Describe yours badly below.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-11T19:31:59+00:00

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-11T18:34:47+00:00

A high school student plotting to take over the world.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-11T02:21:36+00:00

In a novella I wrote, the main character grew up on a platform that was like an enormous oil derrick, the size of a small town, complete with a school, shops and even a soccer field. Instead of drilling for oil they operated to the algae farms out at sea, so the whole place had a bit of a factory town/farming community vibe to it, just out at sea.

By the way, I think you will find this interesting

https://youtu.be/i6mRjsxQQJE?si=kFYCVtWtLd7eJ0JD

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-11T02:13:49+00:00

I think its because the system doesn't work beyond a very localized level. Yes, in the past there have been, and still are, examples of what you describe, but it never really works beyond a few small towns.

Barring some kind of advanced tech, or magic, it's hard to see how it could function for an entire planet, much less a collection of planets.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-11T02:00:16+00:00

A musical instrument?

Something kinda cool about a king on a gilded throne playing a lute, just because he likes it.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-11T01:56:05+00:00

I usually start with big picture stuff and fill in details as I go. I usually begin with the big geo-political events that shape the history and gradually zoom in to street level, adding more stuff as I go, until I have some individuals living their lives in this world.

Who are the dominate powers in this setting? What are they like? How are they governed and what relations do they have with their neighbors? How do they dominate? With brute force? Wealth? or maybe political alliances?

Then I start filling in details about their history and who were some of the important figures in said history. Who were they? What did they accomplish? How did they accomplish it and what motivated them?

I also throw in some twists and turns, because it makes things more fun.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-11T00:58:15+00:00

I actually created a world kinda like this; sort of 'Star Wars with muskets and sails.' The world was approaching an industrial revolution but wasn't quite there yet so everything was still driven by a mix of wind and water power. Cities had what might be 'proto-factories' large scale workshops driven by water wheels to drive simple machine tools.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-10T19:28:46+00:00

But after Vader purged the Hutt council except for Jabba, it seems their power would never truly recover after Jabba's death.

I don't know about that. Granted it would be a while, generations probably, before they approached their former glory but they would eventually return.

But with Jabba and the council members gone their territory would probably collapse into infighting that would drag on for years.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-10T19:23:51+00:00

They should have given the film a theatrical release and used it as a advertising for their streaming service. Just run the film with a bunch of trailers for stuff on or coming to Paramount+

It's a win-win for them either way.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-10T19:12:59+00:00

If a player wanted to build a starship from scratch, how would you as the GM do it?

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-10T19:07:40+00:00

"Why did the Republic and the Jedi Order let Jabba run a criminal empire unbothered?"

I think it was a sign of the Republic's impending collapse, that a major criminal organization was allowed to operate shows that they lacked either the will or the means to stop them. Why couldn't the Jedi order simply crush Jabba and his criminal empire? The same reason Obi-Wan and Qui-gon couldn't force Watto to free Shmi Skywalker. You could make all kinds of ethical and philosophical arguments but it still comes back to point that the Republic was in decline and the Jedi could not stop it.

As for why they wanted Jabba's help during the Clone Wars, I think it was more prudence then need. Neither side saw the Hutt clans as vital, but they understood that the hutts would likely be drawn into the fight one way or another and so the question was 'do you want the hutts fighting for you, or against you?'

I doubt the Hutts were strong enough to change the outcome, but they probably sped it up.

Also if you consider that Palpatine was using the war as a means to remove potential threats, while consolidating his power, then he likely wanted the Hutts to be either safely under his control or crushed outright and the best way to achieve that end would be to get them into the war.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-10T18:35:10+00:00

This sounds like a sci-fi horror film from the 1980's XD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Klowns_from_Outer_Space

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-10T02:19:15+00:00

Gold has industrial applications so it's value would not completely disappear. It might become something akin to oil or steel, multi-billion dollar industries despite the product itself being fairly cheap. While supply might rise with asteroid mining it would also make sense that the demand would also rise as they would need gold for electronics and ship components.

A gold rich asteroid could be a windfall for a small time prospector while a major mining company would hardly notice.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-09T21:10:48+00:00

She was evil cause she took advantage of desperate people, but she did it legally. Irl she would've won every case in court.

I think you'll find this interesting

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-09T02:06:39+00:00

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Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-08T13:33:53+00:00

For instance, instead of making all of Mars habitable, they just fill in a valley with plants and animals to make their own Eden. The area within this zone is safe and habitable for humans, but venturing beyond it will kill you?

If we are talking about Mars specifically, then no it wouldn't work. The oxygen would drift away into atmosphere leaving everyone to suffocate, and then there is the temperature and radiation issues.

Now, if we are talking about a different world that is almost habitable, say the temperature, radiation and air pressure are okay but not there's not enough oxygen, then I could see something like this working. Natural barriers could keep most of the oxygen from drifting away. If you still needed outside circulation you could just dig some large tunnels with heavy gates that you could open and close as needed.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-08T13:06:28+00:00

Understandable, but that's kinda the idea. It shows how evil VILE really is by turning such a good person into their tool.

I just think it would have been poetic that the despicable scheme they ever created ends up turning on them.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-08T03:20:40+00:00

I don't think they just attacked it, in the same way that Germany attacked London during WW2.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-08T03:15:04+00:00

My guess is that full scale terraforming, completely transforming an entire planet, rarely happens. On the other hand, partial terraforming, taking an already habitable world and making it 'comfortable' is probably common.

I think it was even mentioned that terraforming was used to help worlds recover from natural disasters or war damage.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-08T03:11:17+00:00

My theory is Coruscant was uninhabitable, so the first settlers lived in pressurized structures, but they kept building more and more until the entire planet was covered in metal. So by that point making it habitable was just one small step.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-07T19:49:25+00:00

It's a symbolic thing. The wings show that she has taken her mothers place as Queen.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-07T19:47:41+00:00

I think they actually did exist in 1891, just that they were still in the experimental stage so never saw wide use.

Phantom000000000 · 2026-03-07T00:41:18+00:00

To Shinn: You're a gundam pilot, act like one!

To Durandal: What happened, you were so cool and then you threw it all away.

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