Today I take a look at Empyrean, a fan film that was released on October 14, 2023, and was produced by the Starship Caliborn Creative Group.

The fan film was written by Billy Swanson. Directed by Robin Kunkel and was edited by Andrew Ortwein.

Empyrean is a word that I never heard of before this fan film and perhaps as a sign, a space race game that I was playing auto picked the word for a rocket just days later.

The title’s adjective definition is ‘relating to heaven or the sky‘ while the noun’s definition is ‘the highest part of heaven, thought by the ancients to be the realm of pure fire’.

This fan film has the Caliborn on a rescue mission near the Empyrean Nebula, the Caliborn crew springs into action and things appear to be going smoothly and that is when the story takes a turn.

It would be spoiling the story to tell you what happens next, but this is another fan film that puts story over action, there is heart and emotion in this one, it is a good fan film and at just over six minutes long when not counting credits, it is the perfect size to watch it during a break.

Rating: 4.75 out of 5