When I conceived Frontier it wasn’t the way it is now. There was a little collaboration from others and everyone had their own idea what it would become. For one it was Sci-Fi-Done-Right in the science. For another it was a aliens done right. My vision was essentially the standard picture of the Bridge Crew…
Month: July 2020
Frontier: The Snakes of Rist images
The post “The Snakes of Rist” has been updated with some art. To give a feel for the Aliens. Pop there and have a look.
Explorers: Ten Experts
Human Unity has build dozens of these craft; their primary purpose to map the wormholes and document everything they encounter. Because they may be out of touch with Earth for long periods, they are built to be totally self-sustaining. The vessels are equipped with up to 200 souls and up to 10 Experts to manage…
Looking at a black hole…..
if a black hole passed in front of a mirror, what would its reflection look like? pic.twitter.com/Ets4JRNwp9 — Matt Henderson (@matthen2) May 22, 2020 This is the sort of result that we got from Interstellar (with science from Kip Thorne) and validated by Katie Bouman in her algorithm to piece together collected data from a…
Is there life out there?
CETI We present a cosmic perspective on the search for life and examine the likely number of Communicating Extra-Terrestrial Intelligent civilizations (CETI) in our Galaxy by utilizing the latest astrophysical information. Our calculation involves Galactic star-formation histories, metallicity distributions, and the likelihood of stars hosting Earth-like planets in Habitable Zones, under specific assumptions which we…
SpaceNinjaCyberCrisis XDO
SpaceNinjaCyberCrisis XDO is set in the world of San Metro, a massive city home to some 45 Million people. Highlights of the city include the Bay Marina, The Spire, PersComm Tower, The Sumarii Building and The Arch. The city also receives some 10 Million commuters on the complex public transport and ground traffic network. The…
Frontier….2020: progress, updates and the future
I’ve begun working on Frontier again, firstly through a collaboration with a young Kenyan artist to produce some concept pieces for the book. It’s really helping to crystallise some of the thoughts but I definitely need to lock down the dates for things a lot more to keep them in my head. Is it 500…
Traveller (mongoose2) – 1105-001
MTU – 1105-001 – In the Beginning… Tonight we managed to have our first online session of Traveller.