I worked on space ship design and economics yesterday. Turns out, even the very basics are utterly fascinating: How big would an interstellar spaceship be in my universe?
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Map of the Milky Way Galaxy, Revisited
I’ve been working on a new version of the galactic Voyagers map lately. This is really based on the first Voyagers incarnation, not the current; anyway, just consider this a random galactic empire map…
Galactic Empire Map
Zoom of the Imperial area:
Galactic Empire Map - Zoom
Space Setting Map Sneak Preview III
Okay, this is the current version of my Voyagers map. It didn’t really change that much anymore – I’ve optimized some lines here and there, added some star systems, added names… This is probably the last version of this particular map for reasons I’ll detail in a later post.
Voyagers: Human Space
There should be about 300 named systems on that map.
Space Setting Map Sneak Preview II
Ah, progress.
The map has evolved quite a bit since my last posting, and as you can see it’s getting a bit crowded. Naming those systems – currently about 250 – is much more work than one might at first think.
Space Setting Map Sneak Preview
This is the current version of the map of the Orion Spur of the Milky Way galaxy, setting of my WIP science fiction universe.
Planets with Inkscape
I am still experimenting with drawing planets. This time, with Inkscape instead of The Gimp.
Planet drawn with Inkscape
This was a really quick design, and for that I think it works rather well.
New Sites for 2008-03-11
Found more interesting world building links:
* Thud and Blunder: Article by Poul Anderson about worldbuilding.
* 3D-Starmaps is dedicated to star maps.
* Atomic Rockets contains a lot of information about real and fictional rocketships.