Howdy folks. I am running a homebrew Traveller campaign that does not use the Third Imperium setting. I am sure there are more than a few people here that like me like to base campaign ideas in real world science. I have a hard time with pure hand wavium physics. My current campaign takes place about 350 years from now and Earth has just developed faster than light travel. I am a hard sci-fi big idea kind of sci-fi lover so my game is moving towards a big reveal of a species that is high on the Kardeshev scale and is using Megastructures to do some important things.
I am curious how other GM's handle things like alien megastructures and some of the results of them. Personally I pull my ideas and inspiration from novels as well as other resources. I figured I would share some of the links I use regularly for not only inspiration but in preparing for my games. What are some of the sources that other like minded GM's use? I am sure people new to the game could use the inspiration.
The Kardashev Scale Wiki: https://kardashev.fandom.com/wiki/Kardashev_Scale_Wiki
Acausal Processes and Astrophysics: https://www.cs.utep.edu/vladik/1996/tr96-5b.pdf
Space Wiki: https://space.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page
Space Wiki Megastructures: https://space.fandom.com/wiki/Megastructures
The Anderson Institute: https://www.andersoninstitute.com/default.html
The Anderson Institute Tipler Cylinders: https://www.andersoninstitute.com/tipler-cylinder.html
Warp Field Mechanics 101 from NASA: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20110015936/downloads/20110015936.pdf
The Penrose Process: https://kardashev.fandom.com/wiki/Penrose_process
Edited to add one more link that was forgotten.
I am curious how other GM's handle things like alien megastructures and some of the results of them. Personally I pull my ideas and inspiration from novels as well as other resources. I figured I would share some of the links I use regularly for not only inspiration but in preparing for my games. What are some of the sources that other like minded GM's use? I am sure people new to the game could use the inspiration.
The Kardashev Scale Wiki: https://kardashev.fandom.com/wiki/Kardashev_Scale_Wiki
Acausal Processes and Astrophysics: https://www.cs.utep.edu/vladik/1996/tr96-5b.pdf
Space Wiki: https://space.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page
Space Wiki Megastructures: https://space.fandom.com/wiki/Megastructures
The Anderson Institute: https://www.andersoninstitute.com/default.html
The Anderson Institute Tipler Cylinders: https://www.andersoninstitute.com/tipler-cylinder.html
Warp Field Mechanics 101 from NASA: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20110015936/downloads/20110015936.pdf
The Penrose Process: https://kardashev.fandom.com/wiki/Penrose_process
Edited to add one more link that was forgotten.
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