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SciFi: Space-Based Colonies

Started by BillDowns, April 15, 2015, 11:24:01 AM

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Xavier Onassiss

#15
April 15, 2015, 10:09:37 PM
Traveller has lots of habitable worlds, so space habitats aren't "front and center" because planets are more interesting to most people. Any world with a decent starport (class A or B) will probably have an extensive orbital facility, though.

Has anyone mentioned GURPS Transhuman Space yet? That setting has space habitats of just about every description: zero G space platforms, rotating habitats of various shapes and sizes, several types of asteroid habitats, and even exotica such as dyson trees.

Shawn Driscoll

#16
April 16, 2015, 12:53:42 AM
Quote from: Xavier Onassiss;826052Has anyone mentioned GURPS Transhuman Space yet? That setting has space habitats of just about every description: zero G space platforms, rotating habitats of various shapes and sizes, several types of asteroid habitats, and even exotica such as dyson trees.
No point to mentioning it since, outside of Traveller's universe, there is Ringworld.

Skarg

#17
April 16, 2015, 12:27:39 PM
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;826070No point to mentioning it since, outside of Traveller's universe, there is Ringworld.

What? Why would the existence of Ringworld mean there's no point to mentioning GURPS Transhuman Space?

Xavier Onassiss

#18
April 16, 2015, 12:31:34 PM
Quote from: Skarg;826135What? Why would the existence of Ringworld mean there's no point to mentioning GURPS Transhuman Space?

No idea. Ringworld has fuck-all to do with THS.

Bren

#19
April 16, 2015, 01:14:03 PM
Quote from: Xavier Onassiss;826137No idea. Ringworld has fuck-all to do with THS.
And Ringworld was covered in Basic Role Playing. Had its own source book and everything.
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flyingmice

#20
April 16, 2015, 01:36:25 PM
Quote from: Bren;826144And Ringworld was covered in Basic Role Playing. Had its own source book and everything.

Ringworld and the Ringworld Companion. Got 'em! Gems!

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Xavier Onassiss

#21
April 16, 2015, 01:59:00 PM
Quote from: flyingmice;826148Ringworld and the Ringworld Companion. Got 'em! Gems!

-clash

I haven't seen those books in years. Have they been reprinted?

tenbones

#22
April 16, 2015, 02:21:39 PM
Without getting too ruleswonky but doing a great job of capturing the feel and danger of it - I thought Cyberpunks 'Deep Space' and 'Near Orbit' were damn fine books that covered some good basics about what it's like with relatively low-tech bases.

flyingmice

#23
April 16, 2015, 02:33:28 PM
Quote from: Xavier Onassiss;826151I haven't seen those books in years. Have they been reprinted?

Nope. I got them when they came out initially. I am old, Xavier! :D

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dsivis

#24
April 16, 2015, 03:17:29 PM
On about the name note, anybody got a list of space colony/station types?
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Xavier Onassiss

#25
April 16, 2015, 03:18:28 PM
Quote from: flyingmice;826159Nope. I got them when they came out initially. I am old, Xavier! :D

-clash

Join the club. I could have bought them when they came out, but I didn't grab 'em at the time. Now I'm old and... regretful. :banghead:

GameDaddy

#26
April 16, 2015, 03:57:28 PM
I use space stations often in my Traveller games.
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Xavier Onassiss

#27
April 16, 2015, 05:28:06 PM
Quote from: dsivis;826167On about the name note, anybody got a list of space colony/station types?

I don't have one yet, but now that you mention it, that sounds like an interesting project....

jeff37923

#28
April 17, 2015, 08:56:10 AM
Quote from: dsivis;826167On about the name note, anybody got a list of space colony/station types?

If you don't mind it being a little outdated, find yourself a copy of T.A. Heppenheimer's Colonies in Space. Excellent book, a very good primer for getting all of the basics down.

For more detailed information, find SP-413 and SP-428 on the NASA website and download them. Both are very dense with information.

In between the above suggestions is ASTEN, a PDF of a proposed modular space colony done by a very intelligent high school student on his own initiative. Quite accessible and a good read.
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dsivis

#29
April 17, 2015, 10:42:42 AM
Quote from: jeff37923;826286If you don't mind it being a little outdated, find yourself a copy of T.A. Heppenheimer's Colonies in Space. Excellent book, a very good primer for getting all of the basics down.

For more detailed information, find SP-413 and SP-428 on the NASA website and download them. Both are very dense with information.

In between the above suggestions is ASTEN, a PDF of a proposed modular space colony done by a very intelligent high school student on his own initiative. Quite accessible and a good read.

Funny that you mention that. I did the International Space Settlement Design Competition in High School...
http://www.spaceset.org/
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