Creative Firefly fans: Want to help?

POSTED BY: Lindley
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 22:06
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LINDLEY

Thursday, February 26, 2004 5:49 PM

I haven't made a big deal of this around here, but I've mentioned it in passing a few times: I'm working on a Firefly total-conversion mod for the game Escape Velocity: Nova.

I have an opportunity for any Firefly fan who wants to do so, to leave their mark on this project. Fanfic authors might be particularly interested in this.

I'm a good deal of the way along to having a complete Firefly galaxy, with over 100 stellar objects ("hundreds of new Earths"), but I could use a few more, and I'm afraid that if I come up with all of them, they'll start to get monotonous. Here's where you come in.

If you post here or email me a one or two paragraph description of a planet/moon in the Firefly 'verse, of your own invention, I'll do my best to include it in the mod (though I may have to make some edits). Optionally, you can also include a 3-5 sentence description of a single bar on that planet.

The fanfic authors among you have probably invented a planet or two already; if you'd like to see them included, send over a description (and, if you happen to have one, an appropriate landscape image).

The good Browncoats of TrekBBS have already been extremely helpful in this regard, so I figured I'd offer the same opportunity to you guys. Ideally, I'm looking for an additional 10-15 planets/moons, but I'll take whatever I can get. Be creative. Go easy on the Core worlds----I can't use too many more of those, though a few would be fine----but anything else is fair game. Border worlds, unterraformed worlds, Reaver-occupied, whatever.

If you haven't played EV: Nova, you can download it for free at www.ambrosiasw.com/games/evn . Its shareware. I will include anyone who contributes more than one planet in the alpha testing stage, but be aware that EV Nova only accepts plug-ins (mods like this) once its been registered.

Thanks in advance to anyone who chooses to contribute. :)

CHANNAIN

Thursday, February 26, 2004 7:25 PM

From Heartbroken:

Acadia - Mid-range planet, somewhere between the core worlds and the rim. A fuel-mining colony, Acadia is primarily populated by non-Asians who can trace their ancestry back to the original Acadians on Earth-that-was. They follow the same customs and traditions as their ancestors and still speak French and Cajun as well as Chinese and English. Pont Breaux Station orbits this planet, serving as a port of call and refueling station.

The crew never actually went there, so I have yet to examine what the planet looks like from space. Probably not the prettiest of worlds due to the fuel processing. Basically, if you could take Louisiana and stretch it over an entire planet, you would get Acadia.

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

LINDLEY

Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:11 PM

^That's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for, thanks.

I've been making planets (as seen from space) using LunarCell, a Photoshop plugin. It doesn't offer total control over what a planet looks like, but I should be able to find something appropriate for that.

KURUKAMI

Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:18 PM

I broke the locales I put together into general location categories -- Core, Frontier, Deeps (for settlements way out in the black). Here's a few that I just threw together:

Londinium (Core)
- The center of Western influence from Earth-that-Was, this Core world is ruled over by a monarchy and governed by a confusing tangle of dukes, counts, and earls. It is also one of the primary manufacturing centers of the Core, producing a large number of warships used by the Alliance military. The strong military presence there greatly reduces illicit trade, but legal (and not-so-rewarding) military transport contracts can easily be found.

Sihnon (Core)
- At the heart of Chinese cultural influence within the Alliance lies Sihnon, with its stunning architecture and magnificent vistas. Society here is affluent but complicated, with a broad variety of commercial opportunities available. The capital city, often described but never truly captured by picture, is home to the widely renowned Companions' Academy.

St. Albans (Frontier)
- On the outer edges of what might be considered a liveable environment, settlements on wintry St. Albans are scattered but well-established. Mining interests there provide many opportunities for both legal and illegal commerce, despite the presence of a Fed base along the somewhat more temperate equatorial belt.

Other locales which were mentioned, which I or others may expand on later, include:

the Silverhold Colonies (Frontier)
Whitefall (Deeps)
Persephone (Frontier)
Ariel (Core)
Higgins' Moon (Frontier)
Shadow (Frontier)
Greenleaf (Frontier)
Kowlan Fed Base (Frontier)
Hera (Frontier)
Beaumont (Core-Frontier)
Triumph (Deeps)
Bathgate Abbey (Frontier)
Jiangyin (Deeps-Frontier)
Bellerophon
Paquin
Santo
Bernadette

History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it merely shouts "Weren't you listening the first time?!?" and lets fly with a club.

KURUKAMI

Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:20 PM

Or did you already have a lot of the locales for places mentioned in-series filled in?

History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it merely shouts "Weren't you listening the first time?!?" and lets fly with a club.

GUNRUNNER

Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:26 PM

From a Fic I'm still working on;

Kenindale: A small sparsely inhabited world in the rim. The only major center of population is an Alliance supply station located just outside the only spaceport. In addition to the Alliance presence there are many salvagers who find profitable work despite the heavy Alliance regulations.

Bar: You find the bar covered in Submariner memorabilia from Earth-That-Was. Apparently the bar's owner is descended from a famous naval captain, and he keeps telling stories of how his ancestor tracked something for months.

SNEAKER98

Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:57 PM

Well, there is one planet in the mod I'm working on.

Woojan (woo-shawn) - A rim planet which is gutted, full of canyons and other obstacles. Full of a certain metal which confounds scanning systems.

"I do the job... and then I get paid. Go run your little world."
-Malcolm Reynolds

STARHAND

Thursday, February 26, 2004 10:40 PM

Hey Lindley

My suggestion is a planet or moon called Mohave. Why? Well many of the landscape shots in the series are shot in the Mojave Desert. An example is the place where Mal and Wash deliver the last of their med supplies before they're taken by Niska in War Stories. Those funny spikey looking plants are called Joshua trees and they're pretty exclusive to the Mohave desert. If you search the web for Joshua Trees or Mojave Desert you'll get all kinds of landscapes that you might be able to use. May be you could name another moon Sonorand, as in Sonora Desert. That's the big chunk of newly terra-formed rock I live in the middle of

Good luck with your project and let us know how it's doing.
~*

SAMURAIX47

Friday, February 27, 2004 12:06 AM

Lhasa... a moon around a gas giant, home to tibetan and buddhist monks who took refuge here from the core worlds, bringing with them many of the art treasures from Earth-that-was. Architecture similar has lots of indo/asian influneces. There is a Blue Sun influence here also some sort of secret sect. Buddha was the ninth incarnation of Vishnu, who is usually represented as a man with four arms and his skin is all blue. Blue hands? Hmmm...

Here is a great list of photo galleries of temples and places and artwork.
http://sangha.net/Photo-Gallery.htm

James

ANKHAGOGO

Friday, February 27, 2004 1:39 AM

Coober -- a fairly small, unobtrusive planet that's as far out as it can be without actually being considered on the Outer Rim.

95% of Coober's civilization is underground, as it was originally settled by ore miners. Visiting ships can park either in an underground dock or on the surface itself.
There are farms scattered here and there on the surface, but most farmers' homes are underground as well. Since ore and agricultural products are the largest exports, miners and farmers tend to be the wealthiest. There is no monopoly in either industry, and things between the various mining/farming factions can get a little hairy.
Laverton is the only city, but it's good-sized, and it has all the attributes of a normal city,although the slum areas are rather more dank than those on topside cities.
There are two choices of transportation: your feet, or a rickshaw-like cart. The only motorized transport allowed below the surface is in active mines. Word to the wise: hire a guide that's certified or stay in the city center. It is very easy to get lost in Laverton if you don't know your way around, and there are numerous "streets" which wind around aimlessly leading the unwary into passages that are little more than tunnels.

The topography is spectacularly boring. Although Coober is very green,and has a number of large lakes, it is also very flat -- the highest spot on the planet is barely 50' higher than the lowest -- and there are almost no landmarks with which to orient yourself.

If you've got a hankerin' for a drink, or a less-than-legal job, try Jimmy Dodge's . The beer's barely watered,the whiskey's local, and the girls don't wear much. Just watch your pockets, don't bring a girl of your own in, and don't ask whose head is in the jar.

I do rattle on...edit away. :)

"You are such a boo."

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