Aberrant 2.0 Trinity Entertainment

Visual Entertainment

Red Star Setting

This series is placed in the Soviet Union some years prior to its collapse. The plot revolves around a top secret department in the KGB who are busy exploring the possibilities of bioinformation and radiation mutants in the Chernobyl zone. Respectively this is hinted to be weak pre-Proxy Psions and a sort of pseudo-taint radiation that is erased from history by the powerful KGB. The setting is not precisely dated, but despite claims of historical accuracy the plot generally takes precedence. Minor howlers include such things as Kosygin using Windows 7 and Andrey Baronov openly wearing makeup without anyone seeing this as odd. In terms of intellectual respectability the show is roughly on level with the X-Files, if written by Dan Brown or Von Däniken. There is a large subculture that is convinced that everything they see there is true, but most sensible people treat it as light entertainment.

The plots are mostly episodic, but there are minor story arches and multi-episode plots. The head of the department is only known as Chairman Kosygin, who commands a team consisting primarily of Nadya Perumova, Nikolay Volkuganov, and Andrey Baronov. In addition they are backed by a team of balaklava wearing commandoes who tend to show up for the latest showdown with the Americans or the latest horrible Chernobyl monstrosity. Andrey Baronov is a rather feminine, bishie, or downright trappy young man, and he commonly gets abducted, tied up, and subjected to mild sexualized molestation. There's a complex love triangle between him, Nadya and Nikolay, generally this is quite well handled, but it's often used as an excuse to show off skin.