Character Fodder No. 1: Facing the end
Use the above song and video as inspiration for a brief story about your character faced with a perilous situation and how that character copes with it.
Use the above song and video as inspiration for a brief story about your character faced with a perilous situation and how that character copes with it.
The Ekaterina’s Pride arrives at its first stop after leaving Ungstir Prime: the rendezvous checkpoint established by the fuel tanker Rucker. After Meuc Sionnach drops the ship to sublight, he begins to scan the heavens for the tanker ship. “Heading, boss?” he asks, glancing back at Prague. “Get docking clearance and arrange for the tank…
It’s been a little more than a year since OtherSpace made the shift from MUSH to Slack. Here’s what I’ve learned: Slack’s a great connector for community We’ve been able to re-forge old ties and make some new ones with players on Slack, talking about our lives, jobs, movies, books, TV, politics, even parenthood. Slack…
Grange strides into the lounge, casually tossing a glossy black cube – not much bigger than a gambling die – in his right hand. Kinako nods attentively. She is sitting at a booth along the side wall. General Jensen is across the table from her. They are speaking in relatively hushed tones, and the conversation…
Tomin Kora is the only inhabited planet in the Tomin System, located deep in the Tomin Nebula. The main settlement is Freewheeling, a domed city on the surface of the planet. Tomin is a dim orange-red star that is cooler and less massive than Sol. There are three gas giants in the Tomin system, and…
Origin stories Simply put, humans can come from just about anywhere in the OtherSpace universe. The cradle of human civilization is obviously Sol System, but in the decades since humans got hold of faster-than-light technology, they’ve found their way to every corner of the Orion Arm. Likely homeworlds could include: But it’s also possible that…