Here’s a concise, blog-friendly write-up of where you are with the Mongoose Traveller 2E macro, how folks can use it today, and what’s still on…
Deep in the swirling cosmic ballet, our sun constantly hurls charged particles into space as solar wind. Most of these high‐energy electrons and protons are…
Perfect because I’m supposed to make the stats of this for Cepheus Engine.
Project Sundial is another illustration of the sense of scale of energy that one has to get right with science. That economic size, population and…
I’m working on developing a Cepheus Engine Ship Generator spreadsheet that will handle all the calculations necessary for ship design and performance assessment. Here are…
fueled by Hypersonic Arms race – to Counter Hypersonic threats you need Space Superiority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrange_point_colonization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_manufacturing The idea that microgravity (or near-zero gravity) environments could…
The Moon and Beyond: Humanity’s Next Steps in the Solar System Watching Anthrofuturism has deepened my understanding of the Moon’s crucial role in humanity’s expansion…
The concept of space travel in many sci-fi systems often hinges on the arbitrary measurement of “displacement tons” (dtons), which originate from an era when…
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/434085/2-parsecs-from-sol An adventure set in Alpha Centauri A, B and Proxima Centauri, Luhman 16 A and B, and Barnard Star.Several Adventures This is a Pay-What-you-Want…
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/493485/mneme-space-combat-ebook-only All the PNG Tokens JPG DECKPLANS and of course the EBOOK, since people asked for a version without the sample watermark. Link to the…
SPIN CALC spreadsheet – calcultes degress per frame this uses blender 4.0 with 60fps 1920×1080 camera. Uploaded the new files and the files that contain…
I can imagine settings where digital companies for mental health would be a right. An external memory of who we are – to better process…
Notes after a lot of MWO with my team. Mechs wouldn’t have exposed cockpits, it would be like a modern-day tank or even better…
My problem of running a Hard Scifi Game is how to make the solar system relevant without overloading the Players. I don’t want the players…
Ok that was a lot of work. Yeah creating tables for Stellar Classification. Roll the Star up. I made a mistake, I wasn’t supposed to allow…
Sadly I cannot simplify enough that its accurate to how professional scientists can use it, while being something I can follow. Reminds me of trying…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity Q: If the earth requires 11KMs Escape velocity, when I achieve it at 11.1KMs 𝚫V does that mean I have the remaining 0.1KMs to…
All the tools that go to delta-v to be easier goes to designer notes. Sure write the simple parts down in the mechanics but then…
The Saturn-V is a great sample rocket. Its performance and Stats are readily available and its a great baseline since we want our performance to…
So the Thrust to Weight Ratio determines an Efficiency Curve for the Mass Ratio (Fuel to total Mass of the Ship). The weaker the engine…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust-to-weight_ratio I had to Study the Basics of Thrust to Weight. Sorry I’m juggling a lot, but DO KNOW you can correct me because…
0G Manufacturing is Nano-Technology https://rootsofprogress.org/where-is-my-flying-car 0G manufacturing is ASSEMBLING and FORMING material before Gravity distorts the structure that will be set or cured. Now…
I prefer the Idea of Cloud Habitats and a few hundred Habitats orbiting in its thermosphere with Tethers and Electromagnetic funnels drawing gasses as for…
Taylorism and Scientific Manufacturing is in TL5 While FORD and his improvements in the Assembly Line is in TL6 Quality Management: Deming, TPS, Lean is…
http://universesandbox.com/usage/ If others are considering using Universe Sandbox to detail their Worldbuilding (game material). Hope to make hard SciFi more accessible and a lot of…
Sleep pods and Freshers can be pretty much the same thing. 1) redundant life support – cabin fails the sleep pod and fresher 2) sonic…
Currently my Game inspiration Every planet in our solar system requires 30-100km/s of 𝚫V months to arrive (A rocket usually has 9.6km/s 𝚫V budget of energy…
Trying a smaller ship for a change. I’m using “dumb math” ratios and benchmarking against the spaceX ITS as I figure out how to calculate…
This is a 234 KT freighter. A ton is either one Cubic Meter which is equal to 1 Ton/ 1000kg of Water or 1000kg of…
3 sets of Habitats for Ships 15m radius Habitat – it takes 1 to 1 to recover. This means the same amount of time…