by Madrinpoor » Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:15 pm
by The Alkdorian Empire » Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:20 pm
by Madrinpoor » Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:22 pm
by Nazis in Space » Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:14 am
by New yugoslavaia » Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:29 am
by New yugoslavaia » Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:25 pm
by United Communal Burrow Republics » Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:28 pm
by Baltenstein » Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:29 am
by New yugoslavaia » Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:57 am
by Whitemore » Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:05 am
by New yugoslavaia » Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:20 am
Whitemore wrote:I think one of the most annoying things I see people do in SciFi worldbuilding is when they decide to create either a super dark space Empire that is bent on death and then on the other hand create a perfectly good, morally superior Republic without having any differences in either one. It feels like they are just relying on the trope without having to actually add into the lore once they have thought about it and to me it just makes me sad to see interesting nations only to realize how lackluster it really is.
by Whitemore » Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:21 am
New yugoslavaia wrote:Whitemore wrote:I think one of the most annoying things I see people do in SciFi worldbuilding is when they decide to create either a super dark space Empire that is bent on death and then on the other hand create a perfectly good, morally superior Republic without having any differences in either one. It feels like they are just relying on the trope without having to actually add into the lore once they have thought about it and to me it just makes me sad to see interesting nations only to realize how lackluster it really is.
Black and white morality is anything but interesting. Add some shades of grey.
by Xmara » Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:01 pm
by New yugoslavaia » Sat Apr 10, 2021 1:36 pm
Xmara wrote:One that I really hate seeing is that aliens always seem to find us first, and they’re always super advanced. Just once I’d like to see an instance where we find them first and we’re more advanced. Where humanity’s first contact with ET is initiated by us, not them.
by Stellar Colonies » Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:01 pm
Xmara wrote:One that I really hate seeing is that aliens always seem to find us first, and they’re always super advanced. Just once I’d like to see an instance where we find them first and we’re more advanced. Where humanity’s first contact with ET is initiated by us, not them.
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I try to be objective, but I do have some biases.
North Californian.
Stellar Colonies is a loose galactic confederacy.
The Confederacy & the WA.
Add 1200 years.
by New yugoslavaia » Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:03 pm
Stellar Colonies wrote:Xmara wrote:One that I really hate seeing is that aliens always seem to find us first, and they’re always super advanced. Just once I’d like to see an instance where we find them first and we’re more advanced. Where humanity’s first contact with ET is initiated by us, not them.
The only instances I can think of which involve that trope is Avatar, a few episodes of Star Trek, and some of the later books from Ben Bova.
Seeing it more would definitely be interesting...and I can easily imagine humans doing the probing instead of the aliens.
by Crysuko » Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:28 pm
United Communal Burrow Republics wrote:I feel like space battles and how close they look in Sci-fi is a bit of a trope. Space is absolutely massive, and there's literally no reason why ships would ever get close enough to each other for stuff like boarding or ramming to be important. There should be hundreds of km between ships on the same side even most of the time, so them being neck and neck just doesnt make sense unless one side let the other get that close.
And you may ask how this relates to worldbuilding? Well primarily, it leads to cartoonishly unrealistic ship designs with battering rams and battleship like structures that just wouldn't make sense in the long distance environment that is space.
by New yugoslavaia » Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:34 pm
Crysuko wrote:United Communal Burrow Republics wrote:I feel like space battles and how close they look in Sci-fi is a bit of a trope. Space is absolutely massive, and there's literally no reason why ships would ever get close enough to each other for stuff like boarding or ramming to be important. There should be hundreds of km between ships on the same side even most of the time, so them being neck and neck just doesnt make sense unless one side let the other get that close.
And you may ask how this relates to worldbuilding? Well primarily, it leads to cartoonishly unrealistic ship designs with battering rams and battleship like structures that just wouldn't make sense in the long distance environment that is space.
I'm willing to suspend disbelief for the spectacle. if the ships and structures are reasonable then i'm willing to have starships firing fluorescent beams at point blank. Operation Return wouldn't be my all time favourite space battle if it took place halfway across the solar system.
by Crysuko » Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:37 pm
New yugoslavaia wrote:Crysuko wrote:I'm willing to suspend disbelief for the spectacle. if the ships and structures are reasonable then i'm willing to have starships firing fluorescent beams at point blank. Operation Return wouldn't be my all time favourite space battle if it took place halfway across the solar system.
Nothing beats a good ol laser battle.
by New yugoslavaia » Sat Apr 10, 2021 3:30 pm
by Tsaivao » Sat Apr 10, 2021 3:51 pm
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by Nazis in Space » Sat Apr 10, 2021 6:26 pm
United Communal Burrow Republics wrote:I feel like space battles and how close they look in Sci-fi is a bit of a trope. Space is absolutely massive, and there's literally no reason why ships would ever get close enough to each other for stuff like boarding or ramming to be important. There should be hundreds of km between ships on the same side even most of the time, so them being neck and neck just doesnt make sense unless one side let the other get that close.
And you may ask how this relates to worldbuilding? Well primarily, it leads to cartoonishly unrealistic ship designs with battering rams and battleship like structures that just wouldn't make sense in the long distance environment that is space.
Baltenstein wrote:Space Nazis, i.e. fictional galactic empires modelled partially or completely on Nazi Germany. It's been done to death and is a lame way of saying "These are the bad guys, they'll lose at the end".
Sorry, NiS.
by Krezenel » Sat Apr 10, 2021 6:32 pm
by Crysuko » Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:07 pm
Krezenel wrote:The very first thing I see when I hear "Sci-Fi" is bright and giant blue hexagonal domes with geometric cities.
Which strays quite far from the say, the standard sci-fi Scholastic book cover with brown/darker aesthetics and strange alien planets.
Edit: This image. (Not domed, but still has the aesthetic)(Image)
by -Ocelot- » Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:23 am
Krezenel wrote:The very first thing I see when I hear "Sci-Fi" is bright and giant blue hexagonal domes with geometric cities.
Which strays quite far from the say, the standard sci-fi Scholastic book cover with brown/darker aesthetics and strange alien planets.
Edit: This image. (Not domed, but still has the aesthetic)(Image)
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