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<blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 7880639" data-attributes="member: 7015558">[ATTACH=full]117031[/ATTACH]Spelljammer is heavily inspired by an amalgamation of Ptolemaic/Wellesian/Burroughs view of what outer space.So space travel is possible, but it's much more fantastical and less inspired by actual science or technology. You can breath in space, and travel by ship, but the ships themselves have more in common with a Spanish galleon than a modern rocket. Very &quot;John Carter of Mars&quot; instead of Buck Rogers.Of course, creatures in space are pretty alien and eldritch, but space itself is much more like the piracy of the Caribbean than something out of Star Trek.It's actually got a lot in common with how Marvel's Thor views space, as they use mostly magic to traverse there (and their world Asgard is an actual place, not some meta-physical plane), and the concepts of the &quot;vacuum of space&quot; and &quot;can't breath&quot; doesn't have any impact on Asgardians. Heavily recommend reading the &quot;Mighty Thor&quot; arc for inspiration for how space fantasy can operate.[ATTACH=full]117032[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Urriak Uruk, post: 7880639, member: 7015558"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1577377467937.png"]117031[/ATTACH] Spelljammer is heavily inspired by an amalgamation of Ptolemaic/Wellesian/Burroughs view of what outer space. So space travel is possible, but it's much more fantastical and less inspired by actual science or technology. You can breath in space, and travel by ship, but the ships themselves have more in common with a Spanish galleon than a modern rocket. Very "John Carter of Mars" instead of Buck Rogers. Of course, creatures in space are pretty alien and eldritch, but space itself is much more like the piracy of the Caribbean than something out of Star Trek. It's actually got a lot in common with how Marvel's Thor views space, as they use mostly magic to traverse there (and their world Asgard is an actual place, not some meta-physical plane), and the concepts of the "vacuum of space" and "can't breath" doesn't have any impact on Asgardians. Heavily recommend reading the "Mighty Thor" arc for inspiration for how space fantasy can operate. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1577378109546.png"]117032[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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