Sci-Fi RP Signups/Planning

[Argenti he/him]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

I was imagining size of like a star destroyer from Star Wars.

wut be that

i’ve heard of that

i just can’t remember

I was hoping for bigger. Like, the planet is one.

Bishop rings are a type of space habitat. Imagine a ringworld, but orbiting like a moon around a planet.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, Argenti said:

I was hoping for bigger. Like, the planet is one.

Bishop rings are a type of space habitat. Imagine a ringworld, but orbiting like a moon around a planet.

Well, it has to be small enough for several dissapearances to matter, cuz I was thinking that it had a very strict tolitarian government, and there was almost no crime.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

Well, it has to be small enough for several dissapearances to matter, cuz I was thinking that it had a very strict tolitarian government, and there was almost no crime.

Space station.

Small space station.

With many, many corridors.

Big but small.

Y'know?

[Through the Living Hope]

8 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Hmm . . .

Bishop rings . . . ?

Maybe something like mystery/leaning slightly into horror? I’m just not a horror person… like, a little is probably fine, but let’s just say that whenever I see a trailer for a horror flick I look away 

5 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

I was imagining size of like a star destroyer from Star Wars.

wut be that

i’ve heard of that

i just can’t remember

I like that size

[Argenti he/him]

 

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

Well, it has to be small enough for several dissapearances to matter, cuz I was thinking that it had a very strict tolitarian government, and there was almost no crime.

Oh I was thinking about a team discovering it, not living on it. If we're pre-existing, then it should be SMALL

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Space station.

Small space station.

With many, many corridors.

Big but small.

Y'know?

Hmmm, I want there to be like a government tho

Just now, Spark of Hope said:

Maybe something like mystery/leaning slightly into horror? I’m just not a horror person… like, a little is probably fine, but let’s just say that whenever I see a trailer for a horror flick I look away 

I like that size

ofc, not slasher obv, more suspense. Is that fine?

[Argenti he/him]

Just now, Spark of Hope said:

Maybe something like mystery/leaning slightly into horror? I’m just not a horror person… like, a little is probably fine, but let’s just say that whenever I see a trailer for a horror flick I look away 

I like that size

I was thinking that this horror is more... existential than slasher fic?

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Spark of Hope said:

Maybe something like mystery/leaning slightly into horror? I’m just not a horror person… like, a little is probably fine, but let’s just say that whenever I see a trailer for a horror flick I look away 

Yeah, we could do something like that!

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

Hmmm, I want there to be like a government tho

space station

somewhere in the solar system

that was funded by the government for years and now is redundant so is kind of just existing and has a sort-of self-governing body

totally not stealing this from something else . . .

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

Yeah, we could do something like that!

space station

somewhere in the solar system

that was funded by the government for years and now is redundant so is kind of just existing and has a sort-of self-governing body

totally not stealing this from something else . . .

How big are you talking?

like, bigger than your average neighborhood? Or what?

[Through the Living Hope]

5 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

Hmmm, I want there to be like a government tho

ofc, not slasher obv, more suspense. Is that fine?

Yeah both of these are fine

5 minutes ago, Argenti said:

I was thinking that this horror is more... existential than slasher fic?

 

[Argenti he/him]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Yeah, we could do something like that!

space station

somewhere in the solar system

that was funded by the government for years and now is redundant so is kind of just existing and has a sort-of self-governing body

totally not stealing this from something else . . .

Hmmmmmm I'm thinking of a book that did that....

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

5 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

How big are you talking?

like, bigger than your average neighborhood? Or what?

Like, enough to house a couple thousand people but there's only a community of a few hundred now.

2 minutes ago, Argenti said:

Hmmmmmm I'm thinking of a book that did that....

OO, what book?

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

Like, enough to house a couple thousand people but there's only a community of a few hundred now.

OO, what book?

Okay

i’ll just say the size of an average neighborhood 

[Argenti he/him]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

OO, what book?

I DON'T KNOW

That's the worse part. I'm trying to find it.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

Okay

i’ll just say the size of an average neighborhood 

Pssh fine

1 minute ago, Argenti said:

I DON'T KNOW

That's the worse part. I'm trying to find it.

DANG sad

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

51 minutes ago, Argenti said:

I was hoping for bigger. Like, the planet is one.

Bishop rings are a type of space habitat. Imagine a ringworld, but orbiting like a moon around a planet.

They don't necessarily have to orbit anything.

 

33 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

Okay

i’ll just say the size of an average neighborhood 

What if we go a little bigger?

Something like this:

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So like...city sized, rather than neighborhood sized. (This is called an O'Neill Cylinder; this one's kind of on the smaller end of what you might see in sci-fi)

Or something like this:

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Where the blue habitat pod is the size of a (small) city. (This is like an interstellar ark type ship.)

Both of those are pretty big, but it gives us more room to do stuff. Either we're people living on the ship/station and have to deal with a problem that arises, or we're a group that investigates the ship/station after contact is lost. If we are leaning horror, that second option would add to the vibe, because we have this place meant to hold thousands or tens of thousands of people and it's completely abandoned. (But you don't have the daunting sense of scale a large-scale bishop ring would give you.)

Edited January 7, 2025 by The Bookwyrm

[TwinStorm He/Him]

3 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

They don't necessarily have to orbit anything.

 

What if we go a little bigger?

Something like this:

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So like...city sized, rather than neighborhood sized.

Or something like this:

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Where the blue habitat pod is the size of a city. (This is like an interstellar ark type ship.)

Both of those are pretty big, but it gives us more room to do stuff. Either we're people living on the ship/station and have to deal with a problem that arises, or we're a group that investigates the ship/station after contact is lost. If we are leaning horror, that second option would add to the vibe, because we have this place meant to hold thousands or tens of thousands of people and it's completely abandoned. (But you don't have the daunting sense of scale a large-scale bishop ring would give you.)

Well, okay

city sized works

That’s kinda what I meant when I said star destroyer

@The Bookwyrm are you gonna actually rp or are you just helping with creation process?

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

I want to try, but I probably won't be around for super long...that's not an issue though, as something terrible can happen to my character.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Can I make a slightly silly-in-the-head character or is this gonna be exclusively serious?

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

6 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

Well, okay

city sized works

That’s kinda what I meant when I said star destroyer

Sorry I'm being kind of pushy...

Also I forgot you mentioned Star-Destroyer sized and yeah that basically fits the bill.

Are you thinking space-station or ship?

2 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Can I make a slightly silly-in-the-head character or is this gonna be exclusively serious?

Uh

I dunno.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

4 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

I want to try, but I probably won't be around for super long...that's not an issue though, as something terrible can happen to my character.

GLASS! KILL HIM FIRST! 

2 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Can I make a slightly silly-in-the-head character or is this gonna be exclusively serious?

we definitely have room for comedy! Tho it will be largely more serious.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Can I make a slightly silly-in-the-head character or is this gonna be exclusively serious?

make them

MAKE THEM

it's both

they can die first

or last

who knows

Just now, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

GLASS! KILL HIM FIRST! 

3 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

YESSIR!

*grabs knife*

SPACE STATION do station that'd be coooooool

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, The Bookwyrm said:

Sorry I'm being kind of pushy...

Also I forgot you mentioned Star-Destroyer sized and yeah that basically fits the bill.

Are you thinking space-station or ship?

Uh

I dunno.

I don’t know

maybe smth like the Death Star, where it can move but largely is stationary?

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

I don’t know

maybe smth like the Death Star, where it can move but largely is stationary?

. . . so a space station? 

You could have it orbit a planet like a moon

Edited January 7, 2025 by Through The Living Glass

[TwinStorm He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

make them

MAKE THEM

it's both

they can die first

or last

who knows

YESSIR!

*grabs knife*

SPACE STATION do station that'd be coooooool

ok!

glass do you wanna decide/come up with your alien monster/thingie?