Beta and higher Patron Notice
🕑 Added 2015-03-14 01:13:29 +0000 UTC
WORLDBUILDING
spent the bulk of this week researching and expanding the Worldbuilding page
added to Orbit
* calculations for solar system regions, with diagrams
* a new (2014) method of calculating a star's habitable zone
* did some questionable calculations trying to derive a way of calculating alien life habitable zones
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/worldbuilding.php#id--Geography--Orbit
added to Climate
* calculation for apparent diameter of the sun in the sky
* planetary density, radius, mass, and surface gravity
* planetary escape velocity
* distance to horizon
* planetary atmosphere
* axial tilt and latitude regions
* planetary seasons
* planetary continents, plate tectonics
* planetary mapping and weather patterns.
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/worldbuilding.php#id--Geography--Climate
FASTER THAN LIGHT
added a new section Travel And/Or Communication
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/fasterlight.php#id--Travel_And/Or_Communication
added a new section FTL Communication
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/fasterlight.php#id--FTL_Communication
expanded the section Jump Points
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/fasterlight.php#id--Jump_Points
FUTURE HISTORY
added a new section Vestigal Empire
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/futurehistory.php#id--Cyclical_History--Vestigial_Empire
ROCKETPUNK AND MACGUFFINITE
added to Mining a quote from Citizen Joe about spalling useful elements from Io
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/macguffinite.php#id--MacGuffinite--Mining
added to Tax Haven a quote from Rick Robinson
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/macguffinite.php#id--MacGuffinite--Tax_Haven
WARSHIP DESIGN
added to Alistair Young's Ship Types a quote about the frigate Drake
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacewarship.php#drake
added new section Ray McVay's Ship Types
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacewarship.php#id--Ship_Types--Ray_McVay's_Ship_Types
INTERSTELLAR COLONIZATION
added to Planting A Colony a quote from "On Colonization"
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellarcolony.php#id--Planting_a_Colony
INTERSTELLAR EMPIRE
added to Bureaucratic Scale a quote about Ungovernable Galaxy
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellarempire.php#id--Other_Thoughts--Bureaucratic_Scale
