This is a work-in-progress choose your own adventure story that is quite silly and also years in the making.
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.
--- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus) is a species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living members of the genus Struthio, which is in the ratite family. The ostrich shares the order Struthioniformes with the kiwis, emus, rheas, and cassowaries. However, phylogenetic studies have shown that it is the basal extant member of Palaeognathae and is thus equally closely related to flighted tinamous.
In 2014, the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes) was recognized as a distinct species. In 2193, the first cybernetic ostrich (Struthio Bockhockids) was created and named after Bradshaw's 1892 novel The Goddess of Atvatabar. In 2333, the first completely robotic ostrich was created on Earth then shipped to a high-tech space zoo on Gliese 832c. This one and only robotic ostrich's name is Jimmy Clark.
The diet of the common ostrich consists mainly of plant matter. It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs, and can run at up to about 43mph, the fastest land speed of any bird. If cornered, it can attack with a kick of its powerful legs.
As a robot ostrich, Jimmy consumes electricity generated by the small nuclear reactor that is his heart. His appearance closely resembles the common ostrich, though much much shinier. He is capable of running so fast that he breaks the sound barrier (767.269 mph). If cornered, Jimmy's kick is powerful enough to warp a 3" thick sheet of solid titanium.
Jimmy, now 12 years old, is coming of age. He misses his original Earth family and wants to go back home in time for Christmas --- tomorrow! Gliese 832c is 16 light years from Earth. The only way to efficiently travel back to Earth is via the nearby Einstein-Rosen bridge, a common Wormhole capable of transporting anyone back to Earth instantaneously. Jimmy's quest: find a way to enter the wormhole by midnight tonight.
| Name: | Jimmy Clark |
| Physiology: | Robotic Ostrich |
| Location: | High-tech Space Zoo |
| Date: | December 24th, 2345 |
| Goal: | Escape the prison and return to Earth! |