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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4946031" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>Depending upon tech level and system size, the planet could have had multiple colonizations by different races.</p><p></p><p>If you're using David Brin's <em>Uplift</em> as inspiration, the colonization could be in the form of illegal colonists on a world that was designated to lie fallow (due to its being the past home of an intelligent race or the current home of a race that is trying to devolve).</p><p></p><p>Heck, Star Trek is full of episodes in each series that involve colonists getting into trouble with heretofore unknown intelligent life forms and so forth.</p><p></p><p>Which reminds me...</p><p></p><p><strong>6)</strong> Adventures on a Space Station. Similar to a colonial setting, space stations can get you all kinds of fun adventures. Besides Trek, Babylon 5, and a number of novels and short stories feature the venerable space station as a focal point.</p><p></p><p><strong>7) </strong>The Caravan. A variant of the Explorer setting, the space caravan is either running away from a foe (Galactica) or towards a goal (countless SF stories).</p><p></p><p><strong>8) </strong>Lost in space. Yet another Explorer variant, except this time its entirely involuntary. Besides the show and movie that had this as its name, there have been others. The most recent incarnation that I can think of is Star Trek Voyager.</p><p></p><p><strong>9) </strong>Still another variant of the Explorer setting is Leaving the Nest. It could be at the interstellar level- see Star Trek Enterprise- or as early as the final stages of exploring and exploiting the solar system. While the latter rarely has intelligent aliens, they don't need to be completely absent.</p><p></p><p>An example of the latter would be the aforementioned SM Stirling <em>Lords of Creation </em>series, as well as ERB's classic <em>Barsoom</em> books.</p><p></p><p>An excellent example of the former would be the aforementioned Ben Bova Grand Tour. No intelligent aliens, but who needs them when you've got a "Darkest Africa" meets "Wild West" approach to exploring the planets and exploiting them? Especially in the asteroid belt!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4946031, member: 19675"] Depending upon tech level and system size, the planet could have had multiple colonizations by different races. If you're using David Brin's [I]Uplift[/I] as inspiration, the colonization could be in the form of illegal colonists on a world that was designated to lie fallow (due to its being the past home of an intelligent race or the current home of a race that is trying to devolve). Heck, Star Trek is full of episodes in each series that involve colonists getting into trouble with heretofore unknown intelligent life forms and so forth. Which reminds me... [B]6)[/B] Adventures on a Space Station. Similar to a colonial setting, space stations can get you all kinds of fun adventures. Besides Trek, Babylon 5, and a number of novels and short stories feature the venerable space station as a focal point. [B]7) [/B]The Caravan. A variant of the Explorer setting, the space caravan is either running away from a foe (Galactica) or towards a goal (countless SF stories). [B]8) [/B]Lost in space. Yet another Explorer variant, except this time its entirely involuntary. Besides the show and movie that had this as its name, there have been others. The most recent incarnation that I can think of is Star Trek Voyager. [B]9) [/B]Still another variant of the Explorer setting is Leaving the Nest. It could be at the interstellar level- see Star Trek Enterprise- or as early as the final stages of exploring and exploiting the solar system. While the latter rarely has intelligent aliens, they don't need to be completely absent. An example of the latter would be the aforementioned SM Stirling [I]Lords of Creation [/I]series, as well as ERB's classic [I]Barsoom[/I] books. An excellent example of the former would be the aforementioned Ben Bova Grand Tour. No intelligent aliens, but who needs them when you've got a "Darkest Africa" meets "Wild West" approach to exploring the planets and exploiting them? Especially in the asteroid belt! [/QUOTE]
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