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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 7397131"><p>In the not so distant future....</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A blanket of satellites encircles the earth with rotatable solar panels that can be used like a colossal venetian blind to shield the ground from solar radiation, with the (ostensible) purpose of mitigating global warming.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">That didn't work out quite as well as was hoped.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many of those who can afford to choose to live in orbit.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">On the positive side, the vast majority of the generated power goes to running server farms, in orbit, that can barely keep up with all the block chain processing that humanity requires.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Which is a lot of processing, because countless fortunes have been made from mining asteroids. Even the miners, who agree to live on asteroids for one year (not counting transit time) earn trillions (millions in today's dollars). And nobody wants to pay taxes.</li> </ul><p></p><p>I'm imagining a kind of Shadowrun meets Paranoia meets Firefly kind of thing, if written as a collaboration between Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, and Arthur C. Clarke.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What are the features/factions/conflicts in this world?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What's happening on the Moon? On Mars? How about the moons of Jupiter and Saturn? (I'm betting on at least one 'estate' on Europa. Which raises the question of whether there is life there...)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Does all the wealth mean prosperity for all? Or greater disparity than ever?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What technologies have finally been invented/perfected/adopted? Fusion energy generation? Orbital elevators? Designer babies? Brain-Computer Interfaces? Nanotech Manufacturing?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What impact do the environment/technology (e.g., cut-resistant textiles and the Very Bad Consequences of bullet holes in a vacuum) have on combat?</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 7397131"] In the not so distant future.... [LIST] [*]A blanket of satellites encircles the earth with rotatable solar panels that can be used like a colossal venetian blind to shield the ground from solar radiation, with the (ostensible) purpose of mitigating global warming. [*]That didn't work out quite as well as was hoped. [*]Many of those who can afford to choose to live in orbit. [*]On the positive side, the vast majority of the generated power goes to running server farms, in orbit, that can barely keep up with all the block chain processing that humanity requires. [*]Which is a lot of processing, because countless fortunes have been made from mining asteroids. Even the miners, who agree to live on asteroids for one year (not counting transit time) earn trillions (millions in today's dollars). And nobody wants to pay taxes. [/LIST] I'm imagining a kind of Shadowrun meets Paranoia meets Firefly kind of thing, if written as a collaboration between Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, and Arthur C. Clarke. [LIST] [*]What are the features/factions/conflicts in this world? [*]What's happening on the Moon? On Mars? How about the moons of Jupiter and Saturn? (I'm betting on at least one 'estate' on Europa. Which raises the question of whether there is life there...) [*]Does all the wealth mean prosperity for all? Or greater disparity than ever? [*]What technologies have finally been invented/perfected/adopted? Fusion energy generation? Orbital elevators? Designer babies? Brain-Computer Interfaces? Nanotech Manufacturing? [*]What impact do the environment/technology (e.g., cut-resistant textiles and the Very Bad Consequences of bullet holes in a vacuum) have on combat? [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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