Reynard
Emperor Mongoose
I finally got around to visiting the Ascension site. Realize it's another talky drama with overload of character development... and a scifi background. That worries me yet again mostly because the science and science fiction will be mere background and with little thought. Maybe the history and background as to why we launch such a 'secret' mission will be revealed in greater detail but I highly doubt it unless they need something to start a new subplot or a Big Reveal. They wanted a stage isolated from everything with retro 1960 backdrops.
I don't believe we'll ever know why they were actually sent out or how they have such incredible technology while, at the same time, the world's technology is chugging along at the pace we know in our time line. How do they not use that technology to create craft to explore and exploit our own system. If it's merely a colonization, wouldn't you want the world to revel in such an endeavor? Or is there something so sinister or disastrous only a very few can know? How many on the ship know? Is the technology and creation of such a ship somehow tied into the hidden reason to launch such a grand project?
How big is that ship? Reading the About, it must be vast even for only a maximum population of 600 since the few pictures show it's very roomy. Since there are people of 'lower class' doing the dirty work and that often is a broad base in a pyramid, there can't be many that actually run the professional operations of the ship. Any 1960s technology on board is more labor intensive such as those room sized computers yet they run this ship with only 400 people to start.
By the way, how do you shut down living sections for use as other functions on a ship that has a defined maximum population. Double bunking with the middle class?
We often hear gamers complain when a game's background, props and mechanics seem wrong yet here we have a tv series that would have people walking away from the game table while the Referee cries "But it's just background, don't think about it! It doesn't matter!"
I don't believe we'll ever know why they were actually sent out or how they have such incredible technology while, at the same time, the world's technology is chugging along at the pace we know in our time line. How do they not use that technology to create craft to explore and exploit our own system. If it's merely a colonization, wouldn't you want the world to revel in such an endeavor? Or is there something so sinister or disastrous only a very few can know? How many on the ship know? Is the technology and creation of such a ship somehow tied into the hidden reason to launch such a grand project?
How big is that ship? Reading the About, it must be vast even for only a maximum population of 600 since the few pictures show it's very roomy. Since there are people of 'lower class' doing the dirty work and that often is a broad base in a pyramid, there can't be many that actually run the professional operations of the ship. Any 1960s technology on board is more labor intensive such as those room sized computers yet they run this ship with only 400 people to start.
By the way, how do you shut down living sections for use as other functions on a ship that has a defined maximum population. Double bunking with the middle class?
We often hear gamers complain when a game's background, props and mechanics seem wrong yet here we have a tv series that would have people walking away from the game table while the Referee cries "But it's just background, don't think about it! It doesn't matter!"
