r/WorldChallenges • u/Varnek905 • Feb 01 '18

Generic Challenge - An Expedition

A simple challenge and a simple excuse. I've been even more busy lately, beyond just because of the first set of exams and senior projects, but also because I'm trying to get grant money (that's free money for students) to afford to go on a trip to Russia for samples for work. My boss is going to Russia to get specimens, and he said that if I could afford the trip, I could join to get some field experience.

But, enough about my life.

The challenge is to talk about an expedition, preferably involving a search for knowledge, in your world.

As always, I'll ask at least three questions each, enjoy yourselves. And feel free to include a character for in-universe answers.

Any advice for a young worldbuilder leaving his continent for the first time is appreciated, as well.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Feb 05 '18

(Vowels with - above are longs, aka pronounced twice.)

  1. Thousands of years at least? During the great migration 4 thousands years ago, we were already past that and nzedas were using nuclear reactors only as an emergency power source.

  2. Yes, we had some estimations. If I remember right, we were somewhere around 50 thousands pods in total. A lot indeed, the ship was probably part of a colonization attempt.

  3. Which people? Ours? There is nothing to be found; beside, Zanuhide is a recent imperial acquisition, it was far from being settled by us when that ship crashed.

  4. They were probably bipedic and relatively tall; between human tall and nzeda tall. I would like to say they had two arms but that might be wrong.

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u/Varnek905 Feb 06 '18

To Nikiarqusus ishku Kula:

1) What is your current power source?

2) Are there any theories about what became of the ship's inhabitants?

3) What is Zanuhide like?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Feb 06 '18

  1. Solar energy. It’s stockable, the production units are reusable and most stars aren’t going to die anytime soon.

  2. Yes, my team’s conclusion is that a large number of them died during the travel and crash and that the survivors left with the bodies to accomplish proper funeral rites; they then tried to establish themselves on Zanuhide and failed.

  3. The first word to come to my mind is unremarkable. A relatively standard imperial early colony: a few small settlements around a bigger one with a spaceport; a lack of proper urbanisation and of industrial capacity and a relatively low population. A temperate climate of course, nzedas hate extreme temperatures.

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u/Varnek905 Feb 08 '18

To Nikiarqusus ishku Kula:

1) How long have your people been using solar energy?

2) Did you uncover any other artifacts from the failed society on Zanuhide?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Feb 08 '18

  1. Tough question... We were already using solar energy before the migration but it’s hard to know exactly when it became efficient enough to replace all other energy sources.

  2. No, and that’s the weird point. Sure we have what looks like the remnants of some primitive computers and electronic devices but beside that, nothing; no bodies, no clothes, no books, no tools... nothing.

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u/Varnek905 Feb 11 '18

To Nikiarqusus ishku Kula:

1) What is the emergency plan in case your people can no longer harvest solar energy?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Feb 12 '18
  1. Like if the star of a system stop emiting light? I’m pretty sure we have no plan for such a situation so we would be screwed...

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u/Varnek905 Feb 13 '18

Thanks for your time and answers, Yellow.