Astronomy#
I've been working here and there on that worldbuilding project for quite some time. It's still a Work In Progress, and will probably always be. The stories coming out of it aren't set in time for now, as the timeline has yet to be defined.
Elben's system#
CALENDAR HERE
In this setting, the Earth is a moon of Elben, an ice giant, exceptionally situated in the habitable zone. Itself orbit a binary star system composed of a fairly standard G2V star with a brown dwarf companion, a pretty common configuration in the universe. Earth still has a moon in the form of a quasi-moon in an harmonic orbit with it.
The history is still a work in progress.
Tales#
Draw Together (Summer) : "Méduse aérienne (rouge)"
Elben. La "mère grise" habille nos ciels depuis l'éternité ou presque : alors que la conquête spatiale était à ses balbutiements et les techniques encore peu sûres, il n'aura pas fallu longtemps […]
Too much sky for a pilot
You leave what little ground you had: you better not look down, even if you don’t fear heights. Heights have meaning. Here, nothing makes sense. The sky really is, limitless. It’s too much sky for a pilot.
the Uô cult
[…] disciples were asked to reach for that sacred temple by escalading the various structures around the rock, including the growing city. It led to a hierarchy based on which path one used […]
Svar Cheese Agreement
[…] On October 19th, the Svar Cheese Preservation Symposium came to an agreement to reinject an external strain, despite the protectionism that fought against it for decades […]
Monos class vessels
[…] operated by a limited crew, as steam-power was used to activate the sails and other subsystems. "Monos class" was a lose marketing term which designated ships from various sizes […]