AdmiralSakai

  Whew. That last one was long. With it, I've said roughly everything that can be said about Galactic Age (and yet, I still didn't ever come up with a better name). I've created what I think is a flawless physics system, smashed bad biology, and explained away a whole load of common sci-fi glitches. I'm very, very proud of my accomplishments in this world's science, technology, warfare, history, and politics. But it's still just a “world.” There's nothing in it for people to consume other than a long string of pontificating blog posts. True, I did write a short story or two in the setting, but these were heavily based on other wo

Ok. Now that the abstract discussions about what races are is done with, I can actually offer some advice about what to do with/about them. 1.   I don't know what the infatuation with them is, but elf subtypes are everywhere. We've got High Elves, Low Elves, Medium Elves, Wood Elves, Stone Elves, Dark Elves, Plastic Elves, Sleazy Elves, Quantum Elves, Porn Elves, Half-Elves, Full Elves, Overflowing Elves, Fake Elves, Short Elves, Nature Elves, Christmas Elves, Spore Elves, Dead Elves, Dread Elves, Dear Elves, Deer Elves, Ear Elves, Sphere Elves, Spear Elves, Clear Elves, Air Elves, Army Elves, Navy Elves, Spice Elves, Dream Elves, Curiosity

  Whew. That last one was long. With it, I've said roughly everything that can be said about Galactic Age (and yet, I still didn't ever come up with a better name). I've created what I think is a flawless physics system, smashed bad biology, and explained away a whole load of common sci-fi glitches. I'm very, very proud of my accomplishments in this world's science, technology, warfare, history, and politics. But it's still just a “world.” There's nothing in it for people to consume other than a long string of pontificating blog posts. True, I did write a short story or two in the setting, but these were heavily based on other wo

 All right. I've realized that I can't do much thinking about space combat or weapons without some understanding of the way that drive systems work and behave. So this update will be all about engines. Now, most space opera universes have two sets of engines, which Star Trek came up with the best names for- one for slower-than-light relativistic travel (impulse drive) and one for whatever faster-than-light travel that particular physics uses (warp drive). I see very little artistically wrong with that system- it's a cliché, yes, but one that is so popular not for stupidity or laziness reasons but because it just works so well. But let'