of Nhimm. A former galactic adventurer who captained the spaceship Nebula Queen (“Queen Neb” for short), Gaitha is a classy, elegant, and sophisticated woman passionate about art, culture, and history. But after many decades travelling the Known Universe, Gaitha has retired to the quiet and humble life of an archivist for the GASP Museum of Intergalactic History. But despite her prim and proper personality, Gaitha still maintains the startling authority and strength that came with captaining a crew of intergalactic adventurers. Nevertheless, Gaitha is a gentle figure when it comes to those she loves, especially her husband and ex-Queen Neb engineer Zemir.

Styleen is the last (but not least) member of Gaitha and Zemir’s old gang, a small, yellow, ant-like alien with no mouth, big black eyes, and large antennae from the planet Thurisia. Like all beings from Thurisia, Styleen has psychic powers, namely telepathy, being TheEmpath, and minor telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities. Lacking a gender in the human sense, they are a gentle and pacifistic individual, although prone to invading others' personal space. They presently work at the Cosmic City Intergalactic Zoo, communicating with the animals to understand their desires.

->"In the not-too-distant future, Earth has been invited to join the Galactic Alliance of Systems and Planets, an intergalactic federation dedicated to peace, progress, freedom, justice, and equity. Eager to join this great federation, the United Nations has established a program to send teenage exchange students to the alliance’s capital of Cosmic City, a planetary metropolis teeming with aliens and robots of every type imaginable. And of these representatives, the youngest and most daring of them all is none other than... '''''ROGER ROCKET!!!'''''"

->"In the not-too-distant future, Earth has been invited to join the Galactic Alliance of Systems and Planets, an intergalactic democracy dedicated to spreading peace and progress though the universe. Eager to join this great federation, the United Nations has established a program to send teenage exchange students to the alliance’s capital of Cosmic City, a planetary metropolis teeming with aliens and robots of every type imaginable. And of these representatives, the youngest and most daring of them all is none other than... '''''ROGER ROCKET!!!'''''"

NextSundayAD, Earth is invited to join a galaxy-spanning, multi-planetary democracy known as [[TheFederation the Galactic Alliance of Systems and Planets]] [[FunWithAcronyms (GASP)]]. In response, the United Nations launches YER-GASP (Young Earth Representatives to GASP), an international program to send teenagers across the globe as exchange students to the Alliance’s capital of Cosmic City, a highly advanced CityPlanet of unimaginable size populated by trillions of aliens and robots of all kinds. Thousands of kids apply for the chance to become the first humans to interact with an alien civilization, but only a select hundred or so are chosen. Of these lucky youth, the youngest of them all is the just-turned-13-years-old Roger Rocket, an eager and courageous [[TheAllAmericanBoy all-American boy]] [[AscendedFanboy who has always dreamed having intergalactic adventures]].

Roger is the central character, a mixed-race AllAmericanBoy from the small Midwestern town of Armstrong invited into YER-GASP on his 13th birthday. Having always been bored with small-town life, Roger constantly fantasized about intergalactic adventures and sees Cosmic City as a chance to make his dreams come true. Adventurous and enthusiastic, he approaches life with a confident, optimistic CarpeDiem attitude that makes him fearless in the face of danger and eager to always make the most out of any opportunity. Nothing irritates Roger more than sitting back and letting things go without him, and his proactive nature means he is always the first to step up when action needs to be taken. He is the youngest of three children and the son of a pair of classic American GreasySpoon owners, and he’s even picked up cooking skills from his parents.

[[folder:Cosmic City and GASP]]

* Cosmic City is the capital world and Crown Jewel of the Galactic Alliance of Systems and Planets. Its surface is a bustling, highly advanced metropolis of unimaginable vastness and richness.
* Cosmic City is populated by trillions of aliens and robots from across the Known Universe. While many of the aliens came to Cosmic City from other planets, most of the robots were built and raised there.
* Cosmic City was once a featureless world, but was made capital of GASP as its location was deemed secure and neutral. It became the vibrant planet it is today after a century of advanced terraforming.
* Cosmic City orbits a star similar to our Sun and has an atmosphere and climate compatible with most species (the sky is indigo-violet as a result). It is also approximately the same size as Earth.
* Cosmic City has eight moons, all terraformed to hold various structures, such as military bases, waste management plants, and penitentiaries. One moon is covered entirely in an amusement park!
* The Galactic Alliance of Systems and Planets (GASP) is an intergalactic political organization that guides itself on the principles of peace, unity, equality, progress, and liberty.
* GASP consists of countless systems, planets, and species that have joined together to build a better universe. GASP also frequently adds new worlds, typically those with spacefaring societies.
* Whenever a new world joins GASP, an exchange of technology and ideas is initiated, allowing both parties to further develop their technology (especially robotics), society, and culture.
* GASP is a democracy, where a president is elected once every ten years for one term. The president leads galactic-level politics and runs Cosmic City with help from the planet’s governors.
* The official language of GASP is Galactic Standard, a planet-neutral language that is easy for most species to learn and speak. By some improbable coincidence, it sounds exactly like English.

* AlienNonInterferenceClause: GASP has this rule for planets that are too "primitive" to join the organization or have yet to join it. However, if the planet has been interfered with in some way by rogue forces or some other political entity, GASP will take in the planet because the damage has already been done; it was how Earth ended up in GASP.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The official language of GASP is Galactic Standard, which by sheer coincidence, is exactly the same as English.

* CityPlanet: Cosmic City itself. A lot of the problems that come with such a planet are justified by the fact that it is in fact artificially terraformed.

* TheEmpire: A major part of the setting's backstory is GASP's decades-long war with one. While it no longer exists, many new worlds and species joined GASP following the war (including many that probably wouldn't have if it wasn't for being interfered with by said Empire), and its sheer horribleness also strengthened GASP's dedication to peace, including a complete ban on all superweapons.

* TheFederation: GASP, being inspired particularly by ''Star Trek''[='=]s Federation and ''Star Wars''[='=] Republic.

* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: Earth was this for GASP until it was admitted into the organization as a result of interference clauses being broken by rogue spaceships.

* MegaCorp: As per many sci-fi works, a few exist in the setting; some shady, some benevolent. Under GASP law, they have no official political power, but some are very influential in their own right. One, GASP Robotics, actually produces GASP's robot populace; fortunately, it's one of the nicer ones.

* SciFiKitchenSink: Due to the sheer vastness of GASP Space and the countless opportunities for adventures it has to offer, there are elements of this under the general SpaceOpera and RaygunGothic style of the series.

* SpacePirate: They exist in the setting and are treated a lot like sea pirates, usually being more common in the less stable regions of GASP territory.

* TechnologyUplift: GASP does this with any new planet that enters the organization.

* TransplantedHumans: A minority exist scattered across GASP Space, the descendants of alien abductees.

Roger is the central character, a mixed-race AllAmericanBoy from the small Midwestern town of Armstrong invited into YER-GASP on his 13th birthday. Having always been bored with small-town life, Roger constantly fantasized about intergalactic adventures and sees Cosmic City as a chance to make his dreams come true. Adventurous and enthusiastic, he approaches life with a confident, optimistic CarpeDiem attitude that makes him fearless and eager. But underneath Roger’s thrill-seeking nature is a deep sense of compassion for others. He is always the first to try and connect with potential friends, lend a hand to those in need, or make the effort to cheer up an unhappy person. He is the youngest of three children and the son of a pair of classic American GreasySpoon owners, and he’s actually picked up a few cooking skills from his parents.

Roger Rocket is the central character, a mixed-race AllAmericanBoy from the small town of Armstrong who was invited into YER-GASP on his 13th birthday. Having always dreamed of outer space adventures, Roger sees coming to Cosmic City as chance to make a name for himself and is determined to make the most of his time there. Eager, confident, adventurous, and excitable, Roger approaches life with a cheerful CarpeDiem attitude and is never afraid to take risks. Roger’s fearless spunk also makes him a very friendly person, always eager to try new things and connect with others. But whether he's lending a hand, showing courage, or seeking adventure, Roger is determined above all else to prove himself to the universe, on account of the fact that back on Earth, his obsession with all things galactic led his others to deem him a hopeless loser.

Calculus ("Cal" for short) is one of Roger’s two best friends, a little gray robot resembling a trash can on wheels. Intelligent and well-mannered, Calculus possesses a great sense of curiosity for everything that drives him to learn and explore. However, his endless fascination with the world around him is tempered by his equally immense sense of caution, which means he is always concerned something will go wrong and afraid of taking chances. As a result, he is drive to be CrazyPrepared for every possible outcome, with his tiny metallic body being equipped with countless gadgets that frequently prove useful in a pinch - alongside an internal databank that stores everything he learns. And due to his general discomfort with uncontrolled variables and unpredictability of any sort, Calculus does poorly in social situations and is often puzzled by them.

Voona is Roger's other best friend on Cosmic City, a purple human-like alien from the tentacles for hair. She is a serious and short-tempered person, straightforward to the point of BrutalHonesty and tending to express her dislike for others through violence. However, Voona also possesses strong principles that she is very passionate about (like standing up for those who cannot and protecting those who are important to you) and despises bigotry, bullying, abuse (especially of animals), and other forms of cruelty. As a result, Voona holds strong respect for those who share her values or demonstrate great bravery standing up for them in some way. And while Voona definitely has a strong soft spot for those she deems her friends, her fiery sense of integrity means she is also unafraid of even calling them out if she disapproves of what they're doing.

Droggs is Voona's pet Scuttling Sectile, a green, cat-sized creature resembling a six-legged lizard with a beak, compound eyes, and a row of feathers down its back. As Voona's closest companion since infancy, Droggs is unfailingly loyal and ferociously protective of Voona, who in turn adores Droggs and shows him a strong degree of affection she rarely shows others. But while Voona deeply adores and values Droggs, most other people view him as little more than a repulsive pest.

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Gaitha is the wife of the interspecies couple that looks after Roger, a light brown alien resembling an anteater with small horns and a long-haired tonsure. A former galactic adventurer and licensed spaceship pilot who once traveled the Known Universe with her husband Zemir, Gaitha is a classy, elegant, and sophisticated woman well versed in art, culture, and history who now lives a quiet and humble life as the proprietor of an inn for space pilots and travellers known as Spaceman's Stop. But despite her prim and proper personality, Gaitha is not a delicate flower and possesses surprising strength and startling authority when push comes to shove. Nevertheless, Gaitha is a gentle and compassionate figure when it comes to those she loves, especially her husband Zemir, whom she has been very HappilyMarried to for several decades already.

Zemir is the husband of the interspecies couple that cares for Roger, an immensely fat, dark brown alien with four arms and four eyes. After many years of traveling the Known Universe with his wife Gaitha as a galactic adventurer and licensed spaceship pilot, Zemir now lives as a mechanic with an extremely lax and laidback “go with the flow” approach to life that often leads others to mistake him as dumb and lazy (to his chagrin). Indeed, Zemir is well versed in science, technology, and engineering. But if there is one way to truly enrage Zemir, it would be to threaten those he cares deeply for, especially his wife Gaitha, whom he is still very much HappilyMarried to after so many decades. He also still keeps their old spaceship, The Nebula Rider, just behind Spaceman's Stop, with the pair using it to travel to other planets for various reasons.

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* Cosmic City is the capital world and Crown Jewel of the Galactic Alliance of Systems and Planets. Its surface is a bustling, highly advanced metropolis of unimaginable vastness and richness.
* Cosmic City is populated by trillions of aliens and robots from across the Known Universe. While many of the aliens came to Cosmic City from other planets, most of the robots were built and raised there.
* Cosmic City was once a featureless world, but was made capital of GASP as its location was deemed secure and neutral. It became the vibrant planet it is today after a century of advanced terraforming.
* Cosmic City orbits a star similar to our Sun and has an atmosphere and climate compatible with most species (the sky is indigo-violet as a result). It is also approximately the same size as Earth.
* Cosmic City has eight moons, all terraformed to hold various structures, such as military bases, waste management plants, and penitentiaries. One moon is covered entirely in an amusement park!
* The Galactic Alliance of Systems and Planets (GASP) is an intergalactic political organization that guides itself on the principles of peace, unity, equality, progress, and liberty.
* GASP consists of countless systems, planets, and species that have joined together to build a better universe. GASP also frequently adds new worlds, typically those with spacefaring societies.
* Whenever a new world joins GASP, an exchange of technology and ideas is initiated, allowing both parties to further develop their technology (especially robotics), society, and culture.
* GASP is a democracy, where a president is elected once every ten years for one term. The president leads galactic-level politics and runs Cosmic City with help from the planet’s governors.
* The official language of GASP is Galactic Standard, a planet-neutral language that is easy for most species to learn and speak. By some improbable coincidence, it sounds exactly like English.

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Roger Rocket is the central character, a mixed-race AllAmericanBoy from the small town of Armstrong who was invited into YER-GASP on his 13th birthday. Having always dreamed of outer space adventures, Roger sees coming to Cosmic City as chance to make a name for himself and is determined to make the most of his time there. Eager, confident, adventurous, and excitable, Roger approaches life with a cheerful CarpeDiem attitude and is never afraid to take risks. Roger’s fearless spunk also makes him a very friendly person, always eager to try new things and connect with others. But whether he's lending a hand, showing courage, or seeking adventure, Roger is determined to prove himself to the universe, on account of the fact that back on Earth, his obsession with all things galactic led his teachers and classmates to deem him a hopeless loser.

Roger Rocket is the central character, a mixed-race AllAmericanBoy from the small town of Armstrong who was invited into YER-GASP on his 13th birthday. Having always dreamed of outer space adventures, Roger sees coming to Cosmic City as chance to make a name for himself and is determined to make the most of his time there. Eager, confident, adventurous, and excitable, Roger approaches life with a cheerful CarpeDiem attitude and is never afraid to take risks. Roger’s fearless spunk also makes him a very friendly person, always eager to try new things and connect with others. But above all else, Roger is determined to prove himself to the universe, whether it means lending a hand to those he deems potentially friends, showing great courage in the face of risk and danger, or seeking out excitement and adventure no matter where it might be.%%Update last sentence regarding desire to prove himself%%

On Cosmic City, Roger lives under the guardianship of the experienced and knowledgeable [[InterspeciesRomance interspecies alien couple]] Gaitha and Zemir, while also befriending a curious but cautious TinCanRobot named Calculus and a blunt but principled humanoid alien named Voona. With his newfound friends, Roger is determined to make the most of his time on Cosmic City, leading to all sorts of adventures around Cosmic City and on other worlds across the Known Universe. In these escapades, Roger encounters many strange and wonderful things - friends and foes both alien and robotic, secrets of the universe and strange cosmic phenomenon, highly advanced technology and incredible vehicles, environments both beautiful and dangerous, extraterrestrial beasts of every appearance and ability, and everything in between.

Roger Rocket is the central character, a mixed-race AllAmericanBoy from the small town of Armstrong who was invited into YER-GASP on his 13th birthday. Having always dreamed of outer space adventures, Roger sees coming to Cosmic City as chance to make a name for himself and is determined to make the most of his time there. Eager, confident, adventurous, and excitable, Roger approaches life with a cheerful CarpeDiem attitude and is never afraid to take risks. Roger’s fearless spunk also makes him a very friendly person, always eager to try new things and connect with others. But above all else, Roger is determined to prove himself to the universe, whether it means lending a hand to those he deems potentially friends, showing great courage in the face of risk and danger, or seeking out excitement and adventure no matter where it might be.

Gaitha is the wife of the interspecies couple that looks after Roger, a light brown alien resembling an anteater with small horns and a long-haired tonsure. A former galactic adventurer and licensed spaceship pilot who once traveled the Known Universe with her husband Zemir, Gaitha is a classy, elegant, and sophisticated woman well-versed in art, culture, and history who now lives a quiet and humble life as the proprietor of an inn for space pilots and travellers known as Spaceman's Stop. But despite her prim and proper personality, Gaitha is not a delicate flower and possesses surprising strength and startling authority when push comes to shove. Nevertheless, Gaitha is a gentle and compassionate figure when it comes to those she loves, especially her husband Zemir, whom she has been very HappilyMarried to for several decades already.

Zemir is the husband of the interspecies couple that cares for Roger, an immensely fat, dark brown alien with four arms and four eyes. After many years of traveling the Known Universe with his wife Gaitha as a galactic adventurer and licensed spaceship pilot, Zemir now lives as a mechanic with an extremely lax and laidback “go with the flow” approach to life that often leads others to mistake him as dumb and lazy (to his chagrin). Indeed, Zemir is well-versed in science, technology, and engineering. But if there is one way to truly enrage Zemir, it would be to threaten those he cares deeply for, especially his wife Gaitha, whom he is still very much HappilyMarried to after so many decades. He also still keeps their old spaceship, The Nebula Rider, just behind Spaceman's Stop, with the pair using it to travel to other planets for various reasons.

->See spaceships, aliens, robots, and more\\

NextSundayAD, Earth is invited to join a galaxy-spanning, multi-planetary democracy known as [[TheFederation the Galactic Alliance of Systems and Planets]] [[FunWithAcronyms (GASP)]]. In response, the United Nations launches YER-GASP (Young Earth Representatives to GASP), an international program to send teenagers across the globe as exchange students to the Alliance’s capital of Cosmic City, a highly advanced CityPlanet of unimaginable size populated by trillions of aliens and robots of all kinds. Thousands of kids apply for the chance to become the first humans to interact with an alien civilization, but only a select hundred or so are chosen. Of these lucky youth, the youngest of them all is the just-turned-13-years-old Roger Rocket, an eager and courageous [[TheAllAmericanBoy all-American boy]] [[AscendedFanboy who has always dreamed having intergalactic sci-fi adventures]].

On Cosmic City, Roger lives under the guardianship of the experienced and knowledgeable [[InterspeciesRomance interspecies alien couple]] Gaitha and Zemir. But in Cosmic City, Roger also makes his first real friends, an incredibly cautious but insatiably curious TinCanRobot named Calculus (the "son" of Gaitha and Zemir's apartment neighbors), as well as Gaitha and Zemir’s adopted daughter Voona, a blunt but principled humanoid alien. With Voona and Calculus by his side, Roger is determined to make the most of his time on Cosmic City, resulting in him having all sorts of adventures around Cosmic City, as well as on other worlds across the universe. In these escapades, Roger encounters many strange and wonderful things - friends and foes both alien and robotic, secrets of the universe and strange cosmic phenomenon, highly advanced technology and incredible vehicles, environments both beautiful and dangerous, extraterrestrial beasts of every appearance and ability, and everything in between.

Roger Rocket is the central character, a mixed-race AllAmericanBoy from the small town of Armstrong who was invited into YER-GASP on his 13th birthday. Having always dreamed of outer space adventures, Roger sees coming to Cosmic City as chance to follow his dreams and is determined to make the most of his time there. Eager, confident, adventurous, and excitable, Roger approaches life with a cheerful CarpeDiem attitude and is never afraid to take risks. Roger’s fearless spunk also makes him a very sociable person, always eager to try new things and connect with others. Yet despite his friendliness, Roger is the runt of his large family (who run a GreasySpoon) and is kind of a loser at school, with his love of sci-fi being mocked by his classmates and discouraged by his teachers - all of which further drives him to prove himself while on Cosmic City.

Calculus ("Cal" for short) is Roger’s best friend, a little gray robot who greatly resembles a trash can on wheels. Intelligent and well-mannered, Calculus possesses a great sense of curiosity for everything that drives him to learn and explore. However, his endless fascination with the world around him is tempered by his equally immense sense of caution, which means he is always concerned something will go wrong and afraid of taking chances. As a result, he is drive to be CrazyPrepared for every possible outcome, with his tiny metallic body being equipped with countless gadgets that frequently prove useful in a pinch - alongside an internal databank that stores everything he learns. His "parents" are a pair of reclusive and stoic but highly successful workaholics who develop new advanced technologies for businesses and corporations to produce and sell.

Voona is the adopted daughter of Gaitha and Zemir (though she calls them "aunt" and "uncle"), a purple human-like alien from the tentacles for hair. She is a serious and short-tempered person, straightforward to the point of BrutalHonesty and tending to express her dislike for others through her martial arts skills. However, Voona also possesses strong principles that she is very passionate about (like standing up for those who cannot and protecting those you are important to you) and despises bigotry, bullying, abuse (especially of animals), and other forms of cruelty. As a result, Voona holds strong respect for those who share her values or demonstrate great bravery standing up for them in some way. Her biological parents were explorers who mysteriously vanished when she was little, leaving her in the care of their friends, Gaitha and Zemir.

Droggs is Voona's pet Scuttling Sectile, a green, cat-sized creature resembling a six-legged lizard with a beak, compound eyes, and a row of feathers down its back. Although seen as a repulsive pest by most, Droggs is extremely important to Voona, for she views him as the last connection she has with her vanished parents, as they permitted the young Voona to keep him as a pet. Voona and Droggs are extremely loyal, affectionate, and protective of one another, and neither could possibly imagine life without the other.

Gaitha is the wife of the interspecies couple that looks after Roger and his friends, a light brown alien with an anteater-like snout, an OverlyLongTongue, and a tiny horns on her head surrounded by long dark hair like a tonsure. A former galactic adventurer and licensed spaceship pilot who once traveled the Known Universe with her husband, Gaitha is a classy, elegant, and sophisticated woman with a lot of knowledge and experience on art, culture, and history that she nowadays puts to use as a tour guide. But despite her prim and proper personality, Gaitha is not a delicate flower and possesses surprising strength and startling authority when push comes to shove. But even despite that, Gaitha is a gentle and compassionate figure when it comes to those she loves, especially her husband Zemir, who she still swoons for as if he’s a total dreamboat of a man.

Zemir is Gaitha's husband and the other half of the interspecies couple that cares for Roger and his friends (though he and Gaitha insist on being called uncle and aunt), an immensely fat, dark brown alien with four arms and four eyes. After many years of traveling the Known Universe with his wife as a galactic adventurer and licensed spaceship pilot, Zemir now lives as a mechanic with an extremely lax and laidback “go with the flow” approach to life that often leads others to mistake him as dumb and lazy (to his chagrin). Indeed, Zemir is well-versed in science, technology, and street-smarts (whenever Roger and his friends need something, he always "knows a guy"). But if there is one way to truly enrage Zemir, it would be to threaten those he cares deeply for, especially his wife Gaitha, who he still considers to be the most irresistibly gorgeous woman he’s ever met.