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An Interdimensional Spaceport Off the Coast on Titan

Kounji — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:48:52 PST

I think the portal concept works much better for science fiction travel, FTL travel depends probably more on how the universe defines it. I like the idea of accelerating space portals.

Kounji

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EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:20:24 PST

Wide Load...

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strider_mt2k — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:02:56 PST

@EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy: The Really Hot Coil of Gas is for loading and unloading only...

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EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:44:58 PST

The only white space I see in this pic is that really hot coil of gas in the background--

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strider_mt2k — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:24:31 PST

The white zone is for loading and unloading only...

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EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:36:45 PST

Atlantis and its STS-122 astronaut crew are now scheduled to launch at 2:47 p.m. EST (1947 GMT) on Feb. 7

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foofer — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:59:37 PST

more ufo's please, why do all the ships have wings?

foofer

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robot.sonic — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:03:25 PST

I'm not sure if his blog is in some way... broken...but I can't see this picture on there and it was only ever updated in Feb '06. Maybe it's me. Shame, as i love good concept art.

An obvious favourite choice, but Syd Mead has to be up there as one of the best. And Ralph McQuarrie. And I like Doug Chiang.

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manjisan — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:43:31 PST

This really is breathtaking work. Especially the samurai scene in the snow. The details of the figure and horse are a real treat in direct contrast to the starkness of the bare trees. Very inspiring work for a writer's imagery in sci fi.

manjisan

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EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:40:34 PST

Then again if Titan's climatology is analogous to cryo-temperate, this makes total sense for ships embarking upon the Mercurial Rivers~

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EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:49:14 PST

Is that a poem?

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spudzill — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:54:53 PST

Like Eve online?

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EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:49:42 PST

I had Reese's pieces tonite. Agreed with Mixmaster, this kind of interstellar storytelling is as well fascinating to me--I've for a long time had this idea that such inter-dimensional travel "hubs" would be located 'extra-terrestrially', meaning within the vaccuum of outerspace away from densely-massed objects like planets and moons. Kind of a two-tiered propulsion system physically connected to the natural network of hyper-flux 'rivers', currently hidden in the dark matter of the celestials but eventually mapped.

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spudzill — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:30:15 PST

Nah. The individual ships are cooler. Space Battles and Piracy would be virtually impossible with the Stargate concept. And we need such things for good space adventure. A combination works well, in fiction with the Star gate system amongst the well settled worlds and the "outer rim" needing the slower ships to deliver to the outlying colonies and providing adventure oppourtunities.

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Lord Necros — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:25:55 PST

btw, aren't the titanian skies orange and the ground a rocky brown?

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papercup mixmaster — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:18:37 PST

This is a beautiful piece. I've always been really drawn to the idea of a system of portals, or wormholes, or gates, whatever you want them to be, that allow interdimensional or interstellar travel, instead of individual ships that are able to make those kinds of jumps. Perhaps because it seems less chaotic. I don't know. This is an really wonderful rendering of that idea.

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Lord Necros — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:13:34 PST

he has good talent with 3D but the after touch needs a bit of work. on hi res versions, you can see the artificing on various edges and polygonization of spherical surfaces. anyway, nice art work.

Lord Necros

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cybergrunt — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:47:53 PST

gorgeous artwork

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EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:47:28 PST

I hear JetBlue's got one of those cubes~

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sci-fi_jones — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:44:32 PST

This Burg guy looks like he knows what he's talking about. And "interdimensional" traffic control?...sounds like an hour on the tarmac in the fourth dimension won't take that long at all.

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Woodwater — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:48:07 PST

Beautifull. I love stuff like that.

Woodwater