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W.I.P. - Ranger Station Sketch
🕑 Added 2022-03-20 17:47:39 +0000 UTCRanger Stations are one of the elements of the park that I haven't explored very much, even though they would have been critical elements of both park management and visitor experiences. Any ranger station, but especially those located within Mystery Flesh Pit National Park, must fulfill a wide variety of roles.
For the Mystery Flesh Pit, the ranger stations are designed to be standardized and modular in construction. Once the pieces of a station are hauled to a site and constructed by a work team, large hydraulic actuator "legs" allow the station to sit secure and level on otherwise slippery or unstable venterial terrain.
As should be apparent from the circular plan, this typical station design takes many cues from the architectural style already established by the Lower Visitor Center. In many ways, these stations may even be thought of as "mini" LVCs, each containing their own smaller versions of the systems found within the larger visitor center.
Working sketches like these aren't pretty, but they are the honest starting points of all MFP content; I always start with a sketch on paper to work through ideas and potential issues before refining a concept using digital tools.
Comments
Trevor Roberts
Absolutely, it is a continual effort to maintain these structures within the pit environment. Rangers frequently have to cut back excessive tissue creep manually or spray harsh chemicals to inhibit growth.
monk001
Beautiful. Does flesh ever grow onto structures? Like roots or vines
Trevor Roberts
James Cameron's films are a HUGE inspiration when it comes to the "man-made" elements of the pit. The ranger stations definitely take elements from Avatar's remote habitat, but also elements from the Deep Core II mining rig from The Abyss.
Dani
I always imagined the Ranger Stations to look like the remote operations habitat that was airlifted at start of the third act in James Cameron's Avatar
