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====== Principles ====== | ====== Principles ====== | ||
- | This is a project to create a sci-fi setting with elements like Star Wars and Dune that is full of various sorts of adventure, the notion being to produce | + | This is a project to create a sci-fi setting with elements like Star Wars and Dune that is full of various sorts of adventure, the notion being to produce |
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- | Those participating in creating the world are not obligated to play in the world. | + | |
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===== Life ===== | ===== Life ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Humans ==== | ||
Humans exist, though in myriad forms. | Humans exist, though in myriad forms. | ||
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+ | === Human Culture === | ||
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+ | At least one major human culture has devolved into feudalism as a result of the struggle to control archaeo-tech resources (see below). In addition to the various noble houses, the schools that teach the psionic powers necessary to control certain archaeo-tech are also important players. | ||
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+ | ==== Non-Human Sapient Life ==== | ||
Non-human sapient life-forms exist, but none of them are at all " | Non-human sapient life-forms exist, but none of them are at all " | ||
+ | One type of monstrous opponent is the squid-monkey, | ||
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+ | === AI === | ||
+ | Full AI does exist as a result of archaeo-tech, | ||
===== Technology ===== | ===== Technology ===== | ||
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With so many kinds of humans and other intelligent life forms, technology varies considerably. We will enumerate what definitely does exist somewhere, or does not exist anywhere. | With so many kinds of humans and other intelligent life forms, technology varies considerably. We will enumerate what definitely does exist somewhere, or does not exist anywhere. | ||
+ | If Archaeo-tech has " | ||
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+ | ==== Archaeo-Tech ==== | ||
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+ | Long ago humans had a very high level of tech, but something happened, and society collapsed, and there was a long dark age. Since then humans have been going around trying to relearn how to use these technologies. But it has taken centuries to get them to even a barely useable level. | ||
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+ | Employing these technologies, | ||
==== Travel ==== | ==== Travel ==== | ||
- | Interstellar travel is possible in time-frames that allow it to be part of plots. | + | === Wormholes === |
- | Travel | + | Travel |
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+ | Qs: | ||
+ | * How long does a wormhole transit take? | ||
+ | * Does it require a trained psionic navigator? | ||
+ | * Are there any issues with wormhole transit? | ||
+ | * Can any size of ship go through or is there a max limit? | ||
+ | * Are some wormholes larger than others in terms of what can transit it (perhaps due to the size of the gravity well in which it is found)? | ||
+ | * If so, are they the same size both ways, or can their size vary between A to B transit | ||
+ | * Do wormholes require a ring or other structure | ||
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+ | === Non-Wormhole Transit FTL === | ||
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+ | Travel between systems not linked by wormholes is possible only by smaller ships that ride on wormhole energy (about 5 LY per hour? Less as you reach the end of the wormhole effect horizon), which drops off fairly precipitously around 13.4 light years from the nearest wormhole, making the systems around each wormhole their own little neighborhood, | ||
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+ | Larger ships go slower because of square cube law. | ||
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+ | Dropping out of FTL, the ship operators may re-enter normal space at any vector with a velocity less than the speed of light. | ||
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+ | No Teleporters | ||
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+ | Qs: | ||
+ | * What is the largest size ship that can use this method of travel (mass, persons carried)? | ||
+ | * What is the ratio of mass to velocity in LY units? | ||
+ | * Do these ships require a trained psionic to operate? | ||
==== Weapons? ==== | ==== Weapons? ==== | ||
- | Typically something we look at fondly in Sci-fi... do we want to here? | + | Crystal swords (mainly swords with some variations) called Starblades that are only use-able by those who have the psionic talent to be able to use them properly. For those who can, these swords can defeat otherwise un-defeatable archaeo-tech defensive technologies. |
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+ | https://www.pinterest.com/ | ||
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+ | Psionic powers given by other archaeo-tech are usable as weapons as well, at least against those without archaeo-tech defenses. | ||
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+ | Qs: | ||
+ | * What do archaeo-tech defenses look like? Are we going with something like bots that intercept attacks? | ||
==== Life-Tech ==== | ==== Life-Tech ==== | ||
- | Medicine, lifespan extension, | + | Genetic engineering and cybernetics |
====== Locales ====== | ====== Locales ====== | ||
- | How are areas of space designated? | + | The travel tech creates " |