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AlexanderHowl · 08-27-2018, 04:16 PM

Just because you allow one or two miracles does not mean that you need to devolve to Star Trek or Star Wars levels of space opera. For example, in many of my space campaigns, FTL travel exists but STL travel is based off fusion rockets and artificial gravity is limited to spin gravity.

As for why a civilization would terraform, there are plenty of reasons, but I will just mention two. The first is establishing multiple biological preserved that could survive any catastrophe. The second is establishing short sleeve environments for humans to live within that would allow them to survive the collapse of human civilization. Either is difficult to do with orbital habitats.

08-27-2018, 04:16 PM	#45
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	Re: The Stars Our Destination Just because you allow one or two miracles does not mean that you need to devolve to Star Trek or Star Wars levels of space opera. For example, in many of my space campaigns, FTL travel exists but STL travel is based off fusion rockets and artificial gravity is limited to spin gravity. As for why a civilization would terraform, there are plenty of reasons, but I will just mention two. The first is establishing multiple biological preserved that could survive any catastrophe. The second is establishing short sleeve environments for humans to live within that would allow them to survive the collapse of human civilization. Either is difficult to do with orbital habitats.