Thread: [FRC Blog] The 2017 FRC Season Teaser and More!
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Re: [FRC Blog] The 2017 FRC Season Teaser and More!
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Originally Posted by Richard Wallace View Post
  • So in Frank's picture, the 2001 Discovery crew is headed for Jupiter. That's in the movie; in the book they headed for Saturn. This is fiction, albeit excellent fiction.
  • Real discoveries are still being made by exploration rovers on Mars.
  • I wouldn't want to replay Lunacy -- the Moon is a harsh mistress!
  • Venus is hot, caustic, and generally not a place to go unless you breathe carbon dioxide and drink sulfuric acid.
  • Mercury? Well, deep underground you might commune with a Harmonium, ala Sirens of Titan. More fiction.
  • Neptune and beyond, things get too distant and dark.

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All things considered, I think Mars is the best extraterrestrial setting for an FRC game theme. Maybe Phobos, home the Leather Godesses? (Yeah, I had that game back in the days of 5.25" floppies.)
Jupiter -- Maybe a bigger field? Saturn; maybe more ring-shaped tubes? Or ice?!
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