#Science Fiction

[silencedminstrel]

THE PATRIARCH OF THE PSI-BEING ORDER AND HIS CYBORG LIFE PARTNER SCHEDULED TO MEET THE WATCHERS

Ah, this sure feels like a vacation, James...! Yep, nothing like having dinner in some busy backstreet somewhere in Xian Gan Prime, Ted! At least the wonton's still pretty nice, albeit pricier now than before, heheh! Yeah, kinda makes you think how would things be if we're still two indie engineers/mercenaries doesn't it? Working in the seedy underworld

Nobody knows or cares who we are? And also never finding out that I have a brother? Yeah well now that's one thing we wouldn't trade in for anything, James! We couldn't have gotten far without him...! Yeah, true...! So the Watchers have started combing the galaxy looking for the couple who stole from them, and that they'd wanted to meet us

Here for questioning...! Why can't we do it back at the monastery, James? Our people have suffered enough, Ted; the presence of Watchers might unnerve them even more...!Yeah, you're right, James! Things have been tumultuous these past two years, some of these monks just wanted to be left alone...! True that, Ted! Ever since that failed invasion

Things have been less than peaceful...it's a hard life living as a Psi-Being, especially when you'd feel trouble coming long before the rest of the galaxy would...! And the fact that we still need to raise The Golden Horde despite having no more enemies to fight against? Here's your wonton, gentlemen! Ah thank you, Mr Lee! Well Ted, bon appetit...!

[scipunk]

Alien (1979)

[falloutconceptart]

The High Road

Concept art for Fallout: New Vegas

Lonesome Road DLC

Art by Joe Sanabria

[spirk-trek]

S1E15: Balance of Terror ⋆.˚ ✧ · ˚⊹

[amorphousbl0b]

This is now an official Prospect (2018) Recommendation Post

It’s grimy as fuck (and slimy too)

It’s tactile as fuck (everything is buttons, prop design is impeccable)

It is not horny because the protagonist is a child but there is morally ambiguous Pedro Pascal which earns many points

And the protagonist canonically writes missing scene fanfics for her favorite book

What more could you want?

we have GOT to bring back campy horny grimy tactile scifi. this is a national fucking emergency

[art-of-thomas-elliott]

With the atmosphere of neoplasia being toxic to life, the majority of the population of the planet lives on the colossal mobile mining platforms known as the Mitick Cities. Each city is a hermetically sealed body in which generations live, toil and die without ever knowing anything other than the hard confines of their claustrophobic artificial world. The ultimate embodiment of humankind’s contempt for its environment these leviathans rove over the surface of the planet like lice on a host, racking the surface with mining lasers and belching the excrement of industry into the sky. With natural life on the planets surface impossible the only solution to a growing population is to build more mitick cities. Each city scars the world in its ceaseless acquisition of materials with which to manufacture another city. This unsustainable mitosis on a massive scale has lead to a vicious cycle of worsening conditions to which there can only be one end.

[acquired-stardust]

Aim for the Top! Gunbuster Gainax 1988

[dream-piper]

Stephen Silver Art Study: Zero

First character I tried with the art study! Not much changed honestly! Except some of the clothes and shapes!

More to follow!

[good-fwiend-in-wome]

all science fiction is Dune, except Dune, which is Foundation

[vermilllionsands]

King Caesar

[falloutconceptart]

Raul, Trouble Shooter

Art for Magic the Gathering - Fallout

Art by Irina Nordsol

[olivrsm]

[curatorofthisdigitalmorass]

ALIEN (1979)

[spirk-trek]

S1E3: Charlie X ⋆.˚ ✧ · ⋆

[settlersoferia]

Eria trivia because if I'm gonna play bingo with the list I might as well share

how about no currency? how about people genuinely wanting to help each other? barter exists and in tight knit communities like the villages, everyone will have some kind of chore (a job, normal people call that having a job) like hunting or chopping down trees for the fire, so that everyone contributes within their abilities and everyone is taken care of

totally not because making up currencies is the bane of my existence, what the heck do I call it??

30 hour clock,

° 1 marks sunrise and most people naturally wake up soon after since the magic comes from the sun, and they get an energy boost

° work / school doesn't start till 3 (or even later) so that everyone has plenty of time to eat, get ready and get there with no stress

° getting up before sunrise is considered unreasonable, few do it, expecting someone to do it will earn you a hit to the head and no compliance

° sunset is at 16

° night time is rest time, you go chill at home with family or friends or alone or sleep

° unless you're nocturnal ofc,

° or partially nocturnal, then insert whatever routine (or lack there of) works for you

° to indicate time more specifically than to the hour you can say '2 and a half' or '2 and a quarter (or 3)', people don't watch time too closely so that's all you'll hear in daily use

there is an official precentral time measure system that goes to 100 but who needs that, written 2'50 for 2 and a half and so on, you get it

don't have seasons worked out, maybe there aren't any or they make too little sense to predict with reasonable regularity, magic, you know how it goes

magical weather anomalies, will work out the kinks eventually

3 moons, no planetary rings on Eria but I love them and I will put them somewhere, that is a promise, maybe on a moon, that'd be interesting; ooh wait can a moon have mini moons? I wanna

whatever colour roads the city wants to have, maybe even rainbow or iridescent (the whole planet is gonna be lively and colourful)

dragon bone jewellery and other trinkets, it's a culture thing for them but can be given to friends too

(dragons are sentient, not animals)

their bones are famously dense and durable (and black)

there's a synthetic material called dragonbone or blackbone with similar properties (less durable than the real thing but easier to get) (dragons and magic sensitive individuals can feel the difference)

+ dragon hide armour (really comfy and durable, should be gifted not bought)

the equivalent of marriage is soul binding

° there are magic perks like some minor telepathy, feeling when the other is hurt, etc

° there aren't any restrictions on how many you can have & you can soul bind with friends

° the strength of the connection depends on how close you are

legal names only matter for documents and can be changed relatively easily, you can take partner's name if you wish, no need for any ceremonies as religion and stuff exists separately of law (as it should)

people like to give each other nicknames so you might not even use your legal name much

no concept of virginity or bastardry ✅

no proper concept of gender because multiple species live here and every species has some different cultural norms so over time it just kinda blends together and none cares

idk if it's monotheism but over time some people took to seeing the planet as a goddess and there are legends of her Children™ who are perceived as either gods of their own or some sort of semi gods

and no creationism because everyone knows where they (or their ancestors) came from and it's not Eria

although some might believe they're descendants of The Children, whether it's true I cannot tell

'gods that don't look like people' a whole planet goddess

don't really have anything on pets yet but I'll make a separate post about animals and I can do some funky pets

nonverbal communication - Erian sign language may not be the most advanced one but it's commonly used so you can communicate to some extent with most people across the planet

I'm actually planning to explore the creation of it in the book

and I'm sure there are some proper versions of it around, will probably figure out more eventually because it's a shame not to have any

Small fantasy worldbuilding elements you might want to think about:

A currency that isn’t gold-standard/having gold be as valuable as tin

A currency that runs entirely on a perishable resource, like cocoa beans

A clock that isn’t 24-hours

More or less than four seasons/seasons other than the ones we know

Fantastical weather patterns like irregular cloud formations, iridescent rain

Multiple moons/no moon

Planetary rings

A northern lights effect, but near the equator

Roads that aren’t brown or grey/black, like San Juan’s blue bricks

Jewelry beyond precious gems and metals

Marriage signifiers other than wedding bands

The husband taking the wife's name / newlyweds inventing a new surname upon marriage

No concept of virginity or bastardry

More than 2 genders/no concept of gender

Monotheism, but not creationism

Gods that don’t look like people

Domesticated pets that aren’t re-skinned dogs and cats

Some normalized supernatural element that has nothing to do with the plot

Magical communication that isn’t Fantasy Zoom

“Books” that aren’t bound or scrolls

A nonverbal means of communicating, like sign language

A race of people who are obligate carnivores/ vegetarians/ vegans/ pescatarians (not religious, biological imperative)

I’ve done about half of these myself in one WIP or another and a little detail here or there goes a long way in reminding the audience that this isn’t Kansas anymore.