As we slowly approach the beginning of the new era called Seeds of the Future, no doubt people are beginning to think about their plots (unless they are like me and have had the plot details figured out for the past month). While we're thinking of this, we also have to remember exactally how far we are going back in time: nearly 12,000 years. Starships are going to be slower, technology will be much less advanced.
I feel that we need to address these issues before we start getting too indepth. The following is a list of what I feel are things that need to be brought up and addressed to try and eliminate as much confusion as possible. Also, the list features my opinions on each matter.
-Starship speed; as I noted in the teaser trailer, there isn't anything such as hypearspace, warp drive, or any other form of faster than light travel. These things are just as much science fiction to the people of the Produce universe as they are to us in this day and age. Impulse or sub-light engines are still in development as featured in the opener. What the starships of most races are running on are something similar to our rocket engines. Granted, not all races are going to on the same level of the same tech tree, and some will be slightly more advanced than others, but I don't feel these are issues we should stress that much.
-Snub Fighters and Space Combat; Obviously with the very much reduced speed of travel, I feel that snub fighters should be out of the question. Not only are the weapons too primitive to be small enough to fit on a one-man craft, the technology as well is probably too large to fit on a single one-person ship. Space Combat is going to feature a major renovation as well, I think. As featured in the opener, an ongoing war between two planets is being battled using verbal jousts and Planet-To-Planet missels. It should also be noted that since the technology is also going to be on a lower scale and since the speed of ships has been greatly reduced most planets are only able to contact and/or visit planets within their own systems. Planets a system or more a way the people probably know exist but more than likely cannot contact.
-The Force; going back this far in this, I don't feel that the force should have been tapped or found yet. This might be a glorious event to occur in an opener or finale of the future. But not yet.
-Previously Created Realms; Until the tapping of the force I don't think we should have any mention of prevoiusly created realms or sci-fi universes. Obviously the Star Trek universe is out of the question since it would be about 8000 BC in earth time were I to keep it continually correct - and I will.
-Previously Created Characters; I don't think that we should have any mention of any characters that we have met before in the previous PWs. Obvious there are exceptions to the rule - on a small scale. For example, I feature the Sodatarians in my personal opener, however, I do not name them and you do not know they are the Sodatarians. This is much how the creators of Star Trek are able to introduce the Ferengi in Enterprise and still allow for first contact with them to occur in The Next Generation. In that view, I think that any foreshadowing should be taken EXTREMELY lightly and with extreme caution.
Those are the issues I can think of at this time. If there are any issues you feel should be brought up, make a mention of it when you reply and I'll add it to this list and add my views to it.
I encourage you to reply to this and give your views on how these issues should be addressed in SOTF.
I feel that we need to address these issues before we start getting too indepth. The following is a list of what I feel are things that need to be brought up and addressed to try and eliminate as much confusion as possible. Also, the list features my opinions on each matter.
-Starship speed; as I noted in the teaser trailer, there isn't anything such as hypearspace, warp drive, or any other form of faster than light travel. These things are just as much science fiction to the people of the Produce universe as they are to us in this day and age. Impulse or sub-light engines are still in development as featured in the opener. What the starships of most races are running on are something similar to our rocket engines. Granted, not all races are going to on the same level of the same tech tree, and some will be slightly more advanced than others, but I don't feel these are issues we should stress that much.
-Snub Fighters and Space Combat; Obviously with the very much reduced speed of travel, I feel that snub fighters should be out of the question. Not only are the weapons too primitive to be small enough to fit on a one-man craft, the technology as well is probably too large to fit on a single one-person ship. Space Combat is going to feature a major renovation as well, I think. As featured in the opener, an ongoing war between two planets is being battled using verbal jousts and Planet-To-Planet missels. It should also be noted that since the technology is also going to be on a lower scale and since the speed of ships has been greatly reduced most planets are only able to contact and/or visit planets within their own systems. Planets a system or more a way the people probably know exist but more than likely cannot contact.
-The Force; going back this far in this, I don't feel that the force should have been tapped or found yet. This might be a glorious event to occur in an opener or finale of the future. But not yet.
-Previously Created Realms; Until the tapping of the force I don't think we should have any mention of prevoiusly created realms or sci-fi universes. Obviously the Star Trek universe is out of the question since it would be about 8000 BC in earth time were I to keep it continually correct - and I will.
-Previously Created Characters; I don't think that we should have any mention of any characters that we have met before in the previous PWs. Obvious there are exceptions to the rule - on a small scale. For example, I feature the Sodatarians in my personal opener, however, I do not name them and you do not know they are the Sodatarians. This is much how the creators of Star Trek are able to introduce the Ferengi in Enterprise and still allow for first contact with them to occur in The Next Generation. In that view, I think that any foreshadowing should be taken EXTREMELY lightly and with extreme caution.
Those are the issues I can think of at this time. If there are any issues you feel should be brought up, make a mention of it when you reply and I'll add it to this list and add my views to it.
I encourage you to reply to this and give your views on how these issues should be addressed in SOTF.
