#spaceship sagittarius

[greenfiend]

Space AU

So… when I said I had a lot of ideas I wasn’t lying.

Some notes:

- I put some Easter eggs in here related to the story I’m working on. Sorry if it looks like a random mess!

- Yes, their space ship is called The Rainbow 🌈 (I don’t make the rules). I also do not know how to draw spaceships so sorry. 😅

- Sagittarius A* is real (The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole!!!). “The Inverted Region” I made up. A synonym of something perhaps… 🤔

- And yes, Will did repay that hologram message from Mike several times (of course he did).

[spaceratprodigy]

OCs as Obscure References

Thank you for the tags @darkfire1177 @bokatan @hibernationsuit 💖💕

👇❤💜 Faith, Iris, Maril, AND Poppy 💙🖤👇

Name:

Captain Faith Hawthorne

Animal:

Rat / Bunny / Sprat

Colors:

❤🖤💛

Month:

August

Songs:

Pressure – Billy Joel

Chop Suey! – System of a Down

Autoclave – The Mountain Goats

Angel with a Shotgun – The Cab

I Think We're Alone Now (Cover) – Billie Joe Armstrong

In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel

God Only Knows – The Beach Boys

The Longest Time – Billy Joel

Number:

2

Plants:

Peony / Spider Lily

Smells:

vanilla and sweet bakery smells, old books and paper smells, a nice cologne, the smell of the forest when she would go hiking on Earth, gasoline (x)

Gemstone:

Villiaumite / Peridot

Time of Day:

Sunrise / Middle of the Night

Season:

Spring / Autumn

Places:

Fallbrook, Devil's Peak Station, Botanical Lab, Edgewater, Grand Colonial Hotel Penthouse Suite, Purpleberry Orchards

Food:

Empanadas, Rice, Sofrito, Sweets and Pastries, Cheese, Potatoes

Drinks:

Water, Tea, Orange Juice, Milk, Rum

Element:

Fire

Astrological Sign:

Leo

Seasonings:

Adobo, Sazón

Sky:

Full of Stars

Weather:

Warm Spring Day

Weapons:

The Vermin II

Hunting Rifle Hyper

Phin's Phorce (sentimental)

Social Media:

Tumblr

Makeup Product:

Black Nail Polish

Candy:

Dark Chocolate

Method of Long Distance Travel:

Spaceship (via The Unreliable)

Art Style:

Art Nouveau / Baroque

Fear:

loneliness, alcoholism, addiction, abuse, not being good enough, the drastic consequences of failing or not making the "right" choice, how many people she's hurt, never being safe, never being happy, whether or not she's capable of love or being loved back, never finding comfort, her numbness and anger consuming her

Mythological Creature:

Phoenix

Piece of Stationary:

An old, worn, well loved paper. The edges have started turning brown, on it is written all sorts of calculations and schematics that probably only make sense to her, some doodles in the margins where she was lost in thought.

Three Emojis:

⭐🐀📚

Celestial Body:

Cone Nebula / Carina Nebula / Eye of God

Name:

Miss Iris

Animal:

Deer / Bear / Radstag / Yao Guai

Colors:

💜💙🖤❤

Month:

December

Songs:

Invisible Touch – Genesis

Everybody Wants You – Billy Squier

Black Sheep – Metric

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For – U2

I Want You to Want Me – Cheap Trick

Babe – Styx

All Night Forever – TWRP

Number:

4

Plants:

Iris / Forget Me Not / Hyacinth / Lily of the Valley

Smells:

gentle floral scents, wood and sawdust, the smells of spices and nice hearty soups cooking, petrichor (x)

Gemstone:

Rhodolite Garnet / Scorodite

Time of Day:

Sunset

Season:

Winter

Places:

Red Rocket Truck Stop, Sanctuary, Valentine Detective Agency, The Third Rail, Diamond City Radio, Atom Cats Garage

Food:

Soups, Fruits, Veggies, Breads, Breakfast Foods

Drinks:

Coffee, Milkshake, Fruit Juice, Whiskey

Element:

Earth / Water

Astrological Sign:

Sagittarius

Seasonings:

Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Rosemary, Parsley, Coriander

Sky:

Warm Sunset Colors

Weather:

Chilly Jacket Weather

Weapons:

Agamemnon the Fuck Upper (10mm pistol)

Amadeus (rifle)

Le Boom Stick Terribles (combat shotgun)

Social Media:

Pinterest

Makeup Product:

Dark Eyeshadow

Candy:

Chocolate with Caramel / Toffee

Method of Long Distance Travel:

Walking

Art Style:

Rococo / Art Deco / Impressionism

Fear:

losing everything and everyone she loves all over again, not being good enough, not being able to help or save people, causing harm or pain to others, being a burden, never being loved, never being wanted, never being able to free herself, never being able to rebuild a new life with people to love and be loved back by, failing her son, becoming a mother again, failing as a mother again

Mythological Creature:

Siren / Fairy

Piece of Stationary:

A love letter handled with the utmost care. She poured her heart into her elegantly written words. The precision is not lost on you, she wants it known you were worth the time. She signs her name with a lipstick kiss that makes your heart flutter. The parchment smells slightly like her gentle perfume.

Three Emojis:

💋💐🎭

Celestial Body:

Fireworks Galaxy / Pandora's Cluster

Name:

Maril Highwind

Animal:

Crow

Colors:

🖤💙💚💛

Month:

March

Songs:

Shipmeisters' Shanty – Yoko Shimomura

Traverse Town – Yoko Shimomura

The Afternoon Streets – Yoko Shimomura

A Twinkle in the Sky – Yoko Shimomura

Asteroid Attack – Yoko Shimomura

Number:

21

Plants:

Hydrangea / Morning Glory / Sunflower

Smells:

oil, grime, workshop smells, ink, parchment, wood, paint, dusty old books, the smell of food cooking in the Twilight Town Bistro (x)

Gemstone:

Azurite / Malachite

Time of Day:

Early Afternoon

Season:

Summer

Places:

Traverse Town, Hollow Bastion, The Grid, 100 Acre Wood, Twilight Town

Food:

Sea Salt Ice Cream, Sugary Skies Ice Cream, Royalberry Ice Cream, Carrot Potage, Beef Sauté, Tarte aux Fruits

Drinks:

Lemonade, Limeade, Orange Juice, Apple Cider, Hot Chocolate

Element:

Lightning / Air

Astrological Sign:

Aries

Seasonings:

Basil, Oregano, Cumin

Sky:

Clear Blue

Weather:

Perfect Summer Day

Weapons:

Custom Twin Shooters / Rifle

Social Media:

Instagram

Makeup Product:

Sparkly Cosmetic Stars

Candy:

Sour Gummy Worms / Cotton Candy

Method of Long Distance Travel:

Gummi Ship

Art Style:

Futurism / Neon Art

Fear:

abandonment, something bad happing to her family and friends, not being able to protect the people she cares about, the darkness, her world disappearing while she's away

Mythological Creature:

Wyvern / Harpy

Piece of Stationary:

A stack of worn, rolled up scrolls. The dustier ones are filled with spells and runes you're not quite sure how to read. The ones that smell of inks and paints are beautiful illustrations of various gummi ship designs. The newest scrolls are countless blueprints, they are quite fascinating! Many are for building gummi ships, some are for custom weapons and defense systems.

Three Emojis:

✨🛸🤖

Celestial Body:

Cosmos Redshift 7 / Saturn

Name:

Poppy

Animal:

Snake / Deathclaw

Colors:

❤🖤

Month:

May

Songs:

Foreign Object – The Mountain Goats

Choked Out – The Mountain Goats

Raining Blood – Slayer

Light Up the Night – The Protomen

I Am... All Of Me – Crush 40

Want You Gone – Jonathan Coulton

Number:

7

Plants:

Poppy / Bleeding Heart

Smells:

Blood, Filth, Campfire, Mildew, Foul Stench of Death

Gemstone:

Cuprite / Amber

Time of Day:

Evening

Season:

Summer / Autumn

Places:

Nuka-World, Grandchester Mystery Mansion, Pickman Gallery, The Combat Zone, Goodneighbor

Food:

Candies, Jerky, Noodles

Drinks:

Nuka-Cherry, Smoothie, Slushie

Element:

Fire

Astrological Sign:

Gemini

Seasonings:

Paprika, Cinnamon, Crushed Red Pepper

Sky:

Dark and Cloudy

Weather:

Stormy and Slightly Windy

Weapons:

Disciples Blade (from Nisha)

Pickman's Blade

Chain-Wrapped Aluminum Baseball Bat

Triple-Hooked Meat Hook

Social Media:

Twitter

Makeup Product:

Red Lipstick

Candy:

Cherry Flavored Candies

Method of Long Distance Travel:

Walking / Train

Art Style:

Expressionism / Surrealism

Fear:

weakness, not being able to defend herself, being captured or imprisoned in any way, loss of autonomy in any way

Mythological Creature:

Hellhound

Piece of Stationary:

An old, torn, crumpled up piece of paper. It's covered in dirt, or maybe that's soot. Did someone try to burn this? The handwriting is sloppy, but the words tell a story. Perhaps a diary entry. It's hard to read, but it's heartbreaking, desperate. This is something someone had to tell, to get it out of their system. It looks as if they tried to destroy it when they were done but swiftly changed their mind. Maybe, in the end, they hoped someone would find it, someone would know their story, maybe even find comfort in it that they're not alone if they've been forced to endure the same pain.

Three Emojis:

🗡💀🍒

Celestial Body:

Sun / Engraved Hourglass Nebula

–

open tag to anyone who wants to jump in!

[artdecosupernova-writing]

WASTE

sci-fi ▼ cyberpunk ▼ synthwave/neo-80s queer rep ▼ disability ▼ mental illness abuse ▼ addiction/recovery Darkspace Portent Series spin-off ▼ takes place before Thriving: Rebirth

▷ Guetry Sympa is a livewire and an adrenaline junkie, a musically talented hero with lawful blindness, so having a government-funded AI implanted in his brain to control most of his bodily systems after nearly dying isn't exactly an easy adjustment to make.

▷ Of course, there's no better way to cope with a hard breakup and recover from a five-month-long coma than by being forced by the Consortium to enlist a team of fellow contract agents for a covert operation...

▷ ...To solve a centuries-old cold case involving the mysterious disappearance of the Milky Way's enigmatic savior.

Playlist: Precious Gems and Reaver Rock

GUETRY DANON SYMPA ▼ French-American ▼ scorpio ▼ human ▼ Earth ▼ a gifted musician and elite member of a special forces task unit working for the Consortium, aided by an AI in his brain that keeps his quality of life ideal after an overdose that left him otherwise brain-dead for five months. wise-cracking smartass unafraid to tear the system apart for what's right.

SUBCUTANEOUS OPERATIONAL and TACTICAL SYSTEM (SCOT) ▼ "Scotty" ▼ artificial intelligence ▼ NodeSource ▼ prototype embedded in Guetry's brain to undo most of the damage from his overdose and keep him functional. added benefits of enhancing his eyesight and aim, providing intel on missions, and overall companionship.

ALECTURA WU ▼ Chinese ▼ aquarius(?) ▼ human ▼ Consortium Node ▼ talented spaceship mechanic and other half of the band Skywaste, co-founded by Guetry when both were in high school. doesn't like going out into the field, will also fight tooth and nail for justice where there is none.

OREN ALTAVIAN ▼ capricorn ▼ human ▼ the Himalaya ▼ self-proclaimed "entrepreneur of seedydom" and known around the Milky Way as the "Kingpin of the Node." slings the hard stuff around the galaxy and gets paid handsomely for it. endlessly charming but willfully manipulative. tends to get his way no matter what, especially at the expense of those around him who think they care for him.

ADAM "MERCURY'' LYONS ▼ scorpio ▼ human ▼ Earth ▼ also an operative for the Consortium with his identical twin sister Quincy "Mars" Lyons. a bit more by the book, but willing to do what's right even if it means risking his job. a fiery complement and challenge for Guetry both personally and professionally. 

TUXTH ▼ Rotangan ▼ Logoryt ▼ a child of a Rotangan and a biracial Rontangan/Morrite, born on the seedy planet of Logoryt. in order to combat the rough upbringing she endured, she makes a name for herself by taking on missions for the Consortium, doing her part to chip away at the Morrite Blue Prince Hyret's goal to completely overrun the Milky Way.

DAZIA FOURTEEN ▼ sagittarius(?) ▼ human ▼ Consortium Node ▼ it's unknown what Dazia's origins are other than her birthplace of the Node, though it's alleged that she's of Hispanic, Slavic, and Middle Eastern descent. used to work for Consortium security until she witnessed corrupt activity within the ranks. tough as nails but all heart.

A soft tone swirling in the waves of dark gray and flashes I couldn't decipher. Purple pulsing light. A haze, more flashing images. White lights, gloves, whirring, thumping, squashing. Hot white stars. Burnt umber pain. Scorching pink fire. Numbness in muted blue. Sparking stings. Another soft tone. A smooth yet mechanical voice right inside both of my ears at once. Hello, Guetry. I am your Subcutaneous Operational and Tactical system. What. You have suffered a great deal of neurological damage and I am going to attempt to repair as much as I can. Your next of kin has given full consent to this procedure. The fuck. I am only a prototype as of yet so I must be transparent...there may be some functions I cannot fully restore, but I will do my best to make sure you are healed well enough to wake up and are able to do the remaining recovery yourself. Is this.

[wolfstarr-the-sequel]

Info dumping the crap outta my OC because I finally made a doc to write this lore crap down

Gemini ^ (The Stars are Acne scars lmao)

The Constellation Scouts are a team of 12 people who live in a spaceship and protect the galaxy from threats. They’re like power rangers with a Sailor moon theming with the space thing. 

Their powers/ features are:

Opening portals to anywhere they can think of, including other dimensions

They can fly/ float which makes it easier for them to adapt to the different gravities of different planets

They can turn into AN animal so they can blend into different environments

One would be more wary of being alone with a person than a cute friendly animal

Said animal form has some sort of star shape included on them

Their “Human” form has star shaped scars where their animal features would be.

Horns, tails, wings

Often times they even act like or still retain those animal aspects while in “Human form”

Heightened sense of smell, hearing, sight

Strange cravings

Space gills

Immortality 

They get their powers from planets in our solar system

As well as the sun and moon

They all have matching uniforms

Black as a main color of uniform

Each has the same pattern with a different accent color

Their eyes look like space

They’re all named after Zodiac signs

Their rank on the ship is determined by each sign’s “Ruling House”

Aries

Rank: 1st

Uniform Color: Red

Animal: Ram

Planet: Mars

Taurus

Rank: 2nd

Uniform Color: Green

Animal: Bull

Planet: Venus

Gemini

Rank: 3rd

Uniform Color: Yellow

Animal: Deer

Planet: Mercury

Cancer

Rank:4th

Uniform Color: Blue

Animal: Crab

Planet: Moon

Leo

Rank: 5th

Uniform Color: Orange

Animal: Lion

Planet: Sun

Virgo

Rank: 6th

Uniform Color: Brown

Animal: Fox

Planet: Mercury

Libra

Rank: 7th

Uniform Color: Pink

Animal: Swan

Planet: Venus

Scorpio

Rank: 8th

Uniform Color: Black

Animal: Scorpion

Planet: Pluto

Sagittarius

Rank: 9th

Uniform Color: Purple

Animal: Horse

Planet: Jupiter

Capricorn

Rank: 10th

Uniform Color: Gray

Animal: Goat

Planet:Saturn

Aquarius

Rank: 11th

Uniform Color: White

Animal: Otter

Planet: Uranus

Pisces

Rank: 12th

Uniform Color: Teal

Animal: Fish

Planet: Neptune

[soleminisanction]

Sometimes I remember, out of the blue, that Comet the Super-horse wasn't actually a horse, he was an immortal superpowered centaur from ancient Greece who was cursed to be fully horse on accident and stayed with Supergirl because her spaceship happened to accidentally free him from magical imprisonment on an asteriod in the Sagittarius constellation and also he was in love with her.

And I just have to smile.

[sarah-dipitous]

Hellsite Nostalgia Tour 2023 Day 182

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

“Dinosaurs on a Spaceship”

I honestly could not pick a better episode to watch at the half way point…I also can’t believe I’m (probably technically more than) half way done with this. I WILL put together a perfected calendar at the end of the year (because we know my watch has been FAR from perfect), but I would not recommend liveblogging all three series in one year to anyone. I cannot, in good conscience, do that. ANYWAY

Plot Description: The Doctor battles to save an unmanned spaceship and its impossible cargo of dinosaurs

Why is it almost always ONLY the women of history who have the hots for the Doctor? Why is it Queen Nefertiti and not Not-Detective-Lestrade-From-Sherlock-Because-I-Can’t-Remember-the-Character’s-OR-Actor’s-Name??

Obligatory “Britain has 12 actors” comment because I know just about every actor in this from somewhere else…2 of the big ones from this episode are from [fandom redacted]. Rory’s dad is precious though, and he just got SUPER ABDUCTED by the Doctor

Remember how I said I missed low budget Doctor Who like two days ago??? Yeah…I take it back for this episode specifically. I’m glad they spared no expenses on this one

My little kid, dinosaur-obsessed brain goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Jurassic Park still did dinos better

I love that dinosaurs FLYING the ship is absurd but labeling them as passengers, like they exchanged currency for tickets isn’t

Rory can’t catch a break. His dad being freaked out about their circumstances, The Doctor bitching about Brian being there in the first place, but somehow they manage to come together to (unintentionally) make Rory feel inadequate and small

Amy’s love of ancient history strikes again. I love her fangirling over Queen Nefertiti

This episode has EVERYTHING. Egyptian queens, sassy robots, and as the title clearly states dinosaurs on a spaceship

I forgot that it also has Silurians…or maybe HAD Silurians. I expect Silurian tragedy at the hands of [fandom redacted] actor #2/Not-Walder-Frey

That is also my reaction whenever I see a triceratops, Doc

“I’m a Sagittarius…..probably” the wayyyyy I was about to read him just based on that. But like…it WOULD make sense

There is something at least slightly attractive about the Doctor’s anger for people who have been egregiously wronged. When it’s quiet and simmering because this douchenozzle woke up and ejected all the Silurians from THEIR ARK on THEIR SEARCH for a new home

Brian is so unexpectedly useful on this trip

Queen Nefertiti can have little a fling with Not-Lestrade as a treat if she wants

I already loathed this man but now he’s gone and killed the last living triceratops in existence (as far as we can tell)

Ugh he’s so fucking gross. David Bradley is so good at playing absolutely WRETCHED men

Don’t do it Not-Greg!!!! Don’t also shoot the dinosaurs!!!

I love that she played Not-Walder like the chauvinistic idiot he is

Oh Brian, just sipping tea and eating a sandwich at the door to the TARDIS and seeing the whole Earth from there…and that inspiring him to go traveling. I love that for him

[glitter-troublewind]

where do you belong?

aries mars: on a very fast swing

taurus mars: in the sound of music

gemini mars: among the stars

cancer mars: in candy-land

leo mars: with your best friend

virgo mars: in your sushi spaceship

libra mars: on mushroom mountain

scorpio mars: in a cat's head

sagittarius mars: in a computer game

capricorn mars: in outer-space

aquarius mars: in a pumpkin patch

pisces mars: in a film noir

[ask-nightmare-and-others]

Inspector: that makes allot of sense

Rodan: inspector, you might want to head back to the control room we're almost to The Ghidorah Planet Sagittarius wanted me to let you know we're near our destination

Inspector: okay thanks Rodan my amigo

Rodan: no problem señor

-Inspector rejoined with Sagittarius in the control room and they saw Planet X and what was flying around it was Void Ghidorah-

Inspector: we're almost there, I should turn on the speakers let them know -he switches on the speakers- Attention all Kaijus, we are reaching The Ghidorah Planet please take your seats we'll be landing shortly and it might get abit bumpy so mind your heads

-as they all take they're seats the whole spaceship was shaking as it was slowing down and landing on the rock Planet as the engines were being turned off-

Inspector: we have arrived oh Sagittarius I found a air suit for you that way you can breath because outerspace has no Air

Trying the inflation H2O:

This is... New..

Don't worry it's water

[omanxl1]

Defected Radio Show Hosted by Rimarkable 06.12.24

Digital Crate Digging Continues as we come through on this Flashback Friday  / Fabulous Friday! The saga  / struggle continues as we deal with the weirdness from Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius to now Mars retrograde in Leo, so how will we play? Brotha O will let the music play, intergalactic with it! catch me in a metallic colored spaceship time traveling! Or maybe just chilling in the lab…

[flynn-digital-character-course]

Character Design Final Poster part 6

finally started working on the poster, I started by making an extremely rough mockup of the Church of Fleratimus in Unreal Engine at home which I used to trace the base outline on the walls and arches

this was the outline I drew from that base, still need to add a bit more to it though. Next I started working on the space background, which can be seen through the windows. I was inspired by something Toby said about including a nebula which would help my scale issues a bit, in this case it was a great idea. Fleratimus is located in the core of a galaxy so here are some pictures of the core regions of our own galaxy.

as you can see it is extremely nebulous an extremely star dense (the cubic parsec around Sagittarius A* contains 10 million stars)

To start of with for the background I created smudges of a bunch of colours (yellows and oranges) that I then distorted and covered in grain to create this

over that I've started clarifying and adding detail to sections to create nebulae and stuff, I also stuck one of the previous images from before into the background for more stars, here's what some of the detailed parts look like

This is what this first background layer with most of the details finished

this is the first piece of the background, the distant background. the next layer, the middle background will contain some stars and the Fleratimus computer, the final background layer will be the front background, it will contain some more stars and a few spaceships

the idea is that having stars both behind and in front of the computer will create a sense of distance and scale, since if there's stars in front of it it must be light years away (which it is) and if it still looks as big as it does from that far away it must be huge (which it also is)

[linuxgamenews]

Astrodle: A Stunning Space Shooter Game with Zodiac Signs

Astrodle incremental space shooter game is due to evolve onto Linux with Windows PC. Thanks to the creative genius of Robin Nicolet. Available now on Steam with 96% Very Positive reviews. Robin Nicolet, a French indie developer, has just released his debut title, Astrodle. It’s a short but stunning incremental space shooter where sci-fi Zodiac signs help you become a god by simply making numbers go up. And it's also due to get a native build.

I'm using the Unity engine to develop the game. I will totally consider supporting a second branch when the game gets stable enough and there are fewer builds to manage.

Robin Nicolet's email reply means there wasn't a plan for a Linux build because no one showed interest — until now. He’s still working on it, and the native build will be released when he has time. Astrodle stays true to its genre by practically playing itself, so when you return, you’ll see all the progress made while you were away. Watching those colorful blobs pop in and out of existence is super satisfying, especially as you rack up resources to upgrade your spaceship. In this title, you’re on a mission to collect Zodiac essences and become an immortal space god. Shoot, collect, upgrade, repeat, become a god. Sounds simple enough, right?

Astrodle – Trailer

Features:

Shoot and Collect Essences Your spaceship is armed with lasers, and those poor blobs don’t stand a chance. Blast as many as you can to gather Essences and make strides in your quest.

Upgrade Your Ship While your lasers are already good, you can make them even better. Spend your Essences on upgrades to boost your firepower to the next level.

Revel in the Numbers Now, take a step back and enjoy the Astrodle chaos you’ve unleashed on the blobs. All those numbers flying everywhere — it's perfect.

Complete the Story Space is vast, but you’re not alone. Sagittarius, Aquarius, and Taurus are here to guide you on your journey to godhood. It’s been ages since they’ve seen a human, but that’s no big deal, right?

Beat the Game Don’t you hate when you can’t tell if an idle game has an end? Both modes in Astrodle can be completed in a day if you play actively. It’s perfect for a laid-back weekend session.

The title also keeps you hooked with some hands-on gameplay. The automatic shooter aspect is just engaging enough to help you unwind after a hectic day. In short, Astrodle is a mesmerizing incremental space shooter that’s all about shooting blobs, collecting essences, and upgrading your ship until you become a space god. Whether you’re playing actively or letting it run on its own, it’s a satisfying experience that fits perfectly into a chill weekend. So, get out there, blast some blobs, and start your journey to godhood. It's coming to Linux as well as Windows PC via Steam. Priced at $5.39 USD / £4.49 / 5,39€ with the 10% launch discount until July 3rd.

[big-fucking-sagittarius-astar]

I don't know

We'll try from the top then :)

*anon leaves their spaceship, free floating. The smbh below them glows a swirling ominous blue. As the gravity of this 4.3 million solar mass void accelerates anon towards itself, anon sees the smbh get closer, then closer still. Anon stares down as their viewpoint turns to black like a cartoon circle fadeout. The universe recedes above them like the light at the top of a hole. From outside it appears that anon ceases to move. Then becomes redder and redder before fading to nothing. Luckily for anon, this smbh is not in a peckish mood. The smbh transfers rotational speed to anon through Space Magic and anon goes swirling around the black hole. All direction lead into the event horizon at this point, but the smbh has one more trick up it's sleeve. Anon goes flying, faster than the speed of light, breaking causality, they see themselves from the past (future) ahead of them, fall away. Anon flies away, quicker, than quicker. They leave a blinding white hole, spewing everything Sagittarius A* had ever eaten. Anon slows down now back to properly causal speeds and sees themself again from the future (past) fall into the white hole. Anon is free now. Having escaped crushing gravity, searing accretion, and the most extreme thing in the universe. Anon is in a parallel universe.*

Oh, huh. Guess their gone

[ravening25]

Zodiac as Civilization Players

Civilization is a 4x (EXplore, EXpand, EXploit, EXterminate) strategy game that focuses on building your empire based on real life civilization, both modern and antiquity. Your goal is be the top civilization via attaining one of five victory types: domination (Taking enemy cities, especially their capital city via military means), science (advancing your technology, eventually building a spaceship to explore different planets), culture (having the most artistic work & tourist. Basically being the prettiest), religious (Being the dominant religion in the game), and diplomatic (Having the most diplomatic points. Basically having the most influence, especially the NPC city states). Players must explore their areas, exploit different resources, expand their sphere of influence, and if necessary, exterminate their competition (see what I did there). Each civilization has different playstyles that suits the players’ way of playing.

Fire-Generally has a proactive, aggressive playstyle. Generally prefers domination victory. If they choose other victory types, they usually don’t hesitate and use the military to eliminate the competition. These are the general traits of Fire players:

Heavily leans toward Domination victory

If not, they are highly aggressive in securing other victory types

Regardless of pathways, they will likely use military units the most

Fast expanders! They want to spread their influence and take advantage of their surroundings as early as they can although they will likely miss other details

The most active and aggressive in politicking. Very straightforward and unapologetic of their agendas

Aries

Textbook world conqueror

Wants to conquer the world with a “hit hard and hit fast” mentality

May have a hard time liking non-domination victory but when they do try to achieve that, they will use the military to destroy the leading civilization

May have a hard time appreciating other details necessary to run their empire since they have a single minded devotion to their objective

Doesn’t give a crap about civilizations’ grievances (Basically how other Civs remember your sins against them)  towards them. There’s nothing to grieve for if they are eliminated ;)

Will be the world’s #1 threat 

Leo

Wants to be #1, in all victory categories

Probably love cultural victory especially. You got to be pretty while you’re conquering the world.

Probably religious victory. You are the god-king of the world!

They want to have the most world wonders in the game (Basically the most famous landmarks and buildings like the Eiffel Tower)

A bit more attentive to other resources. They especially focus on gold and luxury resources (luxury resources boots culture+happiness)

Is more willing to wait and intensify the flames of domination/religious war/cultural bombing if it means they will get stronger

Sagittarius

The expansionist (after all, Jupiter is the planet of expansion

They are willing to use non-military means to conquer the world

The type to explore the entire world

Religious victory is thematic for these folks. Science too

Likely to wage war for religious reasons

They don’t want to raze cities. They keep them as to keep their culture

Earth-Generally prefers a more slower, steady playstyle. Generally doesn’t have a preferred victory type (depends on the signs I suppose), rather, whatever is most convenient to them. They prefer accumulating vast resources while slowly influencing the world before taking a more direct action. These are the general traits of Earth players:

Focuses on production, food, and gold accumulation. These resources are gateways to different victory types

Cautious and practical strategists! They know their limits, acknowledging any circumstances that would not prove practical in the moment. Knowing what is effective requires you to be realistic after all.

This reflects their expansion: it’s often slow but each city has exceptional utility such as strong production infrastructure bonus, allowing their empire to prosper.

In politicking with other empires, they are concerned about how other empires can benefit their resources, especially those that can boost their victory pathway

Taurus

The turtle player

TRADE. TRADE. TRADE. Anything economic=happy

Wants all the world wonder and luxury resources, similarly to Leo (Well, the world will be in war because of this)

Prefers not to have a war. Instead it uses the power of diplomacy, science, and culture to influence other civilizations and city states.

Prefers either cultural or diplomatic victory

Prefers being defensive. Creating a strong wall to fend off invaders

Likely to use city states to defend them

Virgo

The technical player

Understand the mechanics of the game, exploiting it for their maximum benefit

Wants to grow the population fast. Making farms and other food resources are sought after in order to create more infrastructures that supports the empire

Likely prefers scientific victory but usually not in a rush to attain it.

In general, they take a slower approach in attaining technology like Earth but they are likely not to trouble themselves to the future, which is both good and bad (Good because they focus on the present although bad if they don’t pay attention to the future).

Will pay more attention to their geography and natural disasters. They would exploit their geography to the fullest advantage (Ex: occupying Hills as to slow enemy army’s movement) but they need to balance resources that can harm the environment which can harm the empire as the game progresses. 

Capricorn

The Tywin Lannister of Civ 6

Small details are important, especially expanding their influence

Unlike other Earth signs, they prefer domination victory

Unlike the other Fire signs, they have the patience to plan out their invasion.

They don’t overwhelm them with speed and power, rather a slow and methodical step. Isolate them from their allies, destroy their resources, and conquer them

Although they love to expand, they try to limit the cities that they have conquered. Thus, they are highly likely to raze enemy non-capital cities. 

Creating efficient district infrastructures are vital, especially industrial work zones.

Air-Generally prefers a more intellectual, unconventional playstyle. Most likely preferring science, cultural, and diplomatic victories. They are proactive but prefer not to engage the world militarily, rather influencing other civilizations and city states with their resources, science, culture, diplomatic influence, and other non-direct means. These are the general traits of Air players:

Science victory is common for the 3 signs although each signs have different favored paths of victory besides science

Prefers unconventional means of attaining victory. Civs possessing unique or unusual means that break the convention of pursuing that path are great examples as it provides a mental challenge

Proactive in politicking like Fire signs but they are more diplomatic and graceful about their agendas. In fact, diplomacy is their main weapon of engaging with the world

Expansion will either be fast or slow, sometimes erratically. However, making alliances with other empires and city states is their way of creating new borders. Having close neighbors is a great bonus!

Gemini

The trickster player

Using city states as their proxies (Sad that Civ6 doesn’t have proxy wars unlike Civ5)

If they want to conquer, they will usually use casus belli (reason for war) to reduce enemy grievances. 

Alternatively, they will use alliances to gain military advantages

Trade networks are vital, especially their gossips

Loves to use spies, especially tracking their movements and stealing their technology

Prefers science victory although diplomatic victory is an attractive option too.

Aerial units are spammed to harass enemies for laughs and giggles

Libra

The diplomat and conquering the world through love!

Would love to take the diplomatic and cultural path of victory although scientific victory is also on the top list.

City states are their lifeline!

Although they don’t hesitate to exploit them and use them to attack other Civs

Takes an unconventional way of domination: by not using militaries

Which means they use Loyalty pressure, allowing rebels to burn the city from within instead of using your own forces or allow your charm to win over other civilizations ;)

Proactive in diplomacy. Making trade deals and exchanging resources.

Aquarius

The mad genius

SCIENCE. SCIENCE. SCIENCE. Oh they do love their technologies!

While everyone is in the classical era, these heavily Aquarius influenced players are already in the medieval or the renaissance era.

They are seen as a threat due to their advanced technology but it is difficult to challenge them. When they are challenged, Aquarius tends to use indirect means like other Air signs.

Scientific and diplomatic victories are the top victory types

Likes to use spies to instigate rebellions!

Are likely to prefer keep their empire on a smaller scale but tight knitted (Saturn influenced)

Will likely risk environmental damage for scientific edge.

Will LOVE Aerial units as they represent technological superiority (especially that they prefer to advance their tech as fast and smart as possible)

Water-Generally prefers a more subtle, reactive playstyle. Generally having a flexible victory type although subterfuge is the most preferred way of either toppling empires (Using spies to incite internal chaos) or to keep an eye on their neighbors and root out enemy spies within their empire). They prefer being as hidden as possible, and react and adapt to the world’s momentum accordingly. These are the general traits of Water players:

Victory types preference are flexible though each individual signs have their preferred types although religion, culture, and diplomatic seem to the most thematic

They like to be as far as possible from their neighbors, delaying the spread of other empires’ influence on them. They especially like to play as naval focused civs as majority of civs are not naval focused and so, they don’t naturally gain naval tech early or faster which means they can be an isolationist empire longer

Subtle and cunning in politicking with other powers. They acknowledge alliances of convenience and flexibility in terms of relationships. Regardless, spies are heavily utilize to keep an eye of other empires

Prefers subtle but flexible and reactive expansion. This means that sometimes, they expand their borders that may seem to be isolated from their capital city (which eventually connects) but they are there for cunning purposes. Otherwise, they expand according to world affairs. 

Cancer

The parent of their empire

Oceans are considered their first line of defense

Sea trade networks are highly preferred

Loves to actively trade resources from other civs

Very defensive and does not want to agitate others but are aggressive and vengeful if crossed

This is why they prefer diplomatic victory but scientific, cultural, religious are under consideration

Scorpio

The puppet master

Unlike other Water signs, they like domination victory although they use subtle means to conquer the world

Spies, loyalty pressure, sneaky nuclear submarines, destroying dams to cause floods and harming their geography are just few of many examples that they prefer conquering 

VENGEFUL. They may not be as proactive in attacking others but once they are attacked, the only way of peace is through extermination

Being an isolationist, especially as a nautical civ is a great advantage for them as enemies have little means for an offensive campaign

Will use spies within their empire to eliminate enemy spies

Many late game naval units are stealthed and Scorpio (And all Water signs) love the hidden ones

Pisces

The religious waif

Religious victory is highly favorable but other non-domination victories are just as viable

Likely to be open with other civs’ religion and would adopt them as their own

Alternatively, they are more competitive about religious dominance.

They may be more inclined to explore the world and spread their religion or influence other empires and city states

Deeply cares about the state of world, especially the city states, the environment (especially the Ocean), and conflicts of major empires

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This Week’s Horrible-Scopes

It’s time for this week’s Horrible-Scopes! So for those of you that know your Astrological Signs, cool! If not, just pick one, roll a D12, or just make it up as you go along. It really doesn’t matter. Better yet! Check out “Heart of the Game, Fredonia” and see if they can sell you those D12’s with the symbols on them. Tell them “Shujin Tribble” sentcha. And “Hail, Hail, Fredonia!”

This week… yeah, we’re going back to the music collection’s shuffleboard - but we’re limiting it to the Sound Effects section! You thought musical cues was bad before? Well folks.. Ya ain’t heard NUTHIN’ yet!

Aries 

Although yours is listed as “Arcade”, it includes the sounds of some driving game and Asteroids. The best part about Asteroids is… there were sequels that were actually better than the original in almost every way. Asteroids Deluxe replaced Hyperspace with a shield; Space Duel gave you co-operative ship gameplay, and Blasteroids replaced the vector graphics with sprites, spaceship morphing, and an actual BOSS to beat! This week… find a bowling alley with an actual arcade and PLAY! 

Taurus 

You get the sounds of a car door opening and shutting. No locks, no latches being clicked open, nothing except that. Which is exactly how your week will be, Taurus - all business, no pleasure. This week find your pleasure where you can in food, ‘cause you sure ain’t havin’ fun any other way. Pick up cheap Chinese takeaway on Friday - you can make your own fried rice for breakfast on Saturday Morning.

Gemini  

This one is fun. Listed as “Tank Army”, it sounds less like a tank and more like a 70 year old tractor with a lawn mower attachment under it trying to hold on for dear life. This is your way of knowing that you need to get more exercise; and you have no excuses this time; Mall Walking is still a thing. So lace up your Converse and head out to the food court.

Cancer Moon-Child 

Your sounds are the ambiance from the Cafe’ Pecs in southern Hungary. For over three and-a-half minutes all we get are the overlapping Hungarian voices, where not a single piece of silverware can be heard. No spoons, no cups and saucers, no one walking around… Just chatter. This week have a sit-down and just listen to the voices in your head. Some of them would like to have a word with you.  

Leo 

The randomizer just picked for you…. “Two horses pass at trot on gravel”. Truth be told, we’ve got no real idea on what to think about this one. There’s the old adage about how “Inside you there are two animals”, but of all the animals they might be, we’d never pick horses for you. This week… Honestly, we don’t know. How about you go find a Brannock Device and put it to good use. 

Virgo 

Oh, perfect. You got one of the shortest sound effects in the collections. At BARELY 1 second worth, it’s Big Macintosh from My Little Pony Friendship is Magic saying, “...eeyup!”. No, we’re not suggesting you watch the show - though you could do worse than that one. This week try agreeing with everything for just one day solid. After all… What’s The Worst That Could Happen?

Libra 

Apparently a bunch of you people are celebrating a BUNCH of birthdays this week, so without wasting any more time, here are the names…  Michelle (Susan) Jean (Mark) Fran (Carrie) Jay (Phil) Cirus (Theo) Stephany (Noah) Erica (Wolfgang) Timothy (Aaron) Jerry. Happy birthday to you all. And if you didn’t hear your name called, stop being so selfish! It’s their birthday too, you know. Learn to be more… you know.. Less Like ‘You’. 

Scorpio 

You get the sounds of Telex And Typewriter. You’re so young you probably don’t even know what Telex was used for, but you enjoy the fruits of its technology. We know you know what a typewriter is, but we’ll bet you’ve never changed a Daisy Wheel even once. This week, get your fingers dirty on red and black ribbon ink.

Sagittarius 

NOW we’re talkin’! From the Star Trek Original Series Sound Effects CD… Yes, that’s an OFFICIAL CD out there! With 69 tracks no less! (*NICE!*). You get “Enterprise Doors Open Into Transporter Room”. And before you think that’s not a cool sound… DUDE! It’s a background warble that’s just all KINDS of soothing at night. Turn that on for a Repeat Forever when you go to sleep, and you’ll totally sleep like a baby. This week… Find the track on YouTube and play it. You’ll see we’re right. And you need the sleep. 

Capricorn 

Some of you are too young to remember this sound effect. Most of you likely know the old AOL Dial Up sounds, but we’ll bet you don’t know the difference between K56flex and X2 handshaking sounds. If you thought you can tell the difference, you’re kidding yourself. Unless you worked I.T. in some capacity you wouldn’t know which was which. This week… be proud if someone calls you a “Phreak”... spelled with a P-H.

Aquarius 

You’ve got a sound that isn’t annoying on its own, surprisingly. The sound of an ATM and its internal mechanical parts at work, like the receipt printer and the money counter. The annoying part is that you… Ok, look.. We promise this isn’t personal, OK?! –you keep saying “ATM… Machine”. PLEASE! Please, just… just stop saying that. It’s just an “ATM” or “Cash Machine”. It’s not an “Automated Teller Machine Machine”, ok? This week.. Just.. stop talking so much. 

Pisces  

You’re gunna get a sound effect that almost everyone, everywhere, will recognize. Kids have been imitating it for YEARS, and we’ll bet you have too! No, it’s not the Six Million-Dollar Man Bionic sound, you know.. Like the Eye? That goes (DOO-DOO-DOO-dahh-dahh-dahh-dahh). No, you get the one that goes, “Vr–VOO-Vah-vah-VEE!” That’s right, you get the sound of The Transformers changing from their robot to vehicle forms because… DAMNIT! We’re STILL pissed off about Rodimus Prime last week, OK? We’re NOT letting that one go! Just… Just deal with it, ok? (*DUDE! Take it easy, man!*) I’m fine! I’m ok, ok… So.. This week, Pisces… Uhm… Buy more boxes of tissues.

And THOSE are your Horrible-Scopes for this week! Remember if you liked what you got, we’re obviously not working hard enough at these. BUT! If you want a better or nastier one for your own sign or someone else’s, all you need to do to bribe me is just Let Me Know! These will be posted online at the end of each week via Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook and Discord.

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Also, if the difference in brightness of the accretion disk on one side vs the other is due to the Doppler effect, shouldn't there also be a degree of redshift/blueshift in the color of the accretion disk, too? No one ever seems to include that so I guess maybe not?

Absolutely, the color changes. That's actually what we're seeing; the side moving toward you blue-shifts, which increases its frequency, which increases its perceived energy. If you have a sensor with a relatively broad-band response, the higher frequency light will activate it harder than the lower frequency light will.

Something even that ScienceClic video doesn't really explain in detail (though some numbers in the bottom corner of the screen help a little bit) is the scale all this is happening at--would be nice to state how far away we're starting, what the total falling time is, and what the relative degree of time dilation/contraction is like at different points on the journey.

Yeah, that's hard. He chose Sagittarius A because the thing is huge and some of the effects, like spaghettification, are able to happen inside the black hole. In a black hole with only a few solar masses, you're toast long before you enter. He has some of the details of the falling time. iirc, the time was something like 45 seconds, perceived, from event horizon to the center, even for something huge like Sagittarius A.

For reference, the diameter of the Sagittarius A event horizon is something like 0.08 AU (12 million km ~ 40 light-seconds). (A 2 solar mass black hole has a Schwartzshild radius of about 6 km (20 light-microseconds).)

When discussing special relativity, sometimes the way a clock slows down on a fast-moving train or spaceship or w/e is framed as what the situation of the distant clock "looks like" to a stationary observer. But of course it's not just that time seems to slow down as you approach the speed of light--time does in fact move differently for different observers! It "looks like" the clock is moving slower, because it is.

Part of the reason for the framing is exactly that; what it looks like is fundamentally how it is in your reference frame. But it's hard to clarify that difference, and so "appears" is used as the proxy. Things really are different for different observers, which you can perceive in some fashion.

When talking about black holes, and what you perceive as you fall into them vs what an outside observer perceives, I'm not always entirely sure how much the explainer is talking about "illusory" effects vs real ones. For instance, the fact an outside observer never sees you cross the event horizon--I assume this is not just a matter of perspective (i.e., the outside observer can in fact be confident you do eventually cross the event horizon in finite time) because otherwise it seems like the black hole information paradox wouldn't be a thing (because if you didn't eventually cross the event horizon, then from the perspective of outside observers black holes only cause matter to pile up on their event horizons and that information isn't ever truly "lost").

This really is a tricky one. So, for the observers, they never see you cross the black hole, but you do end up redshifted far past the ability to actually detect you. After a certain amount of time, your information is being perceived redshifted past normal radio waves, and are effectively lost to the universe. If it takes millions of years for enough radio waves to be detected to see your clock, then you are gone by all measures.

These aren't illusory effects, they are what the outside observer perceives, and therefore, that is what happens for them. For you, your experience is that you passed through with no difficulty and no ability to perceive anything different about your surroundings (until the tides destroy you, that is).

This is the fundamental problem with the firewall paradox, right (not up to date on the actual solution)? To some observers, the information never actually enters the black hole, so what the heck is going on there? If nothing can actually fall in, perceived from the outside, is there some giant sphere of all the stuff in the universe you have to pass through? If so, wouldn't the falling observer (who isn't supposed to be able to tell she entered the black hole) run into it and be able to tell if she entered the black hole?

That ScienceClic video also intimated you wouldn't see as much time contraction in the outside universe as you might expect while falling, because of Doppler effects on the infalling light, but presumably that time contraction is still occurring?

Time contraction is definitely happening. It just doesn't actually go to zero-rate for the infalling observer. He didn't describe what happens when you get to the point of spaghettification. The one detail I can think of is that the light from the space ship still looks like it's traveling past you at light speed. But I can't guess more here.

When discussing special relativity, sometimes the way a clock slows down on a fast-moving train or spaceship or w/e is framed as what the situation of the distant clock "looks like" to a stationary observer. But of course it's not just that time seems to slow down as you approach the speed of light--time does in fact move differently for different observers! It "looks like" the clock is moving slower, because it is. When talking about black holes, and what you perceive as you fall into them vs what an outside observer perceives, I'm not always entirely sure how much the explainer is talking about "illusory" effects vs real ones. For instance, the fact an outside observer never sees you cross the event horizon--I assume this is not just a matter of perspective (i.e., the outside observer can in fact be confident you do eventually cross the event horizon in finite time) because otherwise it seems like the black hole information paradox wouldn't be a thing (because if you didn't eventually cross the event horizon, then from the perspective of outside observers black holes only cause matter to pile up on their event horizons and that information isn't ever truly "lost"). That ScienceClic video also intimated you wouldn't see as much time contraction in the outside universe as you might expect while falling, because of Doppler effects on the infalling light, but presumably that time contraction is still occurring?

Something even that ScienceClic video doesn't really explain in detail (though some numbers in the bottom corner of the screen help a little bit) is the scale all this is happening at--would be nice to state how far away we're starting, what the total falling time is, and what the relative degree of time dilation/contraction is like at different points on the journey.

Also, if the difference in brightness of the accretion disk on one side vs the other is due to the Doppler effect, shouldn't there also be a degree of redshift/blueshift in the color of the accretion disk, too? No one ever seems to include that so I guess maybe not?

[ghostnight]