The Black Hole as a Module

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jedion357
April 10, 2011 - 6:52pm
it occured to me that with the evolution of this thread:
http://www.starfrontiers.us/node/5204

it should be here
I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers!
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thespiritcoyote
April 11, 2011 - 6:58am
COOLCool
Star Frontiers:
Black Hole

The Singularity Incident

A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole.

   The 'Haflinger's Trigger', a small space craft charged with seeking out and discovering "habitable life" in space, by the Yazirian Assertive Colonization Council of Athor. On mission day 54.7, six subsectors into the unexplored expanse, the exploratory craft, commanded by a steady impressive Captain Han Netherland, discovers something else of interest: the largest black hole ever detected by man. Intriguingly, the ship's robot, A.M.E.E. (Autonomous Mapping Exploration Evaluator) detects a stationary object near the neutron star, the shrouded silhouette of a vast spaceship.
   The crew soon recognizes the craft as Space Probe One, The PGC-Ex
Polaris-IV 'Anatidae'... the costliest fiasco in the Frontier's history. The 'Anatidae's' eccentric commander, Dr. Rein Hanshardt -- "one of the greatest space scientists of all time" -- refused Mission Control's recall order and the 'Anatidae' has not been seen from or heard from since.

***

   Soon, A.M.E.E. learns from another 'bot, Old R.O.B., that Hanshardt is insane; and that he lobotomized his mutinous human crew, eradicating their will, and essentially leaving the men and women of 'Anatidae' mindless, spiritless automatons. Also, Hanshardt has created a devilish blue, yellow, and green robot called S.C.H.E.L.L. to help him carry out his plans. The survivors of the 'Haflinger's Trigger' attempt to escape from Hanshardt, S.C.H.E.L.L. and his Sentry army, even as the 'Anatidaes' sets a fateful course for the neutron star. 

***

   The escape attempt fails, and characters good and evil meet their fates inside the strange, mystical forces of the black hole.


Book Artwork - Cygnus
Time to sort some files, and see what I have collected so far.


"If you take some wood and nails and glue and make a bookcase, only to find when you're done that it topples over when you try and stand it upright, you may have created something, but it won't work as a bookcase."
William Goldman - "Adventures in the Screen Trade"

Oh humans!! Innocent We discover a galactic community filled with multiple species of aliens, and the first thing we think about is "how can we have sex with them?".
~ anymoose, somewhere on the net...

so...
if you square a square it becomes a cube...
if you square a cube does it become an octoid?

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thespiritcoyote
April 11, 2011 - 4:46pm
Compleated:
First Draft, General Outline - Alpha through Epsilon
Slight detail on a skeletal ship layout (sketchy)
A few basic patterns for evil-demonic-robot
Sketched out character cast listing

couple of odds and ends....


just moving along and cleaning up after the previous brainstorms...
looking for continued discussions, what if's, what haves, and how abouts, now
Oh humans!! Innocent We discover a galactic community filled with multiple species of aliens, and the first thing we think about is "how can we have sex with them?".
~ anymoose, somewhere on the net...

so...
if you square a square it becomes a cube...
if you square a cube does it become an octoid?

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Deryn_Rys
April 11, 2011 - 6:02pm
Why not name the big red robot Satan (Security Administration, and Tactical Android Nova series)
"Hey guys I wonder what this does"-Famous last words
"Hey guys, I think it's friendly." -Famous last words
"You go on ahead, I'll catch up." -Famous last words
"Did you here that?" -Famous last words

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thespiritcoyote
April 11, 2011 - 7:39pm
I was tipping my hat to the actor, Maxamilian, by inverting the name of his robot with his last name.

All the name changes are inspired asscoiated varients, to houner the source, a tip of the hat.
Oh humans!! Innocent We discover a galactic community filled with multiple species of aliens, and the first thing we think about is "how can we have sex with them?".
~ anymoose, somewhere on the net...

so...
if you square a square it becomes a cube...
if you square a cube does it become an octoid?

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thespiritcoyote
April 13, 2011 - 8:19am
Updated Skeletal Concept for the PGC-Ex Polaris 1V Class, Long Range Deep Space Exploration Station.
Updated Skeletal Concept
The attempt being to show the most iconic elements of the influencing design... The parts that always stand out as distictive for me, when I look at the movie and book concept art. Not sure it makes a SF compatable architectural style.
Four Forward Ions, Forward Observation/Astrogation Tower,
Two Oversized Rear Ions, Four Inner-Rear Atomics, Rear Cargohold/Transport Bay, Rear Command Tower
Lots of of pods, looks like everything from hydroponics and science labs, to full machinist shops
and refineries, can be found on the ship somewhere... and they don't call the medical pod 'sick-bay' they call it  'The Hostpital' as if it is a full medical facility.
The minimum hull size is looking like around HS9... the underlying structure seems to approximate a supercarrier central axis, with two coaxial structual secondaries to keep the oversized nacel thrusters distributed in-line with the main axis.
Fairly large forward mounted quad ion nacelles... (to distrubute thrust stresses? what? its like a four-wheel-drive? Foot in mouth)
Guess if you re planning on going singularity-bogging, and jumping dark-energy distortion-crests, months from the nearest garage, you need every bit of help you can get!!!Laughing

Anyway, need to look at how to combine the basic skeleton, with a SF design scheme.
Oh humans!! Innocent We discover a galactic community filled with multiple species of aliens, and the first thing we think about is "how can we have sex with them?".
~ anymoose, somewhere on the net...

so...
if you square a square it becomes a cube...
if you square a cube does it become an octoid?

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thespiritcoyote
April 13, 2011 - 8:17am
Quick Palettte Concepts for the S.C.H.E.L.L.
Quick Palette
Attempted to make the color scheme look suitably WiCkEd EvIl,
 
whats the reactions? creepy, kewl, or too difficult to read?
Oh humans!! Innocent We discover a galactic community filled with multiple species of aliens, and the first thing we think about is "how can we have sex with them?".
~ anymoose, somewhere on the net...

so...
if you square a square it becomes a cube...
if you square a cube does it become an octoid?

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jedion357
April 15, 2011 - 10:35am
I like the acronym: SATAN but then the name Maximillian is cool tool

some nice work on this module idea! be sure to submit your write up to the SFman.
I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers!