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In your opinion, in a fictional setting that’s trying it’s best to be as hard scifi as possible, how far should humans have to travel before they find an Earth-level biosphere, with complex life tucked into every nook and cranny?

hmm. i think narratively things work best if they have to... "work for it", yknow? hints- fossils on mars, maybe even jellyfish on europa or enceladus- but the first obvious one, i think, should be well beyond the first expeditions.

not alfsentary, not sirius, maybe even past achird. it really depends on your own thoughts on the matter of life, of course- i tend to think that the reasons for the fermi paradox land closer to "radio communications don't actually travel all that far" "we're not as good at finding and studying planets as we'd like" and "immediately-noticeable life is a bit harder to find than we think" rather than "there's one sapient lifeform per galaxy and his name is steve".

so yeah, i think it's likely there's maybe even dozens of earth-level worlds in the local bubble. local bubble's big

Some fun facts! Or at least, facts that I think are fun.

While the largest star system by physical reach is Fomalhaut (several lightyears in radius) and the largest by number of component stars is V1054 Ophiuchi (5 stars), the largest by planetary count at the current time is actually Eta Cassiopeiae, aka Valhalla-Folkvangr, with a grand total of 20 documented major planets. Originally I'd planned for that honor to go to Alpha Centauri, but alas, ε Cas has more stable orbital space to shove planets into. Inevitably, this will change as I move further out into alien territory where I can keysmash names.

Large systems are fairly uncommon, but so are solitary stars! Most zero-planet systems are those with a brown dwarf as the central body, because the formation of substars lacks many key factors that trigger planetesimal formation in solar nebulae. Most true stars have at least one to three planetary companions, though more than five is rare -this is partially because larger stars, which are more likely to have a greater number of planets, are also fairly rare.

In the course of NAMING all these worlds following the convention of using mythological names, I have referenced nearly three dozen real-world mythological traditions! It's made me appreciate all the more just how much cultural history the real world is steeped in.

Diaspora worldbuilding update:

I have now documented 420 planets on the DSP master spreadsheet. Nice.

Of course, at the moment they're almost all just a name with simple annotation, but still! Current total is 224 individual stars (and substars) documented, in 164 systems! I passed the 25-ly boundary and I think I'm getting close to the edge of known space (barring RCC systems far beyond the USSC frontier, naturally).

Here's a peek at what the sheet looks like! This is just the first page, documenting the stars. I have separate pages for each system and a linked list document with planetary annotations.

Diaspora worldbuilding update:

I have now documented 420 planets on the DSP master spreadsheet. Nice.

Of course, at the moment they're almost all just a name with simple annotation, but still! Current total is 224 individual stars (and substars) documented, in 164 systems! I passed the 25-ly boundary and I think I'm getting close to the edge of known space (barring RCC systems far beyond the USSC frontier, naturally).

Here's a peek at what the sheet looks like! This is just the first page, documenting the stars. I have separate pages for each system and a linked list document with planetary annotations.

Reblogging for the benefit of my [checks account settings] FIFTY new followers?? Holy shit. Anyways, ICYMI here is the helpful handy guide to my blog! It's also pinned, so you (and me, haha) can refer to it easily whenever. To all the new folks: I'd just like to wish you a big, hearty, friendly

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About this blog

Heya. I'm Spyglass, but most folks just call me Spy.

he/him

adult (not very good at it yet)

autistic

I am a creative polymath, existential nihilist, science nerd, wistful wannabe-futurist, and –most importantly– worldbuilder. I contain multitudes. Check out my other internet haunts here.

I don't really do fandoms, ergo I don't reblog any fandom stuff (with rare exceptions, which are tagged appropriately). I also don't reblog anything nsfw (except the odd dirty jokes and shitposts) –no mature content here. Consider this blog PG-13 with a big ol' asterisk and footnote.

Tag system

(in no particular order)

#spyglass' realms - My worldbuilding stuff, also typically tagged with #worldbuilding. Further organized into world-specific tags; see the overview post.

#spy writes - My writing, of all sorts but usually fiction. Typically also tagged with #spyglass' realms and relevant world-specific tags.

#spy has thoughts - Tag for posts where I think out loud or when I add significant commentary to reblogs.

#my life is a sitcom and i am my own laugh track - Funny stories from my own life. Random factoids about my life go under #new spy lore unlocked instead.

#i try so hard to be funny - Haha! Comedy. Meant to tag posts where I'm making a joke in a reblog but I sometimes forget to use it.

#shitpost rb - Reblogs of stuff I find funny, usually without any commentary. My most used tag... to my great chagrin. Variant companion tags are #advanced shitposting for particularly high-brow science-based funnies and #coprolitepost for specifically palaeontology-related funnies.

#important post - Stuff I think is important: activism, life advice, mental health, the like. Usually mental health posts are also tagged with #mental health post (go figure).

#science - Cool science reblogs. Always tagged with the specific field(s) of study involved; most frequently #space science, #biology, and #palaeontology.

#art reblog - Cool art, either from my friends or just random stuff that's crossed my dash. Art that I think is really cool gets the additional tag #rad art, and I also have additional tags for #space art and #paleoart.

#dnd stuff - My catch-all tabletop gaming tag; not always D&D specifically, but most of the time. Often accompanied by #absolutely horrible dnd ideas that i must try out asap -my tag for, well, what it says on the tin.

#videogames - Dude, I could be gaming. What it says on the tin; always tagged alongside the specific game tags like #the elder scrolls, #no man's sky, or #minecraft.

#toddposting - Okay, this one is real specific and I'm including it here for fun. Toddposts (also sometimes tagged with #tesposting) are funny posts about The Elder Scrolls games, usually Skyrim.

Tagging is a little haphazard, so I may have missed some things in my archive, but this covers the bulk of the content you'll see here. Thanks for stopping by. :)

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