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<blockquote data-quote="d4" data-source="post: 1653459" data-attributes="member: 12699">i want to create my own sci-fi campaign setting. far future, definitely, but with a kinda &quot;retro tech&quot; feel. something between Star Wars and Dune. there'll be high tech, but it'll be limited to certain applications, while others (such as nanotech and computer technology) will be severely retarded or absent altogether.i might not have any aliens, and instead have a large variety of pantropic human species.there'll probably be some kind of over-government, but very weak. weaker even than the Old Republic of Star Wars... more like today's UN, which can make recommendations and sanctions, but has little or no enforcement power.i want a hyperspace model in which the skill of the navigator, and not the quality or speed of the ship's engines, is the main factor in determining travel times. i also want travel times to be variable, and only loosely based on distance in the real world as well. i've got something involving an infinite number of two-dimensional &quot;subspaces&quot; that seems like it could work. it involves being able to find the two-dimensional plane perpendicular to the line incident with the two points you are attempting to travel between. the skill of the navigator determines how close you can get to this theoretical optimum (which, if it could be found, would allow instantaneous travel no matter what the distance).i'm probably going to have psionics of some kind, though probably rather low-key and not very powerful. i'd like to tie them into a religious or spiritual institution as well.just some things i've been musing about until i actually get the book and can start work on the setting in earnest...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="d4, post: 1653459, member: 12699"] i want to create my own sci-fi campaign setting. far future, definitely, but with a kinda "retro tech" feel. something between Star Wars and Dune. there'll be high tech, but it'll be limited to certain applications, while others (such as nanotech and computer technology) will be severely retarded or absent altogether. i might not have any aliens, and instead have a large variety of pantropic human species. there'll probably be some kind of over-government, but very weak. weaker even than the Old Republic of Star Wars... more like today's UN, which can make recommendations and sanctions, but has little or no enforcement power. i want a hyperspace model in which the skill of the navigator, and not the quality or speed of the ship's engines, is the main factor in determining travel times. i also want travel times to be variable, and only loosely based on distance in the real world as well. i've got something involving an infinite number of two-dimensional "subspaces" that seems like it could work. it involves being able to find the two-dimensional plane perpendicular to the line incident with the two points you are attempting to travel between. the skill of the navigator determines how close you can get to this theoretical optimum (which, if it could be found, would allow instantaneous travel no matter what the distance). i'm probably going to have psionics of some kind, though probably rather low-key and not very powerful. i'd like to tie them into a religious or spiritual institution as well. just some things i've been musing about until i actually get the book and can start work on the setting in earnest... [/QUOTE]

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