[Space] 'Space Opera' Setting

nick012000 · 08-02-2009, 08:34 PM

Why limit yourself to planets? If you're doing a Space Opera setting, why limit yourself, when you have all the sweep of the universe before you! Asteroids! Comets! Space Stations! They're all out there, and with no FTL, it makes sense that they'd want to colonize anything they can.

I myself am partial to Dyson Trees: colonies built inside genetically engineered trees growing out of comets, and out of the hollows the roots leave in the comet. Said trees are likely to be "cyborged" with things like landing pads, airlocks, elevators, and other bits of technological infrastructure.

What about aerostat cities on Venus-like planets? Human-breathable air is a lifting gas there; you can build entire floating cities that way.

Not to mention partially terraformed planets like Mars and her interstellar sisters might be.

08-02-2009, 08:34 PM	#3
nick012000 Join Date: Jul 2009	Re: [Space] 'Space Opera' Setting Why limit yourself to planets? If you're doing a Space Opera setting, why limit yourself, when you have all the sweep of the universe before you! Asteroids! Comets! Space Stations! They're all out there, and with no FTL, it makes sense that they'd want to colonize anything they can. I myself am partial to Dyson Trees: colonies built inside genetically engineered trees growing out of comets, and out of the hollows the roots leave in the comet. Said trees are likely to be "cyborged" with things like landing pads, airlocks, elevators, and other bits of technological infrastructure. What about aerostat cities on Venus-like planets? Human-breathable air is a lifting gas there; you can build entire floating cities that way. Not to mention partially terraformed planets like Mars and her interstellar sisters might be.