The Void UPDATE I'm done with this 1/4/17

[Spaceception]

Just now, Atlas2342 said:

Meteors then?

PS: I'm getting hyped about this...

 

Again, to "spaced" out Dust, probably, maybe some difficulty during construction.

Glad to hear it

[Atlas2342]

5 minutes ago, Spaceception said:

Again, to "spaced" out Dust, probably, maybe some difficulty during construction.

Glad to hear it

Just add in some destruction, that's good enough for me....

Also, there is some similarity between your ship and ISV Venture Star (Avatar)....I like it!

Edited February 29, 2016 by Atlas2342

[Spaceception]

6 minutes ago, Atlas2342 said:

Just add in some destruction, that's good enough for me....

Also, there is some similarity between your ship and ISV Venture Star (Avatar)....I like it!

Alright, I just simulated the Black hole encounter, the Earth goes into an Ice age for 22 years, then gets thrown into a highly elliptical, and close orbit around to sun, making it exceed the boiling point, and if that isn't enough, the Moon hits Earth

We dead.

[Atlas2342]

In your ship, will the bombs act as the "wind" and the graphene sheet as the "sail" ? If so EXPLOZIONZ FTW!

[Spaceception]

1 minute ago, Atlas2342 said:

In your ship, will the bombs act as the "wind" and the graphene sheet as the "sail" ? If so EXPLOZIONZ FTW!

That was the original plan, but it's the Bussard ramjet now.

Writing the first chapter now

[Bill Phil]

2 hours ago, Spaceception said:

All of those are already books

Yup

I forgot to put in my last post, criticism is welcome wen I start writing chapters.

The year is ____ (Around the 2020s, I haven't set a firm date yet), and scientists discover something unusual within the Oort cloud, a black hole, heading straight for the inner solar system, traveling at several hundred kph, they don't know how it got there with no one noticing, but shortly after the discovery, the worlds space programs decide to unite to build a spacecraft capable of saving humanity by launching it to a nearby star, and colonizing one of its planets, they have less than a few decades to build an launch it before the black hole enters the solar system, so they need to work fast, but everyone is asking the same question; will humanity go extinct?

That's the problem with books. A bunch of em get similar names.

[Spaceception]

1 minute ago, Bill Phil said:

That's the problem with books. A bunch of em get similar names.

Well, "The Void" is a pretty good name, when I'm done with the suggestions, I may put up a poll

[Bill Phil]

Just now, Spaceception said:

Well, "The Void" is a pretty good name, when I'm done with the suggestions, I may put up a poll

It is your book/story in the end.

[Atlas2342]

25 minutes ago, Spaceception said:

That was the original plan, but it's the Bussard ramjet now.

Writing the first chapter now

Will the ship still look the same only that the sail is replaced by the ramjet?

[Spaceception]

Just now, Atlas2342 said:

Will the ship still look the same only that the sail is replaced by the ramjet?

Yeah, the shuttles, a rotating wheel, will look the same, every thing else was based of of the Medusa

Update! First page done, I haven't got writers block yet

[Atlas2342]

8 minutes ago, Spaceception said:

Yeah, the shuttles, a rotating wheel, will look the same, every thing else was based of of the Medusa

Update! First page done, I haven't got writers block yet

The ship in the cover page for the Medusa Chronicles???

[Spaceception]

4 minutes ago, Atlas2342 said:

The ship in the cover page for the Medusa Chronicles???

Ooooh, I'll have to read that, but no, it's this medusa (The bright thing in the center is a Nuke):

Edited February 29, 2016 by Spaceception

[Bill Phil]

Now I want to write something...

[Atlas2342]

 Will it still look like this? If so where will the bussard ramjet be? PS: Forgive me, this is my first time posting a pic here....

Edited February 29, 2016 by Atlas2342

[Spaceception]

Just now, Atlas2342 said:

 Will it still look like this? If so where will the bussard ramjet be?

No, it'll look more like my profile picture

1 minute ago, Bill Phil said:

Now I want to write something...

 

Update! The first chapter will be up either today, or tomorrow.

[Spaceception]

First draft!!!

Be sure to tell me what you think

Last hope

"Wake up, wake up!" "Urgh," Damien groans as he wakes up. "What?" he asks. "Earth just sent us a message for the first time in over a year!" Damien's wife Eve exclaims. Damien's eyes shoot open. "Alright, I'm up," he sits up, puts on his shoes, and is out the door, up towards the mess hall. Less than a minute later, he reaches the mess hall. "Hello", he says to Patrick, who has his arms crossed, and is facing the screen opposite to him. "Hello, how are you? Apparently, the message is regarding the climate back on Earth, and a few other things," Damien is about to reply when the lights dim, and the screens light up.

"Hello, crew," Dr. Jones says. "It's been awhile since we updated you about Earth, and it's bad, the latest models say we'll be thrown into an orbit closer than Venus', and the Moon will collide with Earth. We recently announced this to the world, and suicide rates have shot up dramatically, the UN is now distributing lethal doses of morphine and other drugs, while people are killing themselves, either by shooting themselves, overdosing, etc. One woman injected carbon monoxide inside her home, killing several dozen, including herself. I walk outside, and I see bodies laying every few kilometres. When I look up, I can see the gravitational distortion the black hole makes. Not to mention the civil war Mexico has had for the past 11 months, the world's population has dropped from its peak of 7.2 billion to less than 60 million, with most of those remaining thinking they can wait it out." He laughed bitterly for a few seconds before continuing, "If they think they can survive over 3300°C temperatures, they're crazy to me, they're like those flat Earthers, nonsense, no IQ people who live in the middle ages. When the Moon hits Earth in 8 years, anything still living will be vaporized, period. Oh, and did I mention everything beyond Saturn will become a rogue object, and that the Sun will be flung towards the center of the galaxy? You guys are humanity's last hope, by the time you reach Barnard's Star in 40 years, we'll be long dead. Ad astra to you all and good luck."

The screen goes blank, and everyone goes silent for a good ten minutes before Commander Erin steps up; "Okay, you've all heard Dr. Jones, all life on Earth will die in less than a decade, so it is our mission to ensure humanity doesn't go extinct, we still have 40-odd years until we reach our destination, so let's not kill ourselves between now and then." She gives them a small smile and continued, "Alright everyone, let's eat breakfast, then give our daily reports." Everyone lines up to get breakfast, slightly sweetened oatmeal, and coffee. Some of the crew jokes that the first thing they'll do when they get to New Terra is begin growing coffee beans.

After breakfast, Erin jumps up to the podium, an easy task in .77 g, and calls upon Jackson, the lead propulsion engineer. "How's the sail doing?" She asks,"Will it be good to go in the deceleration phase?" "Yes," Jackson replies, "The sail couldn't be in better condition." He says. "What about the engine?" Erin asks. Jackson replies, "Well, dust hits it very little, but a tiny meteorite, 1 cm wide, struck the engine a few days ago, but we fixed it during an EVA, so it's all good now" Jackson finishes. Erin says, "Alright, Jesse, how's the hull plating doing"? "Great", she says, "Like Jackson said, dust hits it a little, but no meteorites have hit it yet, at least, none we have recorded; the engineers on Earth did a great job in building the hull," she finishes, Erin adds, "Okay, the engine and hull are doing great as Jackson and Jesse have said, but what about the fusion reactors, Sasha?" Sash replies, "The reactors are doing great, no recorded problems as of yet." "Will they hold up during the next 30-odd years?" Sasha replies, "Yes, all the reactors are internal, so they're well protected from dust. I don't expect problems to arise between here and Barnard, but this is humanity's first true interstellar mission, so who knows?" "Alright, so far, so good," Erin said, "Sam, how's life support?" "Well," Sam started, "We're still alive and drinking coffee, right"? Everyone laughs for a few seconds, until Erin quiets them down, then Sam starts again, "Life support is doing great, hydroponics, water purification, oxygen processor, waste management, all doing great," he says. "Alright, it seems everything is still in prime condition, so I guess we can all do our own things now," Erin finished. Most people walk out to their rooms, but some stay to play games, watch T.V. or read on the digital screens. Damien walks out towards the sims so he could practice piloting maneuvers for when they glided down to the surface of New Terra. He stays in the sim for 3 hours until the mandated exercise period.

2 hours later...

Damien walks out of the exercise room, panting, and heads to the shower room to wash up, then goes to his room to read. 4 hours later, he walks towards the mess hall for dinner, stroganoff with rolls. During dinner, he plays blackjack with a few fellow crew members, and continues for a few hours. "Hey," Eve says, "How are you doing?" "Good," Damien replies, "How's the baby?" Damien asks. "Well, Steve said that he'll be due in about a month, but he's kicking, anyway I can't wait 'til he's born. For one thing, I won't have these hunger spells anymore," Eve sighs. "You know, I'm tired, I'm going to head off to bed." Eve smiled, and walks away to their room. About an hour later, Damien calls it a night, and walks to his room. Before he drifts off to sleep, he thinks to himself:

Will humanity survive?

___________________________________________________

Alright, I know that draft was short, but this was mostly an introduction, the real stuff will come in the next chapter, and I'll try to make the others at least 2-3 1/2x longer

Edited March 3, 2016 by Spaceception

[Spaceception]

So what did you all think?

[insert_name]

1 hour ago, Spaceception said:

First chapter!!!

Be sure to tell me what you think

Last hope

"Wake up, wake up!" "Urgh," Damien groans as he wakes up, "What?" He asks. "Earth just sent us a message for the first time in over a year!!" Damien's wife Eve exclaims, Damien's eye shoot open, "Alright, I'm up", he sits up, puts on his shoes, and out the door, up towards the mess hall, less than a minute later, he reaches the mess hall "Hello, he says to Patrick, who has his arms crossed, and is facing the screen opposite to him, "Hello, how are you? Apparently, the message is regarding the climate back on Earth, and a few other things" Damien is about to reply when the lights dim, and the screens light up.

"Hello crew" Dr. Jones says "It's been awhile since we updated you about Earth, and it's bad, the latest models say we'll be thrown into an orbit closer than Venus, and the Moon will collide with Earth. We recently announced this to the world, and Suicide rates have shot up dramatically, the UN is now distributing lethal dosages of Morphine, and other drugs, while people are killing themselves, either by shooting themselves, overdosing, etc. One woman injected Carbon monoxide into her home, killing several dozen, including herself, I walk outside, and I see bodies laying every few kilometers, when I look up, I can see the gravitational distortion the Black Hole makes, not to mention the civil war Mexico has had for the past 11 months, the worlds population has dropped from it's peak of 7.2 billion, to less than 60 million, with most of those remaining thinking they can wait it out." He laughed bitterly for a few seconds before continuing, "If they think they can survive 3300+ c temperatures, they're crazy, to me, they're like those flat Earthers, nonsense, no IQ people who live in the middle ages. When the Moon hits Earth in 8 years, anything still living will be vaporized, period. Oh and did I mention everything beyond Saturn will become a rogue object, and that the Sun will be flung towards the center of the Galaxy? You guys are humanity's last hope, by the time you reach Barnard's star in 30 years, we'll be long dead. Ad astra to you all and good luck."

The screen goes blank, and everyone goes silent for a good ten minutes before Commander Erin steps up; "Okay, you've all heard Dr. Jones, all life on Earth will die in less than a decade, so it is our mission to ensure humanity doesn't go extinct, we still have 40 odd years until we reach our destination, so lets not kill ourselves between now and then." She gives them a small smile and continued, alright everyone, lets eat breakfast, then give our daily reports. Everyone lines up to get breakfast, slightly sweetened oatmeal, and coffee, some of the crew jokes that the first thing they'll do when they get to New Terra is begin growing coffee beans. After breakfast, Erin jumps up to the podium, an easy task in .77 g, and calls upon Jackson, the lead propulsion engineer. "Hows the sail doing?" She asks,"Will it be good to go in the deceleration phase?" "Yes", Jackson replies, "The sail couldn't be in better condition." He says. "What about the engine?" Erin asks. Jackson replies, "Well, dust hits it very little but a tiny meteorite 1 cm wide struck the engine a few days ago but we fixed it during an EVA so it's all good now" Jackson finishes. Erin says, "Alright, Jesse, hows the hull plating doing"? "Great", She says, "Like Jackson said, dust hits it a little, but no meteorites have hit it yet, at least, none we have recorded; the engineers on Earth did a great job in building the hull" She finishes, Erin adds, "Okay, the engine and hull are doing great as Jackson and Jesse have said, but what about the Fusion reactors Shasha?" Shash replies, "The reactors are doing great, no recorded problems as of yet." She says, "Will they hold up during the next 30 odd years?" Sasha replies "Yes, all the reactors are internal, so they're well protected from dust, I don't expect problems to arise between here and Barnard, but this is humanity's fist true interstellar mission, so who knows?"  "Alright, so far, so good" Erin said, "Sam, hows life support?" "Well", Sam started "We're still alive and drinking coffee, right"? Everyone laughs for a few seconds, until Erin quiets them down, then Sam starts again, "Life support is doing great, hydroponics, water purification, oxygen processor, waste management, all doing great." He says. "Alright, it seems everything is still in prime condition, so I guess we can all do our own things now." Erin finished. Most people walk out to their rooms, but some stay to play games, watch t.v. or read on the digital screens, Damien walks out towards the sims so he could practice piloting maneuvers for when they glided down to the surface of New Terra, he stays in the sim for 3 hours until the mandated exercise period.

The starship Stargrazer is massive, the sail is easily the biggest piece, at 40 km long, and 160 km across, it is the biggest object humanity ever built,  it weighed 1500 tonnes, the ship itself is 1.6 km long, and has the shaft for the engine, rotating wheel, reactors, and external fuel tanks, the rotating wheel holds 250 people and is 150 meters across, and 15 meters wide, the Stargrazer is the biggest project humanity ever undertook.

Damien walks out of the exercise room panting, and heads to the shower room to wash up, then goes to his room to read, 4 hours later, he walks up towards the mess hall for dinner, stroganoff with rolls. During dinner, he plays Blackjack with a few fellow crew members, and continues for a few hours. "Hey", Eve says, "How are you doing?" "Good" Damien replies, "Hows the baby?" Damien asks "Well, Steve said that he'll be due in about a month, but he's kicking, anyway I can't wait til he's born, for one thing, I won't have these hunger spells a anymore, sigh, you know, I'm tired, I'm going to head off to bed." Eve smiled, and walks away to their room, about an hour later, Damien calls it a night, and walks to his room, before he drifts of to sleep, he thinks to himself;

Will humanity survive?

___________________________________________________

Alright, I know that chapter was short, but I'll try to make the others at least 2 1/2x longer

fixed some grammatical errors in the chapter. try not to switch from present to past tense unless theres a flashback or some sort of backstory being recalled

[Spaceception]

Just now, insert_name said:

fixed some grammatical errors in the chapter. try not to switch from present to past tense unless theres a flashback or some sort of backstory being recalled

I took the ship part out already

What did you think?

[mikegarrison]

16 hours ago, Spaceception said:

@Bill Phil @magnemoe @fredinno @PB666 @Halo_003

 

 

 

@Mitchz95 @Rakaydos @mikegarrison @meve12

Thank you for your help/participation, and I'd like to give you a name, so give me one, and I'll put it in the book

Also, when I begin writing, criticism is welcome

My name is Mike Garrison, but since all I did was chat about a Larry Niven story, please don't feel like you have to include it.

(By the way, I have seen many books where people were thanked using their forum names rather than their real names.)

Edited February 29, 2016 by mikegarrison

[Bill Phil]

Maybe just name something "Bill". Or one of the planets could be "Bill's Planet"? Or have a ship engineer named Bill. Idk.

2 hours ago, Spaceception said:

So what did you all think?

Interesting. Maybe PM someone a transcript so they can proofread/help?

[legoclone09]

I have an interesting idea, sorry if it has been suggested, but what if they find life on e planet they are going to? Maybe small fauna, the size of a rabbit or so. Also, did the colonists bring any livestock or animals from Earth to Barnards's star?

[Atlas2342]

5 hours ago, Spaceception said:

First chapter!!!

Be sure to tell me what you think

Last hope

"Wake up, wake up!" "Urgh," Damien groans as he wakes up, "What?" He asks. "Earth just sent us a message for the first time in over a year!!" Damien's wife Eve exclaims, Damien's eye shoot open, "Alright, I'm up", he sits up, puts on his shoes, and out the door, up towards the mess hall, less than a minute later, he reaches the mess hall "Hello, he says to Patrick, who has his arms crossed, and is facing the screen opposite to him, "Hello, how are you? Apparently, the message is regarding the climate back on Earth, and a few other things" Damien is about to reply when the lights dim, and the screens light up.

"Hello crew" Dr. Jones says "It's been awhile since we updated you about Earth, and it's bad, the latest models say we'll be thrown into an orbit closer than Venus, and the Moon will collide with Earth. We recently announced this to the world, and Suicide rates have shot up dramatically, the UN is now distributing lethal dosages of morphine, and other drugs, while people are killing themselves, either by shooting themselves, overdosing, etc. One woman injected carbon monoxide into her home, killing several dozen, including herself. I walk outside, and I see bodies laying every few kilometers, and when I look up, I can see the gravitational distortion the black hole makes, not to mention the civil war Mexico has had for the past 11 months.The worlds population has dropped from it's peak of 7.2 billion, to less than 60 million, with most of those remaining thinking they can wait it out." He laughed bitterly for a few seconds before continuing, "If they think they can survive 3300+ c temperatures, they're crazy, to me, they're like those flat Earthers, nonsense, no IQ people who live in the middle ages. When the Moon hits Earth in 8 years, anything still living will be vaporized, period. Oh and did I mention everything beyond Saturn will become a rogue object, and that the Sun will be flung towards the center of the Galaxy? You guys are humanity's last hope, by the time you reach Barnard's star in 40 years, we'll be long dead. Ad astra to you all and good luck."

The screen goes blank, and everyone goes silent for a good ten minutes before Commander Erin steps up; "Okay, you've all heard Dr. Jones, all life on Earth will die in less than a decade, so it is our mission to ensure humanity doesn't go extinct, we still have 40 odd years until we reach our destination, so lets not kill ourselves between now and then." She gives them a small smile and continued, alright everyone, lets eat breakfast, then give our daily reports. Everyone lines up to get breakfast, slightly sweetened oatmeal, and coffee, some of the crew jokes that the first thing they'll do when they get to New Terra is begin growing coffee beans. After breakfast, Erin jumps up to the podium, an easy task in .77 g, and calls upon Jackson, the lead propulsion engineer. "Hows the sail doing?" She asks,"Will it be good to go in the deceleration phase?" "Yes", Jackson replies, "The sail couldn't be in better condition." He says. "What 

about the engine?" Erin asks. Jackson replies, "Well, dust hits it very little and a tiny meteorite 1 cm wide struck the engine a few days ago but we fixed it during an EVA so it's all good now" Jackson finishes. Erin says, "Alright, Jesse, hows the hull plating doing"? "Great", She says, "Like Jackson said, dust hits it a little, but no meteorites have hit it yet, at least, none we have recorded; the engineers on Earth did a great job in building the hull" She finishes, Erin adds, "Okay, the engine and hull are doing great as Jackson and Jesse have said, but what about the Fusion reactors Shasha?" Shash replies, "The reactors are doing great, no recorded problems as of yet." She says, "Will they hold up during the next 30 odd years?" Sasha replies "Yes, all the reactors are internal, so they're well protected from dust, I don't expect problems to arise between here and Barnard, but this is humanity's fist true interstellar mission, so who knows?"  "Alright, so far, so good" Erin said, "Sam, hows life support?" "Well", Sam started "We're still alive and drinking coffee, right?" Everyone laughs for a few seconds, until Erin quiets them down, then Sam starts again, "Life support is doing great, hydroponics, water purification, oxygen processor, waste management, all doing great." He says. "Alright, it seems everything is still in prime condition, so I guess we can all do our own things now." Erin finishes. Most people walk out to their rooms, but some stay to play games, watch T.V. or read on the digital screens, Damien walks out towards the sims so he could practice piloting maneuvers for when they glided down to the surface of New Terra. He stays in the sim for 3 hours until the mandated exercise period.

2 hours later

Damien walks out of the exercise room panting, and heads to the shower room to wash up, then goes to his room to read. 4 hours later, he walks up towards the mess hall for dinner, stroganoff with rolls. During dinner, he plays Blackjack with a few fellow crew members, and continues for a few hours. "Hey", Eve says, "How are you doing?" "Good" Damien replies, "Hows the baby?" Damien asks "Well, Steve said that he'll be due in about a month, but he's kicking, anyway I can't wait til he's born, for one thing, I won't have these hunger spells anymore, sigh, you know, I'm tired, I'm going to head off to bed." Eve smiles, and walks away to their room, about an hour later, Damien calls it a night, and walks to his room, before he drifts of to sleep, he thinks to himself;

Will humanity survive?

 

Fixed some stuff..... Also, I like it!

[Spaceception]

46 minutes ago, legoclone09 said:

I have an interesting idea, sorry if it has been suggested, but what if they find life on e planet they are going to? Maybe small fauna, the size of a rabbit or so. Also, did the colonists bring any livestock or animals from Earth to Barnards's star?

Before they left they fond traces of life

I'll be getting more into that later.

Alright everyone, expect the next chapter to be up in the next week or so, as it'll be much longer

Edited February 29, 2016 by Spaceception

[legoclone09]

8 hours ago, Spaceception said:

Before they left they fond traces of life

I'll be getting more into that later.

Ok, didn't catch that. This sounds great, also.