Category Archives: Frontier

Frontier – new art, old art

Would really like the time and energy to get life paths done this month. Depends on life and everything. I did get some new art commissioned.

Posted in Frontier, Game Design | Leave a comment

Frontier – thinking while watching The Expanse

I’ve just started a binge of The Expanse TV series and if I enjoy it, I’ll hit the book series. There are things I really like about The Expanse. They maintain momentum and include it in part of the story … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier | Leave a comment

About Frontier and Representation

When I conceived Frontier it wasn’t the way it is now. There was a little collaboration from others and everyone had their own idea what it would become. For one it was Sci-Fi-Done-Right in the science. For another it was … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary, Frontier, Game Design | Leave a comment

Frontier: The Snakes of Rist images

The post “The Snakes of Rist” has been updated with some art. To give a feel for the Aliens. Pop there and have a look.

Posted in Frontier, Game Design | Leave a comment

Explorers: Ten Experts

Human Unity has build dozens of these craft; their primary purpose to map the wormholes and document everything they encounter. Because they may be out of touch with Earth for long periods, they are built to be totally self-sustaining. The … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier, Game Design | Leave a comment

Looking at a black hole…..

if a black hole passed in front of a mirror, what would its reflection look like? pic.twitter.com/Ets4JRNwp9 — Matt Henderson (@matthen2) May 22, 2020 This is the sort of result that we got from Interstellar (with science from Kip Thorne) … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier | Leave a comment

Is there life out there?

CETI We present a cosmic perspective on the search for life and examine the likely number of Communicating Extra-Terrestrial Intelligent civilizations (CETI) in our Galaxy by utilizing the latest astrophysical information. Our calculation involves Galactic star-formation histories, metallicity distributions, and … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier | Leave a comment

Frontier….2020: progress, updates and the future

I’ve begun working on Frontier again, firstly through a collaboration with a young Kenyan artist to produce some concept pieces for the book. It’s really helping to crystallise some of the thoughts but I definitely need to lock down the … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier, Game Design, Industry, Layout, Writing | Leave a comment

Current work…writing scripts

For the last few months, on top of travelling and attending a bazillion courses, I’ve been writing. I’ve written five short scripts in the world of THE 23RD LETTER. I’ve written two more in the world of STATUS: REFUGEE. I’ve … Continue reading

Posted in 23rd Letter, Commentary, Frontier, Qabal, Scriptwriting, Status: Refugee, The 23rd Letter, Writing | Leave a comment

Gliese 581

Of course, this is not the first time we have seen Gliese 581 (HO Librae). In 2214, we’ll send a Seedship.

Posted in Frontier | Tagged | Leave a comment

Frontier: A Changed Man

Kibwe had returned home a changed man. Kibwe had always wanted to be a pilot. From an early age he made airfoils from balsa and drove his parents to distraction with his attention to detail, his constant entreaties to be … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier | 1 Comment

The Final Frontier. No, really.

Ian Sales writes on his blog: And sometimes those imaginations run a little too free. A lot of science fiction is set in outer space, or on worlds which orbit other stars. Or, indeed, other types of celestial objects, both … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary, Frontier | 1 Comment

Frontier fiction: The Emotion Elective

AMARA would always marvel at the human capacity for self-deception; the ability to believe something even though the facts were plentiful for the contrary, even though nothing but faith supported the hypothesis. For some humans in the North, there was … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier | Leave a comment

Frontier: Foreword, History of Mbaye Schools, page 23

[I am taking part in a weekly writing task with some friends. The first seed for this assignment was the opening line from Dune by Frank Herbert: “A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier, Game Design, Writing | Leave a comment

Frontier: Conquest Weapons

The common weapon within the Conquest Society is the ‘dumb’ slugthrower. A Chemical Propellent Projectile Weapon (extremely recognisable as a ‘gun’) uses a chemical explosion to create gases which propel a projectile at subsonic or supersonic speeds towards a target. … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier | Leave a comment

Frontier: Terror Weapons

While Human Unity uses weapons which would enthral the 21st Century warlord, from shipboard weapons to intelligent bullets, the greatest and most terrible weapon is the Master Expert, artificial intelligences designed for war. But this weapon does not inspire fear … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier | Leave a comment

Frontier: The Dichotomy of Fulfillment

In an earlier post, I discussed two examples of Citizenship, reproduced here for your convenience: Chera Nyumba was born in a small village in Africa, in an area formerly known as Zambia. She lives with her husband and their three … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier | Tagged | Leave a comment

Frontier ‘look and feel’

More of a precis to get the feel across. There are a few themes that I am exploring here. And I’m not being preachy about it. Western Europe is devastated and the USA is somewhat ruined but in recovery – … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier | 4 Comments

Frontier summaries

Summary: The basic setting assumes that players are highly skilled, highly motivated members of the Explorer division of Human Unity, a ‘federation’-alike government. Their job is to make contact, explore gaseous anomalies and try not to get killed in the … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier | 4 Comments

Frontier: History of the Future

In the first half of the twentieth century, humanity discovered, developed and weaponised nuclear fission. Through a small amount of vision and a large amount of luck, humanity managed to survive long enough to actually advance these weapons and when … Continue reading

Posted in Frontier | 3 Comments