#milkyfederation

[milkyfederation]

A couple of years ago i designed some alien creatures. I'm still very proud of them.

(04/21)

Obviously inspired by dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals with some fun twists. Hard cranium forming "helmets" with a lot of diversity, eyes under the mouth, and breathing holes on their neck.

Here are some therapod and pteranosaur inspired carnivores, and some herbivores inspired by dinos and mammals.

The main guy has an intelligence comparable to that of the first hominids, they have a rudimentary language and can use tools. Who knows, maybe in a few (millions) years they'll be as smart as humans!

Sadly the Milky Federation has allowed a sort of Safari-Jurassic Park on their planet that is severly halting the natural development of its biodiversity.

[wolfsbaneandthistle]

How do the worm holes of tLB universe work?! I'd love to know

I have needed to flesh space travel out for so long so thank you to @milkyfederation for giving me the inspiration and motivation to do this

Text is in the ID if tumblr decides to be mean about the image quality. In addition to the gate being very small, wormholes are only open for extremely short amounts of time. The smaller, more efficient generators can stay open for a few hours at a time, but most other gates can only open long enough for a single ship to go through. What causes this problem isn’t a lack of or the desire to save energy, but is rather the instability of the wormholes themselves. Wormholes just really do not want to exist, and keeping one open long enough to get a ship through safely is a struggle as-is. Gates can close and reopen multiple times in a short span though, so this isn’t necessarily an issue.

and oh my god long post. uh oh

What is more of an issue is scheduling.

The way wormholes are scheduled to open in the Little Bird’s setting is heavily regulated by the galactic government. The way it’s set up is that they want all of the active wormholes to bend reality on one plane, kind of sectioning the universe. They do this mostly for safety, because they don’t know what would happen if they tried to bend the universe in too many directions at once. This means that each gate will have a set destination for a certain amount of time, and their destination is determined by where they’re scheduled to go.

The plane reality is bent on does change, usually every week or so, so that each planet’s local wormhole can have a different destination for some time. But overall it does make travel, shipping, and communication at some times to be rather difficult.

Communication is heavily affected by wormhole access, but less so than the other two.

Little guy. These are allowed onto ships and planets, so you don’t need to go all the way out to a transport wormhole to get the news. Granted. They aren’t really good for talking to other people on other planets. There are a handful of ‘websites’ that run on these guys, but when you’re actually in a populated area you can really only open them for a second or so. More than enough time to download the morning news or send a pre-written email, not enough time to load a social media page.

When on a planet there are usually a few of these in orbit, so anyone on-world can stay updated. These ones can also stay open for quite a bit longer. Or turn off and on again, whatever needs to happen so that your feed is actually up to date. The ‘websites’ that run on them are usually government, military, or the one really large social platform though, so if you want to use those your options are still limited.

The Little Bird having one of these is a little unusual, since it isn’t a deep space ship, but it’s not unheard of.

And uhhhhh

I'm a little sad I can't put a read more under a read more. anyways map :)

[missionluna]

For anyone who wishes to know (mainly @milkyfederation ) I have an new project separate to planet Luna! Here’s the link: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/alienrubicon

[milkyfederation]

A bunch of alien concepts I will explore more at some point. Love designing aliens.

Most recent ones! (07/23) a eusocial skeksis / H.R. Geiger alien bred to fight and conquer. (02/23) Two Milky Federation citizen species.

(04/22) alien from an almost lightless planet. (02/22) A sauropod / land cetacean giant species. (12/21) a hairy slug alien.

Older ones. (07/21) radial symmetry alien (should have 6 eyes, woops). (03/21) Shark-like species, and the Space Freelancers' notary.

(03/22) And a bunch on non-intelligent domesticated aliens.

[milkyfederation]

New Milky Federation member species! The uronians. I wanted to have a cute, small alien with a long mustelid-like body plan and I think I found a good design.

In the past they were "insectivores" (or their planet's equivalent), with a long snout and tongue to catch them, and a long flexible body to fit in small places.

They have fur with a variety of colours and lengths. They sense their environment via their puppy dog eyes, small nostrils, a tongue they always have out, little furry ears and their antennae.

While they walk on two legs, their running style is similar to a mustelid's. They manipulate objects with their small weak arms, and a surprinsingly strong prehensile tail.

Yes they are cute, but they can be as smart, cynical and evil as humans, and they HATE being talked down to. And with a strong tail at crotch level, I'd recommend you respect them.

[milkyfederation]

Tried my hand at prop design with a concept I've had in mind for a long time: the Meat Generator.

A must-have electrodomestic in any spaceship, it can generate a substance kind of akin to meat, with all of the nutrients and some of the taste.

To use it you just have to put a can of meat powder in the machine, choose the program, and wait a couple of hours until you have a hunk of meat to eat from. This machine can run for days, generating enough meat to continuously feed a small space crew.

The meat also comes in different, ehem, flavours. In the human sector you can easily find "chicken", "pork+beef mix", "fish", or "tofu", but everyone agrees the best one is the original "quadriyan tapir" classic flavour.

That being said, none of the meats are that flavourful, the key is using spices and sauces, and knowing how to cook it, although you can also eat it raw.

[milkyfederation]

In the human sector of the Milky Federation, if you can't afford the Rand Conglomerate's robots, you might have to go with another cheaper option.

For example, Cyclo Robotics. They may not have the best in the market, but their products are afforable, durable and easily fixable and modifiable.

Here's a bunch of examples.

The green eyed little one is a walking security system. They accidentally made them smart enough to be considered a person with rights under the MF's law, so they are no longer manufactured.

The blue eyed one is a simple cleaning unit. (Aia's head is made of off this model).

The big orange eyed one is a strong robot that acts as a draft "animal" by many workers.

The little red eyed one is a security camera. They walk around to spot any intruders.

Orange and red eye are very old designs of mine I'm still very proud of. I think these are all good designs but man do I have 0 idea of geometry and perspective.

[milkyfederation]

The influence of new styles and instruments from other planets has changed the music scene a lot. It also has given corporations new markets to profit from, and art to ruin. So not everything is new.

But one style is challenging that. In deep space, no other music genre is more loved than SPUNK. With the influence of space music, the groove of funk, and the sheer emotion and rebellion of punk, this musical genre refuses to be tamed by big labels and commercial music.

And no other Spunk band is more legendary than the Raging Machines.

Formed by five artificial beings, they channel their rage against the system and the Milky Federation through music.

They release no music, no one knows when or where they will show up to play a gig, or break the law. They just do, and you should count yourself lucky to have been there (before the police come to try and arrest them).

- Their singer, Chris, was the illegal stunt double of a famous actor, until he freed himself and went to space to form the band. He can freely change his singing voice.

- The guitarist, K, was a woman who got robocopped. She's an undead artificial being cursed by the memories of her former self. No one's guitar conveys more rage or sorrow than hers.

- The keytarist, Armin, was an assembly line worker, until they punched their supervisor, they're the wild card of the band. Their keytar can sound like any known instrument in the MF.

- The drummer, Cesco, was a logic R&droid who got fired from academia for his political views and activity. His drumming is so incredibly precise it sounds like it's made digitally.

- The bassist, Brown Martha, was part of an experiment that gave higher intelligence to animals. She has the instincts of a brown bear and the intellect of a not-that-smart human. With her strength, it is impossible for their songs not to be bass boosted.

[milkyfederation]

The mazonians are member species of the Milky Federation, but they are not that common in the human sector.

They walk on what humans would consider "arms", and manipulate objects with their small two-thumbed "legs". They are hermaphrodites.

Aside from their mediocre eyesight, they perceive their environment via "sonar" thanks to their hammer head and face noodles.

Examples of mazonians:

An athlete showing us how they run and wear glasses. / A lanky office worker concerned with this year's results. / A pierced teenager.

This poor guy got sick despite dressing up for the cold. / An old mazonian chilling in his house. / A very strong bionically modified specimen.

Mac Gregor, a founding member of the Space Freelancers, is a mazonian. Both names have the same reference behind them, let's see if anyone gets it.

[milkyfederation]

Alright class, better pay attention to Professor Tx'Clatht 's class, they're starting the basics on another species, we don't want to waste the "foremost expert on alien anatomy in the human sector" 's time. Besides, they'll get really mad if you don't listen to the lecture on their own species: the kuatonians.

Kuatonians are very different to humans, for starters, their main face is in what we would consider their belly. In it they have their vision, hearing, and mouth for eating with little claws that can manipulate objects.

They have four extremities, three of them are used as legs, though the front ones can hold objects in a pinch. The extremity on top of the body is used as a main arm, but it also has sensory organs to have a better control of their environment.

The idea that inspired this design was making an alien whose head wasn't where we humans would consider normal. It is an obvious reference to a character in one of my favourite movies: Kuato from Total Recall.

[milkyfederation]

Alien dump from a doc in which I draw all the sophont (am I using that word right?) species i come up with. That way I compare heights and diversity.

All of these are members species of the Milky Federation.

And the big boys:

I already have a bunch of them but I don't plan to stop designing aliens anytime soon. I always try to make non humanoid aliens and body types but it's hard, and my priority is not scientifically accurate aliens. I try to make them simple, fun, and still readable by us humans.

Inconsistent lineart and a bit dirty cause it's an old doc I keep coming back to.

[milkyfederation]

- Uuuh yeah... Give me one ticket for the new Lion King Remake Musi- ABSOLUTELY NOT! You know it'll be my turn before the movie's over. - Coome on! My treat. - No way, you know I hate musicals, watch it when it's your turn again. - Hey guys keep it down, we're in public, you're embarrassing us.

The Martian city state of Neocropolis is dead set on fighting, well, death. One of the solutions they have come up with is transferring your consciousness into a mechanical body.

That is, of course, expensive, so some people decide to share the cost, putting more than one consciousness in a single body. That makes Neocropolis the city with the highest number of people per capita in the human sector.

Ever since its creation, the Martian city-state specializes in scientific research to avoid death. Its founder is still alive (as just a head in a jar) after a couple of centuries.

Neocropolitans are modified to have purple skin with stripes, and a lengthy life (although that tends to be cut short for the everyman due to economic disparity).

Despite being a small one, it is one of the most powerful Martian cities thanks to its alliances. No rich or powerful person dares antagonize their source of "eternal life", which gives the city carte blanche to do all sorts of experiments.

The Raging Machines' guitarist, K, was a neocropolitan who's consciousness was put on a machine post mortem without her consent so that she'd keep working.

Neocropolis' name is a play on words with neo (new) and necropolis (cemetary), the city that gives a new definition to death. Etymologically there's nothing else funny here, carry on.

[milkyfederation]

I've shared this one once before, and there's some things I'd change now, but I still like it a lot. Domesticated pets of the future! (03/2022)

In this drawing you can see:

Mazonian Turtle: very chill, but not very smart, can roll up into a ball.

Liloquian Kazoo: energetic and curious, they sing all the time.

(Unnamed planet) Slug-Hamster: very inactive, mostly looks cute.

Earthian Cat: it's a cat, but edited with new technology to change its colour.

(Unnamed planet) Dog-Owl: smart and weird, can fly.

(Unnamed planet) Bat-Cat: reserved, like a significantly less hairy cat that can fly.

Quadriyan Dog: loyal and playful, tho it has weird bug-like mandibles.

(Unnamed planet) Ferret-Snake: sociable, furry, long and limbless.

Liloquian Dog-Deer: smart and very trainable herbivore, a liloquian's best friend.

Furbo: artificially bioengineered by aliens to be the perfect pet, not very popular with humans, who seem to share a primal fear of the colourful, chatty creature.

Creature names in the MF universe mostly follow the naming convention of [Planet of origin]+[animal with similar ecological niche/that looks similar].

The drawing is two years old and I see some mistakes and things I could've done better (the Owl-Dog is pretty basic), but I still like it a lot. I have to draw more aliens.

Which one's your favourite?? Which one would you adopt??

[milkyfederation]

- Ooooh that one is so cute!

– Mmmmmh how much is it?

+ That one'll be 24,99 moneys.

– ... Aww man! I'm 6 moneys short.

+ Sorry ma'am, no moneys no earthian horse.

– Wait can't we bargaiTHAT'S A HORSE?

The official currency of the Milky Federation is called "the Money".

One Money equals more or less one Euro (because I'm lazy). Less than one Money is called a fraction of a Money. So "0,50" is half a Money, "0,10" is a tenth of a Money, "0,39" is a thirty-nineth of a Money, and so on.

It is a mainly digital currency, and is very controlled by the Federation. Since it intervenes in the economy, the Money's value tends to be very stable, or even increase.

Although it is not imposed, it tends to prevail over other currencies thanks to its stability and hegemony. So much so that other allied but not federated members have adopted it.

Naming it Money makes it more adaptable to everyone and is a strategy to essentialy own the word and concept. (It's definetly not because I think it's the funniest name possible).

[milkyfederation]

For some reason I hadn't shared yet one of the concepts I'm most proud of.

The space trucker and his small cargo ship (turned into a cozy little home after retirement).

(02/21; 02/21)

He was a space trucker who also did a bit of smuggling on the side. He formed the bounty-hunting group that would later become the Space Freelancers with Néstor and Mac. He has retired pretty recently.

He's a pretty cool guy, very chill until he gets mad about space politics. His species are very bad at recognizing other species' faces, since they recognize each other with their face noodles and chemical signals.

He doesn't have a name yet, I have to think of one. It's gonna be an alien-sounding name, since he wouldn't abandon his heritage. Mispronounce it and he'll get very mad and start a monologue-rant about alien social justice.

[milkyfederation]

Felipolis is the youngest city-state in Mars, and one of the biggest tourist destinations in the Solar System. Everyone loves its cute cat-people service workers!

Founded by a billionaire influencer from Earth, this city was created after Mars became independent. It was advertised to possible settlers as a utopia where you can finally be yourself.

Anyone can become a citizen of this marvelous city led by our favourite internet persona! You just have to go through an itsy bitsy mandatory operation to turn you into a cat-human (or other variants).

Don't have the money? Don't worry, the city will pay for it! You just have to work there to pay off your debt. Win-win situation, become your true self and get a stable job at the best city in the galaxy! What could go wrong?

(Sketches, crudely made in 2-3h or so)

The first guy is the founder and leader of the city. Add the quirkiness of a 30 something years old who wears hats indoors, the lack of empathy of an influencer who invests in real estate, and a lot of money, and you end up with Felipolis.

That charming lady is a propery owner and investor of the city. She doesn't belive in this crazy cat utopia thing, she's just in it for the money. The mandatory operation becomes optional for rich people, but she still went through some changes as a show of status, even if she finds it a bit silly.

This young kitty waitress is still smiling after 12 hours serving tables to tourists, what a champ! Hang in there cutie, only 20 years of this to pay off your debt! (She was gonna be dressed as a french maid to add insult to injury, but I didn't have the heart to go through with it).

Last lady is what happens when you start getting old in this city. The operation starts showing its long-term shortcomings, you are no longer visually pleasing to the tourists, and most of the work available is in the service industry. If they can't find a job or money, these unlucky citizens become, as people offensively call them, strays.

This might be the most evil thing I've made, and I am sorry for it. No shade intended to furries in general btw, just to Youtubers and influencers and such.