The Heliotrope Unveiled!

[Iscin]

Okay since you are all still waiting for me to complete the first episode of XAP I thought I would present something to wet your appetites: The space station that serves as the fictional backdrop of the podcast, The Heliotrope.

Set in a very high solar orbit, the Heliotrope is a specially designed space station kept in the solar system long after the Sol star has expanded into a red giant and swallowed up the first two inner planets with the third, Earth, in a deteriorating orbit.

You can read much more about it on the wiki article and I will include an early piece of artwork Jutland has prepped of the station so enjoy!

P.s. Please comment and tell us what you think

[Rick Canaan]

Well, it is certainly interesting. A completely new concept on space stations to be said, for sure.

[Iscin]

Well, it is certainly interesting. A completely new concept on space stations to be said, for sure.

I didn't think it was that new

[SliceOfDog]

Looks good, and I'd agree. Nice, individual design, I haven't seen stuff like that before. Looking forward to the podcast :p

[Rick Canaan]

I didn't think it was that new

Well, new to me, then.

[Slate]

Time travel and large artificial objects in space, I like it!

And the render is pretty cool too... Wish I could draw space scenes as good as Jutland, but eh, I'm getting there =P

[Iscin]

Time travel and large artificial objects in space, I like it!

@Slate: Read carefully though Slate, the Actuality Engine does not permit actual travel as far as the crew know it just permits limited communication.

@Slice and Rick: I still can't believe you two have never read of any structures like this before in science fiction, frankly dyson spheres are even more impressive if impractical.

[Daryn]

@Slate: Read carefully though Slate, the Actuality Engine does not permit actual travel as far as the crew know it just permits limited communication.

@Slice and Rick: I still can't believe you two have never read of any structures like this before in science fiction, frankly dyson spheres are even more impressive if impractical.

Well, I've heard of Dyson Spheres, but that's not quite the mental image I have of them. Pandora's Star had them described a bit differently, so that's maybe why we didn't recognize them.

[Iscin]

Well, I've heard of Dyson Spheres, but that's not quite the mental image I have of them. Pandora's Star had them described a bit differently, so that's maybe why we didn't recognize them.

The Heliotrope is NOT a dyson sphere, I was just saying that there are more fantastic structures in weird fiction and the reaction to this structure of it being original was unexpected

[Daryn]

Maybe, but that doesn't change the fact that it looks really cool, original or not.

[Iscin]

Maybe, but that doesn't change the fact that it looks really cool, original or not.

Well that's all Jutland's work I suppose not mine.

[Slate]

@Slate: Read carefully though Slate, the Actuality Engine does not permit actual travel as far as the crew know it just permits limited communication.

Oh, I read and understood the first time =P

Keep in mind, I never made any mention of sending objects back in time, just time travel.

[Iscin]

@Slate: Heh heh yeah I was just pointing out how technically this isn't time travel just time... communication or otherwise relaying of information.

Anyway I am glad people seem to like it, the Heliotrope gradually evolved over time and Jutland's work especially is to be commended. Though I still don't get why so many haven't seen something like this before though, I understood this kind of thing to be quite common in written science fiction at any rate, then again I am inspired by Homeworld's monoliths too...

Edit: Next up is the Deimos Corporation

[Slate]

@Slate: Heh heh yeah I was just pointing out how technically this isn't time travel just time... communication or otherwise relaying of information.

Anyway I am glad people seem to like it, the Heliotrope gradually evolved over time and Jutland's work especially is to be commended. Though I still don't get why so many haven't seen something like this before though, I understood this kind of thing to be quite common in written science fiction at any rate, then again I am inspired by Homeworld's monoliths too...

Edit: Next up is the Deimos Corporation

Hehe, maybe I should have just said Reverse Temporal Communication =P

Also, I don't remember when or where, but I have seen a few things similar.