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Re: Wings [was: Re: Building big]
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 26 Jun 2001 00:59:15 GMT
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In article <GFIDuG.L81@lugnet.com>, Joel Kuester
<septenemae@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I personally usually don't like to see craft that people have built using
> tech from media sources because I am not fond of Star Wars or Star Trek
> science. Of course, I myself have built many Star Wars craft, but I was not
> interested in borrowing their technology, I was mostly inspired by their
> forms. I love the way Star Wars craft look, but they are mostly terrible
> from a hard science POV.
That's one reason I enjoyed Babylon 5 so much. The science wasn't
perfect (you have to make *some* concessions for the sake of the
story), but at least they made a darn good attempt.
I've found the Jovian Chronicles RPG from Dream Pod 9 to be a good
source of info for those that like a little more science in their
sci-fi. It's not super-hard-core techie stuff, but they do eschew
fantastical elements such as FTL travel for designs based on our
current understanding of physics and logical extensions of real-world
space habitation research.
jk
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